David rsquo s first beating came at the hands of his father on his seventh nbsp birthday after he accidentally broke a window ldquo He kicked me and punched me David said Afterward he apologized He was an abusive alcoholic and it rsquo s a cycle I rsquo m doing my best to end now rdquo nbsp But it took a long time for David to get to this point Most of his teen years and twenties were spent in jail or on probation and in and out of addiction treatment centers When it felt like his dreams were entirely [... more]