Trying To Stay Clean For Love-Zelen

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Zelen, a fentanyl addict on Skid Row. 0:00 Skid Row and Life on the Streets 0:48 Touring the World as a Metal Musician 4:31 Finding His Father After Suicide 11:23 Foster Care and Childhood Trauma 14:24 Drinking at 10 Years Old 18:06 PTSD, Hallucinations and Opioid Addiction 20:54 High School Sweethearts Reunited 24:22 Becoming a Father 27:24 Relapse, Heroin and Divorce 31:41 Three Years Completely Sober 33:08 Co-Parenting After Addiction 41:19 Losing Contact with His Daughters 43:22 How He Ended Up on Skid Row 45:31 The Trauma Behind Addiction 48:55 His Greatest Fear: Being Forgotten 52:15 The Most Important Lesson He Learned 54:52 Hope, Redemption and Going Home For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #fentanyl #documentary #marklaita #redemption #lessonslearned #fatherhood #ptsd #trauma