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Good evening, everyone.

My name is Anne Maram an alcoholic.

And it's really nice to be here this evening.

I see some familiar faces, and it's nice to see everybody.

I understand the topic tonight is practicing the principles in all of our affairs, and as I was sharing with a friend of

mine before the meeting, I was thinking, how am I going to go and share about I'm practicing the

principles and all my affairs, and I honked at six people on my way home tonight in rush hour traffic and and um and when I honk I don't just

honk I'm not like you know the little beep I'm like the lean into it like get

out of my way I control the universe and you just got in it problem driver that I am

and and a friend of mine actually said to me she said well the fact that she didn't kill

anybody is kind of practice in the principles in all affairs. And I was like, I guess you

could look at it that way. But before I get all the way up to step 12, and I know that you all

have gone through the first 12 steps at this point, I just want to touch on the fact that I know

for me that I am an alcoholic

of the hopeless variety. There is no doubt in my mind that I have the physical craving when I

put alcohol into my body. I've had experiences where I have said I'm only going to have one

drink and next thing you know I wake up from a blackout. I have had the experience

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