Kaimahi Stories - Dave

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Kaimahi Stories is a place where Odyssey kaimahi (staff) talk about their experiences and their work at Odyssey. Some join us with lived experience and are on recovery journeys, while others have joined Odyssey due to a passion for the work.

Dave, Odyssey's Lived Experience Lead, talks about growing up and searching for a male role-model, having trouble at school, and being labelled and defined by the system. Dave talks about a lifestyle of drug use and criminal activity, which led to incarceration.

Dave found peace, humility, purpose, and a calling to peer support, after a chance encounter with an old friend.