![]() ![]() “She had taken the separation from my dad pretty bad, and starting drinking a lot. ![]() ![]() “My mother chose alcohol over her own wellbeing, and her family’s, too,” says Craig. And it’s not the blanket of mist that engulfs the valley below, nor the implacable sunrise that invades every inch of the towering cliffside’s crevices and chasms.Īt 2,619 feet above sea level, our group of five is hanging on every word of Craig (not his real name), an unassuming Grand Theft Auto V role-player, as he shares a personal tale about his mother’s alcoholism, how she was knocked down and killed as she left her local pub one evening and how he has struggled with depression and anxiety ever since.Ĭontrasting with the themes of virtual violence and crime associated with Grand Theft Auto, Craig is part of a group that uses the game’s long-established but still ever-growing PC role-playing scene as a safe space for discussing mental health. I t isn’t the tumbling, 360-degree views of San Andreas that command our undivided attention from the top of Mount Chiliad. ![]()
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