Thanks brother - you're absolutely right. We all have our stories, maybe a dark past, who knows. It's how we turn those past struggles into something that can be leveraged to benefit our future lives and improve the quality of the person we are - that's what counts, in my opinion. Becoming a better human based on your past, no matter what it may be.

I hope I meet him again too, and I hope he's clean. But honestly, I fear that things may still be going awry for him, if this poison hasn't already stolen him from this life. :/