SexChips was my old BHW account. I never stopped my journey and have since completely changed my life. I recently read a post about when we joined BHW and I'd remembered my old account. The struggle was real. I still remember walking EVERYWHERE near my home to find a job, and only to face rejection after rejection. In all of that, I never gave up. I had so many blisters on my feet from all the walking and the pain was a constant reminder that I wasn't where I wanted to be in life.
I am very happy to report that within a year from that post, everyone I had ever borrowed money from, was paid in full. I wasn't rich, but was okay. IM is a journey that will test your limits and while the entire world seems full of people happily living inside their boxes, your mission will be to create new boxes and make them necessity.
Never give up.
Remember, nobody fails at IM. Rather, they quit before they succeed.
EDIT: Oh, and if anyone is curious about that username, it was because I had thought about building an adult site where you could play poker. I still think it could be a good idea, and it could be a real money pit, but the costs to get it going, keep it going, market it, keep it legal, AND not get sued, were just not worth it to me.