The Difference Between Being Entirely Ready and Entirely Eager – Larry K.

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Kansas State Conference - 1983

A Catholic priest with a penchant for the absurd opens with a long-winded joke about a town in England that replaced cars with donkeys only to pivot into the wreckage of a life spent hiding. Larry K. describes the tension of living as a 'functioning' priest while battling a deep-seated need to escape and deny admitting to stealing from the church poor fund and hiding his drinking in an olive green suit and sunglasses. He dismantles the idea of a 'cafeteria-style' recovery arguing that the steps are a rigorous necessity rather than a suggestion. Through a series of raw admissions about sexual struggles a hatred of authority and the friction of being fired by nuns he maps out a recovery based on total surrender to a sponsor and a Higher Power moving from the isolation of a 'loser' to the fragile peace of being exactly 5'10".

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