By fifteen, [name] was hurting, and drinking to ease the pain.
By [age], [name] was hurting, and drinking to ease the pain.
By [age], [name] was [verb], and [verb] to [verb] the pain.
By [age], [name] was [verb], and [verb] to [verb] [state].
[age] [name] [verb] [verb] [verb] [state]
[person][act][state]
[relation]
