Clarence served in the military for nine years when a knee injury caused him to be released from service. Depressed by the difficulty of reintegrating into civilian life, and taking painkillers for his knee, he became addicted to drugs. After alienating himself from his wife and daughter, and years of bouncing from one job to the next, his life spiraled out of control. Finding solace in street drugs, he was soon living out of his car. His health was deteriorating rapidly and an undiagnosed illness was taking its toll. When his car was towed, he hit rock bottom: another veteran living on Skid Row, just one of the 50,000 homeless souls in LA County. [Read more...]