Has Anyone Met Keith Code?

[quendrida]

just wondering . . . there is a thread on the newcomers asking "who do you idolize?" i put amongst others Keith Code but only because he beat his addictions to become one of the worlds best racing bike coaches ? has anyone met him ? and does anyone know anything about scientology ?

[Hurricane]

No, but I have read one of his books. I'm not a knee dragger, but he does include some useful general riding tips . I didn't know he was in recovery.

[The_Hammer]

Can't say as I have. I have no Human idols, the closest I would have to say is Ice Pick, he's me sponsor (27 years clean and sober, back in the party hard 70's), then there's Dave Mustaine.

[BillJ]

My idols all turned out to be raving jerks. As a teenager I wanted to grow up to be Jim Morrison and Jack Kerouac. If reports can be believed, both were complete a-holes to the people around them, and both died of alcoholism. God knows how close I came to actually following in their footsteps!

Other idols have fallen the same way. Instead of being the heroes I saw them as, they were mere mortals with bad attitudes, massive egos, and mean spirits. I quit reading biographies of people whose work I admired for just that reason. I'd rather focus on the good they did!

I do better with mentors, like my original sponsor - a man with failings and clay feet, who none the less taught me to live the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Then there's the bike-shop owner who taught me most of what I know about motorcycles and business, and how to treat people in business. He's a flawed human being who can be impatient and harsh, but he has core integrity, deep spirituality, and a huge heart.

I don't want to be those guys, but I do want to take the best of what they are and incorporate it into my own life.