http://www.derelictgunslinger.com/blog/2010/02/04/a-new-beginning/ John Camp's online home Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.derelictgunslinger.com/blog/2010/02/04/a-new-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Dorothy Kendrick Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:58:44 +0000 http://www.derelictgunslinger.com/?p=709#comment-44 Wow John. I had never heard the story. I had only heard that you had once been an alcoholic. I believe I remember someone talking about you going to AA meetings while I was at Channel 2. I read Barbara Walters book where she talks about how her success came largely from her experiences trying to compensate for and help take care of her mentally challenged sister and having to end up taking care of her once very successful father. I see you have a similar story. I have nothing in my life to compare to your experiences. I however always take with me a comment you made to me about Billy Cannon's and jimmy Swaggart's downfalls. You told me, people are much more apt to self-destruct once they start going through life thinking they are special. I see that so often. Whenever, I start to feel I'm losing my humility, I'm seriously reminded of your comments. Congrats on your 39 years of sobriety and thanks for helping keep me grounded, though I'm sure you are clueless how seriously I took the comment. You may recall, I did a lengthy interview with you when Channel 2 did The Century in 1999. Wow John. I had never heard the story. I had only heard that you had once been an alcoholic. I believe I remember someone talking about you going to AA meetings while I was at Channel 2. I read Barbara Walters book where she talks about how her success came largely from her experiences trying to compensate for and help take care of her mentally challenged sister and having to end up taking care of her once very successful father. I see you have a similar story. I have nothing in my life to compare to your experiences. I however always take with me a comment you made to me about Billy Cannon’s and jimmy Swaggart’s downfalls. You told me, people are much more apt to self-destruct once they start going through life thinking they are special. I see that so often. Whenever, I start to feel I’m losing my humility, I’m seriously reminded of your comments. Congrats on your 39 years of sobriety and thanks for helping keep me grounded, though I’m sure you are clueless how seriously I took the comment. You may recall, I did a lengthy interview with you when Channel 2 did The Century in 1999.

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