u/Mrbomba345

Hi, Im 25M. How do you guys come back in life?

Before I graduated, 3 years ago, I had a really great run. I discovered a very unique niche at that time. I think I was one of the only ones doing it in the Philippines, and it was scalable. And yeah, I earned a lot of money from that. That money really changed me. I thought it was so easy to make money, to the point that I didn’t care about the feelings of the people around me. I didn’t listen to them, even my parents.

When I had already saved enough, I quit the niche. I thought I had enough to build businesses here in the Philippines. I did a lot of partying, traveling outside, drugs (weed), gambling, girls. I was literally stoned for 2 years, until I got sick of it.

Now I’m 6 months sober. Only now has everything synced in for me. I looked at myself and realized I’d been left behind. My friends who had normal lives are starting their own families, getting promoted at work, getting what they want. And Im here, broke, depressed, no friends, no skills. Just my car left as an asset, and a bunch of failed products from the ventures I tried.

I never developed any new skills because I was high and stuck in my comfort zone for a couple of years. While typing this, Im crying because I never expected to reach a point where I want to kms. Because of my regrets over everything Ive done.

I remember there are Reddit people here I can talk to, who might give me advice or inspire me with their stories. Could you guys share your comeback stories? Id really appreciate it. And if you have any advice, I’d appreciate that too 😓🙏

Hi, Im 25M. How do you guys come back in life?

Before I graduated, 3 years ago, I had a really great run. I discovered a very unique niche at that time. I think I was one of the only ones doing it in the Philippines, and it was scalable. And yeah, I earned a lot of money from that. That money really changed me. I thought it was so easy to make money, to the point that I didn’t care about the feelings of the people around me. I didn’t listen to them, even my parents.

When I had already saved enough, I quit the niche. I thought I had enough to build businesses here in the Philippines. I did a lot of partying, traveling outside, drugs (weed), gambling, girls. I was literally stoned for 2 years, until I got sick of it.

Now I’m 6 months sober. Only now has everything synced in for me. I looked at myself and realized I’d been left behind. My friends who had normal lives are starting their own families, getting promoted at work, getting what they want. And Im here, broke, depressed, no friends, no skills. Just my car left as an asset, and a bunch of failed products from the ventures I tried.

I never developed any new skills because I was high and stuck in my comfort zone for a couple of years. While typing this, Im crying because I never expected to reach a point where I want to kms. Because of my regrets over everything Ive done.

I remember there are Reddit people here I can talk to, who might give me advice or inspire me with their stories. Could you guys share your comeback stories? Id really appreciate it. And if you have any advice, I’d appreciate that too 😓🙏