This individual interview segment is part of a diverse collection of personal stories from the National AIDS Memorial’s Surviving Voices mini-documentary "Substance Users and the Recovery Community” highlighting the stories and experiences of substance users and people in recovery living with HIV & AIDS as well as the contributions of advocates from within the community to the fight against the pandemic. Learn more at: www.aidsmemorial.org/surviving-voices. (Filmed in 2020 and released in 2021)