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Thomas and the old Medhelp
I came back here after six years away and six years down the toilet to find that Thomas had died.
I remember the old Medhelp and I wonder where everybody went. Frankie Lee, Witchy Woman, Jules, are you out there?
Thomas was one of my life savers. When we weren't having some serious flame wars that were really fun and interesting. Can't do that now, can we? :)
And then there was Dr. Steve who would post and we'd all make fun of him.
I did a search for Thomas' name but just ended up with endless links about the recipe.
So I did a search for another member's name and was reading a very old thread and came across this post from Thomas. I thought it was rather poignant given the way things turn out.
Miss ya, buddy. And you did leave a legacy.
"Well, lea, yes, I'm a writer. But, no, I'm not the kind of writer I'd like to be. I earn my living writing about computers, which at the moment is boring the living **** out of me. But it does pay well, most of the time, so I go on with it. I'd like to contribute something creative and meaningful to the world through my writing before I die, but the rub is that I get home at night so mentally drained I can't put together a worthwhile sentence, let alone a full-scale work of any value. I've wished to be a writer since I was ten. I suppose there's a kind of irony in the way things turned out."
I remember the old Medhelp and I wonder where everybody went. Frankie Lee, Witchy Woman, Jules, are you out there?
Thomas was one of my life savers. When we weren't having some serious flame wars that were really fun and interesting. Can't do that now, can we? :)
And then there was Dr. Steve who would post and we'd all make fun of him.
I did a search for Thomas' name but just ended up with endless links about the recipe.
So I did a search for another member's name and was reading a very old thread and came across this post from Thomas. I thought it was rather poignant given the way things turn out.
Miss ya, buddy. And you did leave a legacy.
"Well, lea, yes, I'm a writer. But, no, I'm not the kind of writer I'd like to be. I earn my living writing about computers, which at the moment is boring the living **** out of me. But it does pay well, most of the time, so I go on with it. I'd like to contribute something creative and meaningful to the world through my writing before I die, but the rub is that I get home at night so mentally drained I can't put together a worthwhile sentence, let alone a full-scale work of any value. I've wished to be a writer since I was ten. I suppose there's a kind of irony in the way things turned out."
Do a search for the user name Frank Lee. This will take you back to the old Med help threads. Once there, you can click on any user name and view their posts. You will find some from Thomas as well as others.
This dates back to 2002. I don't think any of these people are on here any more.
This dates back to 2002. I don't think any of these people are on here any more.
Good to see someone from the old Med help. Those were some wild times, weren't they? ;)
I'm so sorry to hear about Thomas...he's helped so many. I was curious about who's been on the forum here the longest, and what happens to the archives of members like him?
Witchy Woman . . . now there's a name I haven't heard for awhile. She was a good frien to me back in 2002 when I was trying hard, but failing, to find recovery.
Tara had a bit over a year and I was relapsing every 30 days or so. My last relapse was on day 59 . . . I pretty much quit coming to the forum after that.
I didn't make it back here until late 2005 or early 2006, after my 2nd rehab, when I had about 6 months of clean time. I tried to contact Tara in 2006 with an old e-mail address I found for her in the archives, but I never heard anything from her and don't even know if the address was still good. She had been a lot of help to me back then and I really wanted her to know that I had FINALLY made it out the other side.
I hope she's well . . . she was a good egg.
CATUF
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Tara had a bit over a year and I was relapsing every 30 days or so. My last relapse was on day 59 . . . I pretty much quit coming to the forum after that.
I didn't make it back here until late 2005 or early 2006, after my 2nd rehab, when I had about 6 months of clean time. I tried to contact Tara in 2006 with an old e-mail address I found for her in the archives, but I never heard anything from her and don't even know if the address was still good. She had been a lot of help to me back then and I really wanted her to know that I had FINALLY made it out the other side.
I hope she's well . . . she was a good egg.
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Thomas, I've tried to quit numerous times over my 4 year addiction to 600mg oxycodone per day. Multiple failures with suboxone and at my absolute bottom decided to try your recipe and I am sober because of it. You were a great person and a life saver and will always be remembered by all of us here and others youve helped across the world. Thanks Tom, May you rest in peace free of all demons. Your free. And I pray for your family and friends. Thanks
WoW......well, maybe it is true.
