Michael Kaszeta - The wind whispered your name to me...
 
 
 MK> Sorry it took so long to write back. I have a hectic full life. Funny
 MK> it wasn't always that way. I remember one of the scariest parts of
 MK> entering recovery was what to do with my time! Now 2 and a half years
 MK> later I wish I could have bottled that time.
 
 No problem..this time of the year is filled with things to do..
 
 MK> One thing that fills my schedule is a recovery activity we have in the
 MK> northern Delaware area. It's a hiking club called Footprints. Catchy
 MK> name huh? We hike in Pennsylvannia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and
 MK> this july 4th we will be in W. Virginia at Harpers Ferry. I got
 MK> involved with this group very early in my recovery and it was a present
 MK> from my HP. Within six months of recovery i had three heart attacks and
 MK> open heart surgery (triple bypass). Thanks to the health that I had
 MK> regained from the exercise and the support of my Fellows I was back to
 MK> work in a month. Only missed one hike that year! And that was because I
 MK> was in intensive care and couldn't get the Doctors approval 
 
 I like the name..Footprints...reminds me of a poem....It seems that
 this group has helped you quite a bit..that is great..exercise is one of
 the things that can prevent a heart attack as well as help get a person
 back on their feet....And gee...I wonder why the doctor wouldn't approve
 your going on a hike at that point in your life?... 
 I am reminded of the saying..One door never closes than another opens..
 Sure seems to be the case here..
 
 MK> Sitting hear and remembering then, I can see how far I've come.
 MK> Besides keeping it green, I find I need to see that it's working
 MK> sometimes so that I can keep going. I know the journey never ends but I
 MK> have so far to go it gets discouraging sometimes. Right now I still
 MK> have a lot of cleaning to do from my past and I wonder when it will let
 MK> up. I keep reminding myself that HP wouldn't put it on my plate if I
 MK> couldn't or shouldn't eat it! Like the lesson I got from my heart
 MK> attacks says; An EKG is flat line when your dead, up  and down shows
 MK> life! Thank HP for that life. I was reading another message on here
 MK> that spoke of that relationship with GOD and how important it is to
 MK> recovery. I mildly disagree, It's ESSENTIAL to recovery!
 
 I remember that the 9 step says in part "Made direct amends to such people
 wherever possible".... Now if it is not possible because it won't be
 accepted or it would hurt someone else..you just turn it over to your HP
 and let him take care of it..He knows that you have admitted it to your
 self and Him...
 MK> I stayed clean for 12 years in Mikes program and went back out. Only
 MK> since I followed the direction given me by my HP and started his
 MK> program am I getting clean and sober!
 MK> Bless you for another outlet to 12th step!
 I can not take credit for this echo..I just took it over a few months
 ago...it was around for a long time before that...
 Light, Love and Laughter
 Marie - Starwitch
... An old pond-/The sound of water/When a frog jumps in. 
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