When Shay Lynn said "I'm just existing in this body until it gives out" beyond heartbreaking. I hope that she makes her way back home, or at least closer to family and friends.
Mark you made me cry when you told her you'd get her a room. I watch your content religiously to remind myself why I can never let my childhood, and parts of my adult life overtake me. I could of been one of these stories.
I feel you. I'm grateful because 1) there's almost no access to opiates in my country 2) my "only" addiction is prescription meds and I can still pay for them. Otherwise I'd be fckd up.
Shay, this is Alaska. I found this checking if you were still alive and it breaks my heart to hear how LA turned out. Your family called me a while back and I’ve tried to keep tabs. I wish i could have convinced you to go back home…the blues got my Mom last September, I’m in Oregon and in NA now. You’re loved by so many people, and can help so many with your story. Please make it into the rooms and make it back home, I’ll buy your plane ticket. I’m glad I could share your favorite day ever with you 💔😭❤
"If the grass is greener on the other side it's probably fake grass. Water your own grass. You'll be happy with it." Beautiful and heartbreaking. I can't imagine the pain she must be going through.
She is the most savable out of all the addicts I’ve seen in this channel. She’s so self aware and genuinely understands her situation. I hope she navigates a way to a much better life
I actually disagree, she lacks accountability and blames everything in a “woe is me” manner. Everyday is a gift and what we make of that gift is a choice. I feel very sorry for her but she is at the end of the day choosing her drugs each day that she could go to rehab. Choosing this life is only sinking yourself deeper in trauma and playing with death.
Her untreated mental illness is just so “fixable.” Bipolar Disorder is horrible for the sufferer and everyone in their life when untreated. You can get Fentanyl for next to nothing but medications to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc are $100s a month - and of course you can’t get a script unless you see a psych for 5 minutes a month @ $350 a visit.
@@kimberlyv.3271 Tell me you have a life of privileged without telling me. A particular type of "white privileged" handed to you by your parents. If all you have and live is Woe all you can see is Woe and all it take is a hand of compassion and a shred of empathy to pull someone out.
I'm only 10 minutes in but her desperation/hopelessness is all consuming. I just want to give her a hug. One of the best quotes I've ever heard... "The grass isn't greener on the other side, just water your own grass. " I'll take that advice Shaylynn. Thank you
Same here… she needs help immediately!!! She’s sadly balancing on a razor blade right now. Intelligent young woman that knows what’s up… hence her comment regarding the “grass”. Sending ❤️ and good vibes from Ottawa, 🇨🇦. You can do it!!!
So honest, so broken, so tragic. She is aware of what's happening to her but can't stop it. Never makes excuse. Never blames anyone else, and deeply wise. So different from so many others.
And this, is The United States' Soft White Underbelly. You will never see an interview this intense and sad on mainstream media outlets. A true portrait of what a lot of people are experiencing hidden in plain sight.
What does the United States have to do with it? The government (meaning us, working tax payers) gives her food stamps, and would pay for her to go to rehab and have subsidized housing. It's all there. Her reasons for refusing these free resources are : * needs the right clothes * cell phone to call a son she hasn't spoken to in months You're right, you won't see this on mainstream media outlets. I think the average American is so pissed off by the suck of resources this type of behavior creates, that they're sympathy is done. She's not "hidden in plain sight," folks just know the drill now.
@@artfuldodger96 I'm not an addict & I used to be judgemental until I got older, did some research, & watched a friend of mine lose her son (He was an amazing young man). I see so many people on these interviews that had childhood trauma (the stuff nightmares are made of) & they are self medicating, some of them have NOBODY (I can't even imagine that). I'm so blessed that I came from a loving family with no addicts & no abuse. Everyone has 24 hours in a day but not the same 24 hours. If you watch these interviews & really listen, you would realize that the second an addict wakes up they are afraid of being sick. They run around doing anything & everything to get money so they will not suffer withdrawals. I will say that many of the things that they do are VERY wrong but, it's out of desperation. Seeing what they go through in a day just to keep from getting sick does not make me think that they are lazy. In fact, IF they were not addicted to drugs, just imagine what they could accomplish if they put that kind of effort into other things. Every person that has an addiction is still a person. Also, not everyone that is homeless is an addict. I think that these channels are meant to bring awareness to what others go through & WHY they are where they are. It is supposed to help ignorant people learn & grow. People need to have empathy & compassion if we want a better world. I would say that the most important thing is to not judge someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. ✌
I was at this point at one time. I could NOT remember if I was 33 or 34, literally. I lived hour to hour, hoping for a roof over my head for the night. Subutex saved me. I basically crawled into a Dr's office, begging for help.
lol! I never know my age because I just don’t care about that. I’m not an addict or anything, just an old woman who never thought age was important to me.
Im 20 and 8 months sober from H n fent and this is so inspirational to continue being sober. She reminds me of me if I was 27 and still using, bipolar, sad, empty, not wanting to stay home even tho i have support. She has potential and I have a feeling she'll recover. God bless
Congratulations on your sobriety . My daughter died last September of fentanyl poison. She thought the pill she got from a trusted friend was oxycodone and it was fentanyl . Please stay clean .. I would never want anyone to feel the pain I am feeling . I miss her so much .
@@teresaacevedo1731 I’m so sorry 😞 there’s so many stories like yours happening to people all over I really hope this gets better soon 🤍 I’m 18 months sober now actually thank you !!
I think the saddest part of this interview is when Mark says they'll get her a room for the night and she looks at him and says thank you. The look on her face like she is wondering what it'll cost her. That made me cry. 💝
She’s a real one. I wish we could all donate a dollar or two to the few things she needs! We could have her on a bus headed to a safe place where she can get well! It’s my wish for her to get there by Christmas this year!
I would love to see an update. I really feel for this young lady. She is absolutely crying out for help. God bless you Mark for getting her a room. You have such a kind heart ❤️
I'm bipolar and I can totally relate. When I did opiates it felt like i was finally at peace in my mind. It makes sense that she thought she found the 'cure'.
@@NAT-turners-Revenge yes drugs are the worst. At that time in my life it felt like heaven though. It's hard to explain, especially to someone I don't know making assumptions 🤔
@@im2sxy4ukissmyaz I agree with you. I have extreme anxiety and fentanyl made it "better". now that I'm clean and refuse all addictive medicine, it's been hard. but anxiety is better than the life I lived before.
