Thank you.
Yes. You know, Jordan has never seen himself as an addict. He was a football star. He was an amazing athlete on many fronts. He was also using drugs quite early, at age 14—pot, alcohol. It was known to the school system that this was the case, and they placed him in a special after-school program, which he aged out of.
Now, when he looks back, he claims that was an effective way for him to manage the impulses he was feeling at that age. It's such a shame that there was no alternative and continuing program.
For him, with 26 treatment engagements and most failing, we were perplexed beyond belief, but the fact that those treatment centres existed was a reprieve from the street for him, in a way, and potentially saved his life. It helped him to accrue clean time.
We're really grateful for what existed at the time when he needed it, but he was undiagnosed with a severe mental illness in spite of engaging with mental health routinely. This is a crime in itself. I'm not saying it's a “crime” crime. It's just a sad reality of inefficient resources applied to him.
I'm not sure if I've answered your question.