Jason Van Dusen - Childhood Trauma, Divorce, Addiction, Cocaine, GHB, Meth, Family, Graphic Design, Faith & Redemption.

<p>Jason Van Dusen is a valuable member of our KDD Media team & wanted to share his story in hopes of reaching & relating to anyone that's gone through a similar ordeal.  JVD had a pretty normal childhood for the most part.  He was brought up in a loving home & had a good upbringing.  He was very involved in sports, even at a young age.  The one thing he says was the main catalyst for his trauma early on, was the fact his parents divorced around the age of 11 or 12.  The friction there between his mom and dad would fuel his depression as well as his acting out at a young age to deal with the circumstances that he was forced into.</p> Their separation, the anger, the disagreements would be too much for him to handle at times.  He would witness scenes like his father punching holes in the wall and constant arguing between them.  When his mom decided to move to Oregon from California, this was the main event that really upset Jason.  The constant indecision of leaving to be with his mom in Oregon or staying in California weighed on him heavily.  He even had to pay rent at one point to help his dad stay afloat at this time. He felt more like a roommate to him than a father.  This would build up over time and eventually led to the drug addiction that would consume his teenage years.   Early on in his teenage party years, he was never an alcohol type of guy.  He started with cigarettes and weed, which created a pathway to accepting other drugs openly.  His drug of choice ended up being methamphetamine and cocaine.  He got caught up in the scene that most teenagers do: following what the "cool" kids did around him, and started experimenting with drugs.  It just so happened that his type of friends at the time had a giant mirror on a bed, with huge lines of cocaine waiting for the party crowd that would come over every week.   At first, seeing his friend doing these hardcore drugs freaked him out, but soon he wanted to partake in what his friends were doing, and this quickly spiraled out of control.  It started with c