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HI James,
I ordered LA Diaries from Amazon.com and this is the reply I got.Hello from Amazon.ca.

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James Brown "The Los Angeles Diaries: A Memoir"

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Can I buy it from you? I would send you the payment via western union if you like.

Jorge from Canada


Thanks, Jorge. Hope you enjoy L.A. Diaries.

Jim

Thank you. I have bought your book, Los Angeles Diaries.
I look forward to reading it.
Have a good one.
Jorge from Canada

Jorge,
He spoke highly of Cole, as I recall, and Cole spoke highly of Barry as well. Barry also considered his own performance on Mod Squad to be one of his best, and the character was based, at least in part, from a kid in our neighborhood where we grew up in San Jose.
Best,
Jim

What did your brother think about Michael Cole, from the Mod Squad?
I read that you're brother really enjoyed this show, is this right? if so why?
Thanks
Jorge from Canada

Antabuse certainly keeps the alcoholic from drinking, but by fear, because of the effects. If you drink on it you get terribly ill, sick to your stomach, feverish, achy all over. I know from experience. It's really only effective in the earliest stages of recovery (the first week or two, helping the alcoholic to clear his mind). It keeps you sober because you CAN'T drink on it, but a true alcoholic, if he really wants to drink, just stops taking the pills, and within a few days the Antabuse clears the system. I used it for a while in one of my early attempts to get sober, but eventually found a way to drink around it
(alcoholics/addicts are a very resourceful sort), which I best not share with the public. So, yes, it works through fear-based motivation, but its effectiveness is short term, and short term isn't the solution to a long term problem. Hope this info helps. I found a prescription med called Cambral (I believe that's how it's spelled) more effective in my early sobriety in that it helps reduce the actual craving, and it can be taken long term if necessary.

Hi,

I just happened to read a news item about a politician who is alcoholic (on a newspaper blog), one person wrote about "antabuse", first I heard of it and wondered if you have or have anything to say on the substance(?) - whether it helps or has been proven useful. Thanks


Judy,
I look forward to meeting you, too, and hopefully I can be of some help.

Best,
Jim

Mr. Brown, I am looking forward to meeting you at the Aug. 14 meeting of the High Desert California Writers Club, of which I am a member. I hope that, at that point or some other, I can seek your guidance concerning my desire to publish my late husband's best short stories. Judy Long