A great story @aejackson, the worst in our life is our determination. How strong are we. If we not strong and determined ourself, we could easily manipulate by others. The worst part was from own father. He should assist hie son become a better man after the rehab. But the other way round.

When I read the ending where he woke up with few dead soldiers, I once thought that all were Tom's hallucination after he took some joint. But how sad tho, this story of yours also happen in real life.

I love how you present the story, it could be an awareness to young generation and us as well. When you wrote this story, did you have a draft on what you gonna write or you write base on what came to your mind.