'I just want to be here with Project Noelle, and any other place, to scream to the world that there is a solution, there is hope. If I can do it anyone can,” said Santina Lauter, in recovery for 7 yrs
CLEVELAND — Tuesday evening, in the middle of Cleveland’s Edgewater Park, surrounded by people walking their dogs, exercising and out getting some fresh air, were dozens of people bringing awareness to a problem that isn’t always out in the open: substance abuse.“With the amount of people that we are losing, it’s hard to believe there’s anybody out there anymore that hasn’t been affected,” said Keli Clark. “We’re losing some really good, beautiful people.
“I tried to deal with my own grief, which was unimaginable, but I’m also trying to answer 5,000 questions from these guys, like ‘when is mommy coming back?’” she said.“I was in Orlando, speaking for Overdose Awareness Day last year, and the following day, Sept. 1, I got a call that they found my son passed away in a public bathroom, so I’ve lost two children.”“These guys [her grandchildren], I tell them all the time, you know, it’s nothing to be ashamed of,” she said.
“I’ve been to a lot of funerals over the years, and it’s sad, but they give me the strength to keep going day by day,” said Santina Lauter, who has been in recovery the past seven years.
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