He was a good kid with an alcoholic father who very abusive. He suffered a lot of pain while growing up. He got a neighbor girl pregnant, they had a son when he was thirteen.

He continued to self-medicate with drugs and overdosed at sixteen and nearly died. He was my cousin so we brought him into our home and tried to help him for a couple of months while he lived with us.

His habit grew progressively worse and we all knew this wouldn't end well.