• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    If funding an alcohol problem is necessary in order to fund a life, then I want to fund an alcohol problem.

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      5 months ago

      The alcohol problem is what’s destroying their life

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          5 months ago

          There are plenty of charities that provide food though, so you can give to them or just buy the person food

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              5 months ago

              That’s the point. So they cannot sell the food for drug/alcohol money

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                5 months ago

                Unlike you, I feel no need to control homeless people. All I want to give them is the choice to do better. I’m not interested in forcing anyone into anything. Just making it easier to do what they want. I find that nearly everyone in the world wants to do good, to be good. They just don’t get enough help.

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                  5 months ago

                  Fair enough. I just don’t want to contribute to their self destruction.

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                    5 months ago

                    They’re going to self-destruct as long as they live, unless they’re given the help needed to defeat their addiction. We can’t expect the problem to get better by denying them kindness. The biggest chance they’ll shake the addiction is if they get their life back together using the money they beg.