Webmonkey
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Well,.. I got into minis, to help break my addiction problems. See,.. once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away,.. I was putting just about every nasty-ass chemical I could find into my body. Until one day, I had what the alcoholics refer to as "A Moment of Clarity". My brother and I had gone to a house (the kind of place where you don't actually want to sit on any of the furniture, because it's gross). Anyways,.. we had gone to get the latest score,.. and as my brother went into the other room to do business,.. I sat on the arm of the couch (cleanest thing I could find), and watched the guy in the chair across from me. I sat and watched as this guy melted his meth down in a spoon,.. diluted it with a shot of jack daniels,... and then sucked the jack/meth cocktail up into a syringe, and shot it straight into his veins. It was then that I realized that if I was in a room with this guy,. that I was only half-a-step away from being this guy. By the next week, I had moved out of my state (only way to get away from the drugs, otherwise, someone would show up, sooner or later with a bag of something, and I'd end up high again).
The first few weeks were rough. But I bought a box of GW dark elves (black guard),.. and every time the cravings would hit I'd paint a model or two instead of going out seeking another bag. Eventually, the black guard gave way to witch elves, then spearmen, then dark riders... next thing I knew, I had an army. I found a place to play,.. and by then, the cravings had finally subsided. But I stuck with it. And now, I've become a "semi-ok" painter (not near as good a most of these guys, but I try)
The point is that painting can be a good distraction,.. no matter what your problems may be.
The first few weeks were rough. But I bought a box of GW dark elves (black guard),.. and every time the cravings would hit I'd paint a model or two instead of going out seeking another bag. Eventually, the black guard gave way to witch elves, then spearmen, then dark riders... next thing I knew, I had an army. I found a place to play,.. and by then, the cravings had finally subsided. But I stuck with it. And now, I've become a "semi-ok" painter (not near as good a most of these guys, but I try)
The point is that painting can be a good distraction,.. no matter what your problems may be.
! Welcome to CMON fellow judoka!