Now that she has found out she has Hepatitis A, B and C, she no longer wants to die. I want to live. Sometimes, after a speaker finishes, another person offers consolation or solutions. Usually, they just move onto the next person. At the end of the meeting an empty tin goes around.
People dig into pockets and purses.
Most don t just throw in lose change. In unison they pump their arms to emphasis the next point. The meeting ends. If anything will keep us clean, it will be this place, Manuel says. Frequent drop-in Jackie Crowe has slowly come to realize this.