I was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, and am the youngest of four children. In my earlier years, my parents moved to St. Mary's Reserve in Fredericton.
As far back as I can remember, there was a lot of alcoholism right in my home. People from my reserve, people from off the reserve, Native and non-Native people would come in to get alcohol and to drink. But my mom and dad weren't alcoholics themselves. They just drank a little socially.
By the time I was 11 or 12, I was smoking, but I hid it from my parents. I remember when I first came home drunk, I was probably 13 or 14. I kept attending s...
