You're 16 years old with 8th grade education, and you run down that spiral there were ended a worse place that you ever dreamed.

一个十六岁的人只有八年级的水平，你会顺着一个下降的螺旋到一个更糟的地方。

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When I first came home, there were months of isolation where I was too proud and too ashamed to talk about my feelings -- a downward spiral that almost ended in suicide.

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Certainly, things could have ended far worse, in a spiral of violence.

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