"There were multiple shows that I would show up for fully black-out drunk. I don’t remember them." From addiction and alcohol abuse to parenthood and poetry, here's everything The Used's Bert McCracken has learned

Bert McCracken scratching his head.

From crystal meth to Cristal champagne, The Used’s Bert McCracken’s had it all. Now 13 years sober, the emo pioneer has experienced both extreme highs and lows throughout his life, but always found the strength to come back better with emotionally driven, ink-stained missives on love, death and everything in between. To mark The Used’s 25^th anniversary, we unravel how he reached the brink and bounced back.