4/5/2023 0 Comments Esteem Plus 8 CrackHer house was next door to the Hell’s Angels Club House on Edna Avenue on the Near East Side. I lost my cozy spot at my friend Cheryl’s house, where I’d been staying most school nights, for over a month, making the mistake of thinking my boyfriend Paul would let me move in with him permanently, once I had finished high school. In the late 1980’s, a lot of families living in Cleveland’s inner city, were directly impacted by the crack epidemic, either dealing the drug themselves, or dealing with family members who were addicted, and committing crimes to support their habit. A teenage runaway from the suburbs, was a welcome distraction from whatever worries or problems of their own they were facing. Families who struggle financially, as many did who’s daughters attended Erieview Catholic, seem to deal well with crisis. I had no trouble finding places to crash during high school.
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