Sorry it took so long to write back. I have a hectic full life. Funny it 
wasn't always that way. I remember one of the scariest parts of entering 
recovery was what to do with my time! Now 2 and a half years later I wish I 
could have bottled that time.
One thing that fills my schedule is a recovery activity we have in the 
northern Delaware area. It's a hiking club called Footprints. Catchy name 
uh?
We hike in Pennsylvannia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and this july 4th we 
will be in W. Virginia at Harpers Ferry. I got involved with this group very 
early in my recovery and it was a present from my HP. Within six months of 
recovery i had three heart attacks and open heart surgery (triple bypass). 
Thanks to the health that I had regained from the exercise and the support of 
my Fellows I was back to work in a month. Only missed one hike that year! And 
that was because I was in intensive care and couldn't get the Doctors 
approval 
Sitting hear and remembering then, I can see how far I've come. Besides 
keeping it green, I find I need to see that it's working sometimes so that I 
can keep going. I know the journey never ends but I have so far to go it gets 
discouraging sometimes. Right now I still have a lot of cleaning to do from 
my past and I wonder when it will let up. I keep reminding myself that HP 
wouldn't put it on my plate if I couldn't or shouldn't eat it!
Like the lesson I got from my heart attacks says; An EKG is flat line when 
your dead, up  and down shows life! Thank HP for that life.
I was reading another message on here that spoke of that relationship with 
GOD and how important it is to recovery. I mildly disagree, It's ESSENTIAL to 
recovery!
I stayed clean for 12 years in Mikes program and went back out. Only since I 
followed the direction given me by my HP and started his program am I getting 
clean and sober!
Bless you for another outlet to 12th step!
Peace and Serenity
Mike
Take the steps, The elevators Broken
God, Grant me patience, RIGHT NOW!
--- Maximus 2.02
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