Jason began drinking in high school, like so many others. He and his friends would drink together. His first time getting drunk ended with him getting incredibly sick and vomiting, but he still woke up the next day with an immense desire to do it again. Looking back, he knows alcohol was filling an emotional void; it helped him feel safe and calm. But his drinking would eventually cause him to accept the unacceptable in life. He couldn’t hold jobs, his personal relationships ended. He would live in homes riddled with pest problems. At one point, he started sleeping in his bathtub to avoid insects his bedroom that he cared not to get rid of, because of alcohol.
