“He saved me from myself,” he answered. “Then I lost him and all the progress I’d made felt like it was washed away in an instant. I wanted to give up. I wanted to do what you’re doing right now. I wanted to say ‘fuck it’ so badly, but then I remembered I had three people depending on me. It was the hardest thing I had ever done—refusing to succumb to my pain. What helped me a lot was knowing that it would get easier. My dad had showed me that.”
