--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CA500006 Date: 05/22/95 From: HARRIET LEVY Time: 08:53am \/To: RICH GORIN (Read 3 times) Subj: Wildcard ==> The crowd went wild when Rich Gorin said this to Harriet Levy <== RG> In a message to RICH GORIN, HARRIET LEVY said: HL> Ohhh????? Really?????? Will I get to see you again, my friend? HL> RG> Not sure how or exactly when that trip will materialize, but the RG> implicit invitation is heartwarming and if it is at all practical, I RG> will try and do so. If it does materialize, and if you can work it out, I'd love to see you again. Perhaps a slightly longer visit this time...dinner instead of lunch? Hugs, Harriet --- Blue Wave/Max v2.11 [NR] * Origin: The BATcave, Ozone Park, NY -- (718) 843-5007 (1:278/535) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CA500007 Date: 05/31/95 From: HARRIET LEVY Time: 07:22am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: Test did this message get out??? --- Blue Wave/Max v2.11 [NR] * Origin: The BATcave, Ozone Park, NY -- (718) 843-5007 (1:278/535) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CA500008 Date: 06/02/95 From: JEFF SCHULT Time: 04:18pm \/To: PHILLIP BAILEY (Read 3 times) Subj: Is there an echo in here??? -=> On 31 May 95, Phillip Bailey imparted this knowledge for the ages: JS> Hi Phil. We've gotta stop meeting like this. ;-) PB> No way!!! PB> My sysop just pulled all the backboned Fido echos so I am getting a PB> chance to get into more of them. When I see your name and some others PB> that I have become familar with it shows me that I have found a place PB> where I probally belong. Phil. I'm lucky. MY sysops are alcoholics. ;-) ... OK, I'm weird! But I'm saving up to be eccentric!!! --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Gateway to Hell 263-4542 888-3187 426-5819 (1:141/1130) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00000 Date: 06/04/95 From: ELAINE LOVELESS Time: 09:54am \/To: ROGER COSTER (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: SEVEN YEARS OF GRATIT While working the steps, ROGER COSTER stated...... RC> Tomorrow by the grace of God I will celebrate seven years clean and RC> sober. Congrats! Glad you hung in there so that I could get to know a neat person! :) ... I tried to contain myself, but I escaped. Bright Blessings, \Elaine * Silver Xpress V4.01P SW12813 --- Squish/386 v1.10 * Origin: The Crossroads *512-255-8985* Veverything (1:382/506) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00001 Date: 06/04/95 From: ELAINE LOVELESS Time: 09:54am \/To: HARRIET LEVY (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: TEST While gulping down pizza, HARRIET LEVY mumbled.... HL> did this message get out??? Out of where? ... Even water tastes bad when taken on doctor's orders. Bright Blessings, \Elaine * Silver Xpress V4.01P SW12813 --- Squish/386 v1.10 * Origin: The Crossroads *512-255-8985* Veverything (1:382/506) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00002 Date: 06/04/95 From: ELAINE LOVELESS Time: 09:54am \/To: BILL MCVAY (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: RECOVERY Elaine is replying to BILL who replied to ELAINE on 31 May 95 10:48pm >> My name is Elaine, I'm a recovering alcoholic with 11 years >> sober (on April 19th). I live in Round Rock, Texas, which >> is just outside of Austin. My husband is also a recovering >> alcoholic, with 14 years sober time. I'm very thankful for >> this program, gave me back everything I lost due to my >> drinking, plus a whole lot more....Keep coming back, one >> day at a time! :) BM> Hello, Texas. Ya reached a recovering alcoholic in the Yukon. God BM> willing, I'll have 18 years on July 4th, my personal Indepedence Day. BM> :-) Hi Bill! Never been that far north, but glad to meet another alkie in recovery! :) ... Great minds always meet at infinity. Bright Blessings, \Elaine * Silver Xpress V4.01P SW12813 --- Squish/386 v1.10 * Origin: The Crossroads *512-255-8985* Veverything (1:382/506) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00003 Date: 06/04/95 From: FRANK ARNOLD Time: 10:02am \/To: HARRIET LEVY (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: Test HL>did this message get out??? HL> Read it here in central California Frank * PowerEdit 2.2 Unable to locate Pepsi -- Operator Halted! --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: The Support Network BBS * San Jose CA * 408/259-0297 (1:143/131) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00004 Date: 06/04/95 From: BILL KEETON Time: 03:46am \/To: JOHN SHEEHAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Hello On (22 May 95) John Sheehan wrote to All... JS> echo dealing with 12 step stuff. I, for some reason, didn't think of JS> Recovery as a possible name for this echo. Anyways, I am a youngin in JS> recovery. I'll have 9 mons soon and I'm 22 years old. I just got out f JS> a JS> halfway house 6 days ago. I am going through a lot of fear. Fear of JS> failure, success, and responsibility. This is really my fist time out on JS> my own. Even when no one was around I had my addictions to keep me JS> company. I've been slacking on my meetings and can't get a hold of my JS> sponsor (I guess I'm not trying hard enough). I'm totally on my own. I JS> have a roommate and I still have one on one counseling sessions. But I JS> just got out of an intense program. 