A Workshop on Alcoholism and one man's opinion of how he learned to be happy, joyous and free. "Nobody speaks officially for the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, not even the founders." Allen Reid McGinnis began his seminars with this disclaimer and repeated a version of it during each "workshop" he conducted. He was a teacher and understood his imperfections and honestly attempted to confront them during his life. He shared what he had "come to believe." He was a person who wanted to be human and most importantly just "be." We are all on a journey and our searching can be honest, but not perfect. The joyous and free lives we seek come with mistakes and imperfections. The storms we encounter are inevitable, but they are not who we are. We are how we live through the storms.