Her father died when she was eight, but Patsy never stopped searching for a father-figure. She wanted to be enlightened, to know the truth of life and death by becoming involved in a yoga group. Instead, she was seduced by her guru (a father figure) and told she was responsible for her alcoholic husband (her "child"). 

While in India she was enlightened about the predatory nature of her guru and tried to stop him from abusing other young susceptible women.

Back home she worked with others to have the guru deported to stop further abuse in that community. She journeyed through recovery from her husband's alcoholism & her own codependency with her husband to eventually achieve a happy and successful marriage. 

Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

1. Beginnings (1947-1963)--------------------------------------------------------------------------6

2. First Job and First Love (1963-1965)-------------------------------------------------------19

3. Finding a True Husband (1965-1968)----------------------------------------------------- 31

4. Finding a Career and Looking for a Guru (1968-1970)------------------------------42

5. Menninger Research Foundation and Meeting the Guru (1971)----------------48

6. Superwoman (1971-1972)--------------------------------------------------------------------55

7. Going to India (1972-1973)-------------------------------------------------------------------62

8. The Confrontation in India (1973)----------------------------------------------------------69

9. Aftermath at Home (1973)--------------------------------------------------------------------77

10. The Letters (1974)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------85

11. Responses to the Letters (1974)--------------------------------------------------------- 93

12. Moving forward (1975-1976)-------------------------------------------------------------107

13. The New Baby, and a Visit from the FBI. (1976)----------------------------------- 114

14. Illness (1976)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120

15. Treatment (1976-1978)-------------------------------------------------------------------- 125

16. Growth Group (1978-1984)-------------------------------------------------------------- 132

17. Al-Anon (1984-2007)------------------------------------------------------------------------139

18. The Healing Network (1990-1997)----------------------------------------------------- 147

19. Retirement (2007-20101----------------------------------------------------------------- 156

20. Angels Along the Way (2011-2016)--------------------------------------------------- 162

21. Hospice (2016-2017)----------------------------------------------------------------------- 172

22. A Celebration of Life on our 50^th Wedding Anniversary (2017)------------177

Epilogue 2020 (2017-2020)------------------------------------------------------------------- 181

Postscript-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------185

Bibliography---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------187