This is like reading the story of my time in highschool, except Philadelphia was Austin and I was just watching but never using anything stronger than Everclear

This is like reading the story of my time in highschool, except Philadelphia was Austin and I was just watching but never using anything stronger than Everclear and Surge. Thinking about all the people that I grew up with that are either dead, in prison or hopeless addicts makes me despair for the wasteland that is most of the USA. Those born and raised urban and middle class just don't know...