'My heart is broken': Photographer shares tragic images of her homeless, drug addict son, 20, passed out in the street

• Michelle Garcia shared images of her son Cali Mike Ayub, who is addicted to meth and heroin, passed out on the street in Fresno
• 'This has been a huge part of my life for some time now and felt I needed to share,' she said. 'I cried as he layed(sic) there, he must of spent the night'
• 'My heart is broken in so many ways with all of life's events recently'
•  Garcia said that she was sharing the photos, with her son's approval, 'to bring out awareness of what the streets and addiction REALLY look like'

A photographer has shared heartbreaking photos of her drug addict son passed out in the street.

Michelle Garcia said that she shared the shocking images of her son Cali Mike Ayub to show his downward spiral into addiction to highlight the catastrophic effects of drugs. 

Garcia says that she's agreed to meet her son for a coffee last month but when she arrived at the Fresno coffee shop she found Ayub lying face down on a sidewalk in Fresno, California, wearing a dirty shirt and no shoes.

A photographer has shared heartbreaking photos of her drug addict son Cali Mike Ayub passed out in the street (pictured) 

Michelle Garcia said that she shared the shocking images of her son Cali Mike Ayub to show his downward spiral into addiction to highlight the catastrophic effects of drugs.

Shocked and saddened, she began snapping photos of her troubled son.  

'This has been a huge part of my life for some time now and felt I needed to share,' she said, next to the photos. 'I just saw him this morning. He was waiting for me outside a coffee shop.

'I cried as he layed(sic) there, he must of spent the night, and felt so overwhelmed with life at that moment. My heart is broken in so many ways with all of life's events recently.'

'I cry every time I take those pictures – every time,' she told the Fresno Bee. 'But that one (outside the coffee shop) I was probably hysterically crying because everything came to a head.'

It was all so different last year, when a clean and healthy Ayub posed with his mom 

Garcia says she cried as she took the heartbreaking photos of her son 

Garcia said her son, who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, became addicted to meth and heroin last year.

She said her son turned to cocaine after spiraling into depression following a break up with his girlfriend. He did so much cocaine, he burned a hole in his septum, meaning he could no longer snort the drug.

That was when he began smoking crack, which led to meth and heroin. 

After he starting to use drugs, he was fired from his job at a garbage service, was evicted from his home, and crashed his car. 

Garcia said that his addiction has also made his underlying mental health issues much worse. She added that she'd taken her son to multiple treatment centers to no avail.

Her son now lives on the streets.  

Garcia said her son, who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, became addicted to meth and heroin last year

After he starting to use drugs, he was fired from his job at a garbage service, was evicted from his home, and crashed his car, and now lives in the streets

Garcia, a photographer, said that she was sharing the photos, with her son's full knowledge and approval, 'to bring out awareness of what the streets and addiction REALLY look like'

Garcia, a photographer, said that she was sharing the photos, with her son's full knowledge and approval, 'to bring out awareness of what the streets and addiction REALLY look like.'

'This is also to bring awareness to the opiate epidemic that is very real and very strong in our city in our children's lives and families lives. It is actually becoming worse every 6 months or so and the outcome is scary. 

'Now addicts are faced with tainted drugs that are laced with fentanyl and that is killing people at a rapid rate. Keep your eyes and ears open to communication with your children and the ones you love. 

'I would never want any other parent to watch their child the way that I've had to watch Michael go through this disease.'

Her post has since been shared thousands of times.

Garcia still remains hopeful that her son will recover and could look back at the photos of him at rock bottom for a reason to stay clean. 

'Before this happened to him, he was the guy who would go get food to bring to the homeless people,' she said. 'He would go get blankets. He's the guy that gave you the shirt off his back if you didn't have one.'