However, as we were suffering and as people were sharing their stories with us, we came to believe one thing: We weren't alone.
David had friends, young people like him, struggling with the same things, the same addiction, the same silence. There were friends he knew, others he didn't; friends who introduced him to drugs; friends who show others how to take refuge in drugs; friends who are suffering without knowing it; friends who themselves have parents who don't know what to do. It is also for them that we are here today. Behind every story like David's, there are others—too many others.