Biography Entry: Louden Dewayne Swaim

I was born im miami oklahoma in 1985. around the age of 12 i started using drugs and drinking to fit in and to cope with my home life or lack there of. at the age of 17 i enlisted in the US Army just after 9/11 and i was apart of the invasion of Iraq with the 3rd ID spending my 18th birthday in Baghdad. after leaving the military i fell into pills and alcohol to help cope with what was later diagnosed as PTSD. shorty after my discharge i was sent to state prison in oklahoma for 3 years where i took every votech class i could for automotive and became certified in everything. apon my release i went to ashburn virginia where my dad lived and reestablished myself there. there i was able to stay off drugs but started drinking daily to the point of drinking a handle of liquor a day for what i thought i was doing just to get by. apon moving back to my home town i married my second exwife and myself and her brother a fellow vet became drinking buddies in the further of my downfall into liqour. my uncle that raised me passed away shorty after my second divorce and i drank even more and started adding pills back into my routine becuase at that point i no longer wanted to live. on march 8th 2021 i caught my case for felon in possestion of a firearm and i feel this sentence saved my life. i have switch my addiction to physical fitness and finding my escape through music and books. 2 of my favorite authors are Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday. i enjoy planning the business ideas i have which will benefit not just myself and family but also people wanting to change their lives once they get their release.