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Intro
This is my failure to do so when I joined this page in 2010.
Here is my introduction.
I am a 30.
I am a Combat Vet with 7 years of service, 1.5 of that in Iraq (2003). I left on "bad terms" since I had an alcohol problem at the time and was removed from service accordingly. I was once a candidate for SFAS and was a non-select, I never quit.
Getting married young and having a child soon after was a decision I made that ultimately prevented me (with respect to my ex-wife and kid) from choosing to go back. I regret that decision since I am very far from being eligible to ever join again. (unless "I killed myself and was reincarnated", as the recruiter stated)..
In the last year and a half of my service, I turned to alcohol for my problems but eventually got help while I was in.. Consequently, I was too ashamed to contact my old friend and mentor Billy Neil. In August of 2009 I learned that he died on my enlistment date's 6 year anniversary: 22 March 2008, in Afghanistan.
I never knew...
Since then, I went down an even rougher path than alcohol and got into a lifestyle that would eventually straighten me out, or kill me. I became a literal "outlaw" in the eyes of most. I gave up on my future. I made a lot of mistakes, and ultimately I fucked up a lot of my life at the time.
I have been away from this board for the simple fact that I have nothing to offer except, support for those who have gone where I didn't make it.
Since my troubles, I have became a student again, started working an honest job, and have associated myself within circles that live with No Excuses, and No Mercy whatsoever.
I have owned my mistakes in this life, I have accepted those mistakes, and I don't repeat them. It has been a tough ride, but I am still here.
Again, it is my failure to introduce myself when I joined this board.
I am never sorry, but I do apologize for any disrespect, and I have much Love, Loyalty and Respect for those that do what I can't do because of my decisions.
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