Trust: A Choice I believe every man has the right to choose who and what may enter their life, but it is the discretion of making such decisions that could be the downfall of their sanity. When I mention…
Yesterday a young man read the below poem, written by a participant of The Doorway (then The Back Door) in 1992. It resonated so deeply he carried it around to share it with several staff, ‘this, this is my…
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Elliot How am I doing in recovery? In my addiction I suffered from the ‘I don’t give a **** attitude’. I don’t give a **** if…
Many young people end up on the street through no fault of their own. Trying to solve that issue is not easy and without support can be next to impossible. “It’s never a straightforward journey and it was exhausting. I reached out to one social…
She was so young with such innocent eyes She always dreamt of a fairy-tale life And all the things that money can’t buy She thought that he was a wonderful man Then suddenly things started to change It was…
The word depression to me seems like a word that should be whispered. I felt it was shameful to admit that I was feeling under the weather. It took a very long time to admit to myself. Most of…
You call us street people. Society has written us off. You say that we are worthless and that we don’t matter. You walk by us on the streets every day and you just look the other way. You would…
Last week during street outreach we ran into a graduate of The Doorway. He shared with us he owed the preservation of his soul to The Backdoor, a safe place he found as a youth just after a suicide attempt. He said with…
Depression is sometimes hard to mask, it can take over in so many ways. It affects us differently, it’s hard to wake up and get motivated. Thinking of all the negative things in life, trapped in darkness feeling lost…
You see, when I wrote this, I was thinking of my boyfriend who recently committed suicide. His brother found him. He died on arrival at the hospital. He had a hell of a rough time for the past 3…
