When You Know It’s Time To Stop Talking to Random Drug Addicts on the Street

No more street outreach for me

Michelle Marie Warner
The Memoirist
Published in
7 min readMar 7, 2024

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Young white man in a blue hoodie and jeans, sitting with knees up next to a gray concrete wall, holding his hand up with a sign that says, “Stop drugs”
Photo by rebcenter-moscow on Pixabay

I have a habit of meeting random strangers.

From the moment I learned to talk, I chatted it up with everyone I met. My dad said I’d make new friends every time we went grocery shopping. I’ve maintained that reputation as an adult, to my kids’ embarrassment…

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Michelle Marie Warner
The Memoirist

Writer of most things personal, socially conscious, sensitive, single LGBTQIA+ mom. Ready to bite off more than I've been chewing. michellewarner718@gmail.com