An Addiction Call Box –
Sept. 14, 2019 – “We’ve already got a few phone calls and we even got someone help,” Sylvester said. Sylvester said he knows about the struggles of fighting addiction – 30 years ago, he was addicted to alcohol and cocaine. “You feel hopeless,” Sylvester said. “It leaves you empty. It destroys you. It takes your soul. It really is just this destructive path and it happens quicker than you think.”
It’s a simple idea and the two men hoped putting an answer right in an area where drug use is common can help reach more people. Both men know their booth, which was set up on a city sidewalk, could be taken down at any moment. But they said they had to do something.
“This is where they deal,” Rossi said. “This is where they do drugs – probably the worst spot. You’ve got to get to the epicenter where the right audience is. Some people put up big billboards, but those billboards might be 20 blocks from here.”