His legacy will live on for I don't know how many decades if not infinitely....He got exactly what he wanted before he died....depending on how you look at it....A Beautiful thing. It's unfortunate that he had to die that way. It may in some peoples eyes be taken negatively.
I think its a beautiful thing.
Prayers to the Thomas family. Its never too late for that, right?
His legacy will live on for I don't know how many decades if not infinitely....He got exactly what he wanted before he died....depending on how you look at it....A Beautiful thing. It's unfortunate that he had to die that way. It may in some peoples eyes be taken negatively.
I think its a beautiful thing.
Prayers to the Thomas family. Its never too late for that, right?
Checked my mail and the post was deleted because I included a link. However as far as I can tell the board is defunct now.
I am allowed to quote the post so here it is again.
I really hate to post such sad news to y'all, but after so many wonderful years, watching how much his recipe helped addicts, I felt this is a place I should post.
Thomas was not found immediately, due to living alone as he and his wife were working out some problems. The coroner has put his date of death on June 11th, 2008 sometime while he was sleeping. From the looks of it, the way he was lying so peacefully in his bed, curled up and cuddled into his blankets, this was an accidental overdose. Thomas was not depressed or upset about anything and anyone who had been in contact with him recently saw no change in him. Suicide does not seem to be an option at all.
If any of you would like to send a note of condolence to his widow, Bobbie, I would be happy to forward them on to her for you. Send them to ***@**** and I'll pass them on. I know she would appreciate hearing how many he helped over the years. After 20+ years of marriage, you can imagine how hard this is for her and also his son.
If there are other places online that anyone knows about that uses the recipe, let me know and I will be happy to post there. Thomas gave me permission to post the recipe wherever I felt it would help people, so please keep it on this forum. He would want that, he had many friends here that he loved dearly.
I would have loved to contact those of you whom I've known for years with a personal email, but I had a total crash a few months ago and lost all the email addresses. I just got done building myself a new computer and now am starting the process of finding people to hopefully get them back in my addy book.
May Thomas RIP. The world has lost a very intelligent, articulate man who had so much love and compassion for his fellow addicts. He will be missed by many.
Nancy / MrsRat
I am allowed to quote the post so here it is again.
I really hate to post such sad news to y'all, but after so many wonderful years, watching how much his recipe helped addicts, I felt this is a place I should post.
Thomas was not found immediately, due to living alone as he and his wife were working out some problems. The coroner has put his date of death on June 11th, 2008 sometime while he was sleeping. From the looks of it, the way he was lying so peacefully in his bed, curled up and cuddled into his blankets, this was an accidental overdose. Thomas was not depressed or upset about anything and anyone who had been in contact with him recently saw no change in him. Suicide does not seem to be an option at all.
If any of you would like to send a note of condolence to his widow, Bobbie, I would be happy to forward them on to her for you. Send them to ***@**** and I'll pass them on. I know she would appreciate hearing how many he helped over the years. After 20+ years of marriage, you can imagine how hard this is for her and also his son.
If there are other places online that anyone knows about that uses the recipe, let me know and I will be happy to post there. Thomas gave me permission to post the recipe wherever I felt it would help people, so please keep it on this forum. He would want that, he had many friends here that he loved dearly.
I would have loved to contact those of you whom I've known for years with a personal email, but I had a total crash a few months ago and lost all the email addresses. I just got done building myself a new computer and now am starting the process of finding people to hopefully get them back in my addy book.
May Thomas RIP. The world has lost a very intelligent, articulate man who had so much love and compassion for his fellow addicts. He will be missed by many.
Nancy / MrsRat
Ahhhh... beachtowel. That brought a lol and a smile.
I didn't agree with him a great deal of the time, but he was good Joe.
He always struck me as someone who would make a good Pentecostal preacher. :->
I didn't agree with him a great deal of the time, but he was good Joe.
He always struck me as someone who would make a good Pentecostal preacher. :->
Really kind words and tribute to your friend. Thank you for sharing ....
Very touching to read.
luv,
nauty...............
Very touching to read.
luv,
nauty...............
thomas was before my time here (2+ yrs for me). When i came, Beachtowel was the topdawg around here, controversial as he was he helped alot of people in a 'tough love" approach..
Good point. I just heard about it for the first time the other day. It would be interesting to know one way or the other.
