My Twisted Life is about the life of Randolph
Douglas Hopkins.His voice takes the reader on a journey through Randys first childhood memory of being
brutally beaten for a crime he didnt commit. Then living in unimaginable pain as punishment for that crime.
With a strong will to live and simply being
too stubborn to die, he endured brutal amputations and bullet wounds using
his self taught skills to patch himself back together.Randy never knew his father and
cant remember even knowing his name.He
grew up roaming the country with his psychotic mother and alcoholic stepdad,
never knowing any stability in his life.
With little formal education, due to the
frequency and extent of his wounds and the gypsy lifestyle of his folks, he
used his self driven motivation to educate himself in the skills that he most
needed to survive.Aside from the basics
of reading and writing, he became skilled in street smarts
and survival with things such as petty theft, pool hustling as well as doctoring
and mind control.He turned to drugs at
a young age and used heavily throughout half of his childhood and all of his
teen years.
He was constantly faced with
life threatening obstacles and always found himself longing for death, but yet
struggling to live.Randy was determined
to not let the abuse against him result in his death, so he struggled to do
what ever it took to stay alive.Along
the journey of his life, he made true friends and true love.Step inside Randys memories as he tells his
story.
