I speak in public at work, even on TV at times, and am never nervous at all, because it isn't about me at work. But at meetings it is a different story, completely. It is so personal, and I think I sound stupid, really. I felt after my first speaker share that I talked too fast, and that my story is kinda boring. I mean, I never really lived out on the streets, prosituted per say, or even copped drugs on the corner or anything interesting like that. But I hope that maybe I helped the few people there who hadn't heard anyone speak who didn't have a low bottom and maybe it helped them to see that they are an addict even if they didn't do all that. And what they can do about their problem.
KJ