My Twisted Life is about the life of RandolphDouglas Hopkins. His voice takes the reader on a journey through Randy's first childhood memory of beingbrutally beaten for a crime he didn't commit. Then living in unimaginable pain as punishment for that crime. With a strong will to live and simply beingtoo stubborn to die, he endured brutal amputations and bullet wounds usinghis self taught skills to patch himself back together. Randy never knew his father andcan't remember even knowing his name. Hegrew up roaming the country with his psychotic mother and alcoholic stepdad,never knowing any stability in his life. With little formal education, due to thefrequency and extent of his wounds and the gypsy lifestyle of his folks, heused his self driven motivation to educate himself in the skills that he mostneeded to survive. Aside from the basicsof reading and writing, he became skilled in street smartsand survival with things such as petty theft, pool hustling as well as "doctoring"and mind control. He turned to drugs ata young age and used heavily throughout half of his childhood and all of histeen years. He was constantly faced withlife threatening obstacles and always found himself longing for death, but yetstruggling to live. Randy was determinedto not let the abuse against him result in his death, so he struggled to dowhat ever it took to stay alive. Alongthe journey of his life, he made true friends and true love. Step inside Randy's memories as he tells hisstory.