Growing up in a household with an abusive father, he seemed to come out on top. His life was constantly moving forward, but sometimes trouble has it’s own way of finding us regardless of how hard we try to escape or hide from it. For Damon Clark, his childhood haunts him in a way that he never thought imaginable. He displays unthinkable rage and an inability to control his emotions at times. He all but goes off of the deep end, trying to keep his past as it should be, in the past. He feels as though his life has spiraled out of control and his old methods of drinking until he can’t remember anything takes an ugly turn. One too many out of body experiences forces him to seek professional help in order to get his life back in order, and hopefully bring light to what really happened in his troubled childhood. A practice that he had put so much hard work into is put at stake and also puts a close friend’s life in jeopardy. His backbone that has been there from the beginning, his mother, is put to the test as her ability to keep her life in order almost slips away in a bad decision to be persuaded by her new love. He has no choice but to help her get her life back on track. A riveting short story of Damon’s trials captivates you, reeling you in to almost living his challenging moments with him.