I masked my anger with drugs and alcohol. I've hung out with people I shouldn't have, done things I'm not proud of. But through it all, my stepfather didn't miss a beat...he took me in and showed me what a father was supposed to be. I found myself pregnant at 17. Everyone around me told me that I was wasting my life and that abortion was the only solution. In the fog, in my head, all I heard was this social worker saying “this one is a flight risk, she’s running away, she’ll never be worth anything”. These words, repeated over and over again and in this case, I decided I was going to prove to everyone