Under The Influence - Paperbackby D. K. Baiza (Author) Life doesn't always take you down the paths you think it will. When I was a child, I was very thoughtful, and had big dreams for my life. Many of the events that took place in my life were out of my control. And then, things began to change in ways I hadn't expected, nor could have possibly foreseen. I made bad choices, mostly from the affects of those changes that were happening. It took me down a path I never saw coming. Many