One of the teens my father mentored left home at 15, got high & never came...
One of the teens my father mentored left home at 15, got high & never came down for 15 years. Tried every possible form of debauchery.
At 30 he quit & my father restarted mentoring him. He didn’t seem any worse for wear for that 15 years.
Still lost 15 prime years of his life.
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