FAO MIP ~ Post for DannyC

Sobrietyspell · MIP Old Timer

FAO MIP ~ Post for DannyC

Wren · Senior Member

Mmm, for some reason, I cant get this thread to accept another post. I'll try again.....

Danny, thank you for coming back and sharing your experience with us. It's hearing things like this that give us all hope. You "went to any lengths", and I am so grateful for the share. It reminds me of the importance of coming back. big hugs, Chris

Dannyc · Member

Thank you so much Wren! I have also been a victim of unemployment and as a result we are living day-to-day financially. I have to share my recent experiences with that as well.

I have worked in the same industry and done the same job my entire career (30 years). Over the years I have made some very powerful relationships and have done my job with integrity and honesty for the most part. It was a learning process which recovery helped to make me a better man than I was. Anyway, I was invited to a tradeshow; my flight, my room and meals all taken car of. When I arrived with my cane and my wife supporting me physically many were shocked to see me in such a condition. We were both treated like royalty and when my flight was reimbursed to me my wife accepted an additional $200.00 dollars as well. This same man also gave us another gift of $500.00 right before we left.

It was GOD that has seen us through all of our financial difficulties. Earlier I received a phone call from a man that is involved in an organization that chooses someone within our industry each year to receive a donation because of difficult times such as disease, injury or donations to the family of a deceased friend. This year I was selected. We will fly to Georgia to be at a golf tournament used to raise money for people which they select. I was so embarrassed, but my wife reminded me that I must receive with the same amount of humility which I do when I give back, and show my gratitude without saying such things as you shouldnt have done that for me. It diminishes their joy in giving. It was a gift from GOD and I am so grateful to him as well as all of my friends in the industry. I am an alcoholic, and by my thinking I never thought that people cared about me in a friendship way such as this. I had always yearned for that kind of love and respect outside of the love and respect I receive at AA. I am overjoyed!

I was also informed this week by another man that there were many friends that knew we would not be able to wait until May of '08 to receive our donation, so they are in the process of passing the hat for my wife and myself. I am so humbled by this act of kindness and it makes me feel GOD's love for us even more than I believed prior to these gifts. We have not received it yet, but I was informed we would before Christmas.

Still being so broke that we are not bringing in the kind of money needed to pay our bills, but things just keep getting more interesting! There have been other examples of GOD watching over us and that began with a gift card we received in the mail at the beginning of last week. We were totally broke and received it just before we ran out of food to eat. What a miracle! It was sent by an old and dear friend that did not have any idea that we were struggling like we are.

But it keeps getting better. Today we were in the same situation and did not know where our next meal would come from. The mail arrives here in the late afternoon, so after my wife and I prayed for help, she went to the mailbox. Inside there was a check for $200.00 from her mother as well as a rebate check from AT&T that we had totally forgotten about. When I called last week I was told that it had not been processed due to a computer error. The woman told me it would take another 4-6 weeks for them to process it and for me to receive it. It was GOD that sped up the process and performed yet another miracle. My wife had to go to a check-cashing store to cash the $200.00 check and the teller gave her twice the amount, $400.00. When she realized that he made a mistake and ran the check twice she immediately returned the money and explained to him what must have happened. He was very grateful for her honesty, as we were to receive the check in the first place.

Along the way there was also a check for $2,000.00 dollars sent to us by my parents a couple of months ago. GOD has kept us safe! At some point I will have to disconnect my computer because I really don't have the resources to pay for it right now.

I am thrilled to be able to share this with you all right now and keep your hopes alive that all is possible when you turn it over to GOD. I promise that everything I have shared is the truth, so please do not be skeptical. I want to thank everyone here that posted hope towards me, I am extremely grateful, and the reality of me being here is a GOD thing as well. Just a few short months ago I ran to a psych ward to keep me from relapsing and even worse the possibility of suicide. If not for the e-mail I received from John F thanking in mass all the people that helped him out I would have forgotten about my posts and probably not have been back for quite a while.

I am going to make this a regular habit to check this board and offer my experience, strength and hope to all that are in need. I will be gone this weekend, but may have computer access. We are driving to Orlando to visit my family and share a belated Thanksgiving dinner with them all. It has been a year since my last visit and that was due to my injuries and my inability to travel comfortably in a car. I know it will be tough, but I also know that I have GOD to see me through!

