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Hello everyone,

You know the drill by know I am always late on putting up diary entries and this one is no exception. I and everyone here at Racing for Recovery have been extremely busy as a result of the ESPN Sportscenter broadcast on August 19 and 20. If you missed it, you can view it on www.racingforrecovery.com as the link is on the homepage and under the pressroom section.

I want to thank my friend Jose Morales and everyone at ESPN who was a part of creating this amazing piece. There has been a ton of media coverage on this program over the years which I am very grateful for and with no disrespect to any of those media outlets, this ESPN coverage was the best. Since the coverage aired we have had over 6,000 hits to the website, hunreds of books have been sold, speaking engagements booked, hundreds upon hundreds of emails, constant phone calls and the main thing is peoples lives have been changed and for that I am forever thankful. I also have been contacted by friends I have not seen or heard from in over 25 years and it has been amazing to reconnect with those I lost during my drug days.

I always think of the guy who will watch a story like ours on tv when he is drunk and have it change his life for the better. Well here is an email I received that I want to share with you all.

I have been a meth addict fo almost 12 years, I have ruined relationships
with my family members, friends and women I love because of my addiction.
I've lost cars, my home and all the things I worked for because of my
inability or unwillingness to stop.

I have been struggling to stay clean for the last three months and was
sitting down with my pipe and 3 grams and as I was going to take my first
hit your story came on ESPN. Your story interested me so I put down the pipe
and watched the segment.

After the story was finished I flushed the dope and broke my pipe, hearing
your story has inspired me to strive to stay clean and has shown me that if
you put as much effort into life as you being an addict you can rebuild your
life and become a better person for yourself and everyone else.

You sacrifice so much to help other people regain their lives and put them
on a positive track in life I felt the need to write you and say thank you
for all you do for every one of us who needs an inspiration to turn our
lives around and stay on the right path.

Thank you again for being there for me and every other addict you have and
ever will help.

Sincerely,
Jason

If anyone ever questions my work personally, professionally or if Racing for Recovery is worthwhile, scroll up and read that email again. WHAT I AND RACING FOR RECOVERY DO IS WORTHWHILE AND HELPING OTHERS.

There are big things coming since ESPN aired all of which I am pursuing with great interest. Last week I was in Los Angeles, next week I am in New York or Cleveland (not sure which yet) to meet with NBC, and Baltimore for an Olympic Triathlon then the following week back to Los Angeles for meetings with our agency and CBS. My dream since 2001 has been to reach as many people as possible through my story and Racing for Recovery and that dream is now a reality.

We have two Racing for Recovery 5k's coming in October. The 13 is in Las Vegas and the 6th Annual Racing for Recovery 5k, 10k is in Sylvania, Ohio.

In closing I simply want to thank everyone who has supported our program and stay tuned for the ride we hae begun. I also want to thank GOD for my sobriety and everything that getting off of drugs has brought to me. Last but not least to my wife Melissa and my beautiful kids thanks for hanging in there with me. I know it has been a struggle but nothing worthwhile comes easy. I would not be here without you and I cant go foward without you as well.

With Sobriety Anything is Possible.

TC