Ladies and gentlemen, in the words of that great Galilean who lived almost two thousand years ago and whose birth we are commemorating this Christmas Day, “when you are well, you need not a physician. I come here to heal the sick…” And of the channels at his command, He chose as His instruments one alcoholic helping another. And tonight’s speaker, ladies and gentlemen is one of those instruments that has carried the message of AA to all the alcoholics in Michigan. So it’s your privilege and both my pleasure to turn this meeting over to Archie T., our founder.

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