Relapse is part of recovery that's normal but eventually harm reduction is another way to use not abusing. It's not the drug it's the personality of the person that uses the drug is called addictive personality. 😎✌️📸⛵🎥😡☕
I was interviewed for something like this in Seattle back in 2004 when I was 14. I think that's when it was, that whole time is a blur in my life. Years. I ran away due to abuse. I wish I could find the recording I gave.
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Sht ai t sweet out here this was filmed years ago now in la and Hollywood these friendships r foreign they steal from each other and r dope sick 99 percent of time their life revolves around crime and live with a dark ⛈️ over rheir heads 24/7 DONT COME TO LA IF U R DOWN BAD WHERE U R ITLL B WORSE IN LOS ANGELES . its where humans live like rats.😢 im 32 born n raised here ive seen it all a toxic cycle.
This is a very powerful movie. I had a sister that was murdered in June 2021. She was in an out of Rehabs she was trying to get her life straight her last year before she died for a whole year. She would go to one for three months, get out and go to another one, but her pimp kidnapper her.twice the second time he made sure he killed her and he had it set up with the police that like it was an accident, but my family and her family knows it is not the truth
Hosea chapter two and verse ;16 in the last days you shall no longer call me by the names of the Baalim but Yishi or Ishi and that means Savior to the guy that said his name was Ishi or Yishi one of them?
As a kid who lived outside, deals with SUD, and is now a certified peer mentor this is such an encouraging video. I have lost a lot people this year and was doubting my connection to my community. Michael shows me that it's all part of the process and it's who sticks around that can make all the difference. Thank you for this documentary. I've already shared it with some people.
Thank you! This hits close to home as I have a child i finally got off the streets with the grace of god and he is doing good in a sober living after several attempts and 5 years!! Don't give up! Good bless!!
I respect everything that you were doing and honestly I believe you're brave for putting yourself out there like that to try to help the only issue is you went into it thinking that these kids are just suffering from past traumas and as well that is a big part the drugs is there solution as an addict that has been in and out of recovery is whole life the only way these kids can get help is by people who are just like them recovering or recovered addicts and alcoholics me myself I have been homeless I was on the street at 14 I basically raised myself now I'm a single father and I still do what I got to do they say you'll never reach the same bottom twice and I've never allowed myself to reach my same bottom twice 24-hour day job and most cities kids are atheists they need to find a higher power even if that higher Powers the person next to them I can tell you right now an addict is the most ambitious person in the world if an attic could put the effort that they put in to get in the next one the most successful people in the world I know females who were dumpster junkie hookers that have gotten cleaned become doctors and own multiple housesand they don't care about a single one of those things their main goal is to stay sober today and to help another sick and suffering addict the problem is not homelessness their problem is addiction homelessness is just a symptom along with the drugs
In 1993 I was placed in a home after 18 months I left and lived on streets of New Orleans at age 15 , stayed in St Thomas projects until I was homeless completely , this is when i met gutter punks and we sleep in squats , (abandon houses or buildings) mostly with young kids like me and everyone ran away because of life at home . I walked so much being homeless , robbed , and new orleans was murder capital at this time . I found my way out and now have a great life for last 30 years . the things I saw no kid should see and It will always be with me , but this was the realist time of my life , by far.
Not sure how I ended up on this .. I do know it brought tears to my eyes😒 shame these parents aren’t held accountable for anything, step dads and bf of mother’s raping children, fathers beating their sons n daughters, almost seems these kids think their safer on the streets but they aren’t.. seems there’s no place safe out there .. these are our children, we must protect them so when we get old they can protect us.. sadly now in 2024 there’s even more children and adults living on the streets, parents raising children in tent city’s.. not all are on drugs. But this is a main reason how they start.. it’s a getaway from the real world.. now with millions of illegal immigrants these places that were already stressed to help Americans homeless are helping illegals.. why aren’t our homeless offered free hotels and phones and a check to get a start of a better life.. wtf is wrong with this country and the leadership? Another subject shoved under the rug.. it’s not ok for anyone to be homeless, but thousands of our veterans are and children and families that can’t afford a home and food.. these kids get accustomed to living on the streets after awhile, they form a family and love for each other in which they never had… sad sad world out there.. most won’t make it to grow old and watch their grandkids grow or even children grow up.. my heart is broken for them.. wish it was easy enough to just get them help and make them understand that help your giving is the love they need, deserve and never got .. but they don’t know how to learn it.. thankfully there is someone like you that at least try’s.. hugs to all❤
started living on the streets at 14, moms boyfriend kicked me out and mom went with it. I was on probation at 16 living under a bridge. My probation officer helped me taker the California High School proficiency exam which I passed. that allowed me to complete high school so I wouldnt get probation violation for not being in school. I was able to emancipate myself. it took another 12 years before I was able to get my life together get off the street and get some trade schooling. I own my own home I have a carrear and am able to be a parent I never had
I ran across this documentary accidently while scrolling thru a selection of thousands one night. It still brings tears to my eyes. It's the most heartbreaking, yet inspiring piece of work I've ever seen. It needs much more exposure on prime time TV. People need to see the reality of what is happening to America's children. The sad thing is, this is a worldwide tragedy. We need more people like Michael Leoni in this world and more programs like this on television to bring awareness. Thank you Michael for what you do and for not giving up. You've inspired me to get more involved.❤
This is one of the most heartfelt documentaries I ever watched, the love and the care that was shown to all the kids was spectacular, you truly was an inspiration and a life changing coach to them all ,some accepted and some of the other ones refused help , but in the end you and your team never gave up . Congratulations on a Job well done ✅ May God continue to bless and keep you all safe in his arms , In the mighty name of Jesus Amen 🙌 🙏
The line when the kid said he felt sorry for Mike, and Mike asked why, he said cause THERES NO HOPE FOR US. Reality hits hard most times. Even though I didn't see anything I didn't already know existed, I was still reminded just how ugly this world really is. I did find it ironic that the kid that was propositioned earned a degree as a "MASSAGE THERAPIST"
Listening to these kids makes you wanna take them all and give them the family they so desperately want and need😔 the system needs to do better with foster care and the government needs change!
I used to run away when I felt like I wasn’t worth shit ! When my parents argue it was because of me so I’d run away untill I had to go back and I would go again I’m 68 and this brings tears God Bless and protect all your children !
so she is homeless and has brackets on her teeth ??? dude I have always had a job, never been homeless but still I cannot afford that. or maybe USA has the most fucked up healthcare system in the world but they give free dental care to homeless people? I don't buy that shit
The narrator guy needs to stop over-inserting himself into these kids' lives. Taking them into his home, telling them to put their kids up for adoption, pushing rehab. I know you man well, but it's dangerous, inappropriate and out of line for a non social worker
If I could win lotto my idea would be to open a farm rehabilitation to keep them busy working, making money, building a family and work with community colleges in the area to get them into it while on the farm. I’ve never had a farm but I feel like the work could keep ppl busy and off the street as there is always work to do
This is one of the saddest documentaries 😢 I have seen. I've had a life like that more than 25 and I'm so glad I'm still alive and made it out of there
I knew they were going to say the color purple. They reminded me of this movie immediately. Sisters in struggle that’ll always watch out for one another. Classic beauties. ❤
