January 16, 2025
Dear Hossein,
Thank you for your latest communication. It is always a pleasure to receive your latest news from Tehran. And a special thanks for the musical performance videos. I particularly like the video with the orchestra and the choir singing behind it. I did not understand the language but the music still touched my heart.
Your information on the process by which new Congress 60 branches are formed was quite helpful. The exponential growth of Congress 60 branches in other Iranian cities is quite remarkable. I hope branches will record their local histories of how each branch came into being. Those stories will be a source of inspiration to others for decades to come.
I am also impressed with the manner in which you assure fidelity to Congress 60 methods within new branches that form through your speeches and the Didehban supervision. And regarding the former, I look forward to the day when your speeches will be translated into English with the help of AI and that I will be able to listen and learn from them. The layers of supervision assure that new branches meticulously adhere to the core values and methods that have brought Congress 60 to its current status in Iran and internationally.
As you respond to my questions, I am continuing to add information to the updated profile in the paper we are preparing for our latest study. Ehsan and Dr. Sarapas keep me informed of the progress on data analysis, and I am very pleased with the progress to date and the smoothness of communication between the Chestnut research staff and those in Congress 60 responsible for maintaining statistical information. I continue to describe the way Congress 60 integrates time-limited medication support within a vibrant culture of recovery in my communications with addiction experts from around the globe and all are looking forward to completion and publication of this latest study.
These past weeks I have continued my work reviewing the published literature on the problem of retention in the medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction and the related challenge of post-treatment opioid use disorder recurrence. What started out as a short, focused paper has grown into a quite detailed monograph of considerable length. I am thinking that I will post the long monograph version and the publish an executive summary of the monograph in one of the addiction journals. I will send you a draft of the latter when it is completed for your review. In the meantime, I wish you well with progress on your own studies. Do keep me abreast of their progress.
Please extend my warmest regards to your family and to all members of Congress 60.
Friends and Brothers Forever,
Bill