@@im2sxy4ukissmyaz same. I have a job and roof over my kids heads. It's just always a daily struggle. No one told me the tidal wave of emotions I'd feel once I got clean. But I'm managing
the fact that her biggest fear is turning out like those around her and being happy with the life they're currently living says so much about her potential, praying for this poor girl and everyone else on SWU
Poor Baby! 😢 her last 10 seconds on video showed her vulnerability and spoke volumes for her condition. God, I come to you in prayer and ask that you provide this woman with the same strength, determination and fortitude that freed her mother from drug addiction. Give her freedom and show her the path to a better existence. Amen
This is the first interview that actually brought me to tears. I felt that defeated once. I felt their wasn’t a way to heal, and my children were better off without me. I fought my way out tooth and nail and I pray by the grads of grace, Shay Lynne conquers her demons and finds the way to the light. In her current state she is knocking on deaths door, her soul is cinders in the ashes. One more blow and her dim glow will fade into smoke. Rehabilitation can happen and she can manifest the phoenix inside her clawing to break free. May her heart and soul be met with mercy so she can hold her baby boy once again ❤️
I've watched many of these interviews but this one moved me to finally give some financial support. Thank you Mark for doing this work and please help this young lady in some way find some hope. I will be praying for her.
A shower, sleep, n food would be a start for this poor girl. I feel so awful for her. Why can't someone plz help her get in contact with her mother. Please God watch over her.
@@b1k2q34 she’s addicted to fentanyl. If you’ve never seen someone or gone through opioid addiction yourself, then keep your words in your damn head. It’s one of the hardest things to kick. She will throw up, shake, convulse and be non functional for weeks
I can relate to shay in so many ways. I relapsed years ago and my husband took my son away from me and left me. I was homeless and so sad everyday missing my son and husband. All I did was cry or get High for 3 months. It was the hardest time in my life. My brother was also in my son and husband’s life while I was out hurting and suffering on the streets everyday. Allot of people on the streets thought that I thought “I was better than” because I had a car and all my teeth. I too thought we were ALL better than that life style just like shay! Today, I celebrated 3 years clean and sober Aug 27th 2022. Im back with my son and husband and doing better than ever. Shay there is hope don’t give up. And always keep trying. And I also wanted to tell you that your son will never forget his momma! I’m thinking of you Shay! Don’t give up!
Wow, what a horrendous amount of pain you went through. This was heartbreaking and yet... You overcame! Congrats on 3 years, you're amazing. Stay strong
I love seeing all these positive comments. this life is so hard. no one sets out to be an addict. I hope she gets the help she needs. no one deserves to live this life ❤
This woman is an empath like I have never seen. I can only imagine her feelings. I feel so much for her. I don’t know if I could sit next to her. My emotions would over flow. This is a person that feels everything. Bless her. I wish she could channel all of her gift into something, some place positive. She is rare. I wish she where my friend.
The "normal" world is so cruel when you feel things so intensely...and I can't imagine the horrors of her world...where everything is cut-throat, and softness and kindness are rewarded with beatings and theft. To not be able to own anything, because it will be taken from you...I would love to be her friend as well. She has a beautiful spirit that has been beaten down, but it is still there underneath it all.
@@franklinf8202you’re a bad person. The world would be off better without you. You make the world a worse place. Maybe you hate yourself? I’m sure of it
Just when I think these stories can’t get any more desperate, along comes the next one that leaves me reeling. I think she’s at what is known at rock bottom, so now is the time to get her out of LA and into a good rehab with great therapy. She can make it, I’m sure, but if she stays put then I think she will eventually pay with her life 😓 Shay Lynn, I believe in you ❤
She need more than belief though she needs real life help. If everyone who could donate donates she could get stabilized and get somewhere safe. Please anyone who can help. She was very clear on needing only three things- clothes, a phone, and medical stabilization for the bus ride.
100% I really hope the channel can get her home and into rehab. I totally believe in her. I see it in her that she is so done with this life. She is fed up, she’s ready.
@@memyselfi2005 agreed!!! We have to help this girl. I feel it in my gut that she is ready. I wonder if she can get on methadone or Suboxone for a couple months and lower the dose as intended until she’s fully clean. That would help her a ton and would be a great way to jump start sobriety. With her being a chronic relapser those meds will 100% help her stay on the right path if she follows the treatment properly and walks the straight and narrow.
💔 This one, wow, she touched me. Thank you Mark for getting her a room. Poor kid. I hope she gets back home to her son. I believe she can change. I’m sending her much love and peacefulness. I hope to hear a follow up to how she’s changed and back in Naples being a mom and an artist. ❤
@@johnnydeleon8210 Roughest i have ever seen. I can't pray or hope enough for her. She's so damaged and lost it genuinely hurt to sit thru her interview.
As a long-term youth worker, in the non-profit sector for the last 17 years, watching these interviews reminds me of why I do what I do. They are incredibly heavy, and my heart aches for these individuals, especially for people like Shaylynn. Massive salute to her, and anyone who shares their story and lives, in such a vulnerable way.
When she says I'm so sick of this body till it goes out, that hit my soul,any blessings I have left I truly want you to have one,I'll be praying for your turn around and your victory young lady!!!!
Your comment is so beautiful. “Any blessings I have left, I truly want you to have one.” Absolutely, I second this! I pray to the universe that of any future blessings that may come to me in my life, that at least one, if not many, go to this beautiful young woman.
When Mark say he will get her a room… the shock in her eyes that someone is being kind to her broke my heart. I so hope she can get help thru this channel.
I lost friends to fentanyl, the most recent being over a month ago. I really hope she can get the help she needs and deserves. She deserves the life she says she wants. You can make it out, we all believe in you. Mark, if there is a chance please set up a gofundme for her, I would love to help her on a road to recovery.
Oh goodness. I can feel her pain. I know this was a while ago but want to say thank you to Mark for getting her a room that night. I bet that was the most amazing shower for her and made her feel happy, if even for just a little while.
I decided to close my eyes during this interview and allow my mind to illustrate her words. I am truly astonished at how aware and conscious she is of her life. The more she copes, the farther she sinks. Once she taps into the fact that the battle is predominantly in a world she can’t see, she WILL be able to get out.
What do you mean by this, that the battle is predominantly in a world she can't see? I'm genuinely curious, would love to hear more about what this means
@@mahalalettvin7675I believe they are referring to the spiritual warfare that we are in every day. It's sad the devil has convinced people he doesn't exist.
