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“I am originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When I was about 12 years old, doctors removed my gallbladder and...

“I was 17 the first time I did drugs. I became a drug dealer, selling for decades to pay the bills and support my...

“I have been clean for seven years. My car is a 2012, and I live in a trailer, but behind my front door is peace,...

“I don't remember much of my childhood because there was a lot of trauma. We spent time at the Penelope House in...

“I needed a rod in my leg. That was the beginning of the end. I took ten pain pills a day and got hooked. I started...

Tornados cut paths of snapped trees and flattened homes, scattering photographs, insulation, and children's art work...

“My mom said that when I was 11 years old, I picked up a wine cooler at a family picnic and downed it in front of her....

"I overdosed on fentanyl three times, but Narcan brought me back from the dead each time. I started using drugs when I...

“I learned how to play chess in the state penitentiary. Guys there played it all day to pass the time and keep their...

“I painted this mural in the RV Taylor Housing projects with kids who live here and some from the Strickland Youth...

“My parents were remarkable people. Mother was born at home in Pittsburgh. The doctor wrote a prescription for...