WELCOME TO WONDERLAND
He remembered from every Health class he'd ever had that drug and alcohol abuse were damaging both mentally and physically.
He remembered being told, that if you knew someone who suffered from either - or both - to get them help immediately.
He also remembered how silly he'd always thought people who caved to such petty things were.
But it's a different story being in the thick of it, bottle in one hand, ecstasy pills in the other. It's different running down the rabbit hole to a Wonderland and looking up and seeing how far you've fallen, knowing that the climb back up isn't worth the effort, reaching for another bottle to occupy your mind with something else.
Yes, he remembered what it was like before - what he was like before - but looking at himself in the mirror, he found it increasingly difficult recognizing the face staring back.