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Thank you, everyone, and as I said, I'm actually looking forward to this very much so I do

enjoy listening to Chris talk. I think if Chris talked about stripping pants, I'd listen

to him. So with that, it's over to you, Chris.

David, thank you, hi, everybody. My name is Chris, I'm in Oklahoma. It's really good to

be here. This is an extraordinary meeting. The topics are all so interesting in the

people, the people that are getting an opportunity to share are all really worth hearing. You

want to deepen your understanding of alcoholics anonymous in the history of alcoholics anonymous

in the history of the spiritual program of recovery. This is a really cool place to

be. So when I was asked early on, this is going to be two weeks in a row. What do I want

my topic to be? I always just go into contemplation. I'm available for an intuitive thought, and

I usually go with the first thing that comes up. My topic is going to be the mind this

week and the spirit next week. I believe in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. I believe

what it's telling me. I believe that the writer, the main architect of the information

in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, and an architect to somebody who assembles things that

already exist into a unique hole. That's kind of what an architect does, builds something

from pre-existing materials. I don't think Bill invented a lot. I think what he did was

he put into practical application information that someone who was suffering from alcoholism

would need to understand and then would need to do for recovery from alcoholism. And to

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