Excellent. I believe much more in the steps (4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) than I do in the programs and their dismal success rates because of the egos of the few who do succeed in the rooms. I write about that from time to time. https://marcus17043.medium.com/efficacy-of-12-step-programs-for-addiction-treatment-c111fbffc10a

PS: thank you for engaging back. Many in your shoes do not. Your piece on you still being in Iraq that I read on March 21 (I know becasue I was in the waiting room at the dentist) was fabulous. I even got my 17 yr old son to read it on the way home and I can rarely get him to read me. On the subway he didn't have much else to do. ;-)