Dear Bill,
I hope you are fine; I am well.
Before anything else, let me congratulate you, Mrs. Rita, and your family on the New Year and Merry Christmas.
Yesterday, December 23rd, the treatment of rats with OT for amphetamine and epilepsy concluded.
Regarding the amphetamine, two tests will be conducted at this milestone. One is to examine their psyche by observing if they have the usual daily lively. The second, which I believe to be important, is to take blood samples (under their tail) and cerebrospinal fluid to examine the gene expressions.
Then, a comparison will take place between:
Rats that went on a cold turkey (sudden withdrawal) from amphetamine.
Rats who received water instead of OT (placebo effect).
Rats who received OT based on the DOD treatment triangle.
Then, the whole world can see what type of disorders using amphetamine creates and how the DOD solves them all.
I hope, one day, we can convince the scientists in the addiction treatment medical field that finding a vaccine for addiction is nothing but an illusion.
I am sharing videos about the musical team that I mentioned before (our members are learning how to play instruments, and in some positions, if we don't have a proper master, we find music masters from outside Congress 60). We will have an orchestra in three years. The videos illustrates a music group from another city coming to the main branch in Tehran to perform.
The videos are not in order now, and I will send them again after organizing them.
I am delighted to hear about your acceptance to present in the opening ceremony of recovery research. This is important work, and as I always say:
"We are what we think we are."
If we think we are young, we will be young; if we think about ourselves as old, then we will become old.
Your work continues. I believe people like us will never cease to work.
I have enjoyed and learned from our friendship and collaboration over the years. You are the light of our road and the connecting point between Congress 60 and the world. I thank God and you for this opportunity. I also thank Ehsan for doing the translations.
Hopefully, 2024 will be the year to shed light on the darkness of addiction.
Be young and immortal.
Friends and brothers on heaven and earth forever
Hossein