Day 20 A Difficult Time in My Life

[altyronsmaker]

Bah. Late teens, early 20s. I graduated high school while in treatment, so there was no going right off to college for me, despite consistent 99th percentile scores on assessment tests. I had to go to work. I started work, and my brother dove deeper into addiction. Those years were the hayday of his addiction to drugs (mostly meth and rock) and his severe trouble with the law. we always had the cops at our house because he and his friends were breaking into houses and cars and stores. He and I were fighting all the time because he was stoned or tweaking and stealing from me to do it. It was... just..

Yeah. I don't like to talk about that time.