She reminds me so much of a girl I went to college with that got hooked on opiates. When she was on drugs she was just like Shay Lynn. I remember seeing her randomly after not seeing her for a couple months and she had gotten clean. She was so proud and she looked and sounded like a completely different person. She was radiant. Her skin cleared up, her eyes were bright, and she was planning her future. She's now a nurse and having a happy normal life. Getting clean was a 180 turnaround for her. I so wish that for Shay Lynn. She's a good person and deserves to be happy and with her son.
The hurt in this woman's voice and the pain she exudes is so heartbreaking. My heart hurts for her, it made me really emotional. She would be me if I didn't get clean almost 10 years ago. Actually, I was such a reckless addict I don't think I would have survived one shot of this fetanyl. I mean it when I say, I would be dead. This girl needs to get out before it's too late! This breaks my freaking heart. 💔
@@sydneyfc7769 thats a bit too quick to judge. You don’t CHOOSE to be an addict. Addiction is a disease. You have it or not. You do get to CHOOSE if you want to seek recovery!
I really hope she makes it. She's pretty smart, well spoken, she seems to completely understand her addiction, and you can tell she wants to be better, different. I really hope she makes it.
@@kristakelsey1 now we all need to get the exact same out of these interviews as everyone else? And guess what? The comment that you are commenting about says a lot more than your critical and judgmental one.
This one truly is almost too unbearable to watch. My heart hurts for her. Thank you mark for having her on your radar . She needs so so much help . It’s heartbreaking. “ my husband is playing video games with my brother, playing happy families while I’m wasting away “ 😢😢I hope mark got her that room and a phone to ring her mum .
This is one I really hope and pray we see a positive update on. This poor girl, I am really praying things get better for her and she finds the love and support she deserves!!
When you asked her what she is afraid of my heart broke. Her ability to feel and actually care about her family makes me believe she will find a way to get better. Sending love and prayers.
Every time I feel like I need a fix of any sort, I grab my fishing rod and focus on becoming a better angler. It sounds crazy, but it’s simply amazing what Mother Nature and the Great Outdoors will do for you….. much love and respect to all with any form of addiction, an addictive pattern of behavior is one of the hardest things ever to overcome.
Man, I just want to reach through the screen and give her a hug (as long as she was ok with being touched ofc). I wish I could help her so bad. I don’t know how Mark doesn’t just go broke helping all these people out.
Something about this sweet girl I feel her pain and need for connection, emotional protection, guidance and love. The undeniable appreciation when mark said he would buy her a room was palpable. Sweet girl I send you so much love and warmth
Mark, you are so kind,it was so nice of you to get this sweet girl a room so she could shower and sleep... God bless you for that genuine heart that you have, Mark.I wish this poor woman a better life and that she may finally be happy. 😢😢
Yep mine did at 18 with a kidney infection it took ten years away from me now I’ve been I’m on subs for 8 years sober from pills but still hooked on a “sober med”
that's what happened to my mom before the Crack down. she was basically going to a pill mill. she didn't know though. she had a broken disc in her back for three years before a doctor finally found it. she was on SO MUCH medicine at that time
@@kaytlinic same thing happened to me. I was 19, and just doing what the Dr told me to do. I took my meds as prescribed, or less than prescribed. The first time I went into withdrawals I legit didn't know what was going on. I thought I was literally dying and went to the ER. I was on pain killers for 6 years, and have been on Suboxone for the last 7 years. I'll probably be on subs for life. All became I was young and dumb and listened to what the Dr said. It's so frustrating!
This interview got to me more than any others. Praying this girl gets clean and finds her way back to her son. 🙏 Very hopeful for an update on her story soon
This lady reminds me of my older sister. I have a half sister and a half brother (they are 100% my blood). I watched them fall far, far down this path. My brothers children watched him destroy himself and fallowed suit. Self pity locked them into a total self sustaining breakdown. The more drugs they did the sorrier they felt. We came so close to losing both of them. I remember hurting so bad every Christmas they missed and panicking every time they showed up. This was before fentanyl. They would have surely died like my nephew without a doubt. The light dimmed in their eyes but never disappeared. The things that make you you never goes away. That belongs to God and you can't damage it beyond repair in my opinion. There is only one you! *Unfortunately if you don't use your own willpower to fix an addiction it's much easier to fall back in it according to both my brother and sister. We all have addictions, some are much more deadly than others. My brother and sister both got out of it somehow. None of us though that was possible. My sister was shooting up in her neck. Now Christmas is at their house! You have to find the fire in your soul and let it consume your greif/pain/darkness. Some people find it in the light of Christ, some people find it in the power of Allah, some people find it in blood and family. In my opinion we all have a mother and father out there that loves us more than we can even comprehend!! Call out for help!! Call out to that highest love!!!! Call out to your ancestors!!! You have to go to the light!! YOU ARE LIGHT IF YOU ARE BREATHING!!! It's the same light when you die but who's to say that might be ten times harder. I will pray my heart for this soul!! The world feels loss when a member of the light falls to the darkness! She has love still. Father in heaven help this one! 😟😢 For whatever it's worth...
I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND ADDICTION UNTIL I BECAME ADDICTED TO OPIATES AND ITS NOT JUST GETTING OFF ITS STAYING OFF THEN THE PAST PROBLEMS BECOME REALITY, I PRAY FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION, MARK IS TRULY AN AMAZING PERSON WHO DOESNT JUDGE AND GIVES US A VOICE
Oh my gosh! The very end of the video when Mark says I'll get you a hotel room if nothing else, and she says really? And she's so grateful! I almost started sobbing. Most of us take a warm shower for granted, and here this girl is and it means everything to her. So sad that she feels like all of her people are going on with their lives without her. Lord, please bless her!
This is heartbreaking, I couldn't stop tearing up since the video started. Please I am begging anyone who got the possibility to help this poor girl to do so. Bless her and I wish she gets better soon!
