SPOKANE, Wash. — Gerald Manuel Jr. is known to Spokane police as a high utilizer, or someone who has repeatedly used emergency response and social services. Now, he’s been able to change his life and break a cycle of crises.
“I can look at them and remind myself, yeah, I do need to take one day at a time. Or be mindful when I am in a stressful time,” said Manuel. “It was exhausting and tiring. Trying to find my next fix and high. I was just done with it.”
He says he has been facing a drug addiction since he was 14 years old. Now at 35, he says he is finally making a change to his life…