My name is Joe Hawk and I'm a recovered alcoholic. And I'm not the kind of guy you can tell. to. go as long as you want. For me to stand here tonight and say that I am 20. That I am well into my 21st year, and I live with an unmanageable life, that I am powerless, And that I can justify all kinds of things because I am a powerless alcoholic with an unmanageable life would not be anything attractive for somebody sitting here. Something came between me and alcohol, More than 20 years ago, August 17th, 1982, and that, whatever it is has been there ever since And I do not live an unmanageable life. If I do some stupid thing, it's not because I'm an alcoholic anymore