Gretchen James has been to prison for altering a prescription for Oxycontin, has been homeless, faces displacement in her new rental unit in downtown Reno because of gentrification, tried to commit suicide and by doing so violated her parole, suffers from many health problems, is separated from her husband who abused her, but now she says, she is sober, and she wants to remain that way so she one day will be able to see her three kids again,
Even though she is struggling on many fronts, James says she is now sober and hopes to one day see her three kids again. Photo by Jose Olivares