Follow the Donuts
July 2016 | On the Cover

Follow the Donuts

After 20 years of liquor and prison, he was served a treat he couldn't refuse

I started drinking when I was 14. I enjoyed the feeling it gave me and found in the bottle the acceptance I wanted so badly. Alcohol helped me keep all my deeply ingrained negative thoughts buried. My life was bearable when I drank. I had found a way to cope. Sure, I did the basic things like going to school, but I stopped playing sports. I stopped doing all the things a normal 14-year-old would do and started gangbanging. I excelled at it.

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