Ya know I remember about 14 months ago sitting in a meeting and there was this youngster who didnt say anything but he was interested. The book says when one alcohloic puts in the mind of another the true nature of his malady hell never use the same again. I dont know why God chose me to be that vessel for Mike Spratford but he did. Over the next couple of months I noticed this kid watching my every move I made Waiting for me to show signs of being full a shit. So one night while sharing, against tradition I indirectly shared at him. After the meeting that night he asked me to be his sponsor, I could identify with the kid because we were both recovering heroine addicts. I liked him because he wasnt outspoken and seemed to think about every move he made like someone who had been in the penitentiary. Being an ex con myself, out here in society you cant help but look for people that have been where you been and been thru what you have been thru. I started working the steps with this kid and I think he thought me more about myself than I taught him about himself. I liked him because even though I was his sponsor was supposed to help him clean house and do the deal thethe rev was so much about him we shared. Lack of trust in women ego behind who we thought we were in the game, in our heart of hearts we knew that was not the man god designed us to be. The book says we trudge the road to happy destiny with others and I really did that with mike. Me and my bro brought him to work, with Marcus Chamorro and he worked with me as my number one, I watched him grow and prosper in aa. In the process I met his family and it made me like him even more. And by meeting his family I knew how much potential he really had. Then he relapsed, it happens to all of us at times. I never gave up on him, just like some never gave up on me. But as we seen today sometimes prayers fall short. Mike was a good dude. I went to work today, I blew snot bubbles as my friend Pete used to say, because Mike was my friend. Rest in peace homie, I guess doing you did you.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 01:01:40 +0000
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