Sage Lewis – The Shadow

Category: Addiction

  • Lost to COVID-19: Akron native Rev. Tom Weller died of COVID-19

    Lost to COVID-19: Akron native Rev. Tom Weller died of COVID-19

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    Doug Livingston of the Akron Beacon Journal did a very nice piece on Tom Weller here: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/28/lost-covid-19-akron-native-rev-tom-weller-died-covid-19/3910018001/ My ears always perk up when I read a story of a person committed to “the least of these.” The stories fill me with both happiness and sadness. I’m happy to be reminded that there are so many…

  • Ohio deaths from drug overdose may set new record in 2020

    Ohio deaths from drug overdose may set new record in 2020

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    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/17/ohio-deaths-drug-overdose-may-set-new-record-2020/3916549001/ Addiction is not a weakness. Addiction is not a moral failing. Addiction is an actual transformation of the brain. We need safe injection sites. All drugs must be decriminalized. Pot must be legalized. Everyone needs to be able to grow their own marijuana. This is how you win the war on drugs.

  • The Alarm Sounded

    The Alarm Sounded

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    When the alarm sounded and a pregnant 20 year old woman needed help… Did the Continuum Care help? Did Access Shelter for women help? Did the battered Women’s shelter help? Did the Haven of Rest Help? Did the government help? Did one single FUCKING church help? No. I literally BEGGED for help and every organization…

  • Akron Movement

    Akron Movement

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    I quicky put some ideas together for something I’m calling the Akron Movement. I am SO into the idea of getting people to engage with politics and realize that they have the power to make the world what they want it to be. Additionally, there is a deep level of hopelessness in rust belt cities…

  • The Needle

    The Needle

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    I knew who threw this rig on the ground. I was angry at him. But I thought he broke the needle off so I was mixed emotionally about it. But I was wrong. I pulled the orange cap off and the needle was still fully intact. I broke off the needle on the ground, put…

  • This Is Why You Don’t Rat Out A Shooter, Chief Ball

    This Is Why You Don’t Rat Out A Shooter, Chief Ball

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    I’ve been thinking about getting a gun. I’ve been thinking about the Ruger AR-556 MPR As I was fantasizing about my new purchase, my obsession turned to murdering a particular drug dealer in my neighborhood. I thought about how, when, where… I was getting so into the idea that I had to just stop thinking…

  • Sunday Morning With Sage – Trap Houses

    Sunday Morning With Sage – Trap Houses

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    We discussed trap houses this morning. It was recorded on August 16, 2020. Here is the audio version: Here is the video Version:

  • The Societal Importance Of The Trap House

    The Societal Importance Of The Trap House

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    As someone who ran a trap house for a time, let me tell you… it’s a thankless job. People you’ve never met appear out of nowhere. They move in. They bring their belongings (of which they often have a lot). They build doors out of found objects. They mount hinged locks on doors in your…

  • What Akron’s Extreme Evictions Actually Mean To Us All

    What Akron’s Extreme Evictions Actually Mean To Us All

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    I was driving a man across town to a friend’s house. He had stayed at our tent village for a time. But I didn’t recall him very clearly. He is deep in the throws of a hard core Fentanyl addiction. Fentanyl is 50 times more addictive than heroin and 100 times more addictive than morphine.…

  • Defining Akron: Poor. Hard Working. Addicted.

    Defining Akron: Poor. Hard Working. Addicted.

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    Knight Foundation gave Akron $104,000 to create new Office of Integrated Development. I’m pretty sure what we mostly got for that money was this shiny 61 page full color brochure. I have a copy of the printed version. It’s fancy. From this article, our mayor, Dan Horrigan writes: Vision-driven, community-focused development is not just the…

  • Intravenous Drug Users: This is for you.

    Intravenous Drug Users: This is for you.

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    If you are “shocked” by swear words or just actual life in general, this post is not for you. This post is for people that shoot drugs. Look… I don’t give a shit that you shoot drugs. I’d probably shoot my shit too. It looks like a really powerful way to go. But a lot…

  • Joker is my guy

    Joker is my guy

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    The new Joker movie came out this weekend. It pushes the outer edge of superhero movies into a new darker world that has never been seen or experienced before. Instead of seeing Gotham through Batman’s eyes, we now get to see Gotham through Joker’s eyes. And it all begins to make sense. (I’m going to…

  • The Black Market

    The Black Market

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    You can buy nearly anything on the black market. Food. Phones. Laptops. Clothes. Tools. Video game consoles. The prices for those kinds of things are unbelievably low. I’ve seen a Nintendo Switch that retails for $300 sell for $40. A Craftsman breaker bar that retails for $35 sell of $5. High end cell phones in…

  • Drug Dealers: We need to talk

    Drug Dealers: We need to talk

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    I think there is a good chance I would have been a drug dealer if I had been born into a different situation. Drug dealers are ambitious, driven and like the action. That’s me. And honestly, that’s the American culture. Get money at any cost. We had slaves because it made more money. We have…

  • Self Hatred

    Self Hatred

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    I think people believe I do the homeless work I do because I am somehow a better person than most. In reality, I do this work because I feel like a worse person than most. I spend my life trying to do things that will make others respect me and loved ones be proud of…

  • So ya want to save the world, here’s some tips

    So ya want to save the world, here’s some tips

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    One of the more embarrassing and amusing aspects of doing this homeless work is I honestly believed the city was going to thank me. I thought they’d come by and say something like, “there are some things we like and there are some things we don’t like, but thank you for contributing to this challenging…

  • Pedophiles

    Pedophiles

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    Well, well, well. I seem to have hit a nerve. A person told me that if I was going to support pedophiles then they were no longer going to support me. I didn’t realize that I was only permitted to care for socially acceptable people in need. Pedophiles are likely the most hated people in…

  • Akron: The Recovery City

    Akron: The Recovery City

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    Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron in 1935. Founders Day this year is June 7, 8, & 9, 2019 Akron, Ohio. Akron is known world-wide as the birthplace of A.A. Akronite, Dr. Bob Smith’s last drink was on June 10, 1935 (a beer to steady his hand for surgery), and this is considered by members…

  • Underneath the addiction

    Underneath the addiction

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    I can’t truly understand what being homeless is like. I can only imagine being in a tent with absolutely nowhere else to go. No friends. No family. No money. Nothing. That tent is your last life raft on planet earth. I can only imagine the fear and anger and worry that time in your life…