Parable of an American Outcast - Ch. 1

## It started with a cup of coffee ...

Everyday started like that — usually. Or at least continued with a cup of coffee. I was out of my mind then. Steady, but absolutely out of my mind. I was having a lot of fun, though. It was a challenge, and, honestly, everyday boiled down to the difference in it being a day I succeeded or the one I blew it all up from the inside. Boom.