It is with a great deal of pride that I make this statement. I always feel a deep debt of gratitude when I'm asked to participate in anything that A.A. asked me to do. I was really thrilled when they asked me to chair this meeting this morning. To think that I could be a part of something like this when I was alone for so many years. I'm not going to take up a lot of time this morning because we have as fine a speaker as I've ever had the privilege of hearing. I've known Bea for a little while, not very long, in this program. But you don't have to know people very long in this program to know them quite well. This is one of the phenomenons that seems to exist with us. I've had the pleasure of having Bea visit in our home. We've had her speak at our group in New Orleans. She has a wonderful message. A wonderful message. I've been thinking for the last several weeks since I knew I was going to introduce her this morning as to how I would introduce her. And last night on the way up here I thought it's probably the most expressive way that I knew how, and the simplest way I knew how, to introduce Bea to you this morning was to say that in every sense of the word, this is a lady. Bea W. from Bodega, Mississippi. Hello. Thank you, John. It's good to be here. If it's an AA meeting, God be willing, I'll be there. Because this is my life, and because of you I have life. My name is Bea, and I am an alcoholic. I'm glad my sponsor is on the second row, Lucille. Thank you for coming. Because I need you even more than I needed you in the beginning. And it's more every day. Because I feel like a child just growing up and just beginning to learn. It's a strange thing, but I believe deep within us we sense that there's something better in life than what we know. I have always known, always known that this is life, what I found here, but I never knew how to live it. And I never knew how to find it. My name is Bea, and I am an alcoholic, and through the grace of God, working…