Poirier started drinking at 12 expelled from school and arrested at 14

What was said

"When did you start drinking? I was talking to my wife the other day. I don't know, 12, 13, probably. I had gotten into a fight and physically hurt somebody and got arrested. I was on probation at the time, wasn't going to school, failed the drug test, and then they sent me to juvenile detention at 14."

Poirier revealed his troubled youth included starting alcohol at age 12-13, repeated fighting leading to expulsion, and landing in juvenile detention at 14 for probation violations. He grew up with a violent, alcoholic father and said he had no goals or direction. Fighting eventually became the outlet that redirected his destructive path.