Stabbed. Frostbitten. Overdosed. Sheltered. Sober. Saved.

In 2023, I interviewed three unhoused men at the Spokane library. Over the next three years, all of them escaped homelessness

By: Daniel Walters

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 3,945

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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It’s March 2023. A homeless Spokane man named Seamus “Shame Dog” Galligan overdoses on fentanyl on a street in southern California. After getting out of jail for stealing from a local deli, he boarded a Greyhound bus, heading back to San Diego to be with his father. But after missing his connection in Anaheim, he finds a hit of fentanyl. A month of detoxing in jail has weakened his tolerance. So he makes the miscalculation …

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