Rec | WENT BACK TO COLLEGE

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Dropped out due to drug induced psychosis 9 years ago. Beat heroin addiction. Finished community college and currently working on my undergrad at UD. I started getting clean the day Nancy Reagan died, which will never not be funny. Hell of an elevator pitch…

@hiimhunt

Mar 11, 2024

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