you know what, all these homeless got sobbing stories of how they got abused by their fathers, or someone in their family died, or their house burned out. Well it's all excuses.
Drug or alcohol addiction stemming from childhood sex abuse is not an excuse. It's a serious mental health issue. Many victims also commit suicide.
I don't make excuses, I work on getting out of whatever ***t I get into, without any government or old 90 year old men's help.
Your confidence in your self-sufficiency will wax and wane with your physical and mental health, age, number of dependents and external pressures which will vary over time. Nothing lasts forever, other than human misery and deliberate indifference to it.
There are many ways to salvation without begging for food scrams. Sure I could have done the same thing this woman did, told about my lifes miseries and stood looooooong hours in soup line and suffered and suffered and suffered and bragged about it to everyone who listened, and did absolutely nothing to improve my life.
Yet you are bragging that you are self sufficient. By contrast she brags about nothing, nor does she complain. I extracted her life story by interviewing her. She was not trying to advertise anything. The only pride I noted in her is that she refuses to sink to the last resort of many women in her situation, namely, prostitution.
And guess what addiction, is their fault.
You don't know that. Once a person's self esteem has been irreparably damaged they can no longer be measured by your ideals of guilt and innocence.
They decided to ride the high life, well take the responsibility for that. Pay the price.
Escape from intractible pain is not "the high life". Often it's an alternative to suicide. "The high life" pertains to, say, coke and alcohol users living in resorts. We are talking here about people who are dirt poor.
You know what I just came to this town in California and I love it, but recently some idiot teenager killed his girlfriend while driving drunk on a motorcycle. Now her mini cross is standing next to the road spot where she died. Well the small population of the town starting talking telling each other how unfortunate this young man is that he is now in a coma and will face many years in prison. WELL guess what, he DESERVES it. Take the responsibility for your actions man, you drank that bottle, you took that girl, that girl is dead, so now stay in jail.
And that attitude would disqualify you as a juror.
I don't know him, nor am I a party to the facts, so I am not in a position to judge him. But I have worked with people who woke up in jail out of a chemical stupor to discover they had done something heinous while they were not competent to be responsible for their actions. Some went on to serve life in prison, for a brief lapse in judgment.
Unfortunately sensational cases like the death of a young woman are often tried in the press. Now make the victim a middle aged Pakistani man and no one cares.
I had not applied for any shelter and have not applied for any food stamps, I am better than that,
So you think poverty is a flaw. That too is counterproductive to the ends of this thread.
and I have proved myself.
Your feelings of self worth are ephemeral. You will not be the same person forever, and if you live to a ripe old age, or suffer an injury illness it disability then at some point your feelings of invulnerability will change. Most likely you will have to stoop to the indignity of depending on help from family, friends or medical providers.
You seem to be expressing loner syndrome which is a precursor to the same criminal flaws you are complaining about. Of course about half of all inmates are not loners and stay emotionally connected to loved ones while incarcerated. Thus, when you start raining brimstone and fire on the folks you want to lock up, you punish their children, their mothers, and everyone else who cares about them.
But I guess you're OK with that as long as it makes you feel good. After all, this is all about you and your feelings.
Meanwhile she is still addicted and is a vampire of society feeding off emotions and tears and etc.
The woman I discussed is living by salvaging discarded goods. She doesn't fit your characterization at all other than the fact that she is a drug addict.
Yes I know it is hard to get off drug addiction,
That's why it's called recovery.
but the path is still there, is her choice to suffer or live a beautiful rich life.
No, addiction is not a choice, not once the first bad choice was made. Besides, many addictions begin with a doctor's prescription.
And no, she will not live by your idealized model, nor will she live much longer. If her illness doesn't kill her quickly she will probably kill herself.