David grew up in Daly City, California with his mother and father, and three younger brothers. During the first years of David's life, their family had appeared almost perfect, but soon this would all change. Around the age of six, his mother started to go through some changes. She no longer liked to go on the trips that their family went on regularly, she no longer dressed up, did her hair, nor her makeup. She often times would pass out on the couch in front of the television after drinking an excessive amount of alcohol. David's mother had soon become an alcoholic who had taken a turn for the worst.

David's life drastically changed, as his mother be

There was a few times when onlookers would catch on to the kind of lifestyle David was living. Teachers and other authority figures tried to step in, but David feared his mother so much that he would lie for her. David would continue on living the same way. As usual, things exceedingly worsened. The torture his mother came up with were excruciating. Several times he would be forced to scrub and clean the bathroom. His mother came up with a mixture that could kill him, Clorox and ammonia. This solution was absolutely intoxicating. David would do everything in his power to avoid breathing in the fumes, but that was nearly impossible. He would cough up blood and nearly pass out; he often wished that he would just die. He was tired of all of her games. Another instance of abuse he encountered was at their cabin. The rest of his family had left; David was alone with his mother. She took a diaper that David's younger brother had recently soiled, and tried to force him !

David didn't think he could last much longer. He always thought in the morning, "Will today be the day she will finish me off?" In a way, he wished for death. He wished his mother would just do it and get it over with. That way, he wouldn't have any more pain or suffering to deal with.

to eat from it. When he refused her request, she forced his face down into it. Fortunately for him, his family soon returned, and therefore, this abuse didn't last long.

Luckily for David, it was one day all over with. Someone finally stepped in and saved him from all of the torture he was

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