ON TO ADULT EDUCATION – PART 8 – A SET ROAD: MY INEVITABLE SLIDE INTO ADDICTION;
I failed terribly in my finals of Senior 6 (Grade 12). I hated school then. Nonetheless, dad wanted me to repeat Senior 6 (Grade 12).
All throughout 2006, when the results came back, till about 2009, my dad held his ground; repeating Senior 6. At some points in between, I heeded his word. These were the times I stayed with him and tried to focus on school. When I relapsed, I lost interest in studying.
I’d be with dad throughout the week studying, then on weekends, I’d go visit mom. On one of these weekends, I went to Garden City and drank. Getting back to my dad’s that weekend hangover felt different. I decided to discontinue school and go stay with mom.
Such was my life then. I’d have moments of clarity, heeding my dad’s advice, went to stay with him, then later relapse and drop school. I was extremely ambivalent, unsettled, lacked…
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