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Drop THE shame BY ANGELA GARRITY ANGELA@VAPEMZ.COM
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cott Gibson is likely better known within the vaping community as Black Cat/ White Face. Before he was known as a YouTube Reviewer, Gibson had a deep-seeded struggle with addiction.
around drinking to ensure that by the time bedtime came for him, he was “good and hammered.”
Gibson’s personal battle with alcoholism is very typical of someone who feels awkward around others and who lacks self confidence. He admits that once he learned he could out drink others, it became part of who he was.
“I can actually pinpoint the day I realized I was an alcoholic. I was 26 sitting in my one-bedroom apartment. My girlfriend of five years had just left and I was just sitting there blaming her and feeling sorry for myself,” Gibson said. “Then it came to me, ‘I’m an alcoholic’. A sane person would try to do something to change that. I just sat there and accepted it as just who I am.”
Throughout his young adulthood, he drank in excess as much as possible. Gibson would schedule his routine
When he started his career, he didn’t change like the other adults around him did, who grew out of their party stage. He continued to drink daily.