Tag: 12 steps

• Memoir: A thought experiment concerning Dad (1973-80)

  

  How would my father be doing if he were alive and well today, if he hadn’t died at 59 of bowel cancer? I think Dad might have adapted pretty well to the current culture. Several times, I saw him accommodate powerful changes in mores that happened around him in the 1970s.  A professional adaptation occurred…

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  February 5, 2025

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