Excerpt
I once heard that we form all of our gut level values by the age of eighteen and the only way they will change is a significant emotional event. About four months after my eighteenth birthday I woke up at about 2:30pm from an all-night event. My head was pounding, my mouth felt like it was full of cotton and I was afraid I would die. After a few minutes I was afraid I wouldn’t. It was then, while staring into the mirror with blood shot eyes, I remembered what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen years old. Join the Army.