Shay Lynn,I hope you get out of that life fast, your mind is still so clear,I see a lot of potential in you and a want for a better life,I hope you'll get it soon
@@heatherh.197 I leave a 🧡 on every interview, just wish people peace and health and hope, we may not understand peoples lives but we need to have empathy always
Shay Lynn I’m so sorry 😢 so raw and so honest ……such a sweet tender soul. My heart broke when you said my soul is broken 😞 I hope your soul heals because you deserve a peaceful existence no more pain❤
This is so heartbreaking. I just want to hug her and give her the life she deserves 💔 She reminds me a lot of my sister in law who has borderline personality disorder, is addicted to heroin and fentanyl, and is homeless in CA. It's heartbreaking that people feel like drugs are their only escape from the trauma they've endured and those same drugs are also slowly killing them 💔
I hope this girl makes it home. I recently saw that her family has lost contact with her since sometime in December 2022. This poor child needs to get home- please someone take her home.
She is everyone's daughter.. ANYONE can fall. Then you trap yourself, with shame, guilt, mental illness.. if I've ever heard a story that touched me, it is this beautiful girl.. I wish her strength and pray she finds her way ..
I watch a lot of these videos, but this has to be one of the most enlightening, yet heartbreaking story of them all. I hope she finds treatment and peace.
I lost my brother to a drug overdose on Monday. They found him in the park about 6 hours after passed. I pray she finds a way out and gets sober. Such a sad lonely life.
Oh Shaylynn. We met in NA in the Cape Back in 2017-18 - my first attempt at getting sober. I’m doing it again and this time it’s sticking. I hope you will too soon. Praying this guy finds you again soon so we can have an update and know that you’re still alive. I know lots of people have been missing you from what I see on FB all the time. This has me in tears. Praying. Love you so much always. You can do this. Come home soon. I know everyone will have open arms for you.
I'm a recovering, alcoholic/addict. It's super hard to get clean, but it's also super possible. Believe in YOURSELF. You can do it!! I hope you find your way, to a better life!!
Heart breaking - it’s an eye opener that there are so many people just like her without any direction in life. It’s a lonely world for people in this state. I want to see hope restored across the nation in the lives of people like this.
“They think I think I’m better than them…. I think we are all better than this.” Wow I felt that. Poor girl I hope she can find her way home. ❤
A real message for the masses lately. ❤
So powerful ❤
It's true on so many levels for the whole freaking world !
Right? It's heartbreaking! You can still see hope in her eyes. I'm going to pray for her tonight.
Time stamp please
When Shay Lynn said "I'm just existing in this body until it gives out" beyond heartbreaking. I hope that she makes her way back home, or at least closer to family and friends.
Legit my heart sunk. I have felt that before. But it’s possible to come out! Keep those claws out gurl and keep climbing. DONT GIVE UP!
That’s heavy! ❤
Mark you made me cry when you told her you'd get her a room. I watch your content religiously to remind myself why I can never let my childhood, and parts of my adult life overtake me. I could of been one of these stories.
Me too! I avoided it all somehow. It can happen to anyone.
Exactly. 💯
Yes MT: How right you are, but for the Grace of Gođ walketh WE! 💫🕊💫
I feel you on this... And feel the EXACT same
I feel you. I'm grateful because 1) there's almost no access to opiates in my country 2) my "only" addiction is prescription meds and I can still pay for them. Otherwise I'd be fckd up.
Shay, this is Alaska. I found this checking if you were still alive and it breaks my heart to hear how LA turned out. Your family called me a while back and I’ve tried to keep tabs. I wish i could have convinced you to go back home…the blues got my Mom last September, I’m in Oregon and in NA now. You’re loved by so many people, and can help so many with your story. Please make it into the rooms and make it back home, I’ll buy your plane ticket. I’m glad I could share your favorite day ever with you 💔😭❤
Thank you Alaska. I hope Shay listens to this.
I hope she contacts you and gets the help she needs. Such a sweet thing. ✨️🙏🏾✨️💔❤️🩹❤️✨️
It's shay, leave me the hell alone Alaska you psycho freak I hate you😮
God bless 🙌 you always ❤
This is such a sweet real message.
This is one of the saddest and most real interviews ever. No bs just rawness.
"If the grass is greener on the other side it's probably fake grass. Water your own grass. You'll be happy with it."
Beautiful and heartbreaking.
I can't imagine the pain she must be going through.
That's a great saying! I'll definitely be using it in my life!
Me too❤
You don't find pearls diving in a toilet.
This is one of the saddest interviews I ever heard. Truly heart-breaking. I hope she gets off the drugs and finds happiness again.
This is so heartbreaking 💔
Yeah that was a tough one.
I think if she doesn’t get help NOW she will be gone way too soon. Shay get help or it’s over.
I agree, this was really hard to watch
@@durango8882 I'm thinking the same thing. If she doesn't accept help immediately, she will be dead.
She is the most savable out of all the addicts I’ve seen in this channel. She’s so self aware and genuinely understands her situation. I hope she navigates a way to a much better life
I actually disagree, she lacks accountability and blames everything in a “woe is me” manner. Everyday is a gift and what we make of that gift is a choice. I feel very sorry for her but she is at the end of the day choosing her drugs each day that she could go to rehab. Choosing this life is only sinking yourself deeper in trauma and playing with death.
Her untreated mental illness is just so “fixable.” Bipolar Disorder is horrible for the sufferer and everyone in their life when untreated. You can get Fentanyl for next to nothing but medications to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc are $100s a month - and of course you can’t get a script unless you see a psych for 5 minutes a month @ $350 a visit.
@@kimberlyv.3271 Tell me you have a life of privileged without telling me. A particular type of "white privileged" handed to you by your parents. If all you have and live is Woe all you can see is Woe and all it take is a hand of compassion and a shred of empathy to pull someone out.
@@Major2829I’m bipolar and YES
I'm only 10 minutes in but her desperation/hopelessness is all consuming. I just want to give her a hug.
One of the best quotes I've ever heard... "The grass isn't greener on the other side, just water your own grass. " I'll take that advice Shaylynn. Thank you
Same...♥
Me too and help her
Same here… she needs help immediately!!! She’s sadly balancing on a razor blade right now. Intelligent young woman that knows what’s up… hence her comment regarding the “grass”. Sending ❤️ and good vibes from Ottawa, 🇨🇦. You can do it!!!
Haha BC she's got the look mate ya.. oh boy how sad.
That's the 1st of many things she needs. Mostly she needs a group of solid, loving women to help her rebuild herself.
So honest, so broken, so tragic. She is aware of what's happening to her but can't stop it. Never makes excuse. Never blames anyone else, and deeply wise. So different from so many others.
