As I wrote, the bad habit for me was Row (lol Rowan me basically) habit to do crazy things sometimes, to have a lack of impulse control that can get him into trouble. Did this come across?

Half the interesting part of this prompt is seeing what different people consider a bad habit. I picked up on his impulsiveness, but I'm used to that being seen as a more positive thing so didn't think of it as a bad habit. I took it to be Row's drug use that was the bad habit with good consequences. He used to do drugs with Charley and Billy, and given that he's hanging out with a top DJ probably hasn't entirely stopped.

Fucking crazy though, you're fucked up Son

I saw the took as part of the good consequence, by doing them, moving with the people who did, getting know them, it gave him the grounding to be able to write something "fucked up" but really good. Real life experience that helped him become a more relatable writer (so maybe not too far from his namesake there;) ) the rest being the person Row became, the bond he built with Charley, his former drug use and the life that came with that put him in a position where he wasn't looking down on others, but seeing them as people.

Some people choose suicide.

I'm not sure it's either or, in some way the drug use is a deliberate slow suicide, but as you say, they come from the same place. Someone very close to me used to be addicted to heroin, and although he managed to move beyond that, it still pushed him to claiming his own life years later. I don't like the term smackheads though, it's used in Manchester as well, just for it's dehumanizing feel.

Nope, not cheesy at all! It works really well :)

Thank you, glad you appreciated it, it's always a bit of a gamble with honest comments