This sounds a lot like a friend of mines story. At 15 his family life was spiraling out of control and he dropped out. Until he recently quit his job to do his

This sounds a lot like a friend of mines story. At 15 his family life was spiraling out of control and he dropped out. Until he recently quit his job to do his own thing he was making just an obscene amount of money. He started by taking the only programming job he could get as a 16 year old. As his skills progressed he changed jobs a bunch of times with each one becoming progressively less crappy. He got there by working his butt off to learn everything he could about programming. On his own he learned everything you would expect from a CS program but was able to go into far more detail than a semester course. I've seen him talk circles around guys with formal CS training. There is someone out there who will pay you to program. The pay will be peanuts and the work will be boring but once you have a job and some experience on your resume it will get easier. Also go get your GED. With the GED you can say you graduated from High School and have the option of other formal education in the future.