Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Scott, an alcoholic on Skid Row. For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at https://softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. 0:02 Growing Up Without a Father 1:01 Left Alone and Introduced to Drugs 2:12 Sibling Abuse and Loneliness 5:18 Addiction and Homelessness After 2008 Flood 7:13 Starting Over in California 8:04 Working Jobs While Struggling With Addiction 9:08 Losing His Wife in a Fire 10:09 Daily Drinking and Grief 11:39 Having Children and Losing Them to Circumstance 16:08 Death of His Second Partner and Raising Kids Alone 17:43 Kids Taken by Grandparents, He Starts Drinking Again 19:01 Choosing to Stay Out of Their Lives 22:12 Entire Family Now Deceased 23:00 Homeless on Skid Row 24:05 Losing His Partner in Her Sleep 25:13 On the Streets Again 25:51 Feeling Cursed and Considering Writing a Book 27:28 Regret Over His First Child 29:48 Final Lesson: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover 30:30 Outro & Soft White Underbelly 2 Book Promo Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org. #siblings #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marklaita #interview #alcoholic #regrets #mentalhealth #death #relationships #life