Alcoholism and my career. I self-medicated to mask things that I didn't want to deal with in a healthy manner. Things got out of hand by my own doing, and in the process it cost me my job. I always had a choice, other avenues to handle what I thought I couldn't on my own. I was able to step up and take charge of my own short comings and make something out of a crappy situation I put myself in. I like to think that I learned from my pitfalls and use the past to motivate the here and now. I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed person. I've found that you can either take past failures and turn them into successes, or stay down and beat yourself up. I'd hope that anybody who reads this and is going through some shit, that they can still make a change in their life for the better. You are who you choose to be. Either a quitter, or a fighter who gets back up and tries again and again regardless. I know this all sounds cliche, I'm not wise. I'm just weathered.