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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 632170" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>JustCantWin, the idea of wanting to be homeless so that they don't want to follow anyone's rules is so weird to me that I can't relate, but I do understand now. I tend to do research on anything that I find interesting and I used to work in a homeless shelter as a volunteer. Although we fed them good and gave them a place to sleep, many if not most made no progress. We had social workers willing to help them get aid and find places to live. We were in touch with sympathetic employers. Seemed that every time we made appointments though, the clients did not show up. The offers to help them were there. We had clothes for job interviews. We had donated coats and boots and gloves for winter. We gave them free bus passes to go from shelter to shelter...different churches volunteered certain nights...so that they never had to be out in the cold at night. They took the free stuff. They just didn't do anything to improve their lives. I'd say close to 100% of them were drug addicts. And although most would not tell us the truth about anythng, including sometimes even their names, the little we got out of them that seemed genuine was that they have burned every bridge as far as where to stay and they simply did not want to quit using drugs or could not get along with anyone and eventually got thrown out. Many had been through MANY family members and well meaning friends who thought that their family had been appallingly mean by throwing them out. Well....live and learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 632170, member: 1550"] JustCantWin, the idea of wanting to be homeless so that they don't want to follow anyone's rules is so weird to me that I can't relate, but I do understand now. I tend to do research on anything that I find interesting and I used to work in a homeless shelter as a volunteer. Although we fed them good and gave them a place to sleep, many if not most made no progress. We had social workers willing to help them get aid and find places to live. We were in touch with sympathetic employers. Seemed that every time we made appointments though, the clients did not show up. The offers to help them were there. We had clothes for job interviews. We had donated coats and boots and gloves for winter. We gave them free bus passes to go from shelter to shelter...different churches volunteered certain nights...so that they never had to be out in the cold at night. They took the free stuff. They just didn't do anything to improve their lives. I'd say close to 100% of them were drug addicts. And although most would not tell us the truth about anythng, including sometimes even their names, the little we got out of them that seemed genuine was that they have burned every bridge as far as where to stay and they simply did not want to quit using drugs or could not get along with anyone and eventually got thrown out. Many had been through MANY family members and well meaning friends who thought that their family had been appallingly mean by throwing them out. Well....live and learn. [/QUOTE]
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