1:19:03
- You're scared?
- No, this is natural complexion. Pale green.
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- Nobody will notice. Come on.
- Well, wait a minute. Just, you know...
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You know, you are turning pale green.
Now, will you come on?
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It's facing all the people.
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- You sure?
- What do you mean?
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- It's facing yourself, isn't it?
- I don't mind sharing my life.
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Even the most embarrassing parts of it.
That's not what bothers me.
1:19:29
The idea of standing in front
of everyone and saying:
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- "I am an alcoholic. "
- Are you?
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- Yes, I-
- So are we¡Now, you've heard us...
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...night after night saying, "I am an
alcoholic. " It's a big step forward.
1:19:41
But it's funny that four months ago
you saw me in the violent ward...
1:19:45
...and you told me about AA.
I went to the meetings, I listened...
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...and I've been sober ever since. Kirs
has been sober too, just as sober as I am.
1:19:53
She has never said, "I am an alcoholic. "
She hasn't been near a meeting.
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She claims she
can do it on willpower alone.
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Can you?
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My name is Jim Hungerford.
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And I'm an alcoholic.
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I'm your chairman for tonight.
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Now, all I have to do to qualify myself
is to say that I drank too much...
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...too often over too long
a period of time.
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Welcome to the meeting of the Mason
Street group of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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"Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of men
and women who share their experience...
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...strength and hopes that they may
solve their common problem...
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...and help others
to recover from alcoholism.
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The only requirement for membership
is a desire to stop drinking.
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There are no dues or fees
for AA membership.
1:20:43
We are self-supporting through our own
contributions. AA is not allied...
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...with any sect, denomination, politics,
organization or institution.
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Does not wish to engage in controversy,
neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
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Our primary purpose is to stay sober and
help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. "