Jeffery Taylor---“Three Year Chip” by Christopher Menkin (his good friend) Many know Jeffrey as an educator, who also was a certified public accountant, certified lease professional, and lease trainer and educator for over twenty years. He also had a daily e-mail to 18,000 in the equipment leasing industry for several years, perhaps the first “blog” in our industry.
“I will celebrate three years of continuous sobriety on Saturday, April 15, 2006,” he e-mailed his friends. “In order to share my recovery with others and to continue my 12 step work, Toby and I will fly into Bountiful, UT where I got sober three years ago and speak at the Saturday Night meeting. Stop by for dinner at 6:00 and enjoy a relaxing evening at the BackStreet Club. “For details, please call Don, the Club Manager, at 801-397-0450 or e-mail Don or me for more information.” Leasing News asked him for a comment on this three year achievement: “The longer I stay sober the less I know. I guess it has to do with throwing away my old beliefs and values and establishing new ones. In a way, I feel like I am living my childhood all over again. Except this time I am living it without drowning my cares and sorrows in alcohol and drugs. “I continue to exercise more, eat better and take better care of my body. I feel like a 24 year-old in a 55-year old body. I continue to go to AA meetings. However, I only go 2-3 times a week instead of daily when I first got sober. “I have been interviewed dozens of times on radio and television and try to spread some simple concepts: “Alcoholics are born and not made You cannot drink yourself into becoming an alcoholic You either are or are not. There is no in-between One cannot recover from alcoholism. You can die from untreated alcoholism To stay sober you need to help another alcoholic. It takes your mind off of your own troubles. There is nothing I have experienced that others have not. No one is unique. “I get closer to God every day and ask him for guidance. Thanks for asking. “Jeffrey “ JeffreyArizona@aol.com (602) 708-4981 (cell) http://www.executivecaliber.ws/sys-tmpl/jeffreytaylor/ Jeff and his wife now live in Arizona, where Jeff now spends full time as a real estate broker. He also appears on radio and is the author of a “Gentleman Drunk.”
The book reads like an inside diary: frank, truthful, and “tell all,' from his days in leasing to working for Sudhir Amembal and then going on his own. This web site tells more about the book, including containing the first seven chapters: I could not put the book down as it explains Jeffrey, the world of equipment leasing, and how he has achieved sobriety. I recommend it to anyone who knows someone in our industry who has an addiction that is controlling their life. Readers are invited to send a greeting to Jeffry (JeffreyArizona@aol.com )at: |
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