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Communications of Hossein and Bill ((Reply to Hossein - January 5, 2023)

Communications of Hossein and Bill ((Reply to Hossein - January 5, 2023)

January 5, 2023

Dear Hossein,  

I am pleased to hear from your last communication that you are doing well. I am also doing well as my recovery from recent health challenges continues to progress along with my energy.  Congratulations on the certificates of appreciation you received for your recent presentations. Such dissemination efforts are critical in sharing with the world the scientific and experiential knowledge developed within Congress 60. Your collaborations with noted universities will also facilitate this dissemination, and I am delighted to hear that such collaborations are proceeding.  Your continued teaching activities must be a source of great pleasure and meaning for you. I do miss such face-to-face teaching opportunities. In recent years, I have had to limit my teachings to my writings.  With my renewed health these past two weeks, I have made steady progress on the book project we have discussed. After completing my first review of your interviews, I am working my way through your papers that have been translated to English and your books--excerpting topical quotes specific to addiction and recovery that I think will be of most interest internationally to people seeking recovery and to those working in addiction treatment and various recovery support services.  I envision this book as a source of critical information, meditation, and inspiration, and see it physically as a book small enough in size that one could easily carry it on one’s person and read as desired or as a daily meditational. The book I am modeling it on is about four by six inches in size with two to three quotes per page. I also think a version of the book could be leatherbound or have a beautiful hard cover like that of a classic manuscript as well as paperback and online versions. Such details can be explored once the book is compiled, but envisioning its physical size and how it will be used is influencing my selections of what I would recommend being included. Once my review of your papers and books is complete, I will move to reviewing the archives of our email communications. Before this latter step, I can send you a draft of what I have completed to date to make sure you approve of what I am doing.  I also think there may be some topics that you have not addressed in your writings or have addressed primarily through story that would be too long to include in this book that I could suggest you write brief reflections on that we can include. When my review is complete, I will note for you any such topics that we may also want to include.  It is quite an experience to review all of your writings in such a concentrated time period as I am doing. It has given me a far greater appreciation of your contributions and added import to the decisions I am making on what quotes from your writings I recommend to you for the book.  On this first week of the new year, I wish you, your family, and all members of Congress 60 the very best for 2023. We now begin another year of productive collaboration.   

Friends and Brothers Forever

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