March 1st, 1977
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March 1st, 1977
Since I'm not going to a meeting until Wednesday, I thought I'd mention it here.
I talked to a friend of mine today who was around when I came to AA. He told me that I should "stand guard at the portal of thought" and "constant vigilance" was needed if I was to stay sober. Doug said, "one of these days it's going to get so good that if you ask for a boat, you'd better have a place to park it." Today he told me he'd just passed 41 years sober and is so grateful to be a recovering alcoholic because the freedom from alcohol allows him to do whatever he chooses to do today. He's 73 years old and still plays in a swamp rock band down in Texas and writes the music for the band.
Well, I'm 67 years old. I've been married 47 years and have 3 kids. Son 46, son 44 and my baby daughter who's 40 in July. Darlene and I have 10 grandkids, and soon to be 2 great-grandkids. We've become Cahtolic in the past couple years and sponsor a family of 9 in Peru through our church. We're both retired, have a 30 foot trailer permantly parked at a campground 3miles from our home. We spend most of our time, even during the winter at our trailer where we're cozy and surrounded with snow, deer, raccoons, squirels, possum and Canada geese. I could go on but I won't bore you all with any more. I just want to say that I haven't found it necessary to drink alcohol since the above date and I'm so grateful. Darlene is speaking at an open meeting on Wednesday, that she and I and our sponsors started 30 years ago in my sponsor's living room. When it got too big we had to move it to a beautiful catholic church down the street where the group still flourishes. When our church friends found out she was speaking, they elected to come hear her and support her.
Today I have my immediate family, my AA family and my new catholic family. I'm so blessed, and all this happened because on March 1st, 1977 when I was sitting in my living room with a beer in one hand and a joint in the other, I was given the gift of the desire to stop drinking. And all of you in my SR family, thank you for your support and friendship over the several years I've been coming here. I couldn't do it without all of you. I love you all.
Music
I talked to a friend of mine today who was around when I came to AA. He told me that I should "stand guard at the portal of thought" and "constant vigilance" was needed if I was to stay sober. Doug said, "one of these days it's going to get so good that if you ask for a boat, you'd better have a place to park it." Today he told me he'd just passed 41 years sober and is so grateful to be a recovering alcoholic because the freedom from alcohol allows him to do whatever he chooses to do today. He's 73 years old and still plays in a swamp rock band down in Texas and writes the music for the band.
Well, I'm 67 years old. I've been married 47 years and have 3 kids. Son 46, son 44 and my baby daughter who's 40 in July. Darlene and I have 10 grandkids, and soon to be 2 great-grandkids. We've become Cahtolic in the past couple years and sponsor a family of 9 in Peru through our church. We're both retired, have a 30 foot trailer permantly parked at a campground 3miles from our home. We spend most of our time, even during the winter at our trailer where we're cozy and surrounded with snow, deer, raccoons, squirels, possum and Canada geese. I could go on but I won't bore you all with any more. I just want to say that I haven't found it necessary to drink alcohol since the above date and I'm so grateful. Darlene is speaking at an open meeting on Wednesday, that she and I and our sponsors started 30 years ago in my sponsor's living room. When it got too big we had to move it to a beautiful catholic church down the street where the group still flourishes. When our church friends found out she was speaking, they elected to come hear her and support her.
Today I have my immediate family, my AA family and my new catholic family. I'm so blessed, and all this happened because on March 1st, 1977 when I was sitting in my living room with a beer in one hand and a joint in the other, I was given the gift of the desire to stop drinking. And all of you in my SR family, thank you for your support and friendship over the several years I've been coming here. I couldn't do it without all of you. I love you all.
Music
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Awesome!!
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Music, it's gratifying to see the promised blessings coming true for you, your family and friends, and bringing light to your corner of the world all these many years. Over three decades of sustained solid sobriety really moves even the greatest mountains before any of us, and your faith is abundantly evident. Your share is a beautiful testament to what can be gifted when we just keep on the path of grace, gratitude, and service to all those we are fortunate enough to have touched their lives somehow. What a wonderous journey of happiness sobriety is for those who venture with it.
You touch my life, Music, and for that I'm grateful and enriched. All the best for all the rest of the many years to come. Godspeed.
Rob
Music, it's gratifying to see the promised blessings coming true for you, your family and friends, and bringing light to your corner of the world all these many years. Over three decades of sustained solid sobriety really moves even the greatest mountains before any of us, and your faith is abundantly evident. Your share is a beautiful testament to what can be gifted when we just keep on the path of grace, gratitude, and service to all those we are fortunate enough to have touched their lives somehow. What a wonderous journey of happiness sobriety is for those who venture with it.
You touch my life, Music, and for that I'm grateful and enriched. All the best for all the rest of the many years to come. Godspeed.
Rob
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Thats a pretty good example of god doing for you that you couldnt do for yourself..
1977....I was 11 and i think that was the year of the queens silver jubilee here with lots of street parties....long summers making bow and arrows and chasing girl guides..lol..
have a great day..
1977....I was 11 and i think that was the year of the queens silver jubilee here with lots of street parties....long summers making bow and arrows and chasing girl guides..lol..
have a great day..
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I was never very good at arithmetic, but isn't that something like 12,045 ODAAT's?? 
Thank you for leading by your example, Music, and for sharing your ES&H with our members.
Thank you for leading by your example, Music, and for sharing your ES&H with our members.
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Music - I've been reading your posts for a long time. To me, you are the perfect embodiment of a guy who carries the message. Thanks for the inspiration, and congratulations on your accomplishment.
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