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My name is Ron. I'm an alcoholic. And I'm delighted to be here. Driving down Blufiel

Avenue, I was reminded of my youth.

I grew up in Cedar Grove, which is right over the hill here.

How many people here are from Montclair, like, live in Montclair all their life?

Just a couple?

Then I won't bother with some of the stories I know.

But I could tell you, in the late 60s, we had a lot of fun coming over here to Montclair.

And a lot of my great experiences were over here.

The reason I'm here tonight is because Chris has asked me to be part of this workshop.

And I've known Chris for the entire link to my sobriety, which I'll share with you in just a

minute. And then I walk in tonight, I was able to see Bill, who have also known for that entire

period. I'm delighted to really be here and be a part of this kind of workshop. I've actually

done it with Chris on a number of occasions where we've spent weekends together going to this kind of

a workshop in a condensed period over a course of a weekend with actually both Chris and or Bill.

So I've done this before, and I'm familiar with what Chris is trying to accomplish here.

I think what I want to do tonight is three things.

I want to tell you a little bit about myself and what my experience has been in working the steps as a whole so that you can get some sense of what my experience has been in terms of my spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps.

Kind of a brief qualification.

The second thing I want to do is share with you some things that are very specific about the fourth step step for those of you who may not have actually had that experience yet but just

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