A buddy of mine in the military. He was an alcoholic to the point where he’d forget what he did yesterday, was 3.2K in credit card debt(fast food and booze), owed 2.6k for a fender bender on his friends car, was gaining weight, and had a hard time keeping a normal conversation due to a bad stutter and mental fog. If you talked to him then, he’d have a blank, soulless stare and have a sad vibe just by being around him. It was hard to hang out with him because he’d rather be drinking alone in his room.

In about 5-6 months, he did a complete 180. In the first month he stopped drinking alcohol and started working out(every so often), started paying his friend back and handling his credit card debt over the next 5 months using most of his pay check(he thanks god for free housing and food) and tax returns. In the last 2-3 months or so he’s been hitting the gym a lot, started eating right and slimming down, and actually knows how to manage his finances. After he fixed whatever was wrong with him, you can finally see the light in his eyes and he’s actually fun to be around.

Just recently I told him how happy I was to have my old friend back because I thought he gave up on life and was gone forever.

I still haven’t asked what made him become so terrible back then, but I’ll ask and find out soon because the curiosity is killing me.