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@ SethMac
2025-06-03 15:26:11
Post 1 – The Golden Boy That Wasn’t
People thought I had it all. I grew up just outside Denver in a nice neighborhood. Big house. Clean clothes. Played sports and was good at them. Teachers liked me. Coaches leaned on me. Other parents thought I was the kid doing everything right.
But inside the house, it was different.
My mom was mentally unstable and took it out on us. My dad was barely around and pretty much had a second life going. But the biggest thing in our home wasn’t love, it was status. That’s what mattered most. How things looked. What people thought.
So I played the part. I smiled. I competed. I kept it together just enough to look the part. But I was already slipping. Angry. Lost. And by 15, I was living a double life.
Now look, this isn’t a victim story. I had everything I needed to do it right. I had natural intelligence. I had charisma. I was athletic. If I’d stayed focused and used what I had instead of chasing everything that didn’t matter, life could’ve looked a whole lot different. But I didn’t. I chose the chaos.
I got deep into drugs and lies and that whole world. But on the outside, I kept showing up just enough to fool the adults. I ran that game for a long time.
Post 2 coming soon. The fire had already started. I just hadn’t felt the heat yet.