and supervisor stefani, thank you. >> this is victoria westbrook again. dr. martin, you said that most people you're dealing with at the s.i.p. hotels and community are not seeking treatment. i went to treatment not seeking treatment. right? as a drug addict, what i was seeking was drugs and more drugs and more ways to use drugs. so i really think that -- and there could be a lot of reasons why people aren't seeking treatment, right? in addition to the fact that what they want to do is keep using because that's what they know. they could have been to some of the programs and not gotten clean, so why try again? or know people who have gone to programs and didn't get clean. there's a lot of reasons for that. we can talk to people in different ways than we are right now with community members to let them know that they can go to treatment. i never felt demonized or stigmatized in my abstinence-based program. i have no problem saying i'm an addict. i don't feel any shame around that whatsoever. so i just want to put that out there for supervisors that may not und

and supervisor stefani, thank you. >> this is victoria westbrook again. dr. martin, you said that most people you're dealing with at the s.i.p. hotels and community are not seeking treatment. i went to treatment not seeking treatment. right? as a drug addict, what i was seeking was drugs and more drugs and more ways to use drugs. so i really think that -- and there could be a lot of reasons why people aren't seeking treatment, right? in addition to the fact that what they want to do is keep using because that's what they know. they could have been to some of the programs and not gotten clean, so why try again? or know people who have gone to programs and didn't get clean. there's a lot of reasons for that. we can talk to people in different ways than we are right now with community members to let them know that they can go to treatment. i never felt demonized or stigmatized in my abstinence-based program. i have no problem saying i'm an addict. i don't feel any shame around that whatsoever. so i just want to put that out there for supervisors that may not und

and supervisor stefani, thank you. >> this is victoria westbrook again. dr. martin, you said that most people you're dealing with at the s.i.p. hotels and community are not seeking treatment. i went to treatment not seeking treatment. right? as a drug addict, what i was seeking was drugs and more drugs and more ways to use drugs. so i really think that -- and there could be a lot of reasons why people aren't seeking treatment, right? in addition to the fact that what they want to do is keep using because that's what they know. they could have been to some of the programs and not gotten clean, so why try again? or know people who have gone to programs and didn't get clean. there's a lot of reasons for that. we can talk to people in different ways than we are right now with community members to let them know that they can go to treatment. i never felt demonized or stigmatized in my abstinence-based program. i have no problem saying i'm an addict. i don't feel any shame around that whatsoever. so i just want to put that out there for supervisors that may not und

good morning, supervisors, my name is victoria westbrook, and i'm the women's gender responsive coordinator, and i'm an addict living in recovery. this issue is such an important issue. it touches countless lives and san francisco and it personally touched mine. i spoked meth, and it culminated in in getting me an indictment. a federal magistrate gave me the opportunity to go to treatment. i didn't go to treatment to get clean. i went to treatment to get out of santa lorita. i didn't believe that my life could be different. the only time people in my circle stopped using was when they were arrested or when they died. at the time that i went to treatment, i had been using more years of my life than i hadn't. something happened while i was in treatment. i saw people in recovery getting their lives back. and there were people there that had higher expectations for my life than i did at the time. and they believed that i could live a different life. i started to believe it, too. i attended six months of residential treatment and transferred into after-care prior to going to prison, and did anot

good morning, supervisors, my name is victoria westbrook, and i'm the women's gender responsive coordinator, and i'm an addict living in recovery. this issue is such an important issue. it touches countless lives and san francisco and it personally touched mine. i spoked meth, and it culminated in in getting me an indictment. a federal magistrate gave me the opportunity to go to treatment. i didn't go to treatment to get clean. i went to treatment to get out of santa lorita. i didn't believe that my life could be different. the only time people in my circle stopped using was when they were arrested or when they died. at the time that i went to treatment, i had been using more years of my life than i hadn't. something happened while i was in treatment. i saw people in recovery getting their lives back. and there were people there that had higher expectations for my life than i did at the time. and they believed that i could live a different life. i started to believe it, too. i attended six months of residential treatment and transferred into after-care prior to going to prison, and did anot