Teen Challenge: Praise-In

As a second generation Orange Countian who squandered his youth on drugs I can’t help but identify with these youngsters in some strange way. Who knows, it could have totally been Rick from Anaheim* who rode shotgun that one time my Dad, hopped up on Angel Dust, hot-wired a car and cruised to the Long Beach Sports Arena to see Grand Funk… only to have to awkwardly explain in a future run-in that he was now “hanging with the Lord”. It’s certainly not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

*not his actual name