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CharlieG

Enjoying the beginning of Spring

Sobriety Days So Far: 9118 Days

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About Me

Basic Information

Gender: Male
Birthday: 10/24/1950
Sobriety Date: 06/07/1987
Primary Program: AA
Home Group: Late Night
Hometown: Washington, DC
About me: I love to travel, and as a great blessing of sobriety, until the market crashed, was able to travel all over the world. BUT there are a lot of places in the world without meetings and people who can’t get to meetings so this is my attempt to help solve this problem. BUT I need your help.

Contact Information

Public Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Mobile Phone: 2403966252
Land Phone: 240-396-6252
Address: 6305 Lone Oak Drive
City / Town: Bethesda
State: MD
Country: United States
ZIP: 20817
Website: http://www.soberfolk.org/index.html

Education

College / University: UNC
Graduation Year: 1972

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CharlieG ► bgirlmendieta Hi Welcome to our group!

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CharlieG ► jrodsurf Congratulations on six months!!

50 days ago
CharlieG Enjoying the beginning of Spring

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Graffiti wall

peggie,

got em..ty so much...already started gifting ppl at tonites meeting...hey do i get points for writting on walls rather than private messages??still want those dag nabbit things!!

Tuesday, 08 February 2011 03:01

peggie,

tried to put this into suggestions and was denied twice..have to refresh everytime i put in a text/ canot see ppl come in so i cannot welcome them unless i keep refreshing/wrote this all out once and it wasnt accepted and disappeared grr

Friday, 04 February 2011 17:29

Felicia H.,

Happy New Year Charlie!
I hope this is one of your BEST years yet. God Bless You.
~Felicia

Saturday, 01 January 2011 18:15

jen68,

Thanks for this group.

Thursday, 29 July 2010 15:23

Cera Wuttke,

Nice to meet you, Charlie, hope to run into you again while you're in SC. Enjoy your stay!!!

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 05:46

gretie,

heh friend,so nice to meet you the other day,thanks for the site and hope you didn't burn all your body parts.....almost didn't recognize you with the disguise(:only kidding...blessings and peace and beware of the sandsharks

Monday, 26 July 2010 11:33

Cecil R.,

It was great getting to meet you in San Antonio!

Monday, 19 July 2010 15:42

gratefultobesober,

enjoy your time in san antonio and happy birthday!

Sunday, 18 July 2010 18:22

peggie,

have all those addys...should i mail then to the addy thats right here? just noticed it

Sunday, 18 July 2010 12:41

meg larson,

happy birthday!!!! What does an editor do$ i just got enough points to be 1

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:29

gretie,

heh charlie,how art thou?Hot in DC?I bettcha!!!!Blessings friend,Darcy

CharlieG on Friday, 02 July 2010 02:26

Yes it has been very hot. But now we're in San Antonio for the International Convention.

gretie on Friday, 02 July 2010 04:47

How many came with you?How many people at the convention?Is it hot there as well?Where do you stay,Charlie?Have fun and be careful,Darcy

CharlieG on Saturday, 03 July 2010 06:45

the numbers are all over everywhere I have heard from 50,000 to 95,000. There were 44,000 preregistered.

I'm about 10 miles out. Cecil has the best location in town. But I've met all sorts of wonderful people and had a lot of fun. This is a great experience.

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:55

peggie,

got some adresses for you...how many you want?

CharlieG on Saturday, 03 July 2010 06:47

send me any address you have. I'd love to share these magnets with any of our regulars. If you talk to James in the next few days please ask him to call me. So I can get some of these to him to give to all our wonderful friends in Beaufort.

Monday, 28 June 2010 23:14

peggie,

everytime i have to re-enter i have to re-upload my profile picture...still

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 18:19

peggie,

everyday i have to upload my profile picture grrrr whats up with that? am i doing something wrong?

Saturday, 19 June 2010 22:45

sandee lorentz,

Hi Charlie - You are looking well. I haven't been on SF for a long time. I have just been lagging. I play scrabble on facebook and it takes all my time chatting with my friends on there. :-) I have been working a lot and still sober!!
I will be going on vacation in two weeks. I cannot wait. I will be going home - the Black Hills in South Dakota. I have my 25 year HS reunion, my 43rd birthday and Independence Day. I am going to participate in my first 5k run. Wish me luck.
Take care sir and peace to you.
Sandee

CharlieG on Saturday, 03 July 2010 06:48

WOW! sounds like a wonderful vacation. I'm down in San Antonio for the 75th Anniversary Convention. Never seen more than a thousand drunks at one time so this is amazing.

Friday, 18 June 2010 06:57

peggie,

hey good news for 2 days i have been able to log in the regular way! hope you are well...miss u

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 22:26

gratefultobesober,

CHARLIE!! happy 23rd today i am celebrating 19 years! i sent you a friend request @ FB God bless you my friend and thank you for all you do!

Monday, 14 June 2010 23:48

Yvon P.,

OMG!! I'm so sorry Charlie! Too busy I guess but I just remembered your 23rd on June 7th! Happy belated A.A. Birthday my friend! Now you've ruined my day as I feel terrible for missing it!

Yvon

CharlieG on Monday, 14 June 2010 16:35

Thanks Yvon.

Sunday, 13 June 2010 22:21

irishliz,

have nice w.e. Charlie...

Saturday, 12 June 2010 14:25

FrankE,

Hi Charlie, congratulations on your anniversary. This evening I was sitting in a church basement (go figure) and a friend of yours walked in. Georgie, who got me to sign up here last year, is back in Northampton. She has finished her internship in Springfield, MA and will be going on another internship in August. The August one will be in your area so you will get to talk with her in person again. Frank E.

Friday, 11 June 2010 02:26

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