Charles is a great guy! More of you should show his appreciation! Here's what he has to say:
1ST TIME POSTING AND MAYBE THE LAST. HAVE BEEN READING POSTS FOR THE
PAST FEW DAYS. SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PINNED UP ANGER. HELL, MAYBE IT'S
MY FAULT FOR SOME OF YOU. I HAVE SEEN A FEW POST FROM PEOPLE I
REMEMBER.
I WAS IN THE PROGRAM STARTING IN JULY 79', AND ON STAFF AFTER 9
MONTHS. STARTED IN THE MORGAN YACHT BUILDING, THEN THE GANDY BLVD.
BUILDING, OPENED SARASOTA BRANCH, THEN WENT TO ATLANTA FOR ABOUT A
YEAR AS SENIOR STAFF SUPERVISOR. THE ONLY TRUEISM THAT I'LL COMMENT ON
IS THAT YES MS. BYRD WAS A BITCH. I WAS ROOMMATES WITH CHRIS CASSLER,
RICHARD KNOWLES IN SARASOTA, STAYED WITH DOUG HEMINGGER FOR A WHILE
IN ST.PETE, JOHN MULLER WAS MY ROOMMATE IN ATLANTA, UNTIL I WAS ASKED
TO LEAVE TOWN BY SUNDOWN. BRETT PATTERSON IS STILL ONE OF MY BEST
FREINDS AND WE SEE EACH OTHER REGULARLY. I GOT MARRIED 20 YEARS AGO
THIS MAY AND THE IGNORANT WOMAN IS STILL SLEEPING WITH ME AFTER ALL
MY BULLSHIT. GOT AN 18YR OLD SENIOR, AND A 15YR OLD FRESHMAN. 3 MORE
YEARS AND I'LL GET SOME FREEDOM AGAIN. JUST GOT BACK FROM LOBSTERING
IN THE KEYS WITH ERIC COOK, I BELIEVE HE WAS IN SARASOTA STRAIGHT.
SEEMS TO BE DOING FINE. I STILL WORK IN SARASOTA, HAVE BEEN LIVING IN
VENICE FOR ABOUT 15YRS. IN GENERAL, LIFE DOESN'T SUCK VERY MUCH AT
ALL.
OBVIOUSLY MY TIME AT STRAIGHT WAS NOT AS TRAUMATIC AS MANY OF THE
POSTS I'VE READ FROM OTHERS. I STILL BELIEVE IT WAS THE BEST THING
FOR ME AT THE TIME, AND AM GLAD I GOT THE HELP. I'M SURE THERE ARE
OTHERS OUT THERE THAT FEEL THIS WAY, JUST MAYBE NOT ON THIS WEBSITE.
I DID MY BEST WHEN I WAS ON STAFF TO HELP, THE SAME WAY I WAS HELPED.
MY RECCOLECTION OF SOME OF THE "HORRORS" THAT TOOK PLACE ARE GREATLY
DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF WHAT I'VE READ. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT SOME
THINGS THAT HAPPENED COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HANDLED FAR BETTER THAN THEY
WHERE. AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES, WE WERE JUST EX-DRUGGIE
OURSELVES. I DON'T INTEND TO GET INTO ANY SPECIFICS, BUT I CAN SAY I
DON'T THINK I PERSONAL DID ANYTHING TO CAUSE ONE TO SPEND THE LAST
20YRS IN PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING. IF I DID AND IT CAN BE PROVEN IN A
COURT OF LAW, SEND ME THE BILLS! THAT WAS A VERY INSENSATIVE JOKE. OR
WAS IT?
A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO A WOMAN CALLED ME FOR AN INTERVIEW ABOUT
STRAIGHT, SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AN ARTICAL IN ROLLING STONE,
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER. WE TALKED AND SHE PRODDED FOR OVER TWO
HOURS. I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO GET ME TO SAY SOMETHING DAMAGING
ABOUT WHAT I KNEW FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE LITIGATION. SORRY, BUT THANKS
FOR ASKING.
I'LL END MY SPEWING NOW AND LOOK FOR MANY ANGRY RESPONSES IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
CHARLES PENDERGRASS
