my shoulder. I turn my head. A woman is smiling at me. “Dr. Gabor Maté! I thought that was you! My name is Sophie. You delivered my baby nineteen years ago. You probably don’t remember.” “I don’t, but nice to see you.” Sophie, she reminds me, was twenty-one years old when I attended the delivery of her child. As it turns out, far from feeling embarrassed at encountering a former patient at an AA event, I’m glad to be greeted by a friendly face. “Tell me something. Do I belong here?” I give the one-minute version of my history. “You do belong.” Sophie explains that the meeting is open to
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