Man with a plan: Sam Newsom moves from homelessness to a six-figure salary consulting job
Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you turns out to be the best thing. In 2015, “I got in a real bad accident,” said Sam Newsom. His broken knee and back injuries prevented him from ever going back to his physically demanding job of climbing ladders and crawling through attics as an HVAC technician. It also left him dependent on prescription opioid pain medication, which grew from dependency to addiction. By June 2016, his state disability insurance had run out, his savings were exhausted, credit cards were maxed out, and he had sold “pretty much anything of value” that he owne...
Source: theunion.com