Pat Breen
| Speaker | Pat Breen |
| Event | AA Meeting |
| Location | Milwaukee, WI |
| Year | 1963 |
| Era | Classic Era |
| Fellowship | AA |
| Duration | 1:12:16 |
| RS Number | RS-G117 |
Transcript
Thank you, Charles, my senior, sisters and brothers under the gin, my name is Pat Breen and I'm an alcoholic, for the grace of God, and by working the AA program to the best of my ability, I have been sober today. And isn't it wonderful to be sober? I thought I'd start out with a positive note because Charles just used my closing in that letter. I took care of that in a hurry, which reminds me of something that I always am very amused, you know, my closing. Big deal, I didn't know it was my closing until I just heard him say it. I hear people say when they're asked to speak, well, I'm not prepared. I have prepared for 18 years, and as hard-headed as I am after 18 years of preparatory work, I'm prepared. I'm so glad to be back in Wisconsin. It's been a long time since I was here last, what's it been, two months? And to be away from Wisconsin two months, it really is something. Charles said that I am from Springfield, Illinois. I'm from Springfield, Illinois, by way of California, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and points north, south, east, and west. For those of you who have only drunk up part of the state of Wisconsin, if you would like to do any more work on the subject of finding out what alcoholism is about, I suggest that you visit some of the states that I've been to. The water is just as vile, and the liquor gets you just as drunk. There are some places where the prices are lower, and some places where the prices are higher. There are some places where a drunk is affectionately patted on the back and taken with a grain of salt, and there are some places where he is not so affectionately punched in the nose and put in the hooscow. Fortunately, I missed the hooscow until after I came into age, but that's another story. My drinking career started when I was very, very young. You know, I guess I'm reaching that age now. The silver threads are getting among the gold up here, and the gold is getting a little tarnished. If it wasn't for that fine fellow that wheels that brush every six weeks, I'd be in trouble. And now that takes on us. See, I never said…
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