Healthy Gangster by Daniel Chavez

This book depicts the journey of an inner city youth from South Denver on the path to self destruction. A third generation gang member who is deeply rooted in the streets, and is trapped in the same vicious cycle as the two generations before him. Like them he finds himself behind the trigger and introduced to the system. On top of that he is at war with rival gangs. He is at war with the negativity from the “hood” and most importantly he is at war with himself. At this point he is an unhealthy gangster not only dangerous to others but to himself mentally, physically and spiritually. He reaches the lowest point in his life when his brother is introduced to the system for the same reason but is sentenced to a good number of years in prison. Around this same time something happens to this young man that changes the course of his life forever. He realizes that although he is at his lowest point it only means one thing. The only other way to go from there is up. He then takes an unforgettable journey to become what he calls a Healthy Gangster and takes you along for the ride so you can too stop the vicious cycle from self destruction to self construction.