Pete Giannini is a survivor—a survivor of an addiction to crack cocaine. Crack addiction is a process that is both rapid and severe and approximately 6.2 million (2.8 percent) Americans age 12 or older say they have tried it at least once in their lifetime. It messes up your brain, your body, and your lifestyle and its cost is very high financially, emotionally, physically and socially. Pete describes it this way: "Where I’ve been to and where I’m at today has been one crazy ride. It’s truly amazing to say I’m still around to do anything at all. It wasn’t long ago I was a complete drug induced
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