I'm especially reminded every day of how vulnerable I am. Of how, except for a few strategic steps and timely encounters with kind people that I could well be huddled on the sidewalk between fixes or dying from a lethal overdose in the alley."
"Did you ever struggle with addictions yourself?" say I.
"When I was tree planting, and then everything went blank for about fifteen years or so, but I must have been in some kind of recovery or treatment centre. I mentioned this to you while Francois was talking to his mom on the phone. If it wasn't for my mom confirming getting monthly phone calls from me throughout that time, I would be at a complete loss."
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