You know, I spoke of the continued active interest of the older members of my group being so important. And I think the same thing holds true for AA. The continued active interest of the older member has been so important for us here. And so now, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to introduce to you our celebrant, Bill. Thank you. Dear friends, we have just heard two moving stories about the cave that is alcoholism. Unlike Lee, I didn't live in my cave alone. Lois lived with me. But like everyone else's cave, it was an ever-darkening one. And one evening, in the summer of 32 years ago, the darkness became complete. Lois sat downstairs in town's hospital. Good old Dr. Silkworth was talking to her. And he had to tell her that I had become possessed of an obsession that condemned me to go on drinking. And that this meant madness and death. Lying upstairs, I well knew what the sentence was. Now, we both knew. This occasion, according to the menu, is in celebration of my anniversary. And so it is. But in my mind, and I know in yours, it is something which carries far deeper meaning than that. And let us look at some of these meanings as the story of the beginnings is recounted. And before the story begins, may I thank all of you for being with us here tonight. It is hard to believe that if we just count the drunks around the room, there is not one half of one percent of our total membership with us. But in spirit, they are all here as we celebrate the vast miracle of regeneration that now encompasses the world, still broadening, and we trust forever deepening. Those of the early days, the very early ones, are becoming fewer and fewer. We are going west. And for those none of us mourns, we are filled with gratitude for the heritage which they have left us. And we know they have gone on to their reward. Of course, I'm thinking of my sponsor, Ebbie. I'm thinking of Sister Ignatius. I'm thinking of Harry Tebow. And two of these, you see, are non-alcoholics who helped so vastly to make this society what it is and may be. In the very early time, our whole destiny frequently hung on a single act, a single…