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Before we moved to North Bay, I lost my uncle. He was such a huge influence in my life. He inspired me to chase my dream and that was to play professional football. I remember one day, a week before he died, we were sitting out on the porch right around the time when the sun would set. He taught me how life is going to be like and how hard it’s going to be when we get older. I was at that age where I would start thinking, “What the hell is this guy talking about?”
His death really affected me because I lost that one true person who was like an older brother to me and it changed me into a person I didn’t want to be. When I moved to North Bay, I began to fall into the wrong crowd. As soon as that happened, I began experimenting with alcohol and drugs. During my grade 8 year I was abusing my addiction every day. I was going to class drunk, high or even hung over. I spent that whole time thinking of my life like it was nothing but a huge party. But life has its consequences. It took quite a while to find
ut what it means to know when someone loves and cares about you. All ever did was run away and hurt the people who did.