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07-03-2006, 11:38 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ohio
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| I'm working where Dr. Bob and Bill had their first meeting.....
Hi. I usually don't post on this site, I'm on the naranon site mostly...but just had to tell you all that I am working at Stan Hywet, in Akron, Ohio. It is the site of the Seiberling Mansion. The Gate Lodge is where Henrietta Seiberling introduced her friend, Dr. Bob, to Bill W. on Mother's Day in 1935. The rest is history and I'm thrilled to be able to walk in that house and into the parlor, where the two men had coffee and talked for 6 hours on the Mother's day. I work with Special Education students, during the school year. During the summer months, I job coach those students at various work sites, in the community. This summer, we were lucky enough to obtain the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens. It gives me goose bumps every time I walk through the door of that gate lodge.
__________________  When one door of our journey in life closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. |
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07-03-2006, 01:17 PM
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| Cruelty-Free  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Body: South Florida Heart: Yosemite National Park
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I imagine it must be a humbling experience to be where you are, considering the history of the place... Why not breathe it in, and take some of that away with you...? 
__________________  Oh, yeah!!!  Recovery is not a mysterious process. The only mystery is why it took some of us so long to get here... and why some choose not to stay. |
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07-03-2006, 09:12 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in the present moment
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Thank you soo much for passing your awesome feelings on!
__________________ i close my eyes and see clearly i stop trying to listen and hear truth i am silent and my heart sings i seek no contact and find union i am still and move forward i am gentle and need no strength i am humble and remain whole (ancient taoist meditation) |
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07-08-2006, 09:00 AM
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| Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: brooklyn, new york
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like, double wow i live in brooklyn bill's house 182 clinton street is about a mile away i often pass it on the way to a meeting and touch the stoop banister and say a serenity prayer must be awesome to be connected to the program like that best fraankie |
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07-08-2006, 09:17 AM
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| Forum Leader  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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That's awesome, it must feel like sacred ground. And fraankie, that geve me goosebumps too.
__________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~  |
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07-08-2006, 09:22 PM
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| Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: brooklyn, new york
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i get a kick out of bill's brownstone can you imagine what their wives went thru as i pass, i used to imagine bill w. coming home with a newcomer calling up to his wife "put the coffee on" same with dr. bob these guys were drunks and now their wives had to make coffee, listen to them expound on the program, etc but they must have thought it a miracle, too they were sober |
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