I found this 19 year old on the street and his reaction made me emotional. #addictionrecovery

Jacob? Yeah. Nice to meet you. I'm Naish. This will be your room. Okay. For real? For real. Yo. I'm sorry. Yo, you like it? I love it. What is this? He's so happy because I know his story. I've spent so many days with him. He's dope. It kind of makes me want to cry about that lighting. We're going. I was starting to freeze like bad, you know? So I've been homeless for two months. You're just a kid, bro. I haven't had a blanket. Like, this far in a while. Your neck, you're struggling a lot, dude. It breaks my heart. I try to keep a humble arm. What are you sad about these days? What do you think about when you're on the street? I try not to get sad or dwell on things that happened. I try to boost my self-esteem up because I think that's the best thing you can do. I'm very humble. I'm very humble because living in the street, if you're not humble, you're miserable, you know? And that's just facts. You know, that's the only reason why I'm able to be living and not sad. But if you ask what I get sad about just being alone, you know, the thought of being alone. Hopefully this place is not trash, bro. Dude, I got you water, got you some bananas. I'm gonna give you your privacy. Consider this my trust. Don't bail on me. Don't ghost, don't disappear. I won't, I won't. Don't do drugs. I won't, I'm not. If I come over here and you're overdosed, you're dead, what am I going to do? I'll be all fucked up. I'll be like that. You bet, bro. Promise. Starting to rain. Good morning, my guy. Good morning. You feel good? I'm good. Hey, you made up your bed and everything. Stay ready so I don't have to get ready. I never let myself get, like, miserable. And I could be in the bottom of the pit, I'd still be happy with a smile. That's why, like, I don't ask for help. Like, nobody owes that to me like I owe it to myself. You know what I'm saying? It is my fault. Yeah. It's not nobody out, it's my fault. Yeah. I fucked up. For real. Like, I don't blame it on nobody else. I'm not like that. If I need somebody else to throw it on, I don't do that. I throw it on myself. I got you this book. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse. I think everyone is just trying to get home, said the mole. That's normal. What is the bravest thing you've ever said, asked the boy. Help, said the horse. Asking for help isn't giving up, said the horse. It's refusing to give up. This is a sad ass book. It's deep though. Hell yeah. What's up Victor, how are you man? What's up? Good, good. So I picked up Jacob last night. We went to a hotel. What's up, man? How you doing? I'm good. How are you? I'm great. Good to meet you too. I am 19. You're so young, man. I know, I know. So what's your drug of choice, Fetty? Yes. How long you been using? Um... I would say off and on four or five years. You're ready to get clean? Yes. Because I have a great opportunity. And then he's making it an even easier opportunity for you. You know, he raised money for you. There's a bunch of people that care about you. Right. And he hit me up and he said, hey, I got this kid. We got to help him. And, you know, obviously I jumped right on top of it. Right. You have your whole life ahead of you, man. Right, right. I got 14 years clean and life is amazing. I believe you. I believe you. Yeah, man. It's absolutely amazing. So if you, like, really, really want this. I guarantee you, you'll have a great life if you put in the work. Always, I'm always in for it. Because he raised money for you, you know, we can get you anywhere. The most important thing is, is just getting you into treatment right away. Okay. And then the rest will come. Everything will follow. You'll have a great life. Right. I'm willing for whatever. It doesn't matter. Okay. I'm not worried about, you know. Okay, that's huge, man. Good afternoon, Johnny speaking. Hey, Johnny, how's it going? I just got done FaceTiming Victor. So, okay, perfect. Okay, so I was waiting for a call from you guys I just actually got the information. Yes, I heard that you are looking to get your life on track. Right. In so many words, just tell me a little bit of why you're looking to get help. What's the reasons behind you looking to get help now? I'm just done with it. It's just, it's just, it's just too much. I don't need to be doing it like like I'm at like a point in my life where I'm just I'm done, you know Yeah, well you're young you started using it in high school and junior high. Yes What got you, if you don't mind to be asked, what got you on it? Was it um injuries or just like hanging out with the wrong crowd or you can say the wrong crowd I mean, I'm an addict, just so you know, like I use most of my life, you know, and I've been clean now for 13 years, I've been in and out of treatment centers, in and out of jails, in and out of institutions, but it takes a lot of work, you know, you are young, and I'm asking these questions because, you know, being young, you know, getting clean is part of it, you know, you're going to feel better if you get clean, but it's about Are you willing to do that heavy lifting? Are you willing to do that work to sustain that long term? Not just being clean, but that new life that you say you want to have for yourself? I'm willing to put in the work, you know? he he also told me what were you saying about your mom his mom and dad what my brother he used to get high with his dad and then he used to also get high with his uh brother his brother's 30 he's in jail right now and his mom also got high family addiction i'll call you back give me about maybe 30 minutes to an hour all right i'm uh just be out here trying to fix this phone i'll be waiting for I'm waiting for you. Okay. Wanna fix the screen? It's completely messed up. But it's so long. mm-hmm well it's too small yeah it's the same size of my length oh that's smart I did not know that well these two work oh yeah and you like these two pants yeah they're hard now what about this sweatpants the sweats for sure that is insane no that ---- is crazy sorry I'm not coming back What kind of belt do you like? It's brown and black, you can flip it. So that's kind of nice. All right, so good news, you're approved. That's good, that's good. Yeah. Okay, it's not like a state program. This is a state of the art here. For sure. So just do it. Just focus on you and your sobriety. Don't think about anything else. Right. Okay? Yes. He raised money for you. He's going to send that to Fresh Start. Uh, we'll pay for everything. There's going to be some payment for the facility. Right. And then we want to save money for your aftercare, sober living, IOP, all that stuff. And I just want to tell you that when we help people at Fresh Start, if we raise money for them and they decide to not seek treatment anymore, that money just goes towards helping someone else. Right. So it's not like it's your money, you go play around with it. Nah, for sure. You know, it's your money when you're in treatment doing the right thing. Right. You need a case? Uh, yes. Yeah, let me show you this right over there. Thank you. This your ride, you know? Yeah. See, you always find me. ------- babe, I love you. Yeah, nice to meet you. I'm Nash. Okay. This is your place now. Nice. No, for real. It's gorgeous. For real. I don't know what happened. And we're like, there's a hot tub, a basketball court. Give me a hug. For real. This is amazing. It's good, you know? It's gorgeous. I hope you take this as an opportunity, okay? See, I'm going to take it in all the way. Self-love. Self-love, dude. I was a client here myself. So, like, I went through this program. And, yeah, it's amazing. It really is. Do you have any questions? I got no questions. I don't got no words. I'm sorry. This is the fabulous MC. Hey guys. Hello. MC is the chef and like does everything and she's beyond incredible. Do you like everything? Of course. Any allergies? No. Veggies? Everything. Everything's cool. All right yeah. Anything you don't like you just tell me and we'll ask you to leave. For sure, for sure, for sure. It's a good place man. Thanks, man. For sure. Really good place, so you're in good hands. For sure. You okay? I'm good. Alright, give me a dab, let's go. I'll give you a hold. Okay. It's your chance, okay? Don't let yourself down, my guy.