Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

“I used to smoke a lot of pot, until I tried meth.”
The Chemical Buddha was a man of many addictions and contradictions. We found he obsessed on all sorts of things until he found something else to distract him. And this process was repeated ad nauseam. This insight comes from the smoking phase of TCB’s life. Which, truth be told, he never really left because if he could fit it in a bong or a glass pipe, he smoked it. He found couch cushions provided the weirdest buzz. What today’s insight speaks to most is The Chemical Buddha’s lack of commitment to anything. His inability to fully invest himself in something outside of his selfish pursuits. Although he did fully invest in himself and loved himself without question.
What’s the longest commitment you’ve ever made in your life?
What keeps you from fully committing to more in your life?

Fill the Void

“A wedding ring doesn’t cover the hole.”
We’re not sure if The Chemical Buddha’s early childhood was more fucked up than other people’s, but we do know he had some challenges to overcome. This saying is actually something The Chemical Buddha’s mother always said to him before she went ‘out’ to spend another night with a ‘sick’ friend. At his impressionable age, this idea would later frame The Chemical Buddha’s entire understanding of fidelity and relationships. It also framed his thoughts on commitment and one’s responsibility to those commitments. That said, The Chemical Buddha was committed to something: not committing to anything.
Do you follow through on what you commit to? Or do you just commit without thinking?
What do you do when you don’t want to honor your commitments? Do you let the other person know or just do what you want to do and hope they don’t find out?