I have to throw in my 2cents, while in high school, I started smoking weed and then moved to cocaine really quickly. After I had to spent between $180-200 just to get f'd I switched to smoking crack....bad move!!! To get myself off of crack I developed a LOVE for angeldust...whoa even worse....I found myself going through my buddies couch looking for change to buy cigarettes. Then came to the conclusion, my life was pretty F'd up!! My brothers friend got me a job in the mailroom of a small company and all the guys that worked there all played football together in college & were just very large men! This inspired me to really start lifting hardcore....4 years later my only vice is a guinness or 3 on a Saturday with my friends. Nothing is more satisfying than beating all the odds that are stacked against you, good post bro, luckily I never went the jail route, but I sure can relate, I have 3 friends in Northern State Prison in New Jersey right now!