Peer2Peer Indigenous Society

This isn't just about overdose aftercare, folks are getting wound care as well & connecting with Hospital social workers, for housing, mental health & recovery options. Feeling heard & respected, and slowly building that trust with Health care providers.

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@guyfelicella HELL YEAH !! 💕🪶

March 18 / 2013 I made a decision to try and go one day without using drugs.  Well now that one day has now turned into a 12 years off opioids, coke, meth, alcohol .... DRUGS . Can I get a hell yeah ❓ Thanks to everyone who has supported me through it all I am truly humbled and grateful. #Wedorecover

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She is going home. Rest now, beautiful kwe 💔🪶😭 bring all of our loved ones home, Creator.

We are mobile twice a week, our team is on the move, providing vital services to our Indigenous street community. We offer: 🍎 Snacks & nourishment 💉 Harm reduction supplies 💙 Detox & recovery support 📋 Wellness plans & housing services. 🪶

@Women___Exist @RobShaw_BC @Conservative_BC Where are the 60,000 files that are missing?

@RobShaw_BC @Conservative_BC No remains were found.

The three former @Conservative_BC MLAs speak at the legislature now. Dallas Brodie reiterates “the truth matters” and outlines h grievances about residential school body counts again.

“The numbers that we have counted up to this point are at least 12,000,” she says, “for instance, in Igloolik, 26 per cent of all the Inuit women were sterilized.” aptnnews.ca/featured/survi…

Happy International Women’s Day Indigenous Artist: Jackie Travers.

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We will Remember you Morgan Harris . Prayers up tobacco down 🪶

@WabKinew Prayers up tobacco down 🪶

Morgan Harris we honour you.

The major factors in homelessness deaths were accidental unregulated drug toxicity. cheknews.ca/vancouver-isla…

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@guyfelicella Proud of you , my friend 🪶

THAT’S A WRAP! We just finished filming the documentary about my story — breaking free from addiction, homelessness … most of it spent in the DTES. It tells the story of how I survived: Being shot at and stabbed. Prison. Addiction. Trauma. Life threatening infections. Homelessness. Others who knew me, helped me, even who arrested me, help tell it through their eyes. They all say similar things: "Looking back on his life it's hard to believe or even understand how he survived. But today we can understand why: it's so he could do the things he does today, helping others not fall down the same treacherous road he once lived." Coming in April/ May … Hope you’ll watch! Even more than that: I hope it gives hope to people who’ve lost it. That’s always my goal ♥️ #WeDoRecover

@SheldonStarrett @guyfelicella Yikes! After years of research that harm reduction does work, we still have this overbloated STIGMA. How gross. Without harm reduction, safe consumption sites, supportive housing and recovery options. I wouldn't be alive.

I live across from a low barrier housing site. I have lived experience of five years of documented problems this site has brought to my neighbourhood. I do this advocacy outside of my work, I am not a lobbyist. I am not paid by any industry. I am a fed up resident and victim of the failed system you push, @guyfelicella.

I get paid to connect people to detox and recovery. It’s an all-hours kind of job — individuals or families often get in touch with me in the evening or on weekends. Since I work in healthcare, my salary is public. No inquiry needed. It’s not a lot, but I love helping people find recovery. Is recovery the “failed policy” you’re speaking of? Because it’s true that recovery programs don’t always succeed. Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition — fewer than 50% of people stick the landing the first time. The other half will go back to drugs at least once, sometimes many times. Like I did. But when I used drugs in the early 2000s they were nowhere near as deadly as they are now. I used heroin. It wasn’t contaminated with fentanyl, benzodiazepines, xylazine or nitazenes, the way illicit drugs are today. Back then, a couple hundred people OD’d a year in BC instead of over 2,000. I’m TIRED of seeing people die from drug poisoning. I’m TIRED of seeing people’s brains and lives changed forever because of anoxic brain injuries caused by drug poisoning. That’s why, IN MY FREE TIME, I advocate for a full continuum of programs (including more recovery options) that have a better success rate, programs that help people STAY ALIVE and healthy so they get there. Things like: ➡️ Housing ➡️ Outreach services ➡️ Employment ➡️ Health care ➡️ Clean equipment ➡️ Supervised consumption ➡️ Safer supply Hope that clarifies. Your turn now Sheldon. Who pays you to punch down on people less fortunate than you and advocate against housing as a basic human right? Or is that just out of the good of your heart?

This is where I am today, Joining First Nations health authority & many other frontline support workers- Indigenous healing hearts Facilitator Training 🙌🪶