[prostheticvamp]

I’ve worked enough EDs that this strikes me as quite true (about drugs and mental dx), but it’s not clear which way causality runs. Homelessness is not a condition in any way conducive to maintaining mental health. I’d be hard pressed to intentionally design something more effective at damaging the psyche.

I agree with the entitlement comment as well. “Doing this thing works for me” is not the same as “doing this thing is valuable to anyone else”.

[DoreenMichele]

When I had a class on Homelessness and Public Policy, the professor said something like "I'd drink too if I were homeless. The sidewalk is cold and hard."

While I appreciate you bringing up that element, I actually think it's more complicated than that. In a nutshell, I think addiction generally arises out of other problems, a la the phrase "driven to drink." Blaming everything on "You drink" fails to address the underlying problems concerning why you drink.

But I don't think elaborating at length while being described as having an entitled attitude because I think I should be able to get compensation for work I can do that other people clearly do value to some degree is likely to be constructive.

[lostmsu]

> people clearly do value

There's a difference in valuing something 10$ vs under 1¢. 100 of one can feed a person for a month, and a 100 of the other can buy you a single gum.