Marine veteran overcomes addiction, homelessness: ‘Give yourself a chance’

For nearly two decades, Marine Corps veteran Rob Slaughter lived in the shadows on the streets of LA. After losing both parents and being discharged from the service after less than four months, the former infantryman found himself without a family, a home, or a future.

Eventually, addiction and homelessness led him to Skid Row, where suicide started to seem like the only way out.

“People wanted me dead. I wanted me dead. I needed another reason to live,” he said…

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