The Homeless

porterjack said:
many homeless suffer from depression, i gather the most optimistic of minds quickly becomes depressed after a surprisingly short period of time being homeless, then, often the booze of drugs takes over

sprial downwards from there on
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To be honest I can understand why a bottle of wine would become ones best friend.
No home,no car,no address,no where to keep clothes or anything worth keeping...just this alone makes it very difficult to get a job.....its all an uphill battle... ticks ,mosquitoes, hunger, no shower....a bottle of wine starts to sound pretty good about now
 
edgray said:
Damn, sorry you had to endure that.

I often wonder, how hard exactly would it be to get everyone off the streets? Surely it'll be worth it for the benefit to society.

I had a phase of homelessness myself in my late teens: Evicted from an apartment (which I'd paid rent on) because of BCCI going tits up - my flatmates and I were given 24 hours notice to leave the property. I was unemployed at the time and was amazed at how the social services could do nothing to help.

I ended up squatting for a while, sleeping at friend's places and so on. It was pretty tough to get back on my feet to be honest, and wouldn't have been able to do it without a chance meeting with my estranged step-father. Had he not helped me, god knows where I'd be right now.
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Shit, must have been rough, honestly I'd be homeless right now if my father hadn't been kind enough to not only let me stay with him but also help me to get across the country to do so, I owe him and my stepmom so much.
 
I've been homeless before.
It sucks.
Shelters were more dangerous than being on my own.
It took a long time to crawl out of that hole and I never want to get to that place again.
With that being said, I rarely give money to homeless people but have on occasion helped out those in need when the situation warranted. Still gotta pay it forward.
 
I figured sleeping in the back of my car would be a lot more comfortable than getting robbed by homeless crack heads at the shelter.

I'm working now. I drive a 2007 Pontiac G6 and I'm about to be splitting a 3 bedroom house with some great friends and I can pay most of my bills :) WOO
 
I took a homeless man home with me last year and kept him from december until april when the weather got warmer. I made up a room for him in my basement and he spent christmas with me and my family.....we gave him gifts of clothes and warm outerwear and he cried....I asked him why and he told me that he felt bad that he didn't have gifts to give us in return but he whispered that he had a gift for me...especiallly for me. He took out his guitar and he sang me a song, a christmas song that he wrote himself....there wasn't a dry eye in the house. I'll never forget him.
 
There's always options and help available to not be without a roof over your head, you just need to ask proper authorities for direction to them. People who are mentally unsound or too proud for assistance... suffer. Least the ones I've encountered.

I've tried offering a few homeless people a warm meal and got yelled at.

No shame in letting people help you if they want to.
 
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dkwrtw said:
Shit, must have been rough, honestly I'd be homeless right now if my father hadn't been kind enough to not only let me stay with him but also help me to get across the country to do so, I owe him and my stepmom so much.
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It was more of an eye-opener than anything. I was young enough to be able to not let things like the cold bother me too much. But it really showed me just how difficult it is to be homeless.

Food was such a problem - without cooking facilities, eating suddenly becomes very expensive as you have to buy ready to eat food when you can. The little money you get off people doesn't go very far at all. I'm sure that's one of the reasons homeless people drink - it's a very cheap way of getting calories, fighting hunger pains and blotting out the horrible side of life.

Glad you've got your family to fall back on :)
 
edgray said:
It was more of an eye-opener than anything. I was young enough to be able to not let things like the cold bother me too much. But it really showed me just how difficult it is to be homeless.

Food was such a problem - without cooking facilities, eating suddenly becomes very expensive as you have to buy ready to eat food when you can. The little money you get off people doesn't go very far at all. I'm sure that's one of the reasons homeless people drink - it's a very cheap way of getting calories, fighting hunger pains and blotting out the horrible side of life.

Glad you've got your family to fall back on :)
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Yeah I'm very lucky, whenever life gets me down I just try to remember that so many people have things a lot worse than me.
 
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