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Holidays for addicts
Holidays for addicts are like every other day and that those of us with addictions have to satisfy those addictions. Especially if those addictions are opiate-based, because we’re going to be physically sick, and very sick too if we don’t do what we have to do to get what the body needs. Of course there…
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How Addiction Betrays our Brains
Before we start using, we understand “enough” Addiction sneaks up on us. By the time we begin to recognize that we are putting whatever it is that we must have before everyone and everything else, the people around us have been tired of the situation for quite some time. But how can something take possession…
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Addiction is Routine on double stetoids
What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can? A hallmark of addiction is, it is the first thing you think about when you wake up and it is the first action you take. There are people who only go to sleep if they have a little bit of their…
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To Live and Die on Fentanyl
A Day in the Life of…Peggy All we ever hear about fentanyl is overdose, overdose, overdose. What does the path to the end look like? This series will feature various addicts that people can get to know, and maybe, understand. A Fentanyl Fact Before our Story Here in Honolulu drugs have nicknames. Fentanyl is called…
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Thousands viewed linked video: An inmate supports his prison “wife,” also an inmate
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRCYj66B/ Follow the link to see how traditional gender roles dictate how same sex couples treat each other in a men’s prison in Hawaii. Fascinating to see how powerful social expectations are even in a place where, in theory, people can make up any relationship structure they want. It just goes to show how our…
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One-third of Hawaii homeless and evictions are kupuna (elderly)
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/11/21/hawaii-news/a-third-of-hawaii-homeless-and-evictions-are-kupuna/ That’s right, the elderly are overrepresented on the street. It’s easy to see when you walk around and observe. It’s not like there are teenage runaways who board busses to come here. I have heard rumors about people being sent to Hawaii by local governments who want to lessen their homeless populations–but I’ve never…
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Video; Are there lots of hidden rapists in Hawaii? Here’s why I say maybe so
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHtp3VX/
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‘Out of control’ STD situation in U.S. prompts call for changes | Honolulu Star-Advertiser–I think I know why STD’s are up
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/09/19/breaking-news/out-of-control-std-situation-in-u-s-prompts-call-for-changes/ You know why there are increasing rates of sexually transmitted diseases? We are no longer terrified of AIDS. I am from New York and I followed the news about AIDS from the early days in that hotspot for infection. I remember when it was called GRID, or gay related immunodeficiency. Then there was a…
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Why do homeless people prefer the streets to shelters? One word answer.
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Most Popular TikTok ever: Hawaii women and the Kentucky prison sex scandal
https://www.tiktok.com/@hawaiistreetlife/video/7154973696820612398?_t=8WXr6vrlRT4&_r=1
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TikTok video: prison sex for profit
@incarcerationexpert #prisonstories #jail #prisonrape #prisonlife #sexforprofit #lawsuits #wahineinprison #womeninprison #prisoninformation #hawaii #hawaiiproblems #truestory ♬ original sound – incarcerationExpert
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Video: I was an ungrateful houseguest when I was homeless
When I was homeless and was allowed to stay in someone’s place it was bc I had something they wanted and was willing to share in exchange for the roof. I had two ways of looking at the situation. One, I wanted to maintain this contact and be a good, helpful guest by not stealing…
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TikTok Video: Women’s Prison Sex Ban Taken Too Far
https://www.tiktok.com/@honolulustreetlife/video/7150847898475842859?_t=8WEyBNiaSgE&_r=1 TikTok Video
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TikTok vid: Red Light Honolulu today vs. 2000
https://www.tiktok.com/@honolulustreetlife/video/7084244613342629166?_t=8W800sn3hLq&_r=1
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Street Life Hack #48: how to handle terrible ongoing circumstances
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TikTok Video: same sex sex in women’s prison
https://www.tiktok.com/@honolulustreetlife/video/7146809031011781934?_t=8Vy6nH0flEs&_r=1
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TikTok Video: Domestic violence between incarcerated Hawaii women
https://www.tiktok.com/@honolulustreetlife/video/7136439491732098350?_t=8VmQkQ2NeOM&_r=1
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It’s currently illegal to sleep in your car on a Hawaii public street. Maui might break trend.
There’s some work on changing the anti homeless law in Hawaii. Hawaii’s attitude toward the homeless has seemed, IMHO, “you may not be able to go home, but you’ve got to get out of here.” All the way Not In My Backyard, or NIMBY. Its taken a long time for people to realize that short…
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2018 journal of a desperate Honolulu woman
I was instructed how to open my Apple account without an iPhone. And what do you know, I found the earnest recollections from the beginning of my blog project. Below you will find thoughts from 2018 of a woman who wanted to hold on to her identity from the distant past as a Harvard grad,…
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Tiktok: Old? Me?
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRPJfA1h/ Just answer that question in the video for me and I’ll be happier. More enlightened, anyway.
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Tiktok violence and same sex partners in HI women’s prison
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRfWLe1d/
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Tiktok 1 minute answer to prison question–were incarcerated people nice?
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1 Minute Tiktok Prison Answer–were people nice?
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRyEP2oX/ Follow the link to the tiktok video I’ve invited people to ask me anything about Prison since I am a grad, so tocspeak, from the Ivy league and incarceration. J can use big words when I talk about going to jail, lol! Seriously, I’ve been blown away by the interest. This video is my…
Hawaii Street Life-smart & sexy experience based commentary others dare not say 