I read it and there is a lot of good information in there. But, lets face it, if you are on this board, you HAVE a hobby and play time and chances are good that some of your friends are also your shooting buddies...so most of what the author talks about will (and should) seem foreign as to direct application to your life. A pattern of despair and isolation, or a chemical imbalance is quicksand for some people and that path can lead to degradation.
Engineers and Accountants are some odd ducks in general. At one point I read an article about the lifespan of Lockheed-Martin based on date of retirement...18 months. No kids, no Job, no hobby, nobody dependant upon you...sounds like many men's dream, but it is a nightmare. Regardless of one's worldview, we need to be needed/wanted/admired and how that comes out is a little different in each of use. But devoid of that, again, how it comes out is a little different.
And the shooting sports are not immune. I have seen more men with addictive personalities in the shooting sports than in any other life segment. When they get bored, they move on. But I can give you two that I have personal connections to (Blane West and Matt Burkett) that both went down the rabbit hole and ended up with felony and drug charges. The final few years of the decline was not pretty for either and we are just lucky one of them did not take the path of going out in a hail of bullets.
This article might, or might not, be relevant to the LV Shooter, but that does not dismiss the validity and insight.
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