Frank H.
| Speaker | Frank H. |
| Event | Southcoast Speakers Group (Last Talk) |
| Location | Laguna Beach, CA |
| Year | 2003 |
| Era | Modern Era |
| Fellowship | AA |
| Duration | 43:29 |
| RS Number | RS-G051 |
Transcript
You know that at this meeting, I've said this over and over, this meeting is hallowed ground. God, I can see Chuck sitting down there now. And there's people in this room that I absolutely love. People in this room that know more about me than I know, than my own family. And you never did tell my wife, thank you. Frank O. and I used to go to a meeting down at the Desert Roundup in the Riviera, but then we found, got a better, bigger and better deal, and without having to ride elevators, to stay at the Chuckwalla Inn. So we stayed there for three or four years in a row and had our families down there, it was great. So to be a member of Alcoholics Anonymous is so much more than not drinking. Being a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, if you're in doubt, is the most important thing in your life. It is without a doubt something that cannot take second place to nothing. Half measures availed is nothing. There's a lot of people that have prayed for us and have begged us to do a lot of things. I want you to know as a newcomer tonight, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. How long has it been since someone begged you to do something? How long has it been since someone begged you to do something? This is what everyone in Alcoholics Anonymous is doing for you tonight and every day. You know that you're accepted regardless of how sorry you are, and we know how sorry some of you are. There's no secrets in AA, no secrets. You see, we can say and take inventory an awful lot because I have done everything that you have done and I wasn't a total success right out of the chute. We get to Alcoholics Anonymous with the heat on. Make no mistake about it, that everyone in this room and everyone who's ever sat in this room or any other meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous was 68 years old yesterday and do you know in that 68 years we have never, ever, ever, ever, ever had a volunteer. Nobody has ever awakened one day and said, boy, boy, the world is right with me. I think I'll go down and join AA today. We get to…
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