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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 567428" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>TL, one thing I wanted to let you know is that food pantries and soup kitchens will give him help even if he is using pot and drinking. So many of the homeless are on drugs these days that if they removed those clients from their list they would have very few people to serve. If you want to post something to him, look up a list of available resources in his area or even state if you dont know his exact place he is living. If you do know the town, you can pick up a copy of the book that teaches people how to survive by dumpster diving and send it to him by general delivery to be picked up at his local post office. That way he doesnt need a permanent address for you to mail it. </p><p></p><p>I do think he is playing you. I have told you before about me running away to NYC when I was about your son's age. Yeah just about stupid. I ended up lost as could be in the middle of Times Square because the idiot that I let take me up there disappeared on me about 36 hours after we got there. I had no money and no clothes because he stole everything from me. He even took my suitcase out of the trunk and only left me with about a quarter tank of gas. That first night alone on the streets I sat alone in my car with the doors locked and a knife in my hand. Thankfully I did meet two guys who took me under their wing and kept me safe even though they werent exactly good people. I did call home for money that I told my parents was to get me home but I didnt use it for that. I used it to continue to party for a few more weeks up there. Eventually I got really sick from sleeping on the streets and in cold water flats in Harlem. I saw things no one should see. Especially middle class girls from the suburbs of Richmond..lol. When I got so sick, one of the guys put me into a shelter that he knew would get me home. It was called Covenant House and it catered to homeless teens under 21 and they put me on a bus back to my parents. I did lose a car in the process though. It broke down in NYC and I am sure it was stripped before I was out of town good..lol. Interesting experience and I am lucky to be alive. I know that now but you couldnt have told me that then for anything in the world. </p><p></p><p>That is why I have a bit of experience with the shelters and food places. I saw a ton of people using them who were very high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 567428, member: 1514"] TL, one thing I wanted to let you know is that food pantries and soup kitchens will give him help even if he is using pot and drinking. So many of the homeless are on drugs these days that if they removed those clients from their list they would have very few people to serve. If you want to post something to him, look up a list of available resources in his area or even state if you dont know his exact place he is living. If you do know the town, you can pick up a copy of the book that teaches people how to survive by dumpster diving and send it to him by general delivery to be picked up at his local post office. That way he doesnt need a permanent address for you to mail it. I do think he is playing you. I have told you before about me running away to NYC when I was about your son's age. Yeah just about stupid. I ended up lost as could be in the middle of Times Square because the idiot that I let take me up there disappeared on me about 36 hours after we got there. I had no money and no clothes because he stole everything from me. He even took my suitcase out of the trunk and only left me with about a quarter tank of gas. That first night alone on the streets I sat alone in my car with the doors locked and a knife in my hand. Thankfully I did meet two guys who took me under their wing and kept me safe even though they werent exactly good people. I did call home for money that I told my parents was to get me home but I didnt use it for that. I used it to continue to party for a few more weeks up there. Eventually I got really sick from sleeping on the streets and in cold water flats in Harlem. I saw things no one should see. Especially middle class girls from the suburbs of Richmond..lol. When I got so sick, one of the guys put me into a shelter that he knew would get me home. It was called Covenant House and it catered to homeless teens under 21 and they put me on a bus back to my parents. I did lose a car in the process though. It broke down in NYC and I am sure it was stripped before I was out of town good..lol. Interesting experience and I am lucky to be alive. I know that now but you couldnt have told me that then for anything in the world. That is why I have a bit of experience with the shelters and food places. I saw a ton of people using them who were very high. [/QUOTE]
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