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From an early age, Luke noticed that fitting in with others was hard. He just couldn't connect with others, and he didn't understand why. He just knew that was the way it always was. Friendships were difficult. Emotionally, Luke could not find that common ground. When...
As a child, Dave made friends easily but was going through a lot of abuse at home. His family struggled financially because his father suffered from drug addiction. At seven years old, Dave started drinking beer and smoking marijuana for the first time. At nine,...
Paul was raised as a Mormon in Mesa, Arizona. He was not raised around drugs or alcohol because it was against their religion. He was raised with everything any kid could ever want. He started to be molested at a very early age. This caused...
Brady grew up in a family that was very disconnected. Everyone seemed to do their own thing every day. Both of his parents had an addiction to drugs, but his parents tried to hide it from him. After getting his girlfriend pregnant, he decided to...
Joseph was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up in poverty with his mother after she and his father got divorced. He went through many trials and tribulations early in life. After many bouts of in-school suspension, it was recommended that his mother take him...
Looking to drugs and gangs for love led Ricky down the wrong path. Born to a mother who suffered from drug addiction and alcoholism and a father who was incarcerated, Ricky P spent his childhood being raised by his grandparents. His mother eventually ended up...
Over 60,000 children in the America are sexually abused on a yearly basis. However, parental sexual abuse is especially unimaginable and horrific. Due to concealment, many cases of parental sexual abuse are never exposed. Adam knows the trauma of parental sexual abuse all too well....
Justin got in trouble the first time with the law at 18 years old. But he might have been arrested for many things before that incident. He was using marijuana between 12-13 years old. He was doing cocaine and acid by 15 years old. He...
Christin grew up as a military brat moving from one place to another frequently. At eight-years-old, her parents got a divorce and it had a huge impact on her. After the divorce, she moved with her mother and sister to Michigan and the difficult times...
Jeff was born in Chicago, IL in 1977 to a very young mother. He experienced a difficult upbringing due to drug addicted parents neglect. Jeff’s father was 11 years older than his mother and had been married with children prior to meeting her. He recalls...