Hey everyone , I havent posted in a long while , Something says its time.

Yesterday was a beautiful North Carolina day. Sunny ,low humidity . It dont get much better for july in the tarheel state.

I called up another addict for some golf and he agreed. I needed to soothe my aching soul after Tom Watson lost a heart breaking match in the open this weekend. ( For those that dont know . Tom Watson is a class act normie pro golfer who happens to be 59 years old. (My hero.)

We met on the course at noon and as we got ready to go out there was an older guy sitting near the clubhouse. He asked if we needed a third and for whatever reason we agreed. Ive learned to say yes alot in recovery. Im not as afraid to open doors as I used to be.

The new guys name was John , We all shook hands and headed out. John began drinking right off.

By hole three John was on his second beer and beginning to loosen up. He was at this point steadily kicking our butts. But he had noticed that my partner and I were talking alot of recovery. He asked if his drinking bothered us ? Of course it did not. Other peoples journeys are their own. At this point his drinking was none of our buisness.

By hole 5 John revealed he had just gotten out of rehab. He also revealed all he did was drink beer and smoke weed and it wasent a problem. By this time my partner suggested that God was with us on this game. Just be cool and dont pressure John. Lets see what happens. ( smart guy , my partner )

By hole 9 John needed a refill , and off to the clubhouse he went. His game was steadily dropping off.

At hole 12 John stated that he felt the beer might be affecting his play. We smiled and nodded. Told John he was doing fine and continued .

At hole 14 John said he might have a small drinking problem. Again my partner reminded me , John was on his own journey . We just needed to be there and let God work. And so we did.

At 17 John was in the middle of a complete meltdown. His beer was gone , He had no cigs left and was offering to buy ours at 3 for a dollar. We gave him three apiece and told him to keep his money. We had begun overtaking his once great score.

After 18 and back in the clubhouse John walked up and thanked us for letting him play. He also asked if he could talk to us ? He asked about recovery . He had all the normal newbie comments. The fear . The pain. WE loaded him up with lit. and a meeting list. He hugged US !!! LOL.

These are the moment in recovery I really dig . This is what its all about. Oh , I forgot to tell you. John , that old man . He was my age . 50 years old and looking every day of 65 .

It was a great day to be clean. Full of fun and fellowship. Full of recovery. Full of humility.

Im in debt to my other addict brothers and sisters. For showing me this way. Im very grateful.

So if any of you have and extra second or two. A little prayer for John. He might not get it. It might not be his time. But what he knows of this program now is just a couple guys having a great time. Talking about God. And one step ( hole ) at a time. Smiling , laughing. And totaling enjoying the day..................clean.