Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

I knew that I did not want to be the kind of person who was, you know, waking up every day in white-knuckling sobriety and just, you know, trying to resist through willpower. And by the way, I had iron willpower as a kid. I gave up candy for Lent when I was 12, and I didn't eat it again until I was in college. I gave up desserts the next year for Lent, and I never

I knew that I did not want to be the kind of person who was, you know, waking up every day in white-knuckling sobriety and just, you know, trying to resist through willpower. And by the way, I had iron willpower as a kid. I gave up candy for Lent when I was 12, and I didn't eat it again until I was in college. I gave up desserts the next year for Lent, and I never

I knew that I did not want to be the kind of person who was, you know, waking up every day in white-knuckling sobriety and just, you know, trying to resist through willpower. And by the way, I had iron willpower as a kid. I gave up candy for Lent when I was 12, and I didn't eat it again until I was in college. I gave up desserts the next year for Lent, and I never

college and I was trying to bulk up for rugby and for sports. So I felt like I could do anything with my willpower, but somehow this particular thing, you know, the addiction was completely impervious to it. And it was cunning, baffling, incomprehensible. I could not understand why I couldn't just say no and then never do it again like I did with everything else.

college and I was trying to bulk up for rugby and for sports. So I felt like I could do anything with my willpower, but somehow this particular thing, you know, the addiction was completely impervious to it. And it was cunning, baffling, incomprehensible. I could not understand why I couldn't just say no and then never do it again like I did with everything else.

college and I was trying to bulk up for rugby and for sports. So I felt like I could do anything with my willpower, but somehow this particular thing, you know, the addiction was completely impervious to it. And it was cunning, baffling, incomprehensible. I could not understand why I couldn't just say no and then never do it again like I did with everything else.

And so I was living against conscience. And I thought about this guy. And reflecting my own prejudices at that time in my life, I said to myself, I didn't want to be like a drug addict who was wanting a drug all the time and just not being able to do it. I wanted to completely realign my prejudice. myself, so that I was somebody who got up every day and just didn't want to take drugs.

And so I was living against conscience. And I thought about this guy. And reflecting my own prejudices at that time in my life, I said to myself, I didn't want to be like a drug addict who was wanting a drug all the time and just not being able to do it. I wanted to completely realign my prejudice. myself, so that I was somebody who got up every day and just didn't want to take drugs.

And so I was living against conscience. And I thought about this guy. And reflecting my own prejudices at that time in my life, I said to myself, I didn't want to be like a drug addict who was wanting a drug all the time and just not being able to do it. I wanted to completely realign my prejudice. myself, so that I was somebody who got up every day and just didn't want to take drugs.

Never thought of them. You know, I kissed the wife and children and went to work and was never thought about drugs the whole day. And I knew that people throughout history had done that. You know, I'd read the lives of the saints. I knew St. Augustine had met a very, very dissolute youth. And, you know, I had this spiritual realignment transformation. I knew the same thing had happened to St.

Never thought of them. You know, I kissed the wife and children and went to work and was never thought about drugs the whole day. And I knew that people throughout history had done that. You know, I'd read the lives of the saints. I knew St. Augustine had met a very, very dissolute youth. And, you know, I had this spiritual realignment transformation. I knew the same thing had happened to St.

Never thought of them. You know, I kissed the wife and children and went to work and was never thought about drugs the whole day. And I knew that people throughout history had done that. You know, I'd read the lives of the saints. I knew St. Augustine had met a very, very dissolute youth. And, you know, I had this spiritual realignment transformation. I knew the same thing had happened to St.

Paul, you know, Damascus. The same thing had happened to St. Francis. St. Francis also had a dissolute and fun-loving youth and had this deep spiritual realignment. And I knew that that happened to people throughout history. And I thought that's what I needed, you know, something like that. I had the example of this friend of mine.

Paul, you know, Damascus. The same thing had happened to St. Francis. St. Francis also had a dissolute and fun-loving youth and had this deep spiritual realignment. And I knew that that happened to people throughout history. And I thought that's what I needed, you know, something like that. I had the example of this friend of mine.

Paul, you know, Damascus. The same thing had happened to St. Francis. St. Francis also had a dissolute and fun-loving youth and had this deep spiritual realignment. And I knew that that happened to people throughout history. And I thought that's what I needed, you know, something like that. I had the example of this friend of mine.

And I used to think about him, and I would think this, again, reflects the bias and probably the meanness of myself at that time. But I said, I'd rather be dead than be a Mooney. But I wish I somehow could distill that power that he got without becoming a religious nuisance. And at that time, I picked up a book by Carl Jung called Synchronicity. And Jung, he was a psychiatrist.

And I used to think about him, and I would think this, again, reflects the bias and probably the meanness of myself at that time. But I said, I'd rather be dead than be a Mooney. But I wish I somehow could distill that power that he got without becoming a religious nuisance. And at that time, I picked up a book by Carl Jung called Synchronicity. And Jung, he was a psychiatrist.

And I used to think about him, and I would think this, again, reflects the bias and probably the meanness of myself at that time. But I said, I'd rather be dead than be a Mooney. But I wish I somehow could distill that power that he got without becoming a religious nuisance. And at that time, I picked up a book by Carl Jung called Synchronicity. And Jung, he was a psychiatrist.

He was a contemporary of Freud's. Freud was his mentor, and Freud wanted him to be his replacement, but Freud was an avowed atheist. And Jung was a deeply spiritual man. He had these very intense and genuine spiritual experiences from when he was a little boy, from when he was three years old, that he remembers. His biography is fascinating about him because he remembers them with such detail.

He was a contemporary of Freud's. Freud was his mentor, and Freud wanted him to be his replacement, but Freud was an avowed atheist. And Jung was a deeply spiritual man. He had these very intense and genuine spiritual experiences from when he was a little boy, from when he was three years old, that he remembers. His biography is fascinating about him because he remembers them with such detail.