It’s funny, a person like yourself can have a bigger impact on another young person’s life than can some old fart with more time in the program than Methuselah.

It reminds me of the story of a newcomer, sitting in a meeting listening to sobriety dates. One guy had 7 years , another had 12, still another had 22 years without a drink. At last it came to a guy with 19 days without a drink, at that the newcomer sat straight up and said bull#$&%! Nobody can go that long without a drink! A true story.

Ray, I know you have more time than 19 days, 1 year, 2 months, more to be exact, but you are in a unique position to be of more service than the old timer that is so old in the program that he farts AA dust.

You are the fellowship that Bill W said we do not want to miss watching grow up around us. Thank you.

Richard