Epiphany Or Travel Experience?

[Darrick]

  Hello world, and hello Leo! I am a brand new member to this website and am very excited to learn from all those who are on the path to enlightenment! From the age of 20 to about 24 i was abusing my body with cigarettes, alcohol and sleep deprivation. My family told me i "needed help". With a dream in mind and a goal set, i knew subconsciously that the lifestyle i was living was not ideal for growth. For 4 years i was in a VERY dark place & lived everyday being pessimistic about possibly everything  I was holding on to my past. Instead of dealing with those negative emotions directly i would turn to the bottle. I would often tell myself to "man up". But deep down inside there was some issues with family, money, deaths and other situations i needed to address. 

  My goal since i can remember was to create my very own full length album  I struggled with creating it for years. Then FINALLY, after 4 years of abusing my body and mind with self guilt, alcohol, cigarettes, pain, fear of success, fear of failure, money issues, fear of death, sleeplessness, and the list goes on... i confronted these pessimistic thoughts. It all happened when i traveled out to a Native American Reservation out in Northern Nevada! Was it an epiphany? Or did i just need to take a little vacation and get away from home? Thinking about it now, it may very well have been just a travel experience!

   Since that trip to the Wadsworth Paiute Reservation in Northern Nevada, i was more clear minded. I was able to deal with most of my past & future fears in a positive way. I stopped drinking and smoking as much. I was able to put together my album with confidence and a better work ethic! Now i have conquered my 1 goal!! On to the next  Thanks for reading, would love to hear from ya'll!! 

[abrakamowse]

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Darrick]

@abrakamowse Thanks for acknowledging!! Future interesting stuff to come   

Edited December 28, 2016 by Darrick