The unhoused live in fear and anxiety.

While I am now housed, I have a good deal of experience handling the cortisol surges related to the unsafe situations I’ve encountered on the streets. I have been threatened and assaulted many times over the years. In some cases, my own intoxication contributed to the dangers I encountered.

Wishing For Weed

Often I was simply in the path of another street person who was lashing out – the only people that street…