Hello Reddit!

Let me preface all of this by saying that even though I just found this community, I feel like being kind to another person is a lost trait these days; and that's it groups like this, that really show how truly awesome humanity can be.

It was recently my 21st cake day (04/02/13, (02/04/13 for the countries that aren't ass-backwards), and that's a pretty big deal here in the states. I was one of the last one of my group of friends to reach this age, and in the past week or so, I've become more and more contemplative about what it means to grow up.

I moved out of my house the summer of my eighteenth birthday, mostly due to the fact of consistently butting heads with my father. Nothing ever too serious, just an ornery teen trying to establish himself as his own man; hormones raging. I genuinely thought I knew it all, and that living on my own would be a piece of..... pizza (sorry, had to do it). Oh how wrong I was. Over the next two years I failed out college, and managed to incur about $4000 worth of debt due to my excessive binge drinking and drug use. Again, nothing too serious, just tons of liquor and tons of pot.

So a little after my 20th birthday I moved back home for the summer, worked 40 hours a week to earn money. I moved out in the fall and have been attending my local community college, averaging about a 3.4 GPA so I can attend my original college.

As far as my finances go, my father and I devised a plan to keep me safe with money. Each week, I would receive $50 of my own money for food/recreation, and my father would handle all my other bills with my own money; and it's working marvelously. This however, has lead to a great decrease in one of my favorite food ever, pizza. I'm not really sure if this is the kind of post that garners attention (seeing how it's waaaaaaaay longer than I expected), but the rules said to be honest and this is what came out.

Anyways, regardless of if my craving is satisfied, I hope you all keep this sub growing strong and keep up the random acts of kindness.

Seriously, though. This is exactly the kind of place I would give to if I wasn't so broke all the time.

http://imgur.com/JyJhExS