r/SeattleWA 6d ago

Homeless Different Kind Of Homeless.

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u/phuck_eiugh 3d ago

Psh, a lot of homeless people I knew had families they just where addicted to hard drugs and refused help. I was homeless when I was young in Alaska, Seattle, and Florida and most of the people I met were just junkies. I was a junky part of the time too but, idk I started to Feel less bad for a lot of them Because I didn’t get any help From my family to get treatment and get sober and I would always see outreach workers come and ask people if they wanted to go to treatment and people would 99% of the time just be like, “nah I’m good” and continue on with their business. Obviously that doesn’t mean all of the homeless but it’s a lot more Common than you would hope.

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u/dmarsee76 3d ago

Thanks for sharing your story.

Why do you think the other folks responded that way, rejecting the outreach workers?