“My name is John Jimenez. I’m from San Jose, California. I came up here to take care of my dad in 2013 and he just died two weeks ago. So I'm drinking, but I want to find some help.
But I refuse to go to that shelter [the Cares Campus]. I hate it. It just sucks over there. I'd rather be out here and die out here.
[Sometimes] I rent [motel] rooms for [other people] with my ID because they don’t have it.
Going back to San Jose? There's nothing over there for me unless I can get something set up before I leave …
I’m stuck out here and all I'm trying to do, to tell you the truth, is drink right now.
But I'm to the point where I want to get a couple more beers, go to detox, and then go back to the Victory Outreach [church]. That's what I'm doing. And that's the truth. I've been homeless six years and my Pops just died, like I said.
I was a licensed caregiver up here before, and I [lived in] apartments.
Sleeping outside in the summer of course at nighttime it's a lot warmer, but … I'm tired of this, so I guess I'm just trying to get drunk tonight and go to Reno Behavioral Healthcare hospital and get help.
How do I get alcohol? Asking here or there … Begging people basically.
The ambassadors, they don't help. They've never helped me. I think one ambassador gave me two dollars and all. I managed to buy a beer.
I hate to say it, but, I'm not a drug addict but I'm an alcoholic. I have to have my beer, but I'm getting tired of it. So I said to myself tonight if I can get a couple more beers and a couple more dollars, I'll catch the 56 and go to RBH and detox. But until then, I'm gonna stay out here and hustle.”