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Oahu. Ive been involved with oxford house since i moved in on may 20th, 1992. Been employed by this fine establishment since february 1993. It is its no small task to be up here, and wed like to welcome our panelists and starting with dan hahn from oxford house, state coordinator from oklahoma. [ applause ] the illustrious Kurtis Taylor, oxford house alumni. And michael mckeogh, oxford house alumni, outreach in florida. Our newest state, were anxious to hear all your stuff. Jason wilson, oxford house resident and reentry coordinator, North Carolina. Jesse what did i say . Jes jesse. And ann cleveland, oxford house alumni, virginia. Over threequarters of oxford house population has done some jail time or prison time. In america today, approximately 60 of those in jail or prisons are addicted to alcohol and or drugs. Each year, thousands of those who are incarcerated reenter society. However, within one year of reentry, about half those individuals will commit another crime and head to c
OklahomaUnited-statesLouisianaNorth-carolinaTexasWashingtonKentuckyColoradoFloridaVirginiaHoustonTogo[inaudible conversations] lets go. Two minutes. Were ready to start. [inaudible conversations] we all already two minutes behind schedule. Lets go. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] lets go everyone. Get your seats. We are ready to start. [inaudible conversations] lets go, okay . Come on up here. Okay, it to your seats. Okay, we are about ready to start. Get your seat. Good morning. My name is paul molloy and im an alcoholic. I want to welcome everybody to the 17th annual oxford house convention. As those of you who have im sorry. Its the 19th. Ive lost track. This is what happens when you get old. I remember the First Convention we had. It was up on new jersey avenue at
Paul-molloyOxford-houseFirst-conventionNew-jerseyAnd we thought, oh my god, this is such a big hotel, we will never get 200 people. We lasted at that hotel only for a year, and we have moved from one hotel to another weve held the convention every other year in washington, d. C. And this year there are almost 1300 folks registered already. [applause] with all those conventions, weve always started in the same way, and that is having an invocation to get started on the right foot. Each of us who have not drank alcohol or use drugs today is grateful, but we remember that seldom do we take credit for that all by ourselves. And two years ago and several other times in our history, deacon ron ely has been wanting to come early in the morning to start us off on the right foot. Deacon ron, could you get started on the right foot . [applause] god bless you, paul, and thanks for the introduction. God bless all of you. Im happy to be here. I dont know how many times, but truly indeed this is a pleasure for me to be here amongst all of you as w
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