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collinsmi · 06-18-2005, 11:45 AM

Thanks, guys!

Father Martin, I haven't thought about him in a long time. I remember being in rehab programs and seeing a film or 2 of him speaking. I didn't want to think I was an alcoholic back then, just a problem drinker. Boy, did he make me feel uncomfortable! He must have been saying all the right things. I'll have to get a few tapes of him speaking.

Yeah, Clancy I. I like his talks, he's my favorite. I like his observations and explanations of different aspects of alcoholism. They're original, make sense and really strike home. I like Dr Paul O a lot too for pretty much the same reasons.

It's pretty cool that Clancy I is your great grandsponsor and that you can trace the thread of sponsorship back that far. At a speaker meeting about 4 years ago (my sponsor's birthday talk) we had a thread of 5 generations in the same room at the same time; my sponsor, his sponsor, his sponsor, a guy I was sponsoring, and me, plus horizontal offshoots. It was quite a crowd!

Father Martin and Polly P, good! THat was one of my motivations for starting this thread, ideas on speaker CDs to pick up and you 2 gave me some good ideas, thanks!!!

06-18-2005, 11:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
collinsmi Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Colorado Springs CO Posts: 889	Thanks, guys! Father Martin, I haven't thought about him in a long time. I remember being in rehab programs and seeing a film or 2 of him speaking. I didn't want to think I was an alcoholic back then, just a problem drinker. Boy, did he make me feel uncomfortable! He must have been saying all the right things. I'll have to get a few tapes of him speaking. Yeah, Clancy I. I like his talks, he's my favorite. I like his observations and explanations of different aspects of alcoholism. They're original, make sense and really strike home. I like Dr Paul O a lot too for pretty much the same reasons. It's pretty cool that Clancy I is your great grandsponsor and that you can trace the thread of sponsorship back that far. At a speaker meeting about 4 years ago (my sponsor's birthday talk) we had a thread of 5 generations in the same room at the same time; my sponsor, his sponsor, his sponsor, a guy I was sponsoring, and me, plus horizontal offshoots. It was quite a crowd! Father Martin and Polly P, good! THat was one of my motivations for starting this thread, ideas on speaker CDs to pick up and you 2 gave me some good ideas, thanks!!! __________________ "I was violating my standards faster than I could lower them!"