By Darin Weiss

Guest Columnist

Homelessness, addiction, and abuse don’t exist in a vacuum. Too often, our society views these challenges as personal failures as if these crises start with “bad choices” and end with personal responsibility. But this narrative misses the real, underlying issue that they are a symptom of deeper disconnection: Isolation

Isolation is a silent spark that can ignite cycles of addiction, despair, and ultimately, homelessness. When people are disconnected from family, from hope, from opportunity they may slip into the shadows, seeking relief from pain in whatever way they can. Addiction thrives not in a crowd, but in loneliness. With each passing month in isolation, the path to self-destruction becomes easier and the way out grows harder to find.

As a society,

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