My name is Robert Sinn.
I have not recommended Continental Gold (TSX:CNL) to anyone in 2018 and I have not owned the stock for as long as I can remember (at least since early 2017).
I have never been found guilty of driving under the influence (DUI) and the State of Florida dropped DUI charges against me in December 2012. I blew 0.0 in a police administered breathalyzer test on the evening of July 25th, 2012 and I gave blood and urine samples the same day which were tested for months. I am not a drunk driver.
On the afternoon of July 25th, 2012 I was involved in a serious car accident which permanently injured one other human being and changed both of our lives forever. His life would never be the same, and neither would mine. I don’t have an explanation for what happened that afternoon other than I was clearly suffering from an undiagnosed sleep condition and I went into complete shock.
The words “i’m sorry” don’t fully appreciate my feelings about that day. I was not intoxicated and the accident was certainly not intentional, but for me it doesn’t matter. My vehicle struck a human being and sent him into a coma. I will never be able to reverse the events of that day, I can only make the most of my life from here on out and be a contribution to other human beings.
In the months after the accident I was suicidal and came very close to taking my life on a couple of occasions. How can I live when an accident that my vehicle caused has permanently and catastrophically affected another human being?
After spending several months in darkness I started to see the light sometime around Christmas 2012 and decided that giving up was the easy way out. God had kept me alive and given me a chance for a reason, and God would be my judge. Regardless of how things played out, I was going to be a source of light in this world. In 2013 I began volunteering with an organization called Love Thy Neighbor which helps to feed and clothe the homeless in South Florida. And I have continued volunteer work on a weekly basis at local churches and homeless organizations to this day.
For more than two years I was facing the very real possibility of a trial and potential jail/prison time. I was able to work myself to a place of accepting my fate, whatever it was going to be.
In April 2015 I reached a plea agreement with the State Attorney and I was sentenced to six years of probation and 480 hours of community service. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about that day in July 2012 and I remind myself that I am here to be a contribution to the world.
I have thought about writing this post for some time, however, recalling the accident and some of the things involving the accident brings about PTSD for me.
I pray for the victim and the victim’s family every day.
I love you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. ~ ho'oponopono
