Subject: Fwd: Wisdom
From: "Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: "B P R - 9/5 Anniversary" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter" <[email-masked]>, "JMlll" <[email-masked]>, "Tom OHalloran" <[email-masked]>, "Quigs" <[email-masked]>, "Goldberg" <[email-masked]>, "Mark Howells" <[email-masked]>, "Mario Levine" <[email-masked]>, "Jonathan Farrell" <[email-masked]>, "Ron Howar" <[email-masked]>, "Travis" <[email-masked]>, "James - Rafting Trip" <[email-masked]>, "Zoe" <[email-masked]>, "NA Nik - WVA" <[email-masked]>, "Phil G - 11/17 Anniversary" <[email-masked]>, "Preston Moore" <tpm
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 09:14:41 -0400

Great story - thx for passing it on Tom

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> From: Tom Pomeroy <[email-masked]>
> Date: April 30, 2016 at 1:45:40 PM EDT
> To: Jonathan Milne <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Wisdom
> 
> 
> Jonrad
> 
> I'm in CA "babysitting " (more like hanging out with)Ashley & Jack. Went to a "parting of the skies followed by the lightning bolt" meeting this morning.   
> 
> A guy wearing a Columbia sweatshirt (I had introduced myself saying I had a tshirt with the same name on it) shared that after 15 yrs of sobriety he was so good he thought he was the CEO of AA   Then. . . meetings got fewer and fewer and then he had 'just one" drink on an airplane. That started a six month run which cost him his family and his company. He's now in rehab in Malibu, 7 days sober. 
> 
> He told me before the meeting started that he absolutely knew what was likely to happen, but that he thought with all his expertise that it wasn't going to turn out like it did . . .
> 
> Scared the crap out of all of us, and reminded me all I have is a daily reprieve based upon my spiritual condition. 
> 
> I'm very grateful, and pass this non-program message along with all good wishes for a wonderful day
> 
> Tom
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