Dude, I am a former loser. I am 23 years old with a bit more experience than some of these other guys.
No one can make an outside change and hopefully bring the change on the inside. The change comes from the inside, the heart, (which starts with the desire which you already have) and then does an outward spiral and affects the rest of your life.
I had no direction, and my interests were the same, chicks, and booze, or the three b's 
if you know what I mean, then the change happened. May I suggest religion.....that is what did it for me. Then I traveled, lived in Brazil for two years, and now I'm a happy man with a successful job, hot Brazilian wife, and the whole package.
What do you say? You have to be willing to sacrifice, and get rid of the mind altering substances.
Laterz
