Dottie H. — Seal Beach Speakers Meeting (2004)

RS-G048 · MODERN ERA · AA · 2004

Dottie H.

Seal Beach Speakers Meeting · Lakewood, CA
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SpeakerDottie H.
EventSeal Beach Speakers Meeting
LocationLakewood, CA
Year2004
EraModern Era
FellowshipAA
Duration37:32
RS NumberRS-G048
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…from Lakewood! Come on down! Hi, everybody. I'm Dottie, and I'm an alcoholic. A lot of people come in, you know, like this. I had to stay around a while to get like this, you know. But anyway, it's good to be sober, and it's wonderful to be a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. And I want to welcome the new people and tell you that this is the most exciting thing you'll ever do. And I know that sounds crazy, you know, when you think going to an AA meeting is exciting. But, you know, but it really is. The most exciting thing I do in my life today is go to Alcoholics Anonymous. And it means the love from the people here. I mean, and just the way of life and the sharing and caring is absolutely awesome. And, oh, Sandy told me I had to tell this joke, so I usually don't tell jokes. But, you know, I love to laugh, and I think it's funny. But anyway, but it's about two drunks, you know. And anyway, they are drinking, you know, and everything, and they close the bar at two. And then the one's afraid to go home to his wife, so he goes home with the other guy. And anyway, they go in, and this guy has this huge gong hanging in the dining room. And the guy says to him, he said, what on earth is that gong for? And the other drunk said, that's not a gong. He said, it's a talking clock. And the guy said, a talking clock? He says, yeah, you want to hear how it works? And he said, well, sure. And the guy picks up this mallet, and he bangs this thing, and it just reverberates throughout the whole building, this huge noise. And all of a sudden, there's a knock on the wall next to him, and it says, it's three o'clock in the morning, you idiot. It's three o'clock in the morning, you idiot. Oh, anyway. Made sense to me, you know. But, anyway. It's exciting to be here and to be sober. And it just seems impossible that time has gone by so fast. Because, you know, life wasn't in session before I got here. And now life's in session. And it's been in session, you know, ever since I got here. I didn't like a…

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