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Hi, Susan.
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Anyway, I'm an alcoholic.
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I've been sober
a couple of months now.
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Thanks. That's okay.
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My father was an abusive alcoholic.
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And I guess maybe I'm lucky
that he left when I was 7.
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But my stepfather was an alcoholic.
And so was my second stepfather.
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Anyway, I have a history
of picking the wrong men.
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Big surprise, right?
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The thing is, I never knew I had
a drinking problem...
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...because ever since high school,
I've only dated musicians.
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They always said I was a lot of fun.
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-I like what I hear.
-But all that's changed.
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I bottomed out.
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I was having fun in...
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...l don't even remember what city.
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When I woke up,
I didn't know where I was...
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...how I got there,
or who the guy was that I was with.
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And I thought I should know
at least one of those things.
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So I came here.
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I stopped putting myself in situations
where I couldn't respect myself...
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...so others didn't respect me.
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She wants respect. Cuts me out.
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Anyway, I took my first step today.
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I bought a new car...
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...and it'll be great to get up in the
morning and remember where I parked it.
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Thanks.
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Would anyone else like to share?
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It's dead tonight.
Not a weeper in the joint.
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Weeper?
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Usually one or two gals
get all weepy after the meeting.
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Then you clean up. You go over,
offer them a tissue. Bang, you're in.
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Yank a nose hair right before you go.
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They see the tears, think you're
a kindred spirit. You are in huge.
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Look. Wish me luck.