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My weekend experience with the homeless
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 687524" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>So through our church I went with some other folks and some teens to a program in the city working with the homeless. It was quite an experience. this orgnization does this once a month and it helps educate teens about homelessness, and then today they have "shopping" for folks from donated clothes and toiletries and feed them lunch. So last night we heard several stories by staff members who spoke about their own experiences being homeless and in the process we met and talked to several homeless people.</p><p></p><p>So one guy G, who is about 40 talked about being homeless, and then he got addicted to heroin, then got clean through the use of methadone, and eventually got weaned off the methadone. He had a couple of jobs, was a very articulate guy and was quite inspirational. And he is still homeless and sleeping on the streets!!</p><p></p><p>So today I got a chance to talk to him a bit without all the kids around. I asked him about his mom and her reaction to his addiction. He said she probably enabled him more than anyone which in some ways was good and some ways was not. When she died, he got fully blown into heroin.... And his sister was firm and wanted nothing to do with him. He said that is what got him to really decide to stop. His advice was not to enable my son.</p><p></p><p>It was really good for me to hear this from someone who has really been there. And it is also a reminder that folks do find ways to live on the streets and in fact my son has done it before. I am hoping against hope that I don't have to take this tough stand and let my kid be homeless but I am at the point where unless he stays sober and goes to the IOP we will let this happen. There really is nothing else I can or should do.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 687524, member: 15801"] So through our church I went with some other folks and some teens to a program in the city working with the homeless. It was quite an experience. this orgnization does this once a month and it helps educate teens about homelessness, and then today they have "shopping" for folks from donated clothes and toiletries and feed them lunch. So last night we heard several stories by staff members who spoke about their own experiences being homeless and in the process we met and talked to several homeless people. So one guy G, who is about 40 talked about being homeless, and then he got addicted to heroin, then got clean through the use of methadone, and eventually got weaned off the methadone. He had a couple of jobs, was a very articulate guy and was quite inspirational. And he is still homeless and sleeping on the streets!! So today I got a chance to talk to him a bit without all the kids around. I asked him about his mom and her reaction to his addiction. He said she probably enabled him more than anyone which in some ways was good and some ways was not. When she died, he got fully blown into heroin.... And his sister was firm and wanted nothing to do with him. He said that is what got him to really decide to stop. His advice was not to enable my son. It was really good for me to hear this from someone who has really been there. And it is also a reminder that folks do find ways to live on the streets and in fact my son has done it before. I am hoping against hope that I don't have to take this tough stand and let my kid be homeless but I am at the point where unless he stays sober and goes to the IOP we will let this happen. There really is nothing else I can or should do. TL [/QUOTE]
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