Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations to both you and Mark. As the child of an alcoholic father, who spent his last 15 years as a recovering alcoholic, I know personally how difficult it is to give up such dependencies. His tobacco dependency led to emphysema, which eventually cost him his health and led to his death. I wish you both the best in your endeavors. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Ten years > > On Jul 1, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> When Lluis was taking about getting out of the hospital and his Doc >> saying >> no booze not even beer it got me thinking and checking my records and >> calendar on my own booze thing and it turns out I was due for a milestone >> in >> a day. Which was today. June 1, 2002 alcohol and I came to a parting of >> the >> ways which I had a feeling at the time was not just a phase. And its been >> ten years so to that extent I've been right. I just can't think of >> anything >> I've set my mind to that I was able to not waver from for a full decade. >> I >> get distracted. I forget why I'm doing things. I forget why I'm not doing >> things. And booze is so ubiquitous. So friendly. So civilized. >> Even here on the Lug you guys have this single malt thing going like its >> a >> key part of the Leica lifestyle. Its all in fun of course though some of >> us >> are less light hearted on certain subjects you check our Mohicans and >> see. >> I'll remind you this time next decade and you can tip a glass of Mango >> cocktail for me which just happens to be what I have here I use it for my >> Metamucil in the morning. Very tasty stuff. Has to be to mask the >> Metamucil. > > Congratulations Mark! > > 1/1/89 marked the end of my alcohol (and other mind altering substance) > use. > 23.5 years sober - amazing. > 4/24/12 marked the end of my tobacco use. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >