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[About Me]
where i am from + what happened
How I went from a Texas High School
QB recruit, good student, West Point
signee, to a homeless, convicted,
intravenous drug-addict,
who ultimately found recovery.
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[Diaries of a Homeless junkie]
Mental Health & Addiction Blog
Stories from my 14 year journey through mental health crisis, trauma, severe drug-addiction, and homelessness.
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"If Scars Could Dream"
A poem of the Dark Side of Recovering from addiction, and trauma.

Spencer Brooks
2 days ago1 min read
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The REAL Problem With N.I.L
How Name, Image, and Likeness is ruining college football as we know it. #collegefootball

Spencer Brooks
Apr 2213 min read
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"The Tempest Within"
A reflective piece exploring emotional resilience, self-empowerment, and the transformative power of shifting from self-doubt to acceptance.

Spencer Brooks
Jan 224 min read
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"The Burden of the Un-Chosen"
A short story of fear, choices, and discovering the courage that was within all along. #shortstory

Spencer Brooks
Dec 13, 20244 min read
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"Child of the Cataclysm"
Through isolation and chaos, resilience is born. "Child of the Cataclysm" reveals strength in scars, embracing light and dark to rise above.

Spencer Brooks
Nov 25, 20244 min read
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God Rescues Me With Phone Call
Sometimes God throws us an unexpected lifeline during times of need, saving us from ourselves, before even knowing we need saving.

Spencer Brooks
Sep 4, 20247 min read
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"Monsters Under the Bed"
Silence. Dazed yet surprisingly numb, he valiantly fights the urge to rest his weary eyes for but a brief moment..

Spencer Brooks
Aug 3, 20244 min read
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"Goodbye Letter to heroin"
A former homeless addict writes an emotional goodbye letter to heroin, reminiscing on the beauty of their relationship followed by the pain

Spencer Brooks
Jul 15, 20241 min read
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"The Dark Side of Methamphetamine"
My encounters with "Shadow People" on meth, and why I believe it is the biggest tool of the forces of evil.

Spencer Brooks
Jun 24, 20244 min read
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"Social Uncertainty"
Poem of a Man's struggle with social anxiety.

Spencer Brooks
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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My Descent into Addiction pt.2
The foundation, the void of my soul, in which I needed to fill with my addiction. It is all connected, and this is where it started.

Spencer Brooks
May 24, 20244 min read
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My Descent into Addiction pt.1
A HS Football recruit for the United States Military Academy at West Point descends into heroin/meth addiction & homelessness.

Spencer Brooks
May 16, 20243 min read
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Misguided Mix: Street Drug Roulette
A homeless addict unveils the perilous gamble of buying unknown street drugs where experimentation can lead to devastating consequences

Spencer Brooks
Apr 7, 20245 min read
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"Diaries of A Homeless Junkie"
Night falls. Another dark illustrious landscape of junkies, whores, and the ever so subtle Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde mentally ill psychopath..

Spencer Brooks
Apr 3, 20245 min read
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Embracing The Darkness
[My struggle with accepting rejection] "Spill your soul, tell it how it is, share your heart," they say with their stupid shit-eating,...

Spencer Brooks
Mar 18, 20244 min read
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From Oxy to Black Tar Heroin
[My quick descent from innocent pain pain pills into the dark world of heroin] Summer of 2010 was the beginning of the end for me. Upon...

Spencer Brooks
Feb 9, 20246 min read
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"Kiss From the Devil"
A former heroin addict's journey through the depths of heroin addiction

Spencer Brooks
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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"When The Words Run Dry"
A poem of grief, heartache, and hope. When the heart is no longer capable of mustering the words, the soul advocates on its behalf.

Spencer Brooks
Jan 21, 20242 min read
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Ollie: Teach Me to Love
How an innocent, traumatized, adopted Dog, helped heal a hardened, traumatized, addicted young man.

Spencer Brooks
Jan 16, 20248 min read
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Homeless Hustle: Bank Fraud
Homeless man describes a common scam he perpetrated while living on the streets in order to feed his addiction to meth and heroin.

Spencer Brooks
Dec 10, 20235 min read
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