After
the body I started working on my mind by joining a transactional
analysis group in which I participated on a one to one basis and in
group therapy. I tackled why I became an habitual liar, I faced why I
was in a destructive relationship, why I hadsabotaged myself while I
stopped being an 'injustice collector'. I became optimistic, a Mr.
Pollyanna, a man who knew his worth, a man who worked hard for the
first time in his life and reaped the rewards and played hard!

It was a decade when I netted $68,000 a year to play with, traveled to Australia, New Zealand ,
Hawaii, South America, 48 out of 50 States, moved to, and loved,
Memphis, Tennessee, became a big fish in a small pond, was on radio,
TV, did newspaper interviews, wrote books, had requests to speak at WW
meetings all over the States, had a fantastic townhouse, more clothes
than I could ever wear out (40 years later still have and wear some of
them), more rings than fingers, a new white Caddyconvertable and everything else I needed and wanted.

 

I
started that decade moving to Memphis with a lover 5 years older than
me and 10 years later opened my own business with a lover 11 years
younger than me.
In the fourth decade of my life I would
be alone, out of business, drinking very heavily, lying again, going
broke being sexually promiscuous not knowing I would meet--and
lose--the love of my life!
I never lost my instinct to survive, my natural bent to be positive and enjoy the ups and downs of life.