Forgotten Soldier

Having Fun Near Aztec, New Mexico

I know no other way than to speak my mind on things I believe are just plain wrong. I have far more experience with the “Opioid Crisis” than I would wish on anyone. The link will lead to a Google Photos photo album and my story detailing my involvement as a “card carrying” member of the pain bearing society and my thirteen year battle attempting to hold on to both my sanity and dignity. I have learned to have only limited expectations of my fellow man who has watched me squirm under the thumb of the “pain industry”. I call it an industry because that is, over a period of twenty years, what it has become. This is a sincere and serious story about one man’s battle to live without the fear and retribution I have come to know over something which, in the beginning, I thought I could control while maintaining my dignity, ethics, values, and moral principles. After many years of learning the hard way, I no longer believe in that personal level of control; that I was master of my own destiny and, if I worked hard, made good decisions, and was diligent in pursuing my goals, that my life would go according to plan. But, something terrible has happened to me and no matter how hard I worked to mitigate the damage done, it went down anyway.

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Author: ESS

General: Retired engineering professional who enjoys outdoor sports and activities, fitness, technology, nature, my three wonderful dogs and beautiful wife. Most mornings, you will find me writing, while evenings are reserved for playing guitar. On Writing: I have had a lifelong interest in writing, but, because of competing interests (other than the vast amounts of technical writing I did for my career in engineering project management), I simply never found the time to take on yet one more time and energy intensive activity. For me. it would have to wait until I retired from my demanding career and, even then for another ten years while I was working a few other important demands to some satisfactory end. I have spent countless hours travelling around and through the wild spaces of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah, exploring such places while running, backpacking, mountain and road cycling, archery hunting, fly-fishing, alpine and backcountry skiing. Each trip, whether it was for an afternoon run with my dogs or a full month camped in the high county in pursuit of elk during archery season, was an adventure out of the world of my fellow man and into the natural world which couldn't be anymore different. It is from these experiences, along with things I took interest in during everyday life, that created the memories I write about today. My writing is rather eclectic because I'm a hugely curious person with an insatiable hunger for knowledge on too many fronts to imagine. You never know what you'll find in your next visit to my site, so I like to think that there's a little something here for everyone. Thank you for visiting. If you find enjoyment in reading any of my stories, please leave a comment. Thanks for stopping by! Eric S. Stone

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