Izzy Battres

I don't remember his name. So he takes me out. I do the whole weekend up here in L.A. There's hundreds of kids, minorities, black, Hispanics, a few white guys. And we're all joining the armed forces, you know, Air Force, Marines, Army, Navy. I joined the Navy, made my allegiance to the flag, came back home, was leaving. I said, where's my 40-ouncer? No kidding.

Stopped off a liquor store here in L.A. Bought me a 40 ounce of Old English. Drank it in the back of his car on the way to my house. Told my mama, hey, I'm going to be gone. I joined the Navy. She's like, you did what? I was like, yeah, I just got to get out of here. My departure date was 1990, July 5th. I said, I got to party one more time.

Stopped off a liquor store here in L.A. Bought me a 40 ounce of Old English. Drank it in the back of his car on the way to my house. Told my mama, hey, I'm going to be gone. I joined the Navy. She's like, you did what? I was like, yeah, I just got to get out of here. My departure date was 1990, July 5th. I said, I got to party one more time.

Stopped off a liquor store here in L.A. Bought me a 40 ounce of Old English. Drank it in the back of his car on the way to my house. Told my mama, hey, I'm going to be gone. I joined the Navy. She's like, you did what? I was like, yeah, I just got to get out of here. My departure date was 1990, July 5th. I said, I got to party one more time.

Before I go off to become an outstanding citizen in four years. Well, that party got me into strong arm robbery and got me into jail. The day before going? The day, yeah. Before going out? Yeah. Wow. And I was already 18, so I had to go to the big boys, no juvenile hall. How long were you in jail for?

Before I go off to become an outstanding citizen in four years. Well, that party got me into strong arm robbery and got me into jail. The day before going? The day, yeah. Before going out? Yeah. Wow. And I was already 18, so I had to go to the big boys, no juvenile hall. How long were you in jail for?

Before I go off to become an outstanding citizen in four years. Well, that party got me into strong arm robbery and got me into jail. The day before going? The day, yeah. Before going out? Yeah. Wow. And I was already 18, so I had to go to the big boys, no juvenile hall. How long were you in jail for?

They gave me three years with the five-year joint suspension, and I ended up doing six months in the county. Oh, that sucks. Yeah, six months in the county. And instead of going to four years in the Navy, I ended up going down that route. And the judge said, you will never serve our country. Did you? No. Even after I got out of my recovery, I tried joining again. They wouldn't let you.

They gave me three years with the five-year joint suspension, and I ended up doing six months in the county. Oh, that sucks. Yeah, six months in the county. And instead of going to four years in the Navy, I ended up going down that route. And the judge said, you will never serve our country. Did you? No. Even after I got out of my recovery, I tried joining again. They wouldn't let you.

They gave me three years with the five-year joint suspension, and I ended up doing six months in the county. Oh, that sucks. Yeah, six months in the county. And instead of going to four years in the Navy, I ended up going down that route. And the judge said, you will never serve our country. Did you? No. Even after I got out of my recovery, I tried joining again. They wouldn't let you.

They wouldn't let me. I said, what about the National Guard? They're like, nah.

They wouldn't let me. I said, what about the National Guard? They're like, nah.

They wouldn't let me. I said, what about the National Guard? They're like, nah.

After I got out, you know, you go down the straight and narrow for a few days and then you go back and to your old ways and i went back to my old ways all the way down to i was 26 i you know i graduated into uh meth and that then the meth was my choice of a dope for 10 years you smoking it or shooting it i was smoking it off the foil paper the heavy duty reynolds foil paper with the big pin Yeah.

After I got out, you know, you go down the straight and narrow for a few days and then you go back and to your old ways and i went back to my old ways all the way down to i was 26 i you know i graduated into uh meth and that then the meth was my choice of a dope for 10 years you smoking it or shooting it i was smoking it off the foil paper the heavy duty reynolds foil paper with the big pin Yeah.

After I got out, you know, you go down the straight and narrow for a few days and then you go back and to your old ways and i went back to my old ways all the way down to i was 26 i you know i graduated into uh meth and that then the meth was my choice of a dope for 10 years you smoking it or shooting it i was smoking it off the foil paper the heavy duty reynolds foil paper with the big pin Yeah.

So, you know, I did that and I couldn't get that monkey off me. And it got pretty bad.

So, you know, I did that and I couldn't get that monkey off me. And it got pretty bad.

So, you know, I did that and I couldn't get that monkey off me. And it got pretty bad.

At my latter part of my run using meth, I couldn't speak a clear sentence. No. My brain was gone. Yeah. I'm seeing things. Everybody's after me. I couldn't even, I would mumble to people and I would, you know, you'd talk to me and I'd look at you and I'd want to say something, but the brain wasn't processing the words and I couldn't say them. That's right. That was at the end of my run.