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A Heroin Addict’s Brutal Life in Kensington | Jail Withdrawals, My Mom Taught Me to Shoot, Sobriety
Dave Marquess grew up in chaos—raised by addict parents, hustling for survival as a child, and spiraling into drugs by his early teens. By his twenties, Dave was deep in PCP, oxy, heroin, and cocaine, running the streets of Kensington, in and out of jail, and living in full-blown addiction and psychosis.
In this raw conversation, Dave opens up about:
Growing up with parents addicted to meth and heroin
Juvenile detention at 14 and fighting authority at every turn
Smoking PCP before school and getting expelled
Selling drugs, escort driving, and total moral collapse
Calling his own mother to…
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