Street roots., October 27, 2017, Page 6, Image 6

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Vendors
by Maddy Brown-Clark
The lions and the tigers
In the nearby zoo
Sang me to sleep each lonely night
Sometimes in th e evening
I could hear them roar
As I lay on a park bench
Till th e early morning
Then I crouched like an animal
In the imaginary tall grass
Hidden from travelers’ view
Then I’d suddenly show myself
And long for a dollar bill
Then a hearty meal.
For sometimes we alt
Act like animals
And life is but a zoo.
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financially and emotionally.
“Selling the paper is another step to
getting out of th e house and interacting with
people,” he said.
Being a vendor has also provided a
reliable income and a “stress-free stepping
BY HELEN HILL
STAFF WRITER
stone to getting back to work.” -
Hadrian describes himself as “currently
adrian Micciche views his work
housed, formerly homeless and, without file
selling Street Roots as a natural
income from selling Street Roots, at risk.”
prbgression of his long commitment
He also notes, with an ever­
to compassionate social service, as well as
present sense of humor,
an extension of his . personal journey back to
that he is back where
wellness. .
he started; he began
“I am a recovering psychotherapist,” he
his working life at
said with a smile. “Selling Street Roots is
age 12 as a
part of my recovery.”
newspaper boy in
He enjoys conversation with the wide
Rochester, N.Y.,
variety of people who buy papers from him
where he used to
outside the Hollywood Library, where he
trudge through
sells most days except Thursday.
heavy snow to
“The Hollywood library is the perfect turf
deliver papers. .
for me,” he said. “People who go to the
Hadrian
library like to read, and Street Roots is a
has found
quality newspaper I am proud to sell. People
are eager to buy it.” '
. After working for 10 years in
psychotherapy as a hospital on-call
therapist, a community mental health
worker and in private practice, Hadrian
was hospitalized with bipolar disorder.
After his diagnosis, he retreated.
“I spent four dark years hiding,
depressed and isolated in my
apartment. I couldn’t get out,” he
said. “I lost at least a decade of
my life to depression.”
Hadrian attributes his
recovery to the efforts of his ?
grown daughter,wno urgéd
him to move to Portland. He
also credits the quality
counseling h e’s acquired, his
meditation practice, the right
medication and, ultimately,
Street Roots for helping him both
VENDOR PROFILE
Hadrian Micciche
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ways to use his skills from his former
profession to help the community. He
volunteers as a peer support counselor with
Cascadia Behavioral Health and
co-facilitates group discussions with seniors
on issues important to them. He also serves
on the “Cafes and Concerns” committee at
the Unitarian Universalist church in
Hollywood, where he provides resources
such as Street Roots’ Rose City Resource
Guide and tips hé’s Íeáriíed through his
association with Street Roots.
When he is not selling Street Roots,
volunteering with the church or
.facilitating discussions, Hadrian creates
^fascinating original music videos. They
•can be found on his YouTube channel,
youtube.com/Syntropia. He defines his
polished creations as “electrónica trahce
land- dance music.” ;
“I have experienced ittore and mófe
recovery in the last year," Hadrian said,
and the key is self-awareness and serving
others. “The only tool you have when
working to help people is yourself.
If you are able to have a
degree of self-
awareness, having
faced your own
difficulties, you
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more capacity
to help
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Street Roots • Oct. 27-Nov.2, 2017
by Elizabeth Considine