FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF HIS OLDER SISTER TO SUICIDE IN 2010, BLUE HEADED WALKED DOWN A DARK PATH WHICH WOULD TAKE ALMOST SEVEN YEARS TO COME OUT OF. HE MOVED BACK TO ST. AUGUSTINE WITH HIS MOM AFTER HER MARRIAGE TO HIS FATHER DISSIPATED. HE MANAGED TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL WITH DECENT GRADES AND ACTUALLY GOT INTO COLLEGE. MID SOPHMORE YEAR HE FELT AS IF HE WAS WASTIN MONEY AND TIME BY ATTENDING SCHOOL WHEN HE FELT NO PASSION FOR ANY SUBJECT THEREFORE COLLEGE WOULD BE USELESS TO HIS FUTURE. HE DROPPED OUT AND TOOK THE PATH OF SELF DISCOVERY IN THE GREAT UNKNOWN INSTEAD BY HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. HE COMPLETED HIS HIKE AFTER EIGHT MONTHS AT WHICH TIME HE HAD DEVELOPED A BIT OF A DRUG HABIT WHICH HE SAYS HE WAS INTRODUCED TO BY SOME FELLOW HIKERS. KNOWING THIS WOULD DESTROY HIS FAMILY, HE CHECKED HIMSELF INTO A THREE MONTH STINT OF REHAB. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS PROGRAM HE MOVED BACK HOME WITH HIS MOM WHERE HE HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. HE REFUSES TO BE DEFINED BY HIS PAST AND THE DARKNESS WHICH FOLLOWS HIM AND IS WORKING VERY HARD TO REGAIN THE CONFIDENCE, TRUST, AND FRIENDSHIPS HE LOST DUE TO HIS BAD LIFE CHOICES. HE KNOWS WHEN TO ASK FOR HELP AND KNOWS HE CAN DEPEND ON HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE HE IS CONFIDENT IN HIS RECOVERY AND WALK DOWN A BRIGHTER PATH.
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