Comfortably Numb – Holiday

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Holiday, a fentanyl addict on Skid Row.

0:00 Childhood Trauma, Addiction & Why Abuse Changes Everything
0:51 Why Child Abuse Happens More Than People Realize
3:13 Surviving Years of Abuse at Home
7:23 How Childhood Trauma Led to Drug Addiction
10:29 Pregnant at 15 and Raising a Son
18:48 Losing Custody, Addiction & Starting Over
21:41 Marriage, Recovery & Losing Her Husband to Heroin
25:07 Why Trauma Survivors Self-Destruct
29:24 Heroin, Fentanyl & the Grip of Opioid Addiction
32:34 Surviving Homelessness and Working the Streets
33:28 Kidnapped, Held Captive & Escaping Death
41:54 Staying Safe on Skid Row
43:29 Can She Escape Addiction and Rebuild Her Life?

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