March 22, 2023
Dear Hossein,
Thank you for your latest communication. I am delighted to hear that you will be enjoying holidays this next few weeks. We all need such respite and refreshment and time to be with family without the routine demands of our lives. I came back very rejuvenated following my visit with my sisters and am welcoming Spring with new energies. Since arriving home, I have been doing further work with the editing and formatting of our book manuscript. I am glad I decided to review it completely just to make sure it is as close to perfect as possible. Also, I will follow your latest instructions on handling the book cover and copyright page. I think your decision on not including photos is best and fits with the overall tenor of the book and maintaining the focus on the text. I will continue to work on this in the coming weeks and will also seek some technical assistance with the final formatting. When this work is complete, I will share a final draft for your approval before posting the book and disseminating announcements related to its availability. This work may be slowed by some pending medical procedures that my doctors are recommending, but I expect we will be able to complete work on the English version of the book and have it posted by the end of June. Deepest congratulations on the progress of your research collaboration with your colleagues from Bristol University. I think this collaboration will bear much fruit in the years to come and enhance the esteem in which Congress 60 is held within the medical research community. As you know, most research in the addictions field has focused on the pharmacology of psychoactive drugs, detailing the pathologies of excessive drug use, and describing the methods of brief models of addiction treatment. What I think will distinguish the research of Congress 60 is its focus on the long-term recovery process and the methods that produce such personal and family recoveries as well as the resulting enhancements in quality of life. This emphasis not on the problem but on the solution will distinguish the published work on Congress 60. That shift alone will be a lasting legacy for Congress 60.
Please extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to your family and to all members of Congress 60. Their renewed lives are shining a beacon of hope to the world.
Friends and brothers forever,