And this, is The United States' Soft White Underbelly. You will never see an interview this intense and sad on mainstream media outlets. A true portrait of what a lot of people are experiencing hidden in plain sight.
What does the United States have to do with it? The government (meaning us, working tax payers) gives her food stamps, and would pay for her to go to rehab and have subsidized housing. It's all there.
Her reasons for refusing these free resources are :
* needs the right clothes
* cell phone to call a son she hasn't spoken to in months
You're right, you won't see this on mainstream media outlets. I think the average American is so pissed off by the suck of resources this type of behavior creates, that they're sympathy is done.
She's not "hidden in plain sight," folks just know the drill now.
Perfectly said
Absolutely!
There is no war on drugs. However, There IS a war on the people.
@@goldierule1350 No.. there isn't. There is however, a war on lazy.
@@artfuldodger96 I'm not an addict & I used to be judgemental until I got older, did some research, & watched a friend of mine lose her son (He was an amazing young man).
I see so many people on these interviews that had childhood trauma (the stuff nightmares are made of) & they are self medicating, some of them have NOBODY (I can't even imagine that). I'm so blessed that I came from a loving family with no addicts & no abuse. Everyone has 24 hours in a day but not the same 24 hours.
If you watch these interviews & really listen, you would realize that the second an addict wakes up they are afraid of being sick. They run around doing anything & everything to get money so they will not suffer withdrawals. I will say that many of the things that they do are VERY wrong but, it's out of desperation. Seeing what they go through in a day just to keep from getting sick does not make me think that they are lazy. In fact, IF they were not addicted to drugs, just imagine what they could accomplish if they put that kind of effort into other things. Every person that has an addiction is still a person. Also, not everyone that is homeless is an addict. I think that these channels are meant to bring awareness to what others go through & WHY they are where they are. It is supposed to help ignorant people learn & grow. People need to have empathy & compassion if we want a better world. I would say that the most important thing is to not judge someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. ✌
I went to middle school with her . She was so sweet . My English teacher was her “step dad “. I hope she gets help and happiness. 😢
Imagine not knowing your age. God please help her
That Got to me as well... No Birthday celebrations, just surviving day to day... I really hope that she gets the Help that is Needed & Bouces Back...
I was at this point at one time. I could NOT remember if I was 33 or 34, literally. I lived hour to hour, hoping for a roof over my head for the night. Subutex saved me. I basically crawled into a Dr's office, begging for help.
lol! I never know my age because I just don’t care about that. I’m not an addict or anything, just an old woman who never thought age was important to me.
Im 20 and 8 months sober from H n fent and this is so inspirational to continue being sober. She reminds me of me if I was 27 and still using, bipolar, sad, empty, not wanting to stay home even tho i have support. She has potential and I have a feeling she'll recover. God bless
Congratulations! I hope you continue to build the life you deserve 👌🏻
I hope to get there some stage myself
Congratulations!
4 years from crack herion and alcohol for me !
Congratulations to u
Congratulations on your sobriety . My daughter died last September of fentanyl poison. She thought the pill she got from a trusted friend was oxycodone and it was fentanyl . Please stay clean .. I would never want anyone to feel the pain I am feeling . I miss her so much .
@@teresaacevedo1731 I’m so sorry 😞 there’s so many stories like yours happening to people all over I really hope this gets better soon 🤍 I’m 18 months sober now actually thank you !!
I think the saddest part of this interview is when Mark says they'll get her a room for the night and she looks at him and says thank you. The look on her face like she is wondering what it'll cost her. That made me cry. 💝
She really did. That look was like she had to pay up in some way to deserve it. So incredibly sad.
yeah, that is truly sad ..
I read your comment just before the end of the video.. and yeah... you're so exactly right. She's thankful but still tensed up
Your reading 2 much into it.
She’s a real one. I wish we could all donate a dollar or two to the few things she needs! We could have her on a bus headed to a safe place where she can get well! It’s my wish for her to get there by Christmas this year!
I would love to see an update. I really feel for this young lady. She is absolutely crying out for help. God bless you Mark for getting her a room. You have such a kind heart ❤️
She is 100% crying out for help. It seems like she’s been crying out for help for a while but nobody is listening😢
She is reported missing through lapd
She is missing, presumed dead. This was my bestfriend of five years
@@serenadorsey 😪😪 I’m so sorry to hear this
@@serenadorseyI knew shay growing up with FL this breaks my heart
I'm bipolar and I can totally relate. When I did opiates it felt like i was finally at peace in my mind. It makes sense that she thought she found the 'cure'.
it makes it 10xs worst 😂🤣... u must be self diagnosed 😐. I've been diagnosed by professionals
@@NAT-turners-Revenge yes drugs are the worst. At that time in my life it felt like heaven though. It's hard to explain, especially to someone I don't know making assumptions 🤔
@@im2sxy4ukissmyaz I agree with you. I have extreme anxiety and fentanyl made it "better". now that I'm clean and refuse all addictive medicine, it's been hard. but anxiety is better than the life I lived before.
@@kaytlinic Im on Ativan right now, that's my next hurdle but for the most part I'm functioning and "fine" :)
@@im2sxy4ukissmyaz same. I have a job and roof over my kids heads. It's just always a daily struggle. No one told me the tidal wave of emotions I'd feel once I got clean. But I'm managing
I have 4 months clean off fentanyl and my life is already so much better…I wish I could help this girl somehow.
Go with God, my friend
Just keep it going. I am on your side.
Congrats, that’s amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
keep fighting
That’s awesome! Keep your head in the game! You’re worth it.
the fact that her biggest fear is turning out like those around her and being happy with the life they're currently living says so much about her potential, praying for this poor girl and everyone else on SWU
Shes actually so smart and wise 😔
Of all the people I’ve watched on your channel, Shay Lynn is the one I’m rooting for the most!
Poor Baby! 😢 her last 10 seconds on video showed her vulnerability and spoke volumes for her condition. God, I come to you in prayer and ask that you provide this woman with the same strength, determination and fortitude that freed her mother from drug addiction. Give her freedom and show her the path to a better existence. Amen
Amen 🙏❤
Amen
Amen
Amen
i'm praying with you🙏
This is the first interview that actually brought me to tears. I felt that defeated once. I felt their wasn’t a way to heal, and my children were better off without me. I fought my way out tooth and nail and I pray by the grads of grace, Shay Lynne conquers her demons and finds the way to the light. In her current state she is knocking on deaths door, her soul is cinders in the ashes. One more blow and her dim glow will fade into smoke. Rehabilitation can happen and she can manifest the phoenix inside her clawing to break free. May her heart and soul be met with mercy so she can hold her baby boy once again ❤️
Her uniqueness and who she is shines through strongly still. I can tell she can do it. 100 percent that girl who she was is still there.
