Fall from Grace 1994 | Reading, Writing, and PlayStation SAVED my life (Got me off the Street!)

This is the true story of my 1994 arrest, age 20, right around the time OJ Simpson got arrested. I got in trouble with the law once, and it made the local Manhattan papers. And I never got in trouble again. I did a complete 360. I didn't go out for three years. I just worked full time and went to school at night. This is ALSO how I became an avid reader and writer. If it wasn't for me getting arrested 30 years ago, I would not have educated myself and become a published author. I might have taken a much different path, perhaps a darker one. Also, PlayStation (PS1) was a big part of that era (games like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VII), and a big part of my salvation as well.Show more

Once upon a time I was a punk kid hanging out with the wrong crowd. This is who I am today, thirty years later: www.lawrencedagstine.com