BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/10/16) — Matt Rollins, a 25-year-old resident of Belleville, stands outside of his mother's apartment for a cigarette. After two years of drug abuse, Rollins' road to recovery and self-sufficiency has been a rough one.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/10/16) — "The lack of struggle is the biggest struggle. I can stay in bed all day if I wanted to," says Rollins. He has been on Ontario Disability Support Program for over three years, after he was assessed for mental illnesses, and is provided with basic monetary support.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/10/16) — Rollins lives in a government housing called, "All Together Housing," with three more housemates.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/10/16) — Rollins draws on his custom-made skateboard at his home. "I make a lot of things but I also don’t make a lot of things. I start things and don’t finish them. I don’t have a lot of skills, certainly not marketable. If I had stuck with art school, I might’ve been a lot further along. I might actually be creating things and producing things as a job as oppose to a hobby and just killing time. Really I just hide out in my apartment and tinker away at little things, most of which don’t culminate into anything." Apart from his struggle with the desire to go back to substance usage, Rollins battles with the lack of self-esteem, mainly due to his past failures with rehab and school.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/11/16) — Rollins listens to his counsellor at Canadian Mental Health Association Hastings in Belleville. He has been avoiding his counselling session at the local facility as he feels that it has not helped him much. The word he describes the session is "judgmental."

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/25/16) — Matt Rollins and his mother, Sue Rollins, reflects on his life with his school photos during his visit, on the dinner table. "I think I spent a lot of my time overestimating myself, thinking I was superman, thinking I was indestructible, that I was never going to die," says Rollins.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/25/16) — Matt Rollins lay on his bed speaking to his mother on the phone. He has been in and out of hospitals with chest pains since he left rehab before completing its program. "I've been very paranoid about my health. I think about the fact that soon enough my best days would be behind me and it freaks me out a little bit. It bothers me that I may never realize my physical potential, having squandered my health and my time thus far," says Rollins.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/25/16) — Rollins scrolls through the television at his housemate/friend's room. Watching TV is one of the ways that Rollins passes his time. All of his housemates are gay and it has brought confusion among his counsellor and his parents. Sometimes he feels that he is misunderstood beyond reason as he was introduced to this house by his social worker.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/25/16) — Matt Rollins exercises with his mother, Sue Rollins, at her apartment. Although their relationship has been rocky over his struggle with drugs, they have never been on bad terms.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/25/16) — Matt Rollins takes a breath of fresh air, out in the patio of his mother's apartment.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (03/10/16) — "If I can fix things with myself, I really wish I had more willpower, more of a backbone, and determination to stick with things. I just wish I didn’t give up so easily," says Matt Rollins.