re: My brother has been missing since 9/1/21. UPDATE HE’S BEEN FOUND BY THE OT.NEW UPDATE 1/23

He even talks about the car wreck and how he then didn’t go to school or move into his new place. His phone was left in the car.

Crazy story man, gad yall found him. Hopefully he eventually wants to live a straight life again

I'm really glad you found your brother and I watched the video. Your brother still has his mind and soul and seems to be in relatively good health. I am familiar with Skid Row in Los Angeles. I never lived there but bought drugs down there countless times. It is a place of hopelessness and despair- basically hell on earth. God has protected your brother for a reason. I am clean and sober for 16 months now. He can do it too. I am praying for him.

What are the chances that Mark from SWU would find him and convince him to do that interview. And then someone on here puts it all together. Hope everything works out and he can get back to his son eventually.

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Just watched the whole thing.

Yikes. Such an intelligent guy that is just lost. I hope he makes it.

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Seems like Colin has the brain, resourcefulness, and the likeable personality to make it all right if he truly has the fortitude to get the help he really needs. I know after so many years of living the lifestyle he has, it almost seems too overwheling and insurmountable to get your life straight and start the grind of a job, paying bills, finding somewhere to live, transportation, etc.

I know exactly where he's coming from though, I grew up in a shitty situation and had every reason to be mad at the world. I got addicted to opioids and spent years in that haze, which isn't nearly as deep as fentanyl but is addiction all the same. It ruled my life and took all my money, time, and thoughts, I literally lived my life and worked every day in order to make it to my next pill purchase. That's all I worried about - so much so that I was content to live out of my car in a homeless camp for 6 months as long as I made enough money to get gas, take a shower every few days, and buy more pills.

I actually grew to enjoy that lifestyle and that freedom, just like Colin says in his video. Being so close to death and feeling like nobody would really care if you died that night, a month from then, or in 10 years, was very freeing in a way.

I could disappear forever and it wouldn't matter to me or anyone else, nobody else would be harmed or adversely effected. That felt good at the time, as my life was only a series of days trying to survive to the next day by that point. I nearly committed suicide once on Christmas Eve when I was living in my car, before my phone rang out of the blue and it was my grandma I hadn't spoken to in years. I was literally on the brink of pulling the trigger of the only gun I had kept instead of pawning over the years, a little .380 my grandpa had given me years prior that I couldn't bear to sell or pawn.

That random phonecall at that time of night was an act of god, I had (and still have) no other way to explain it.

I eventually got to the point that I was tired of it all and I asked for help, I moved in with that grandmother for a short time before she went to a retirement home and used that time to get clean and get a good job. My grandma gave me a great deal and I eventually bought her house from her, less than a quarter mile off the beach in Florida.

I busted my arse to get my life right after hitting rock bottom, and now I'm a US Marshal that's happily married, has a nice house, an amazing and beautiful wife, and our first baby on the way.

I still can't explain the timing of the phonecall I got that night when I hadn't even spoken to my grandma in years and we never had that kind of relationship to call eachother out of the blue before, only thing I could surmise is that it was an act of god. Now I can't imagine that life I was living before vs. my life now, but I'm so thankful someone out there was looking out for me and saved my life. I owe everything in my entire life to that happenstance.

Sampson, I think this could be similar to you finding and reaching out to your brother. You could be the phonecall that saves his entire existence or the person who shows up in skid row and turns his entire life around. It only takes one little action to start the dominoes falling in his life, and he's certainly not too far gone to save.

You could be that random unexpected call or visit that sets the entire chain reaction in motion, and next thing you know your brother has a life, family, home, and career. I applaud you for trying so hard to make this happen, I owe my entire existence to those like you who never give up on those like me and Colin.

I am glad to read that he has been found. I said a prayer for Samson and his brother.

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Shame is a motherfricker and can poison the mind. Let him know that you don't feel any type of negativity towards him if and when he brings it up. Water under the bridge once he decides to get help.

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This is excellent advice and deserves repeating. I know from personal experience that shame can prevent an addict from opening up to their loved ones, confronting their demons, and seeking the help they need. You clearly have a lot of love for him, so just try to listen to him and let him know that your only concern is his wellbeing.

Good luck to you and your brother. I know he can turn it around, he has a brother who will fight for him.

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The power and reach of this site can never be understated

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It sure can. “This site has little to no power or reach.” See? Did it!

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Comment on the video. I didn't want it to get lost at the bottom of the last page.

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Does anyone have her Instagram account name (Sierra)?

I’d like to thoroughly search it to make sure we aren’t missing any other clues.