You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.

Hey, hey, how are you? Okay, you can probably hear my voice. I am sick. I'm actually on the

mend, which is a terrific thing, but y'all, I was down for the count this week. It went

through my family so fast. I don't know what it is. It was the flu of some sort. I've been

vaccinated twice, so I, and I tested negative for COVID, but I don't know if it was a variation

of COVID or what, but myself and my kids have been locked in our house for over a week trying

to get over this, whatever it is. So I apologize to you if I sound a little weird or if I clear

my throat. I'll try very hard not to do that, but I wanted to get this out to you because here

it comes another apology. I am still continuing to take this certification at Stanford on psychology

of addiction, because you can't, well, I didn't want to get an extension on my work. I wanted

to continue to plough through. So here's my apology. I know some of you are like Michelle. Why do

you have to keep mentioning the name Stanford? And here's why. And then I'm going to say it, and

I won't say it again. But those of you who know me and have been listening for a while understand,

I have, I have what's now called learning differences, but back in my day, they were just called

learning difficulties, learning problems. I have dyslexia and I'm sure I have a bunch of other

things that weren't officially diagnosed when I was younger, which is ironic because I read and write

for a living, but it always takes me about two or three times longer to learn the information.

But here's the good news is that once I learn it, it's like I get it and I can explain it in such an

easier way because I had to learn kind of tricks and trades and or tricks and tools to get to

the same destination as other people. So I think that actually helps me become a stronger teacher

of what I'm learning. At least that's what my kids told me. But you guys, for someone who has

multiple learning difficulties to take such a profoundly hard and difficult class at a wonderful

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