At birth, my hart stops beating
At age three, I frequently live away from my parents
At age eight, I suffer from racist behavior directed against my father
and myself
At age ten, I get homeopathic treatment against sadness and
world-weariness
At age twelve, I ask too much of my parents by being ill, and I drink
excessive amounts of alcohol
At age thirteen, my parents may refuse to see that I drink alcohol
At age fourteen, I escape from intrusive men by maiming myself
and making myself ugly
At age fifteen, I drift around, drink myself unconscious, and desire
to flee from my surroundings in the company of my lover
At age seventeen, I suffer my life as a housewife with my boyfriend
At age nineteen, I complete my second course of training
and function on alcohol
At age twenty, I enjoy my male job
At age twenty-two, I work, addicted to drugs, under the
obsessive interference of my employer
At age twenty-four, I try to kill myself
At age twenty-four, I live for months without the solace of alcohol,
need more drugs, and start hallucinating
At age twenty-four, I escape from being publicly exposed by my boss
by going back to my parents and try to get help
At age twenty-five, I feel at home in the company of drug addicts
At age twenty-seven, I am a beloved dealer and am happy in my relationship
with an addicted man
At age twenty-nine, I am busy day and night trying to organize drugs for
my friend and myself
At thirty, I embezzle money from a friend and suffer from feelings of guilt
and lack of drugs
At age thirty, I panic, rob a gas station, and get arrested
At age thirty, I enter prematurely into custody, am treated with methadone,
and need fewer drugs
At thirty-one, I am for the first time in my life diagnosed on the causes
and nature of my addiction
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