"I knew I needed a high school diploma, a roof over my head. That most definitely was the most important because I have two kids. Last year was my year. June 10 I got my high school diploma and two months later, August 10, I graduated as a Certified Addiction Counselor.

The role that SOME played was they gave me a place where I could store my medicine, I could get my proper rest, I could cook my meals. These things I needed in order to sustain and be healthy so I could go out and seek employment, go to school. All the things that a person would want to do on a daily basis. They gave me the opportunity to feel like I was that guy again. And that’s how I feel again.

It don’t stop, just because you get clean. It don’t stop right there. It’s a domino effect. You got clean so you help somebody else get clean, and hopefully they help somebody else. And that’s the beauty of it.

As a matter of fact, my favorite movie, this is my favorite movie, it’s called Pay it Forward. I love that little boy because he started something and it caught on. And as a result he wrapped the whole world with that. That’s what needs to be continuing to happen with SOME: one teach one until it catches on. Because there’s no room for backwards, it’s time to keep pushing on and making a way. Because no one should have to sleep on the street. No one. "