Comments by "pugetwitch" (@Pugetwitch) on "News For Reasonable People"
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Bro I went to evergreen washelli up on Aurora 2 summers ago in order to respect my grandparents who have recently passed and are buried there. I will be someday as well, and I don't want the scene I dealt with to be happening. my daughter and i, who was four at the time, went by a large oak tree in the cemetery to pose and take a photo near my grandparents' grave. I was horrified to discover in the 3 foot high "Y" nook of the tree (where the branches part, just past the trunk), more used needles than I could count. there definitely was over a hundred. they were also strewn around the base of the tree, broken, no lids, points exposed for any dog, kid, squirrel, or groundskeeper to prick themselves upon.. the side street was covered with dirty rvs. the Jewish cemetery on the other side of the street was ransacked. I was completely horrified. I reported it to evergreen washelli staff, and they said that they were not surprised, sadly, and that they'd been chasing homeless people out of there for the past 5 years. I grew up in that neighborhood, I'm shocked at how horrible it's become. the economic disparity in this city is what's to blame. there needs to be more low income housing and mental health programs to help these addicts and people who fall out of permanent housing and turn to drugs and alcohol to cope with their situation. I know, because I used to be homeless over 20 years ago and I turned my life around. of course, I was a homeless runaway student who only smoked pot and not a hardcore lifestyle drug addict. I don't understand how bad an adult would feel living on the street, but I imagine they feel like a complete failure and might try to numb it out with drugs and alcohol at a certain point. being on the street and seeing how people treat you is completely humiliating. it was one of the worst things I've ever dealt with, feeling how cold and calus the world really is when you're out there on your own. I became a health and wellness coach for Group Health cooperative. I wish there was more that we could do, but until these addicts have a place to recover, there's no future for them period it's hard to make them feel that there's a way out when they don't even have a safe recovery place. the treatment centers are pretty expensive, and the DSHS ran ones are like revolving doors.
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