Drug Dealing Dad

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 4:50 p.m.

Fred thinks he used drugs in order to deal with pain, and today in his sobriety, he knows to deal with pain without using.\xa0 His first time trying a drug, alcohol, happened at age ten at a party his parents threw; they toasted him with Sangria.\xa0 Fred remembers it made him feel \u201cwarm.\u201d\xa0 He would later recognize his home life was drug-centered.\xa0 Fred\u2019s father was a drug dealer.