At this moment, I am free to travel, can live where I want, and my debts to society are paid in full. I started drinking at 9 years old when I would bring beers to my dad. I mostly read books and stayed to myself. I self-mutilated until well into my twenties. I started smoking weed at fifteen. I survived gang wars, crack wars, and my deliberate attempts to negatively impact my life through drugs and alcohol. I was raised by women, and a woman faces greater difficulty trying to raise a boy to be a man. I am trying to paint a visual with verbiage of who I be. 09/13/23
