This is something I need to write about, I was born with a cleft-pallet and was heavily ridiculed and bullied throughout my childhood. This had serious ramific

This is something I need to write about, I was born with a cleft-pallet and was heavily ridiculed and bullied throughout my childhood. This had serious ramifications which prevented me from finishing high school with my class, and I started using drugs and alcohol when I was 14 to cope with the verbal and physical abuse. This was over 20 years ago though and schools today are much better about addressing these issues - however, I am in a much better position mentally to talk about it now.