In loving memory of our dear friend, Sarge (Steven Charles Pickman).

um addiction and I think you'll co-sign this with me. Addiction is a gift because if not for this gift that I've been given of my addiction, I would not have worked as hard as I have to become a better person in any way, shape, or form. My addiction is a gift because in triumph over it, I've gotten closer to God. I've become the kind of person that I'm proud to be, and I'm still working on it. Um, and so, um, it's a God-given gift, just like my eye color, my height, the size of my feet, um, my al my alcoholism and my drug addiction, um, are not something that I asked for. They're something that was pre preloaded into my DNA. And only something so coded into my DNA would require this much work to overcome.