Table of Contents
FOREWORD BY JEFF ADACHI, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC DEFENDER
INTRODUCTION
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
MY SAN FRANCISCO
PART I: THE PATH TO DESTRUCTION
Chapter 1: HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Chapter 2: SEDUCTION
Chapter 3: FALSE VICTORY
Chapter 4: A FATHER’S IMPACT
Chapter 5: HUBRIS
Chapter 6: TROUBLE IN PITTSBURGH
Chapter 7: THE CHASE IS ON . . .
Chapter 8 THE PHONE CALL
Chapter 9: THE FUGITIVE
Chapter 10: THE POWER OF CONDITIONING
Chapter 11: INSATIABLE AND UNTOUCHABLE
Chapter 12: ART OF THE DEAL
Chapter 13: FACE THE MUSIC
Chapter 14: TRANSFER
Chapter 15: FINDING MY WAY
Chapter 16: MENTAL WARFARE
Chapter 17: TRUE EDUCATION
Chapter 18: LET THE GAMES BEGIN
Chapter 19: PRESSURE MANIFESTED
Chapter 20: RELIGION VS. SPIRITUALITY
Chapter 21: MASTER STUDENT
PART II: RETURNING, RELEARNING, RESTORING
Chapter 22: A NEW WORLD
Chapter 23: STAYING FOCUSED
Chapter 24: PRISON’S IMPACT ON RELATIONSHIPS AND SELF
Chapter 2:5 BERKELEY
Chapter 26: MENTORSHIP
Chapter 27: STREETS TO STANFORD
Chapter 28: THE JOURNEY
Chapter 29: THE RIDDLES OF THE WORLD
Chapter 30: THE BIRTH OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
Chapter 31: COLLEGE BOUND
Chapter 32: I CAN BREATHE
Chapter 33: THE POWER OF LISTENING
Chapter 34: AN OPEN LETTER TO MY COMMUNITY