Chris
On the West Side
I grew up in the Bay in the 80's and 90's. I was a poor kid with a bad childhood that was on the streets from 14 years old. 12 years of Republican economics made for a childhood that saw both extreme poverty and desperation and extreme wealth and excess. I was a drug addict and hopelessly lost. Gangs, drug dealing, bad people, dodging gunfire and eventually being assaulted and tortured left me a hollow shell of a man, timid and broken, hearing voices and at the edge of insanity. I'm a survivor, by The Grace of God. This year I celebrated 18 years sober. I've raised 3 kids myself from infancy to middle school - and when I say raised, I mean everything. I was a single Dad, just like Joe Biden, raising 3 babies and trying to run my web development business to keep a roof over our heads.