ChrisinAK - I did a stint in MYC too some 25+ years ago - you would never know looking at me now where I have been. PTA, Girl Scouts, Honor Roll in College, drug and alcohol free. Volunteer hundreds of hours in my kid's schools and the community. I don't hide my past. I am very open with my path. I can attest that for me it all started when I was sexually abused as a kid. I grew up in a very strict religious household cut off from the outside where humiliation combined with physical abuse was used as discipline. So not all of us in MYC stayed losers. I thank God I left my crowd before I died or got someone killed. Many of my old friends as dead, OD'd, addicts or in prison for murder. I understand where you are coming from. 

Chris Tadda - I understand. I get it, I've been there which is why I have such strong views on crime, drugs, homelessness, child abuse and parenting. Strong consequences, and no one can make anyone change until that person decides to change themselves.