I've watched many of these interviews but this one moved me to finally give some financial support. Thank you Mark for doing this work and please help this young lady in some way find some hope. I will be praying for her.
A shower, sleep, n food would be a start for this poor girl. I feel so awful for her. Why can't someone plz help her get in contact with her mother. Please God watch over her.
Mark can you please set up a GofundMe for this woman so she can get home? She is still so smart and switched on and her son needs her.
The thing is, I think she needs a lot of psychological help and guidance too. Otherwise, I do agree with you.
yes I agree...and I would contribute...
Me too please
Seriously? She is at present time still a drug addict. She needs other things.
@@b1k2q34 she’s addicted to fentanyl. If you’ve never seen someone or gone through opioid addiction yourself, then keep your words in your damn head. It’s one of the hardest things to kick. She will throw up, shake, convulse and be non functional for weeks
I can relate to shay in so many ways. I relapsed years ago and my husband took my son away from me and left me. I was homeless and so sad everyday missing my son and husband. All I did was cry or get High for 3 months. It was the hardest time in my life. My brother was also in my son and husband’s life while I was out hurting and suffering on the streets everyday. Allot of people on the streets thought that I thought “I was better than” because I had a car and all my teeth. I too thought we were ALL better than that life style just like shay! Today, I celebrated 3 years clean and sober Aug 27th 2022. Im back with my son and husband and doing better than ever. Shay there is hope don’t give up. And always keep trying. And I also wanted to tell you that your son will never forget his momma! I’m thinking of you Shay! Don’t give up!
Wow, what a horrendous amount of pain you went through. This was heartbreaking and yet... You overcame! Congrats on 3 years, you're amazing. Stay strong
@@mahalalettvin7675 ❤️❤️thank you for your kind words. ❤️❤️
I love seeing all these positive comments. this life is so hard. no one sets out to be an addict. I hope she gets the help she needs. no one deserves to live this life ❤
The people that take drugs every day when they can say no choose to be addicts I don’t care what anyone says all fault off there own decisions
This woman is an empath like I have never seen. I can only imagine her feelings. I feel so much for her. I don’t know if I could sit next to her. My emotions would over flow.
This is a person that feels everything. Bless her. I wish she could channel all of her gift into something, some place positive. She is rare. I wish she where my friend.
Yes she is
With borderline, people don't often realize but there's too much empathy to the point of detriment. It makes it extremely hard
The "normal" world is so cruel when you feel things so intensely...and I can't imagine the horrors of her world...where everything is cut-throat, and softness and kindness are rewarded with beatings and theft. To not be able to own anything, because it will be taken from you...I would love to be her friend as well. She has a beautiful spirit that has been beaten down, but it is still there underneath it all.
What makes you think she is an empath?
Shawna Oclaray so kind your words are. You're a good person.
She's too smart and too good for this lifestyle. She has so much potential, I hope she gets better
She is neither, or she would be clean.
@@franklinf8202you’re a bad person. The world would be off better without you. You make the world a worse place. Maybe you hate yourself? I’m sure of it
@@franklinf8202no one is immune to drug addiction. some people can hide it better than others is all.
Wishing Shay Lynn the best going forward.
Just when I think these stories can’t get any more desperate, along comes the next one that leaves me reeling. I think she’s at what is known at rock bottom, so now is the time to get her out of LA and into a good rehab with great therapy. She can make it, I’m sure, but if she stays put then I think she will eventually pay with her life 😓 Shay Lynn, I believe in you ❤
Same 100%
She need more than belief though she needs real life help. If everyone who could donate donates she could get stabilized and get somewhere safe. Please anyone who can help. She was very clear on needing only three things- clothes, a phone, and medical stabilization for the bus ride.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
100%
I really hope the channel can get her home and into rehab. I totally believe in her. I see it in her that she is so done with this life. She is fed up, she’s ready.
@@memyselfi2005 agreed!!! We have to help this girl. I feel it in my gut that she is ready. I wonder if she can get on methadone or Suboxone for a couple months and lower the dose as intended until she’s fully clean. That would help her a ton and would be a great way to jump start sobriety. With her being a chronic relapser those meds will 100% help her stay on the right path if she follows the treatment properly and walks the straight and narrow.
💔 This one, wow, she touched me. Thank you Mark for getting her a room. Poor kid. I hope she gets back home to her son. I believe she can change. I’m sending her much love and peacefulness. I hope to hear a follow up to how she’s changed and back in Naples being a mom and an artist. ❤
This one was really rough
@@johnnydeleon8210
Roughest i have ever seen.
I can't pray or hope enough for her.
She's so damaged and lost it genuinely hurt to sit thru her interview.
The sorrow and sadness in her voice and demeanor is just heartbreaking.
I truly hope she finds a way back
As a parent my heart just breaks we need to get some money together and get this girl home tonight!!
Same
As a long-term youth worker, in the non-profit sector for the last 17 years, watching these interviews reminds me of why I do what I do. They are incredibly heavy, and my heart aches for these individuals, especially for people like Shaylynn. Massive salute to her, and anyone who shares their story and lives, in such a vulnerable way.
So damaged this is truly heartbreaking. Can't believe she is only 28...May you find a form of peace in your life.
To reach out and help another human in deep distress is the most beautiful act of kindness ♥️
When she says I'm so sick of this body till it goes out, that hit my soul,any blessings I have left I truly want you to have one,I'll be praying for your turn around and your victory young lady!!!!
Your comment is so beautiful. “Any blessings I have left, I truly want you to have one.” Absolutely, I second this! I pray to the universe that of any future blessings that may come to me in my life, that at least one, if not many, go to this beautiful young woman.
When Mark say he will get her a room… the shock in her eyes that someone is being kind to her broke my heart. I so hope she can get help thru this channel.
I lost friends to fentanyl, the most recent being over a month ago. I really hope she can get the help she needs and deserves. She deserves the life she says she wants. You can make it out, we all believe in you.
Mark, if there is a chance please set up a gofundme for her, I would love to help her on a road to recovery.
