I don't do Halloween.
But I do have a spooky photo.
Here is an artists representation of me.

( Done by an ex-girlfriend, and dope partner. Many years ago. She said "this is how I see you")

As you might've gathered by this photo.
I was not a nice guy. Well not nice to any people that I did not know well.
She was much worse to her enemies, than I was. We got alone great, as long as the dope was abundant. She was Basque, a fearless, loyal, but bad ass folk. We were running partners, and occasional lovers. But the heroin came first, I knew it, and she knew it.

I have revealed move about my life, here than anywhere else.

So many of you know me as a kind hearted, Buddhist. And this is true. Yes I studied Buddhism in a monastery. After getting BS in Physics. But when I came back to the states, I got strung out. Got clean to marry, have two children, and work a union job. But then my daughter committed suicide, and my world ended. Went back to the heroin as fast as I could. I have been clean and sober 21 years. Renewing my Buddhist practice.

The point is. I have lived about 4 complete lives. And any tiny part of wisdom I have, comes from all four. I firmly believe I am who I am, because of pain and suffering. Not in spite of it. For me true compassion grows only from great suffering. Any words I share here, are informed by all 4 of my past lives. I wish not to throw them away. Nor hide them.

"We Be The Humans"

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@corlin I see you and I appreciate you. You're still here and that's a hell of a feat. Heroin is the worst.

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