When Nobility & Compassion Drive Success In the Salon & Beyond
Greg Young has called Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his home for decades - it’s where he resides as a proud family man, talented barber, successful business owner, and local philanthropist looking to spread the good. But things have not always been so perfect for Greg. His young life was unstable; his mother was caught up with the wrong crowd and was rarely there for him and his brother. By age 9, he was rebelling, doing drugs, and skipping school. Greg spent his young adult years on the streets abusing drugs and alcohol when he wasn't locked up in jail.
Greg decided that he needed to get a trade, so he worked two jobs and took the bus to barber school. After graduating, he was miserable inside, still caught up in his addiction, and working just to make ends meet.
“Addiction had full control of me and was very quickly ruining my life. On July 7th, 2013, I walked into an AA meeting and decided enough was enough. I was ready to do absolutely whatever it took to stay sober, and I made a choice to just keep doing the next right thing day after day. It was not an easy road by any means, but I knew I could never go back to the way I had been living,” Greg explained.