Do they have "lost weekends" anymore?

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Remember that classic black and white film from the late forties called "The Lost Weekend" starring Ray Milland? Several of you do, I'm sure. It was a classic study of an alcoholic. One of the sights of that film was the old Bellevue Hospital at 30th Street in New York City which is currently in use today as a city homeless shelter. This brings to mind the is it normal poll about how one helps the homeless. I have worked in the New York City neighborhood of the 30th Street shelter for several years and have seen first hand the results of a person's act of human kindness: B-line to the nearest beer store. So I have stop giving to those panhandlers in this neighborhood who are truly in need of addiction treatment which more often that not made them homeless in the first place. To help them is to hurt them. Is it normal to think this way?

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  • deepdankstickygoo
    8 years ago

    You have not seen anything until you have walked past a suboxone and methadone clinic at 8 in the morning.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Yeah I've seen those clinics. But th line starts forming at 6am if opening time is 8am. Sad sight to see.

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