Hey everyone, I’m JoanieRose, and I wanted to share a bit about my journey so far. I’m 23 now, but my life took a serious detour a couple of years ago. I was in college, doing the whole party scene—drinks, drugs, you name it. At first, it was just fun, right? Everyone was doing it, and it felt like no big deal.
But somewhere along the way, I lost control. I started skipping classes, blowing off assignments, and lying to my friends and family about how bad things had gotten. By junior year, I was drowning. I didn’t even recognize myself anymore. My breaking point? Waking up in the hospital after a really bad night. I remember thinking, This can’t be my life.
Welcome! Congrats on recognizing and finishing! Had to go to treatment the last semester of my senior year in 2017 and finally went back and finished in 2020. College is TOUGH
That’s great that you went back. I made it through my Associates degree but didn’t anything more than that. Sometimes I wonder what would be different if I had finished a four year program. But I didn’t so no need to dwell on it.
Captain- the only thing ive walked away from it with is a sense that I completed something and a fuck ton of debt My degree and my current position and ones I have help prior have very little overlap.