Father went to Cornell at age 14
Gage's father was a child prodigy who enrolled at Cornell University at age 14 before becoming an anesthesiologist.
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Childhood in San Diego: Family Chaos and the Biter Phase
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Growing up in Encinitas and San Diego, Gage describes a family built from multiple relationships: a half-brother whose father died in a motorcycle accident before he was born, another brother whose father was an abusive man his mother met while being represented on drug charges, and a full brother Travis. Gage is the youngest — 'her favourite mistake.' His father was a prodigy who enrolled at Cornell at 14, worked as an anesthesiologist, met his mother in a bar at 28, and departed when Gage was a teenager to start a new family. Life in Encinitas was fun — surf PE every morning — but home was chaos. Gage describes crying out for attention through biting classmates in elementary school, performing naked Jackass-style stunts for his older brothers on a skateboard, and generally getting rewarded for bad behaviour. His brothers were his closest friends, and that earned attention shaped his entire identity.
San Diego: Heroin, Tijuana Lunch Runs, and Eight Dead Classmates
San Diego's proximity to Tijuana made hard drugs a lunch-break errand. By the time Gage graduated, eight classmates had overdosed. His brother started heroin at 14. The city's bro-military culture made asking for help unthinkable.
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