title: Living to Tell: Confessions of an Alcoholic, Schizophrenic, Sexually Traumatized, Anxious, HIV-Infected Man
author: Walter Kathan
description: Born the fifth of nine children in Rockingham, Vermont, Walter Kathan traveled extensively through Southeast Asia and the South Pacific during his tenure as a Merchant Marine and has lived in San Francisco, Boston, and West Palm Beach. Now residing in Brattleboro, Vermont, Kathan enjoys Afro-Cuban percussion, meteorology, geography, languages, and culinary arts.
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  ## Confessions of a GP
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Benjamin Daniels
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite
  frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.
  
  
  A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man
  who can’t remember why he’s come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold
  demanding (but not receiving) antibiotics. A man with a sore knee. A young
  woman who has been trying to conceive for a while but now finds herself
  pregnant and isn’t sure she wants to go through with it. A 7-year-old boy with
  “tummy aches” that don’t really exist.
  
  
  These are his patients.
  
  
  
  
  
  _Confessions of a GP_ is a witty insight into the life of a family doctor.
  Funny and moving in equal measure it will change the way you look at your GP
  next time you pop in with the sniffles.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Benjamin Daniels
  
  
  ## CONFESSIONS OF A GP
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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