Ah, for the record, I've only been on here a little over two years. As I commented elsewhere I'm terrible with lengths of time. My wife says that my standard answer to when something happened is either; "two days, two weeks, or two years". :-)
Ah, for the record, I've only been on here a little over two years. As I commented elsewhere I'm terrible with lengths of time. My wife says that my standard answer to when something happened is either; "two days, two weeks, or two years". :-)
No, it was Thomas.
I hope he's not dead. He did start another board. I think it was an EZBoard but my memory is not the greatest.
Back then, the powers that be had a real problem with his recipe.
I hope he's not dead. He did start another board. I think it was an EZBoard but my memory is not the greatest.
Back then, the powers that be had a real problem with his recipe.
I'm curious to the truth about Thomas being dead. I'm pretty sure this rumor came up about a year ago and then was told it was basically urban legand, and that no one knows for sure what happened to Thomas.
What was his screen name? Was it theGolden1 ???
What was his screen name? Was it theGolden1 ???
I wonder if all the old timers are dead.
It got very bad on the old board and there were threats by the management to close it down. Well, bad in their opinion. We were all just fine with it.
I've been reading the old forum and found another post by Thomas that came during the Dr. Steve attack period when Med help was going to shut down the board.
Dr. Steve was supposed to be helping people recover but instead just posted useless generic comments like "Consult your physician."
Here's a post by Thomas during that time. This was pure Thomas. LOL.
thanks for the compliment in the first thread. I would never tell someone else how to react to this waste of a perfectly good medical school diploma, but I for one refuse to beg him for anything. His total lack of effort in moderating this forum for the past one and half years is a disgrace. Want proof? Go to some of the other forums on med help and read the thoughful, considerate and HELPFUL posts by the doctors there. Then compare them to Dr Steve's. I could grab an eleven year-old off the street, teach him, oh, three phrases, and he/she could take Dr Steve's place on this forum and no one, especially Danielincc, would know the difference. I call for Dr Steve to resign and allow another doctor to moderate this forum. As far as I'm concerned, Dr Steve, you're fired.
It got very bad on the old board and there were threats by the management to close it down. Well, bad in their opinion. We were all just fine with it.
I've been reading the old forum and found another post by Thomas that came during the Dr. Steve attack period when Med help was going to shut down the board.
Dr. Steve was supposed to be helping people recover but instead just posted useless generic comments like "Consult your physician."
Here's a post by Thomas during that time. This was pure Thomas. LOL.
thanks for the compliment in the first thread. I would never tell someone else how to react to this waste of a perfectly good medical school diploma, but I for one refuse to beg him for anything. His total lack of effort in moderating this forum for the past one and half years is a disgrace. Want proof? Go to some of the other forums on med help and read the thoughful, considerate and HELPFUL posts by the doctors there. Then compare them to Dr Steve's. I could grab an eleven year-old off the street, teach him, oh, three phrases, and he/she could take Dr Steve's place on this forum and no one, especially Danielincc, would know the difference. I call for Dr Steve to resign and allow another doctor to moderate this forum. As far as I'm concerned, Dr Steve, you're fired.
I never knew the man. I've been on here I'd guess... three years? I was surprised to hear he was dead.
Out of all the sites I'd go to while going through the recovery process, this is the only one I'm still on.
Med-help has been there from the start, finish, and afterwards for me. I live a very transitory existence, and it's nice to have this one continuous thread through it all.
here's a lot of good folks who were here when I first came on that are no longer around, and that was only three years ago.
I'm grateful for those who've stuck around; it's good to "see the familiar faces" on here.
:->
And now I'm distracted; I just fond a video of "Faster Pussycat" doing Carly Simon's "You're so Vain" and I can't stop laughing. Ahhhh, more memories!!
Out of all the sites I'd go to while going through the recovery process, this is the only one I'm still on.
Med-help has been there from the start, finish, and afterwards for me. I live a very transitory existence, and it's nice to have this one continuous thread through it all.
here's a lot of good folks who were here when I first came on that are no longer around, and that was only three years ago.
I'm grateful for those who've stuck around; it's good to "see the familiar faces" on here.
:->
And now I'm distracted; I just fond a video of "Faster Pussycat" doing Carly Simon's "You're so Vain" and I can't stop laughing. Ahhhh, more memories!!
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