Dr. Russell Barkley

Well, it was writing and wine.

That's what got me through the pandemic.

And then doing drive-by cocktails with my son and his family and get to see my grandchildren.

And like everybody else, we made do.

We adapted.

Um, well, uh, I don't know if you're recording now or not.

Okay.

Very good.

Thank you.

The, it's a long story, but I'll shorten it real quick.

I had just gotten out of the Air Force.

I'd been back from Vietnam where I served with the Marine Corps, actually, even though it was Air Force.

And I finished and went to the University of North Carolina to complete my undergraduate work.

And while I was there, I was studying psychology and biology and

trying to figure out how to blend the two.

And I was looking for extra things to do to get into graduate school because getting good grades is not enough to go to graduate school.

So I wandered around the medical center and volunteered 20 hours a week free of charge if somebody wanted a research assistant.

And everybody kept saying there's a psychologist upstairs that just got a grant.

Go talk to him.

So I did.