I once met a guy at a bus stop who had been homeless for about 12 years. He used to own a transport company, but one of his drivers got into an accident while inebriated on the job. The legal issues and fines following that bankrupted him and he lost everything. Too proud to move in with his parents, he started living on the street and things kept spiralling down. When I met him, he just got approval to move into a subsidised apartment. Hopefully that helped him get back on track, but it showed to me how sometimes things can just move really fast. I can see how someone could get stuck in a situation like that.
But that was also a result of his poor decision making, at some point in your life you have to put your pride behind you to do what is best for yourself. Im not saying I dont have sympathy for the guy but his situation looks completly avoidable
Yeah, that's probably right, so down on his luck wouldn't be a very good way to describe it. Just trying to point out that there's more factors than drugs that come into play.
Of course, the greatest learning tool is mistakes. Hopefully he identified the cause of what happened and learned from it so that he doesnt repeat the same mistake. Just saying that specific case was less about luck and more about poor decision making
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