I have a story very similar to this as well. I'm glad you got over the anger/bitterness, but I and many of my friends have not. It's tough when your friends and

I have a story very similar to this as well. I'm glad you got over the anger/bitterness, but I and many of my friends have not. It's tough when your friends and family still consider you to have failed. I'll never forget the shame and disappointment after sacrificing so much of my life. It makes life hurt when you have to work an order of magnitude harder to achieve the same result.