I consider myself successful and I will tell you why. I am a college drop out and an ex-addict yet I have a pretty good life. Throughout my life I have made some pretty bad decisions but somehow I have made it out on top. Is this a coincidence? Divine intervention? Or just plain dumb luck?

I was a late bloomer as far as being a rebellious teenager. I dabbled with drinking pretty early but I didn't get involved with drugs until I was 18. I also didn't start having sex until around then either. I dropped out of college at 19 and I will blame drugs on that one. I did stupid things like shoplifting and minor vandalism. A friend and I used to drive around throwing eggs at people. Yet somehow I have managed a pretty successful life.

I have a beautiful home, I have the best wife in the world, I have pretty good kids, I have an important job and I make pretty good money considering I am a college dropout and a former drug addict. Sometimes I wonder if my life would have turned out the same, better or worse if I didn't make those stupid decisions. What would my life be like if I never tried drugs? What kind of career would I have if I graduated college? What kind of woman would I have married? Would I have married at all? Now if my life was shit it would be easy to look back and assume my life would have been better but since it isn't it is hard to think what my life would have been like.

Life is a funny thing. I do credit a lot of my success to my wife. Without her love and support god only knows where I would be. Maybe it isn't how you lived your life but who you have next to you to support you and to push you forward. Something to definitely think about.