To Die Clean

[Gmoney]

I received an email today about two of our long-time members passing on. I can't verify whether it's authentic, but I thought about how sad many members who got to know these members must be and how amazing it is to have lived clean and died clean.

Here is what the email said:

We lost 2 long term members of NA in Los Angeles CA this week.

Gordon B. (44 yrs clean) has passed away in his sleep this week of
March 20th 2007 as he was Bob B.'s sponsor (45 yrs clean) and he lived
somewhere in LA like Corona CA which is about 40 miles east of downtown
LA near where the I-10 and I-15 freeway intersection
Please have a moment of silence as one of our real NA historians has
left us for the big NA meeting in the sky and I am sure MANY people
here on earth will miss him.


John P (35 yrs clean) from The San Fernando Valley has died on or
around March 22nd 2007 from a "major heart attack"

[katwomankc]

yes i too have heard this garry i live in los angeles and it is going around in our na meetings about these deaths

[Moontime]

Yes, thoughts go out to Jesse B, Gordon's wife. He was a pioneer. The message was trickled down through our sponsorship family (Rehmar) line

[dalin]

yea i hate hearing that stuff.
thats my great gransponsor.
i know our feet are of clay...and it also makes me apreciate the golden generation...the ones like jimmy k,wise greg p,who helped me so much,and all those others that worked hard for our fellowship.
we are a blessed fellowship.

[Gmoney]

Looking back.

44 and 45 years clean. That's truly a blessing.

[sticker]

see it does work. Peace to their famiys and all those who were touched by these members. WOW what a mtg they must be having now.

[Thundar301]

Originally Posted by GarryW

Gordon B. (44 yrs clean) has passed away in his sleep this week of
March 20th 2007

I heard Gordon as a speaker, for the So Cal Eastern Inland Empire N.A. day of the Dinosaurs function in 2005 , all the speakers that day had double digit clean dates. Sorry to hear he passed on, but I am glad to see he went clean! he will be missed , I remember how amazed I was that he had more clean time in life then I had been alive, I was about 9-10 months clean when i went to that and heard him speak.

[Phinneas]

May we all live clean and die clean. It's not such a bad thing... in fact, it can be a very good thing.

Prayers to all who miss these fine fellows of NA.

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[REZ]

Thanks for sharing. Prayers go out to their families and friends.

[Gmoney]

I originally posted this last year, but the replies (if there were any) must have got lost in the crash.