"I've always felt

that I was tremendously lucky during my adolescence. Things easily could have turned out differently for me had I gotten in trouble with the law or gotten addicted to drugs or alcohol. Almost every night, instead of studying, my friends and I would head to Hollywood where the action was. Drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night, and the police and punkers fought a running battle over control of the streets. I was lucky to get through that period of my life without doing great harm to myself or others. Many of my teenage peers weren't so lucky."

--G.G.