Dad quit drinking exactly one year before I was born. He joined a group of other people. He said they __1. __ (stop) drinking, too. I loved my dad __2. _ I hated the way his weekly meetings took him away from me. It seemed that they were more important to him than I was. But with my birthday coming up I thought Dad __3. __ (make) an exception. I begged him not to miss it but __4. __ (refuse). He said, “I am chairing the meeting this Saturday. We __5. __ (have) your party on Sunday. Why not come with me together tonight? It's an open meeting. All __6. _ (be) welcome.” I agreed. Maybe I needed to see why something Dad did every week mattered so much. After we arrived, Dad announced __7. __ theme of the meeting was going to be gratitude. He told his story about giving up smoking. __8. r__ (late), a man called Dave also told his story. Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life __9. __ drinking. Showing up week after week and meeting with people, Dad __10. __ (change) lives. Shame washed over me.