9 hours a day of treatment (Not JS> including meetings) while living with 16 recovering persons to 2 hours a JS> week of treatment while living with 1 other recovering person. I guess JS> the whole truth of it is that the only person I really have to live with JS> is JS> myself. Anyways, I do have a lot of gratitude, and I try not to minimize JS> what I've already accomplished. I just really needed to type. I'm glad I JS> found this echo. I'm a night owl and there are hardly any late night JS> meetings around this area. I feel better from typing this... Hello John, Nice to meet you, my name is Bill and I'm an alcoholic\addict. I can identify with the fear, I have a good deal of that too. Some of it is healthy, some of it isn't. I can't tell you what will make it go away for you but what helps me is knowing a couple little things; 1.) I'm not alone, I have the people in meetings, in these echos and on the other end of the phone. I am only alone when I chose to be. 2.) In keeping a daily conscious contact with my HP, I can greatly lesson the fear by knowing that the God of my understanding is there with me as well. I can imagine that it must be rough going from a treatment center or half way house to being on your own. It has to be a major adjustment. Hang in there and don't give up on the program or on yourself John, it does get better. Keep coming back, we need you here. Walk in Peace, Bill ... Expect a Miracle --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: Dr.Bill's Desert Domain (1:2215/12.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00005 Date: 06/04/95 From: BILL KEETON Time: 03:56am \/To: PHILLIP BAILEY (Read 3 times) Subj: Recovery On (23 May 95) Phillip Bailey wrote to All... PB> Hi Everyone, PB> My name is Phil and I am an alcoholic from Baltimore, Maryland. I have PB> been sober 255 days tonight. I Have just picked up this echo and wanted to PB> introduce myself. Phil. Hi Phil, Nice to meet you. I posted to you once but my mail got trashed so I don't know if it went out or not so here it again. Keep coming back. Walk in Peace, Bill ... A camel is a horse planned by committee. --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: Dr.Bill's Desert Domain (1:2215/12.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CAB00006 Date: 06/04/95 From: BILL KEETON Time: 03:58am \/To: TIM DILL (Read 3 times) Subj: More Deadly Laundry! On (27 May 95) Tim Dill wrote to Dr. Bill... DB> Hi Tim, DB> Saturday is usually when I visit the local laundromat. The TD> midgets DB> quit when I refused to allow them to work on their demented little DB> bikes in the living room, besides they were starting to look at my DB> ferrets strangly while licking their lips. I don't follow how a DB> sock with a paint ball gun can graduate to a knife but then again TD> I DB> read poetry in the john and end up forgetting why I went it there DB> in the first place;-) TD> Hmmm, I'd start hiding the ferrets first of all from the midgets.. TD> second of all I suggest getting the midgets Harley Sportsters so TD> they can ride a real bike. Hey Tim, I had to let the midgets go, caught them stealing dirty socks out of the laundry;-). TD> I was wearing that knife when those nasty socks came up from behind TD> and clubbed me with the paint ball gun, when I awoke they had the knife TD> at my neck and were fixing to do the 'ole oj' on me when my pit bull TD> Arnie saved my life by chewing all the socks up... TD> Sheesh that was close... TD> One thing, he aint stopped chewin on anything since... TD> Now my house looks half eaten... Such is the nature of dogs and some children with eating disorders. DB> I did discover that a puppy in the "chewing DB> stage" can really keep those socks hidden away and neatly in line. TD> Oh, you want a dog? He IS very effiecient at what he does... Nooooooooo way! TD> CHEWS! He even got my teddy bear... damn near killed the dog for doin TD> it as I won that bear fair and square at the pier....never did get TD> around to givin it to my last ex.. Hmmmm maybe I'll give her a dog. Now there is an idea, either that or give her a St. Bernard puppy, feeding it will break her;-) DB> This Saturday will be a little different, I'm taking a fellow AA DB> snake hunting, he's been bugging me for weeks about wanting to see DB> a rattle snake so we are going to try and find one for him. Some DB> folks get a thrill out of the damnedest things. TTYL TD> Hopefully the snakes survived.... We did not even see one. That is the way it goes though, go looking and you won't find one. Go to water the yard and there will be one under the hose coil. Go figure. BTW, my ppoint trashed my mail just like you said it would. One of these day's I'll listen. Got a hot summer planned? Walk in Peace, Bill ... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear! --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: Dr.Bill's Desert Domain (1:2215/12.5)