Logan Woodside arrested for DUI

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(06-28-2018, 05:13 AM)grampahol Wrote: I have remain hard on myself about these things . They nearly destroyed my life and almost sent me to prison on numerous occasions . I have a pretty good life now, but I recognize just how easy it would be to slide back to the old crap I got away with for too long . My son is still doing some of the same crap I did and just now beginning to come to terms with it to turn his own life around .
The easiest thing would be to tell myself I can handle a case of beer every few days or shoot an 8 ball up, but I know exactly where it would lead me to ..I have too much to lose. It's not the money. I really don't care about the money, but I never want my grandkids or my kids for that matter to go through the same kind of bs I put myself through. 20 years in and out of jail and rehab is no life .
The life I lived is not something I'm proud of ,but I'll never pretend it didn't happen or pretend it didn't affect the people I care about. 

20 years ago this kind of stuff would have set rotting away in a basement at best. My tools and workshop would have been sold off for drug money .. I like being able to  make nice things for people and just give them away because I can. Back then I would have sold it all off and gotten nothing in return..  It's little stuff like this that keeps me from wanting to stay hard on myself . 

Harley is right, don't be hard on yourself, we all have demons. How we battle them is a true testament to the type of person we are. After 30 years in the Navy, I battle depression and have been known to set up in the middle of my sleep yelling orders. Scaring my wife and step kids. 
If it hadn't of been for those kids, who knows...