I want to wake up, I want this to all be over. I want to scream, cry or make something, some business to open so I can sit and laugh with friends again. I thought I was tough, but today, quarantine feels as if it is breaking me. I am stung by the words…
Posted on January 9, 2018
Built for Zero, Clark County, death, drugs, DTLV, End Homelessness, Help the Homeless, Heroin, homeless, homelessness, Las Vegas, opioid crisis, Southern Nevada
Heroin by Merideth Spriggs[1] Hello, you don’t have a problem. You didn’t even see me coming. It started with a back injury. OxyContin is safe your doctor said because it will help you sleep, but the pharmacy cut you off. You’re not a junky. You beg for more but a friend offers you…
Posted on January 3, 2018
Caridad, death, homeless, homelessness, Las Vegas, San Diego, suicide, suicide prevention
This was originally written on January 8, 2017. While I have dealt with many close even tragic deaths of loved ones this death hit me exceptionally hard. I had texted and asked Lindsay M Hawley if she was suicidal. She told me I was being stupid and to drop it. I told her I was…