Little to Know Experience
A memoir in 49 excerpts about sobriety, marriage, systems thinking, and the architecture of getting your life back.
“Sometimes love is certified mail.”
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49
Excerpts
53,328
Words
21
Years
7
Acts
Fridays
New excerpt release
Tuesdays
Behind the scenes — recap & tease
CANONICAL v2.0 — RECONCILED MARCH 2026
The Excerpts
7 published · 42 upcoming
The Foundation
Before the first drink
01
Perspective
1,135
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02
Lake Night
1,407
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03
The Coming Storm
1,874
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04
3 South
1,574
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05
Drink Drink Drink
1,183
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06
The Dance
1,193
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The Discovery
Alcohol arrives as solution
07
The Rhythm
716
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08
Loneliness or Freedom?
592
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09
GMAT
619
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10
21
679
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11
The Hill
1,106
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12
Tulsa
1,284
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13
The First Hiding
1,333
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The Professional Mask
Hiding inside professionalism
14
Liberty Tower, 13J
1,075
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15
Pre-game
809
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16
October 2009 (Train Shot)
596
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17
CPA
1,214
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18
KC / First Breakup
889
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19
August 2011 (The Dewey)
1,209
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20
The Aftermath
1,360
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The Spiral
Rock bottom isn’t a single event
21
Working, Until It Wasn’t
1,642
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22
My Second Job
1,604
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23
The Second First Drink
1,668
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24
Basement / Vacation Home
1,431
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25
The MedianMERGED
1,245
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26
The Third First Drink
513
coming soon
27
The Walrus
1,310
coming soon
28
I’m CEO, Bitch
521
coming soon
The False Summit
The reader thinks the story is over
29
Coffee Meets BagelSPLIT
580
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30
EmilySPLIT
730
coming soon
31
The Road
1,092
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32
Quarterly SOX Reporting
875
coming soon
33
Mondo Condo
1,262
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34
Loose Ends
1,907
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35
Benched
744
coming soon
36
Our People
1,623
coming soon
The Unraveling
Same engine, no containment
37
Material Weakness
979
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38
Going Concern
537
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39
To The Moon
607
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40
Whiplash
1,412
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41
Overclocked
1,182
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42
The Audit
1,380
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43
Trendline (The Ramp)
675
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44
Catastrophic Failure
1,323
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Reasonable Assurance
Not certainty. Enough.
45
Dinner for Two
573
coming soon
46
Return to Office
727
coming soon
47
Internal Control
1,167
coming soon
48
Unqualified Opinion
533
coming soon
49
Reasonable Assurance
1,639
coming soon
The Forewords
9 AI models wrote forewords from architecture alone
Manuscript Map
7-act structural architecture across all 49 excerpts
The Braid
Dual-arc timeline visualization of the manuscript
The gap between living it and knowing it.
Filed by Dave Kitchens · Chaos → Structured → Automated