Oh goodness. I can feel her pain. I know this was a while ago but want to say thank you to Mark for getting her a room that night. I bet that was the most amazing shower for her and made her feel happy, if even for just a little while.
I decided to close my eyes during this interview and allow my mind to illustrate her words. I am truly astonished at how aware and conscious she is of her life. The more she copes, the farther she sinks. Once she taps into the fact that the battle is predominantly in a world she can’t see, she WILL be able to get out.
What do you mean by this, that the battle is predominantly in a world she can't see? I'm genuinely curious, would love to hear more about what this means
@@mahalalettvin7675I believe they are referring to the spiritual warfare that we are in every day. It's sad the devil has convinced people he doesn't exist.
She reminds me so much of a girl I went to college with that got hooked on opiates. When she was on drugs she was just like Shay Lynn. I remember seeing her randomly after not seeing her for a couple months and she had gotten clean. She was so proud and she looked and sounded like a completely different person. She was radiant. Her skin cleared up, her eyes were bright, and she was planning her future. She's now a nurse and having a happy normal life. Getting clean was a 180 turnaround for her. I so wish that for Shay Lynn. She's a good person and deserves to be happy and with her son.
The hurt in this woman's voice and the pain she exudes is so heartbreaking. My heart hurts for her, it made me really emotional. She would be me if I didn't get clean almost 10 years ago. Actually, I was such a reckless addict I don't think I would have survived one shot of this fetanyl. I mean it when I say, I would be dead. This girl needs to get out before it's too late! This breaks my freaking heart. 💔
This lady F-ed me up too!
I’m glad you made it out Denae Praise God ❤
Hear hear, same here.
You choose to be an addict lol no sympathy for you
@@sydneyfc7769 thats a bit too quick to judge. You don’t CHOOSE to be an addict. Addiction is a disease. You have it or not. You do get to CHOOSE if you want to seek recovery!
I really hope she makes it. She's pretty smart, well spoken, she seems to completely understand her addiction, and you can tell she wants to be better, different. I really hope she makes it.
Shay-Lynn, you are more than your addiction and you can get through this.
these people throughout this entire channel could all be us, and we could all be them. it’s so important to be kind.
this lady's description of downtown LA is like something from a horror movie. I pray that she gets help and back to her family
And she brings it all on her self sadly.
@@davechristian7543 i guess we are very lucky not having a menta illness. She has been drawn a terrible straw in life
Like any Democrat run city.
@@readmore4178 There's always that one sad fuck in the comments making it political. Feel better about yourself buddy?
@@readmore4178 🙄
This is truly the most heartbreaking episode I have seen in this series.
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” ~ Susan Pease Banitt
That's what you got from all this! Did you hear her cry for help. You know what it's not worth it, you have no sympathy at all. IMO!
@@kristakelsey1 now we all need to get the exact same out of these interviews as everyone else? And guess what? The comment that you are commenting about says a lot more than your critical and judgmental one.
@@kristakelsey1 strange response.
This one truly is almost too unbearable to watch. My heart hurts for her. Thank you mark for having her on your radar . She needs so so much help . It’s heartbreaking. “ my husband is playing video games with my brother, playing happy families while I’m wasting away “ 😢😢I hope mark got her that room and a phone to ring her mum .
Thank you Mark, for getting her a room!💕
This is one I really hope and pray we see a positive update on. This poor girl, I am really praying things get better for her and she finds the love and support she deserves!!
" My Spirit is Broken" ... I felt that ! Please get help. It's heartbreaking to hear her Hopelessness!!!
Dude, This is so sad on so many levels. So many good people in this life just hurting and caught up in the streets. I feel for this girl.
"Do a little bit everyday" does not ever end well.
When you asked her what she is afraid of my heart broke. Her ability to feel and actually care about her family makes me believe she will find a way to get better. Sending love and prayers.
Go home girl 😭 you deserve so much better for yourself and your son! My heart breaks for you. Continued Prayers 🙏
Every time I feel like I need a fix of any sort, I grab my fishing rod and focus on becoming a better angler. It sounds crazy, but it’s simply amazing what Mother Nature and the Great Outdoors will do for you….. much love and respect to all with any form of addiction, an addictive pattern of behavior is one of the hardest things ever to overcome.
I hope that she's gets the help and Support that she needs 🙏
Man, I just want to reach through the screen and give her a hug (as long as she was ok with being touched ofc). I wish I could help her so bad. I don’t know how Mark doesn’t just go broke helping all these people out.
There is pattern and go fund me to help ppl he interviews
These videos make money -
Something about this sweet girl I feel her pain and need for connection, emotional protection, guidance and love. The undeniable appreciation when mark said he would buy her a room was palpable. Sweet girl I send you so much love and warmth
Yes
Mark, you are so kind,it was so nice of you to get this sweet girl a room so she could shower and sleep... God bless you for that genuine heart that you have, Mark.I wish this poor woman a better life and that she may finally be happy. 😢😢
I wish I could hug her. People judge drug addicts without knowing their stories and what drove them to that point. Thank you so much for your channel.
There’s other ways to heal Trauma but they choose drugs
One of the most genuine “thank you’s” I’ve seen in a while.
So glad I got sober before the fent took over 🙏 Not all addicts get hooked on opioids for fun sometimes it all starts at the Dr.'s office .
The majority of this generation of addicts first dealer was a Doctor.... Mine was. It's more then an epidemic it's becoming a plague. Be safe.
Yep mine did at 18 with a kidney infection it took ten years away from me now I’ve been I’m on subs for 8 years sober from pills but still hooked on a “sober med”
that's what happened to my mom before the Crack down. she was basically going to a pill mill. she didn't know though. she had a broken disc in her back for three years before a doctor finally found it. she was on SO MUCH medicine at that time
@@kaytlinic same thing happened to me. I was 19, and just doing what the Dr told me to do. I took my meds as prescribed, or less than prescribed. The first time I went into withdrawals I legit didn't know what was going on. I thought I was literally dying and went to the ER. I was on pain killers for 6 years, and have been on Suboxone for the last 7 years. I'll probably be on subs for life. All became I was young and dumb and listened to what the Dr said. It's so frustrating!
You have no idea the evil they do
Poor girl :/ she's completely broken, when she said she didn't want to forget the person she used to be is heartbreaking...
💚💚💚 this was tough to watch...i really feel for this young lady.