Thanks for letting me share!

DannyC

Dannyc · Member

Thank you so much Wren! I have also been a victim of unemployment and as a result we are living day-to-day financially. I have to share my recent experiences with that as well.

I have worked in the same industry and done the same job my entire career (30 years). Over the years I have made some very powerful relationships and have done my job with integrity and honesty for the most part. It was a learning process which recovery helped to make me a better man than I was. Anyway, I was invited to a tradeshow; my flight, my room and meals all taken car of. When I arrived with my cane and my wife supporting me physically many were shocked to see me in such a condition. We were both treated like royalty and when my flight was reimbursed to me my wife accepted an additional $200.00 dollars as well. This same man also gave us another gift of $500.00 right before we left.

It was GOD that has seen us through all of our financial difficulties. Earlier I received a phone call from a man that is involved in an organization that chooses someone within our industry each year to receive a donation because of difficult times such as disease, injury or donations to the family of a deceased friend. This year I was selected. We will fly to Georgia to be at a golf tournament used to raise money for people which they select. I was so embarrassed, but my wife reminded me that I must receive with the same amount of humility which I do when I give back, and show my gratitude without saying such things as you shouldnt have done that for me. It diminishes their joy in giving. It was a gift from GOD and I am so grateful to him as well as all of my friends in the industry. I am an alcoholic, and by my thinking I never thought that people cared about me in a friendship way such as this. I had always yearned for that kind of love and respect outside of the love and respect I receive at AA. I am overjoyed!

I was also informed this week by another man that there were many friends that knew we would not be able to wait until May of '08 to receive our donation, so they are in the process of passing the hat for my wife and myself. I am so humbled by this act of kindness and it makes me feel GOD's love for us even more than I believed prior to these gifts. We have not received it yet, but I was informed we would before Christmas.

Still being so broke that we are not bringing in the kind of money needed to pay our bills, but things just keep getting more interesting! There have been other examples of GOD watching over us and that began with a gift card we received in the mail at the beginning of last week. We were totally broke and received it just before we ran out of food to eat. What a miracle! It was sent by an old and dear friend that did not have any idea that we were struggling like we are.

But it keeps getting better. Today we were in the same situation and did not know where our next meal would come from. The mail arrives here in the late afternoon, so after my wife and I prayed for help, she went to the mailbox. Inside there was a check for $200.00 from her mother as well as a rebate check from AT&T that we had totally forgotten about. When I called last week I was told that it had not been processed due to a computer error. The woman told me it would take another 4-6 weeks for them to process it and for me to receive it. It was GOD that sped up the process and performed yet another miracle. My wife had to go to a check-cashing store to cash the $200.00 check and the teller gave her twice the amount, $400.00. When she realized that he made a mistake and ran the check twice she immediately returned the money and explained to him what must have happened. He was very grateful for her honesty, as we were to receive the check in the first place.

Along the way there was also a check for $2,000.00 dollars sent to us by my parents a couple of months ago. GOD has kept us safe! At some point I will have to disconnect my computer because I really don't have the resources to pay for it right now.

I am thrilled to be able to share this with you all right now and keep your hopes alive that all is possible when you turn it over to GOD. I promise that everything I have shared is the truth, so please do not be skeptical. I want to thank everyone here that posted hope towards me, I am extremely grateful, and the reality of me being here is a GOD thing as well. Just a few short months ago I ran to a psych ward to keep me from relapsing and even worse the possibility of suicide. If not for the e-mail I received from John F thanking in mass all the people that helped him out I would have forgotten about my posts and probably not have been back for quite a while.

I am going to make this a regular habit to check this board and offer my experience, strength and hope to all that are in need. I will be gone this weekend, but may have computer access. We are driving to Orlando to visit my family and share a belated Thanksgiving dinner with them all. It has been a year since my last visit and that was due to my injuries and my inability to travel comfortably in a car. I know it will be tough, but I also know that I have GOD to see me through!

Thanks for letting me share!

DannyC

Dannyc · Member

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Dannyc · Member

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