just for today...
Someone posted this in one of the sobriety communities,and it brought tears to my eyes...
He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and
no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four
years of college. He is brilliant. Kind of esoteric and very,
very bright. He became a drunk while attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very
conservative church. They have an AA meetings in the basement.
Very well dressed upper middle class meetings, doctors and such.
One day Bill decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes,
jeans, his T-shirt, and wild hair.
The meeting has already started and so Bill starts down the
aisle looking for a seat. The meeting is completely packed and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit
uncomfortable, but no one says anything. Bill gets closer and
closer and closer to speaker, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the floor. By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the speaker realizes that from way at the
back of the room, a man is slowly making his way toward
Bill. Now the man is in his eighties, has silver-gray hair,
and a three-piece suit. A godly man, very elegant, very
dignified, very courtly. He walks with a cane and, as he starts
walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can't blame him for what he's going to do. How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor? It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy.
The meeting is utterly silent except for the clicking of the
man's cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can't even hear
anyone breathing. The speaker can't even talk until
the old man does what he has to do. And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor. With great difficulty, he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill he won't be alone.
Everyone chokes up with emotion. When the speaker gains
control, he says, "What I'm about to say, you will never
remember. What you have just seen, you will never forget. Be
careful how you live. You may be the only Big Book some people will ever read."
He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and
no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four
years of college. He is brilliant. Kind of esoteric and very,
very bright. He became a drunk while attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very
conservative church. They have an AA meetings in the basement.
Very well dressed upper middle class meetings, doctors and such.
One day Bill decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes,
jeans, his T-shirt, and wild hair.
The meeting has already started and so Bill starts down the
aisle looking for a seat. The meeting is completely packed and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit
uncomfortable, but no one says anything. Bill gets closer and
closer and closer to speaker, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the floor. By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the speaker realizes that from way at the
back of the room, a man is slowly making his way toward
Bill. Now the man is in his eighties, has silver-gray hair,
and a three-piece suit. A godly man, very elegant, very
dignified, very courtly. He walks with a cane and, as he starts
walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can't blame him for what he's going to do. How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor? It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy.
The meeting is utterly silent except for the clicking of the
man's cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can't even hear
anyone breathing. The speaker can't even talk until
the old man does what he has to do. And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor. With great difficulty, he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill he won't be alone.
Everyone chokes up with emotion. When the speaker gains
control, he says, "What I'm about to say, you will never
remember. What you have just seen, you will never forget. Be
careful how you live. You may be the only Big Book some people will ever read."