Dialysis was kind of like a jail, like a prison. The only escape would be death. You can't do the things that you used to do...If I knew it was like that I would have stopped drinking.

Michael Mills is a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. He lives in Towaoc, Colorado. He was interviewed by his daughter, 25 year-old ReeAnna Mills. Special thanks to Amy Hammond for use of the Ute Mountain Ute tribal media studios in Towaoc.