So you shared your face with us, but what makes you YOU?

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Ok, I'll play along...

as long as i've "known" you, you've always touched on this part of yourself, and have been very open about it, but this was the first time you really shared what happened. craig, i can honestly say, knowing addicts myself, that your mother saved your life. i'm sure you know this, but you gave her back the life she gave you. you're incredibly strong. i have to admit, as a person with a mental illness, for me it's too easy to abuse something for that one night of forgotten peace. yet it never helps. i always have to remind myself that it never actually helps.

keep telling your story, craig. don't ever be ashamed. if my father didn't get sober, i wouldn't existed. i've lost so many friends to heroin ODs in high school; it's huge in chicago right now. addiction in this country is a mental health crisis, and needs to be treated as such. the stigma needs to end.

you're one strong dude, craigafrechette.