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September 2012: You Might Be An Alcoholic If ...
... you hide a vodka bottle in the clothes hamper
At a recent meeting I got to choose the topic, so I picked the Ninth Step Promise, “No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.” By taking a spin-off from that comedian who does redneck jokes, I used this example for myself: “If you go to a different liquor store every day so the clerk doesn’t recognize you—you might be an alcoholic.”
Well the results were serious and hysterical. Just about everyone had a story that they thought was a clever approach to feed their habit. It was the most laugh-out-loud meeting
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