Of all of the videos that I've watched on UA-cam, this video hurt my heart the most. I'm in tears. She has such a beautiful soul.
This interview got to me more than any others. Praying this girl gets clean and finds her way back to her son. 🙏 Very hopeful for an update on her story soon
All these videos touch me deeply, in different ways. This woman is so broken, my heart aches for her.
The same drug that killed my grandson.....I hope she can find the help she needs before it's too late.......
I'm so sorry for your grandson 😥
This lady reminds me of my older sister. I have a half sister and a half brother (they are 100% my blood). I watched them fall far, far down this path. My brothers children watched him destroy himself and fallowed suit. Self pity locked them into a total self sustaining breakdown. The more drugs they did the sorrier they felt. We came so close to losing both of them. I remember hurting so bad every Christmas they missed and panicking every time they showed up. This was before fentanyl. They would have surely died like my nephew without a doubt. The light dimmed in their eyes but never disappeared. The things that make you you never goes away. That belongs to God and you can't damage it beyond repair in my opinion. There is only one you!
*Unfortunately if you don't use your own willpower to fix an addiction it's much easier to fall back in it according to both my brother and sister. We all have addictions, some are much more deadly than others. My brother and sister both got out of it somehow. None of us though that was possible. My sister was shooting up in her neck. Now Christmas is at their house! You have to find the fire in your soul and let it consume your greif/pain/darkness. Some people find it in the light of Christ, some people find it in the power of Allah, some people find it in blood and family. In my opinion we all have a mother and father out there that loves us more than we can even comprehend!! Call out for help!! Call out to that highest love!!!! Call out to your ancestors!!! You have to go to the light!! YOU ARE LIGHT IF YOU ARE BREATHING!!! It's the same light when you die but who's to say that might be ten times harder.
I will pray my heart for this soul!! The world feels loss when a member of the light falls to the darkness! She has love still. Father in heaven help this one! 😟😢 For whatever it's worth...
🤜❤️🤛
Calling out to the ancestors is powerful. 💯
Powerful... thank you for the insight. Thank God your brother and sister found a way out...
@@401sFinest It was nothing short of a miracle! Thank you for your kind words. Highest blessings.🙏
I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND ADDICTION UNTIL I BECAME ADDICTED TO OPIATES AND ITS NOT JUST GETTING OFF ITS STAYING OFF THEN THE PAST PROBLEMS BECOME REALITY, I PRAY FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION, MARK IS TRULY AN AMAZING PERSON WHO DOESNT JUDGE AND GIVES US A VOICE
She’s definitely someone I would want an update on 😔
well, my heart is broken while watching her sadness… i’m hoping that you will find your own path .. wishing you best ..
Oh my gosh! The very end of the video when Mark says I'll get you a hotel room if nothing else, and she says really? And she's so grateful! I almost started sobbing. Most of us take a warm shower for granted, and here this girl is and it means everything to her. So sad that she feels like all of her people are going on with their lives without her. Lord, please bless her!
As a mother this one broke my heart. I hope she finds her way back home to her child & family.
She is very well spoken. Thank you for getting her a room.
I've got a feeling she will get out.
I bloody hope so and I'm rooting for you girl!!
This is heartbreaking, I couldn't stop tearing up since the video started. Please I am begging anyone who got the possibility to help this poor girl to do so.
Bless her and I wish she gets better soon!
Shay Lynn,I hope you get out of that life fast, your mind is still so clear,I see a lot of potential in you and a want for a better life,I hope you'll get it soon
Such a real honest interview. I truly hope Shay Lynn is better now and in a save place.
This poor sweet girl, my heart breaks for her, I pray her son doesn’t forget her and she gets some help of some form 🧡
I like your heart
@@heatherh.197 I leave a 🧡 on every interview, just wish people peace and health and hope, we may not understand peoples lives but we need to have empathy always
23:26 When she responds to Mark and says ”Really…Thank you.” You see the sweet young lady that still exists inside! This story broke my heart 😢
''The grass is not greener on the other side; . . . water your own grass." Shay Lynn
The best part of this video is the very end..I was waiting the whole video for you to offer her some support 💕
Shay Lynn I’m so sorry 😢 so raw and so honest ……such a sweet tender soul. My heart broke when you said my soul is broken 😞 I hope your soul heals because you deserve a peaceful existence no more pain❤
When she said " I am deadly defeated..." I felt that deeply 🙏🏾❤️
This is so heartbreaking. I just want to hug her and give her the life she deserves 💔 She reminds me a lot of my sister in law who has borderline personality disorder, is addicted to heroin and fentanyl, and is homeless in CA. It's heartbreaking that people feel like drugs are their only escape from the trauma they've endured and those same drugs are also slowly killing them 💔
Yeah it takes them years to figure out that it’s not beneficial to there life that’s what amazes me
I hope this girl makes it home. I recently saw that her family has lost contact with her since sometime in December 2022. This poor child needs to get home- please someone take her home.
She is everyone's daughter.. ANYONE can fall. Then you trap yourself, with shame, guilt, mental illness.. if I've ever heard a story that touched me, it is this beautiful girl.. I wish her strength and pray she finds her way ..
I watch a lot of these videos, but this has to be one of the most enlightening, yet heartbreaking story of them all. I hope she finds treatment and peace.
I lost my brother to a drug overdose on Monday. They found him in the park about 6 hours after passed. I pray she finds a way out and gets sober. Such a sad lonely life.
My condolences
Oh Shaylynn. We met in NA in the Cape Back in 2017-18 - my first attempt at getting sober. I’m doing it again and this time it’s sticking. I hope you will too soon. Praying this guy finds you again soon so we can have an update and know that you’re still alive. I know lots of people have been missing you from what I see on FB all the time. This has me in tears. Praying. Love you so much always. You can do this. Come home soon. I know everyone will have open arms for you.
This one was sad . You could see her pain, I feel so bad for her. I hope she gets through it
I'm a recovering, alcoholic/addict. It's super hard to get clean, but it's also super possible. Believe in YOURSELF. You can do it!! I hope you find your way, to a better life!!
I hope she goes home, gets clean and gets her life back. She’s smart; she needs to get out of there
Thank you Mark for who you are and what you do. Never stop
Heart breaking - it’s an eye opener that there are so many people just like her without any direction in life. It’s a lonely world for people in this state. I want to see hope restored across the nation in the lives of people like this.