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Eating, drinking, and depression disorders are really thinking disorders.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Disorders
Disorder
Depression
Drinking
Eating
Really
Thinking

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