Posted on 04/20/2024 9:50:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
I got divorced in Japan, ended up back in the states homeless because of it.
Stayed in a homeless shelter FULL of druggies and alcoholics (for $210/month, which I didn’t have, so I ended up spending 2 hours/day 6 days a week burning the bedbugs off of the bunks).
Was there long enough for USVets to pick me up. Took them a year and 1/2 to find me a place to stay.
(All of the time when I was rarely on here is when all of that was going on.)
I absolutely despise drugs (and no sympathy for users/addicts), and stopped drinking years ago (well, maybe take a sip every once in awhile, but not very often).
So, I have seen pretty much everything that has been described by everyone here and everywhere else about homeless.
BUT, not all of us are like that, although, the majority that I have seen are.
Hopefully sometime soon, I will be able to get away from this hellhole and get back to my home turf (Texas).
Oh, with the help of Bupropion (HCL, whatever that is), I am down to 1 cigarette a day.. of course I had been smoking 3 cigs a day for a few years. Trying to totally quit now.
That has actually crossed my mind..
Go south and take it over while they are coming north and taking our home over.
Bump
I recall a supervisor once telling me that Americans deserve and must have a “safety net”. I recall telling the supervisor, there will come a time when the “safety net” will not exist. That time has come. There does not exist a “safety net” for Americans.
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