Re: Am I an addict?


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Posted by Rick D. on July 21, 2002 at 23:30:40:

In Reply to: Am I an addict? posted by Jeff Hicks on July 21, 2002 at 17:06:21:

I've been with at least 20 mouthpieces. I sound pretty bad on all of them. I'll find a favorite, and I'll stick with it for sometimes weeks and sometimes months. I was up to 9 years with a wonderful Rose Orchestra, but then I started hanging around that old tuba-geek crowd (Tubenet) again and those old feelings of inadequacy took hold. I was so out of control. I woke up one cold morning last winter face down in the gutter, with a gold-plated PT-48 I didn't know there with me. I don't know how I even got there. I dragged myself to a meeting, and met someone who understood. He goes by Doug E. He was there for me when I hit bottom, and now I've been with just one mouthpiece for six months, two days, and 14 hours. I don't know if I'll buy another mouthpiece tomorrow, but today I'll stay with this one.

The only thing I can tell you is...keep going to meetings. People there understand.

Rick "one day at a time" D.


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