September 2017

Dreams and waterfalls

He was once so drunk, he couldn’t leave his dorm room. Now he’s seeing the world

My family was as close to perfect as I’ve encountered on this planet, yet I still never felt right. Crippled by fear and insecurity, I needed the approval of my parents, my teachers and my peers in order to feel any sense of self-worth. That all ended when I found alcohol at age 12.

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