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Dick G (Parker, CO)
7/21 or 22/1979 in Atlanta, GA  EVENT: 4th Atlanta Roundup  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr 3 min )

"When I came to Alcoholics Anonymous I was 30 years old and a mass of unrealized potential."

Anthony C (Neptune, NJ)
6/23/2023 in Norcross, GA  EVENT: 2023 Atlanta Roundup Fellowship Event  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr 4 min )

"How many ominous warnings did I have?"

Nancy B - Steps 6 - 7 (Denton, TX)
6/4/2016 in Atlanta, GA  EVENT: Girlstock 2016  TYPE: AA, Female, Steps  ( 57 min )

"I didn't appreciate anything."

"I hope I'm adopted...I thought they were pathetic, and I treated them like they were pathetic."

Sandy B (Tampa, FL)
2007 in Nashville, TN  EVENT: Retreat Outside Nashville  TYPE: AA, Male, Workshop  ( 54 min )

"Where could I hide", I said, "so I could never find myself?"
"I know. I could pretend that I'm not me or you nor he."
"I'll hide in a story and believe that it's real."
"Oh boy! What a joke on me."

Sheldon F (Las Vegas, NV)
8/5/2017 in Atlanta, GA  EVENT: 42nd Atlanta Roundup  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr 9 min )

"My dad is not an alcoholic but my dad is a selfish, self-centered guy. My dad's focused on how he feels and how much fun he's having. I mean, gosh, who among us isn't? ...My dad saw a pretty girl when I was two - chased after her. He saw another pretty girl when my son was six - chased after her. My dad is just a guy that wants to enjoy his life and he makes mistakes along the way and people get hurt. He couldn't have done any different! That was his N-A-T-U-R-E! I was mad at him for NOT doing something he was not capable of doing."

Emerson G (Salem, VA)
7/16/1989 in Atlanta, GA  EVENT: 14th Atlanta Roundup  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr 4 min )

"It was stupid of me to stay drunk all those years because I was a bastard and because I was black."

Sarah-Anna-Oahu,Debi R-HI (Oahu and Hawaii,HI)
2/8/2001 in Honolulu, HI  EVENT: 37th IAAWC  TYPE: AA, Female, Story  ( 53 min )

"God works when we don't and our God works when we can't."

Sheldon F (Las Vegas, NV)
6/30/2017 in Nashville, TN  EVENT: 36th Music City Roundup  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr 13 min )

"I am disgustingly anti-social when I drink. I pee on the couch and hit on your mom."

Jerry W (Apex, NC)
8/3/2018 in Atlanta, GA  EVENT: 43rd Atlanta Roundup  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr )

"I am a guy that absolutely could not quit drinking before I got to Alcoholics Anonymous.

I had a lot of well-intended people try to help me get sober - psychiatrists and preachers, high school principals, chief of police, a couple of deputy sheriffs, first sergeants, in-laws, parents, my brother - and no matter how hard they tried, I could never stay sober."

Patrick G (Bakersfield, CA)
1995 in Southern California  EVENT: Southern California Conference  TYPE: AA, Male, Story  ( 1 hr 7 min )

"I was never big on taking action. I was always making plans."

"I was tired of letting people make decisions for me, so I joined the Navy."

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