"Hanna Rosin: I'm Hanna Rosin. This is Radio Atlantic. Last year, we published a series called No Easy Fix. If you haven't heard it, you should go back and listen. It's about San Francisco's attempts to address pockets of homelessness and addiction. It's also a close and unusually humane portrait of one man-his name is Evan-living on the streets and barely managing his fentanyl addiction."
"Rosin: Years of addiction had left him with a leg that was so swollen and infected that he was at risk of losing it. On top of that, he couldn't keep food down. And he didn't know why. His best friend, Joe, was worried. Evan ended up in the hospital. And he agreed to enter an addiction treatment program in San Francisco-one that looked a lot like the rehabs where he had tried and failed to get clean before."
Evan lived on the streets while struggling with fentanyl addiction and a severely swollen, infected leg that risked amputation. He also experienced persistent vomiting and unexplained health problems. His friend Joe grew worried and Evan was hospitalized. He agreed to enter a long-term residential addiction treatment program similar to prior rehabs he had attended and left. He sought to get clean, allow his leg to heal, and rebuild ties with his son after years apart. He expressed cautious optimism but also fear and doubt about his ability to stay sober.
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