Sitting here at my computer on a Sunday at six PM. Concert in the park out the back window. Good group - late sixties music - Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Hold On I'm Comin', Mustang Sally, My Boogie Shoes, Shotgun. Sax man is good - singer needs a bit of help but he seems to stay on key.
Linda's brother just got out of surgery. I work with Linda. He took a thirty-eight to the gut a few years ago - drug deal gone south. He spent some time in the slammer for armed robbery - hit bottom - trying to make a comeback.
After a year or so in the anonymous groups, I've known a lot of people who returned from the dead. I wish them all well - except for that cross-dresser. Never cared much for him. Called himself Bill on some days - Janice on others. Ever seen a 6' 7" guy in high drag? I'm not sure whether it's funny or disgusting.
Walter was a flamer - reminded me of Truman Capote. Walter was scheduled for trial on a solicitation charge. I think it was his third or fourth bust for the same offense. He was going to do some hard time. You'd think the guy would learn at some point. Walter said that he didn't want to go to jail - I rather doubted that he'd do well there.
Larry was a regular at the Thursday night meeting. He would disappear for several days and when he returned home, he’d tell his wife that he'd had car problems. Then she'd tell him that he should he should buy a new car. Larry owned seven cars.
Carla was a meth head – forty something female. After a conversation with her Higher Power and conversion to a clean and sober life, she became obsessed with key chains. I’d estimate that she had fifty or so hanging from her belt. Each one had a story behind it – only took three or four hours to hear them all.
Robert was out of jail and back at the meetings. He had called the police to report that someone was locked in the trunk of a car that was parked on the corner of Seventeenth and Main. Then he went and locked himself in the trunk. That's all I heard about Robert. I think about what circumstances would lead to that kind of behavior - I must admit that I'm still puzzled by it all.
