I’m still in university, so yes I’m still quite young, and I have heard all the arguments and statistics of straight edge drop out rates. I’m planning to get this tattoo when I graduate, as university the way I see it is going to be the time in my life when I’m most surrounded by drug and alcohol use, and the tattoo would be to celebrate making it through that. Either way though, I still really love the image, and I would be willing to get it without the text, just as long as I know the possibility to work the text in later exists.

As for placement, I want it on my upper back, so there would be a fair bit of room, but if I would be able to keep it under 6×6″ that would be nice.