My name is Justis Humphrey, I am 26 years old currently living in Ohio. My story is unique in a lot of ways. I grew up a few cities over from where i am now until i was 6 years old. My parents hit the lottery for 4.2 million dollars on a scratch off lottery ticket at a circle K right by our family home. My parents were young and to keep it short, we lost all of our money within two years. We lost our house, and our family due to an addiction that started when i was 7 years old. The years within that time were so confusing to me. Going from rich, having everything i ever wanted.. to suddenly taking care of my brother on my own and raising myself in a very neglectful household looking for scraps to eat and clean clothes to wear. I was SA at 7 years old and again at 14. We were taken from our parents and in custody of the state, placed with family members who did not want us. I have even reached out to the show intervention as a last resort to get my parents better because i just wanted to go home & i wanted to save them. So at 13 i sent in my request at my foster home on the family computer late at night. I got a call back but was unable to get my mother to show up for the interview,things didn’t work out. My mother and father both went to prison on and off throughout my life. My father finally got clean and got us back from the state. Things were looking up and i felt like life was going to be okay. Wrong. My father relapsed and within that i lost the will to live. I attempted my first unaliving at 16 by drinking bleach. Luckily I am still here today and ready to tell my story. After this things got dark for me and i truly did not care if i died or lived. I fell into addiction myself with adderall, partying, dropped out of highschool couch surfing. Things just went from bad to worse. I fell pregnant with my son at 18 while homeless. Everything changed for me in that moment, i knew i wanted to do better and be better than my parents were for me. I changed but struggled for a long time. Now i can say that 7 years later i am doing great. I have my own home, my own business and another beautiful baby. Sadly life changed for me again 3 years ago when my little brother died from fentanyl poisoning. The same things we dreamt about escaping became my brothers reality. Grieving that was the hardest thing out of everything i have gone through. My brother was not just my brother he was my best friend and almost a child to me. I know i shared a lot in this comment but there are endless stories within the situation/ time periods i have shared in this post. Some i have never spoken about or shared to anyone. I would love to do an interview with you and maybe help someone who has gone through what i have and share the ways that i have coped and overcome these challenges within my life. I know these videos of yours and interviews that you have done have helped me in my recovery from childhood neglect/trauma. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this

sorry for your loss. Dont give up. Keep connected to others...We all have stories to tell. Mark only has one camera and his website. Continue making better choices. I hope to hear your story on SWU one day! <3