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Monday Aug 29, 2005
Every BODY Has A Story - Joey
"My tattoo is a statement but more a reminder to myself. I have always loved and have much respect for artists like sailor jerry. for about six years I battled drug addiction and went through two long years of methadone treatment and after constantly relapsing, I overdosed. after all that I made one final promise to myself to stay off the junk. a friend that never gave up on me through the hard times showed me this artwork and I loved it, I knew it would be my next tattoo. I got the work done by a close friend named Jake at Tiggers Tattoo in Dallas, during that time Jake and I were in a band
together. the tattoo is on the ditch of my elbow and on the original
artwork, the banner was blank so I had to decide what I wanted the tattoo to say. "heaven bound" is what I chose, because at this point in my life, I have seen enough of hell. its a reminder of where I was, sailing a dangerous sea and being able to navigate through it all and come out ok, ive been clean over a year now."
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