Well said. I've butted heads myself with hf but would agree completely with his tact and respect his experienced views and fortitude regarding things only a fraction of a percent of people alive can attest to.

People don't understand me, some things can't be simplified. I've been said to go too far or be too complicated in ideas, when my approach is to actually simplify things. When you know you know, ya know?

Even as an experienced traveler, I don't prescribe to a holier than thou thinking. I've become more understanding and knowing when getting others to see things a certain way is not important. What others have gotten that I haven't is this miraculous cure of addiction. I still drink, but much less, i dislike getting wasted, and do see the childish annoyances of my closest friends who can't moderate.

And I do for now need mj. I'm a tightly wound spirit and need something to shut down the aggresion that comes from a stressful world so that I don't bring stress home. I'm no one to gospel, I just share my findings and beliefs, reluctantly, as I'm not one to want the spotlight, but I've been found regretting not sharing things I've found later could have shed light and inspiration that I held back for fear of acceptance. Leadership requires followership. Even the best of us need to know when to step back and let a hard lesson be learned.