Quote Originally Posted by nunbeater View Post
Quote Originally Posted by 408Mike View Post

80 hour work weeks never fazed me, been there, done that.

getting out from the RUT I am in is just about impossible.

you tell me how you would overcome the following, WITHOUT JOINING THE MILITARY- starting TOMORROW:
NO JOB
NO INCOME
NO SAVINGS
NO DRIVERS LICENSE
NO CAR
NO PLACE TO LIVE
NO CELL PHONE
NO ONE TO HELP
NOT WILLING TO BREAK THE LAW OR PROSTITUTE MYSELF IN ANY WAY
NO FOOD
MENTALLY UNSTABLE
NO MEDICATION FOR ADHD
NO MEDICATION FOR BPD
NEARLY SUICIDAL AT TIMES
BALLS OF STEEL THO, BELIEVE THAT

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!!!!!!
Get a fucking job? Why do you think the military is some sort of magical program that is going to save your ass? If anything it is just going to exacerbate a lot of the problems that you do have, especially the mental health issues. They can fucking break you man.

One part that your recruiter probably won't tell you about is called the moment of truth. They keep you up for a few days and say to you hey, if you fucked up and didn't tell your recruiter something because it slipped your mind or something, now is your last chance. If you don't tell us later we will fuck you but if you tell us now we will give you leniency. Man I have never seen a group of kids more willing to snitch on themselves in my life.

What do you think not telling them about what your doctors diagnosed you with is going to do for you when you start off your military life lying to them? Oh wait, you can't fucking lie to them because one of the things that they will do is make you sign medical records waivers so that they get to look at everything there is to know about you, medically speaking anyways.

So yeah, sorry man I just don't see how this is going to end up working out for you. If you have no problem working 80 hour weeks why not just go get 3 or 4 jobs and bust some ass saving up for a nut? How is the military this last bastion of hope and refuge? You should have a lot of fucking discipline before you bother joining, they will teach you a lot of that shit but you have to be workable and with all of the shit you have admitted to on here I just don't fucking see it working out, man.
One other positive in Mike's military adventure is the fact that the guy is a physical specimen from all accounts. How did he get that way? Hours of hard work in the gym. Anyone who has lifted weights in the gym can attest to the mental stamina that is required to become "built". That's the kind of mental energy the military is looking for and what makes most of us quit. Look at Sonatine. He's not walking uphill to buy his chips, that's why he hangs with young boys. And if you've been homeless, then a day or two without sleep is cakewalk(no pun intended)

Again, the military provides a job, a home, structure, a future, and removes him from his less than helpful community. Go Mike!