Things I Think About

Death, addiction, and the meaning of life — maybe you do too

Sam Ochstein
The Memoirist
Published in
6 min readNov 20, 2021

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My father died when he was 44. I was 25.

Pretty much every year since my dad died I’ve had this thought when my birthday rolls around:

“Dad only had X number of years to live before he died.”

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Sam Ochstein
The Memoirist

Former Pastor | Reader | Writer | Walker | Whiskey Lover | Contemplative Extrovert | MMin, MATS