“Around August of last year, I was in a very dark place. I was questioning whether or not I wanted to live anymore. And I felt as though I had no one who understood what I was going through. I was scared, lost, and didn’t know who I was. I didn’t know how to ask for help, so I would turn to drugs and alcohol to cover up my emotions and feelings.⁣

This battle with depression and anxiety started in High School. Always feeling like the odd man out. At the time, baseball was my escape. But when I graduated, I was left without that outlet. Luckily enough, I eventually found music and production. There was something about creating and expressing my thoughts and emotions in a song that gave me this happiness I never felt before. But what I’m most grateful for are the people who helped me get through it. Without them, I wouldn’t be alive.⁣

Today, I celebrate 1 year and 8 months of sobriety. But these issues with depression and anxiety haven’t gone away entirely. Because the truth of the matter is that anxiety and depression are human emotions. And with all the good, there will also be bad. Now, I feel every emotion that I use to cover up with drugs and alcohol. And I plan on using every one of them to better my music-making process. What I hope you realize about my story is that help is out there. And there are always people who care for you, even when you don’t think so. You just have to reach out and try. If you’re going through a similar situation right now, I promise you, there is light at the end of that tunnel. And you can make it there.”