bobby,

i don't think you are being a cry baby.  so sorry that your friend
died, he sounds like a genuine caring person, the loss of such a
person is a very great loss indeed. you are right - good guys always
go and bad ones seem to stick around. it isn't fair.

much sympathy to you - take it easy and take care of yourself bobby
hugs
rayna

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:40:19AM -0500, Bobby G. Greer, Ph. D. wrote:
    I went to my regular AA meeting today and found out my friend and sponsor was
    found dead in his sleep last night. He was in good health as far as we knew.
    He was a great gift to our AA community and was a great guy. We had lunch 2
    or 3 times a week. He was the best Dermatologist in Memphis and treated many
    people who were down and out without charge. He also took residents from our
    med school and would share with them his professional knowledge as well as
    his problems with drugs which plague many medical personnel, teaching the
    residents that no one is immune to drug addiction. I am very angry and
    depresses right now. My niece, my sponsor and the many others in my life
    taken from me. I hate to be a cry baby. Retirement isn't all it's cracked up
    to be since I do not have my work to lose my self in times like these.
    I had lunch with Ralph Monday and told him I would see him around. We never
    know!
    The good guys go and the #@@ holes hang around.

    I apologize for spilling my guts!

    Bobby