What got me out of homelessness was someone giving me a chunk of money and a place to sleep without judgement. I could afford beer instead of hard liquor and wa

What got me out of homelessness was someone giving me a chunk of money and a place to sleep without judgement. I could afford beer instead of hard liquor and wasn't getting constantly arrested for drinking it. I got a computer and a part time job on it that eventually led to me learning to code. It was another five or six years before I seriously tried to quit drinking for real, but from that point I was on my way out in a way I never had been before. It's technically correct to describe me at that time as "prefer having access to drugs over shelter" but it doesn't tell the full story of my situation or motivations. This society and these laws had taken everything else from me, and now expected me to also give up the drink? With no support and nothing else, nothing at all to replace it? Nah I'll take my chances. I needed a lot of other help that we have decided people are not entitled to, that we aren't obligated to give. But it's us that decided that, not them. If people aren't able to accept the very limited help we're willing to give on the extremely harsh terms we're willing to give it, that's our fault not theirs.