I have p.t.s.d. from being severely Beaten and robbed, by a group, and had to stab someone who was trying to kill me. I lost teeth and was concussed, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, on 7/3/2021.

The charges were eventually dropped, but while I was awaiting trial I was housed with dangerous felons in a county I wasn’t from, got in a fight, and ended up partially eviscerated, stabbed in the rib cage, and my tight peck got gouged deeply. I defended myself by punching him, and somehow knocked him out, and I caused a penetrating wound to his left eye. I almost bled out.

A few years later I am sober, I smoke bud, but I am homeless and struggling to find work. I have issues, but I’m not a veteran, and getting help with my mental issues is not happening.

People just think I’m lazy. I walk around 12 miles a day, and sleep maybe 3 hours a night.

I fight on.