“It had a relaxing effect on me like nothing else. My sister was always on my ass to fully quit. But I’d told her the eight bucks I spent a week on a pack compared to the damage I could do if I lost my temper was a hell of a lot cheaper. She agreed. And I knew she would because the last time I had seen my dad was at her house, and that incident had me buying her new kitchen cabinets and a set of dishes.”