Tony (Addiction)

Tony has always had a hard life. His mother went from man to man and didn't care what happened to him. One of her boyfriends sexually assualted him at the age of 8. He tried to tell his mother but she called him a "liar." After taking the abuse for so long he took the boyfriend's gun from his truck and killed him. Tony had to go to a juvenille detention center for 6 years. After he was let out he decided to live on the streets. While on the streets he became addicted to drugs. He would do anything to have drugs at all times. He became street smart. The fact that one of his mother's boyfriends sexually assualted him made him believe that he was gay. On the streets he used men to get to the drugs. He met a man by the name of Phillip, whom was also gay, who took him in. He showed Tony that love doesn't always have to come through sexual actions. Phillip took Tony to church where he became a Christian. Religion helped Tony a lot after Phillip dies; however, he doesn't feel loved anymore and tries to kill himself by overdosing. His father, that abandoned him and his mother, puts him in Aspen Springs for treatment. While there Tony craves for drugs but is strong willed. At the end of the book he falls in love with Vanessa and develops a relationship with his father. He finally feels loved and doesn't need the drugs anymore.