Been there, done that.....maybe I should stop using drugs? Yeah, I said the same shit, 8 years after I got beat, I still haven't stopped. You will just get smarter and wiser, that's about it....You learn from your mistakes
However, it seems like your dude is a punk, you even know where this guy lives, so you might be able to beat the crap out of him, and get your shit back. The dude that beat us was a straight thug and would have gotten 10 dudes in 5 minutes to roll us out. We took the high road and forgot about it