08/21/2026
13 years ago I was drinking over a liter of cheap vodka daily. Couldn’t function without liquor. Literally.
Was drunk and tuned up from the crack of the morning on. At work too. Sh*tfaced.
Was homeless. Lost a dozen different jobs because I didn’t show up. Woke up in the hospital. Woke up in detox. Woke up in the ditch. Woke up barreling down the highway in a ‘74 Winnebago to the hiss of a 60 pound nitrous tank tipped over and gassing out the whole RV on the highway…
All the crazy s**t I’ve done and seen in my life and leave it to a silly piece of wood, one that I’ve know since I was about 3 years old, to save me from guaranteed death.
That piece of wood and the community it gave me is why I’m building Romp.
Because only 13% of people struggling with addiction get help, so we’re here to help more people find their own version of skateboarding.
Addiction is human. You’re not “a freak” if you battle those demons - most of us do in some way other another.
The outcasts, the freaks, the weirdos, the hippies, the punks, the cowboys, the poets, the dancers, the pianists, the painters, the lumberjacks, the electricians, the hairdressers - we’re here for you, and we’re here to connect you to others who have stood in your shoes, or currently are.
Because 13% isn’t nearly enough. 💙❤️💛💚🩵💙
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