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EVERETT — In a few months, Eric Wood said he expects to earn his degree at Everett Community College. It's not a journey he ever envisioned a few y...
EVERETT — In a few months, Eric Wood said he expects to earn his degree at Everett Community College. It's not a journey he ever envisioned a few years back when he struggled with alcoholism and lived on the streets, he told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray in an education roundtable Thursday at the community college. Things got real, he said, upon learning he would become a father. Now, three years sober, he said he's looking to build a career with skills honed in welding and fabrication classes. 'I didn't see a way out for a long time,' he said.