Him – “I’ve been homeless 10 years now.”
Her – “I’ve been longer than that.”
Him – “The worst is when it’s pouring down rain and you’ve got nowhere to go. If you don’t let it manipulate your mind you’ll be able to conquer it. I’ve always been able to conquer it because the man from up above gives me the strength and the knowledge to escape whatever it is. Being under the influence of drugs is what keeps a lot of us out here but I don’t use that as an excuse because even though it’s a mind altering substance that don’t mean I got to let it alter me so I can’t walk and chew bubble gum at the same time.”
“Are you using drugs now?”
Him – “Yeah, I’m an addict, I’ve been an addict for number of years.”
“What’s your drug of choice?”
Him – “My drug of choice is crack cocaine.”
“I’ve done coke but never crack.”
Him – “It’s just a purer form. To me drugs is drugs.”
“Could you ever imagine yourself not doing crack?”
Him – “I’ve been off of drugs before. I was sober for a year. I had a choice to stay incarcerated in San Quentin prison or go to a drug treatment program, of course I took the lighter. I felt like I was winning because I got to get out of jail and I got to see another perspective.”
Him – “I hear you, well thanks for sharing with me.”
“Yeah, I’m a firm believer that God works in mysterious ways and He’s the one creating all this so we just gonna let it play out and learn.”