14-07-2021, 01:51 PM
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Re: Homelessness
Originally Posted by pauline3
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Very sad that the drink and drugs have possessed them, but yes it is their choice.I remember watching a documentary about a mother of three, who preferred living on the street ,I believe her mother was bringing her children up.
She could have gone home at any time, she was a drug addict, she ended up dying on that street.
How drugs and drink can ravage and take over a persons life...once in too deep.
Extremely sad and devastating for the families, because I believe it ruins their life also.
Getting the dangers of drug abuse into the heads of kids and making sure they understand needs to be a top priority. The same with alcohol, people never realise they will have a problem with it until its too late.
14-07-2021, 02:09 PM
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Re: Homelessness
Originally Posted by Bread
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Very sad and there are thousands and thousands of others just like her. Getting the dangers of drug abuse into the heads of kids and making sure they understand needs to be a top priority. The same with alcohol, people never realise they will have a problem with it until its too late.
Indeed Bread....absolutely it should be a “ Top Priority “....well said!!
Do they teach this in schools about such dangers?
14-07-2021, 02:12 PM
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Re: Homelessness
I have also been aware of people ending up living rough.Because of there home lives that went so badly wrong..many reason's for that happening and some people literally have no where to go.mind troubled through the tramas of home.....They then turn to cheap alcohol sometimes....
14-07-2021, 02:14 PM
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I worked in the Non-Profit industry most of my adult life. I personally know that there are scores of reasons people find themselves in that position. Saying that homelessness is a choice, is completely wrong. Homelessness is the absence of choice. They are tied up in getting through one day, go here for a shower(only at certain times) go here for a meal (only at certain times), etc. Most of the homeless I met in the 20 years I worked Non-Profit, had absolutely no one to turn to i.e. family or friends.Hopefully you never find yourself in a position where you're standing there with all your worldly possession on your back and only society to look for to get help. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
PS I never met anyone who said they wanted to be homeless when they grew up.
14-07-2021, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny
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I worked in the Non-Profit industry most of my adult life. I personally know that there are scores of reasons people find themselves in that position. Saying that homelessness is a choice, is completely wrong. Homelessness is the absence of choice. They are tied up in getting through one day, go here for a shower(only at certain times) go here for a meal (only at certain times), etc. Most of the homeless I met in the 20 years I worked Non-Profit, had absolutely no one to turn to i.e. family or friends. Hopefully you never find yourself in a position where you're standing there with all your worldly possession on your back and only society to look for to get help. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
PS I never met anyone who said they wanted to be homeless when they grew up.
14-07-2021, 02:37 PM
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Hey Danny. You sound like a very decent and kind man. Its good that you are here as a voice of reason. Needless to say i respect your opnion and agree totally. I love the last sentence. Says it all really. Single mothers used to be treated the same way. Regardless of what their circumstances were. And the unemployed. Just a juggernaught of judgement from very ordinary people who know very little and who are quite comfortable in their ignorance. They are the first ones who will claim they know best. It has a name. The Dunning Kruger effect. It just is nota always just about drugs. And who are the king pins behind the drug problems,?...You wont find them living on the street. More like in a mansion in Mayfair, Malibu or Vaucluse.14-07-2021, 02:43 PM
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Re: Homelessness
Originally Posted by pauline3
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Unfortunately all of us judge.at some point in our lives...so we’re all guilty of that.We all fall short at times.
In many cases it comes down to personal moral values..
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