Frequent traveler doesn’t bring up trips anymore because it kills conversations.
I have been fortunate to have met a number of well-known people and visited many locales worldwide, often, due to my business, places where tourists don’t go.
If you do want to share that you have firsthand knowledge, make sure you're responding to their story. Speak from your own enthusiasm, rather than your expertise. This makes the conversation a group of people talking about the wonders of the world rather than one person seemingly lecturing, even though that's not your intent.
Amends aren't about changing what happened so much as improving the future's possibilities. We do that by acknowledging harm done and striving to fix what we can. So, don't beat yourself up too much for what happened. You may be thinking about the incident through the lens of all the other substance-related missteps in your past.
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