there is no question that american youth between the ages of 18-30 are fighting unsparing forces of modern culture related to self friends family and society. former addict drug dealer and gang member verne johnson reveals the hidden secrets of his past and discloses the dangerous and powerful assaults and oppressions that threatened his life. with clarity and radical truth he helps us to understand that there is a permanent lasting hope and recovery to the struggles of drugs alcohol violence incarceration sexual abuse poverty and growing up as a bastard child.