Thank you, Half. I agree with you. I had previously thought that no one could be terribly anxious without it being in some way sensed by others who themselves were highly familiar with anxiety. And I guess I could well have been wrong. It must have been something really powerful to force Don to be an alcoholic for forty years and continually refuse going into therapy. But the supertalking is (so far as I've seen) the only behavior that seemed associated with anxiety. Otherwise he has always been in full control of himself. Hmmm. Interesting. Take care!