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February 2010

SAY NO TO NOTHING

A German 'recluse' bursts out of her shell at ICYPAA 51

AS I entered the hotel lobby, I looked up at the massive 60 floors and thought, Wow, I wonder if I'll ever run into a drunk who could tell me where I can find a meeting. I set down my bags, went out for a smoke, and was kidnapped by ICYPAA old-timers. I got back about 13 hours later with two other AAs who crashed in my bed. After two hours of sleep, I jumped out of bed and yearned for more. That was two days before the conference actually started. I was completely unaware that even with jet-lag, I would total six hours of sleep in five days, and that a day later the hotel would be shut down by ICYPAA's massive crowd. There were countless people walking up to the hotel to look inside and say, "What's going on in there, can we come in?"

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