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cheers

This Ottawa alcohol treatment program allows each patient 3 bottles of wine daily or an equal amount of beer. No spirits are offered, currently.

misfit

"Reinvent yourself after poor choices."

- Lidia Yuknavitch

"We learn the most through trials."
- Rose Rose, Haven of Rest, Akron, Ohio

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Ten Things You Need to Know to Live on the Streets

1. Be prepared to be blamed for your circumstances, no matter how much they may be beyond your control. Think of ways to disabuse the public of common misconceptions. Don't internalize cruelty or condescension. Let go of your pride--but hold on to your dignity.

The complete list here.

An earlier reference to homelessness here.

homeless man's website helps him get by

"Now, thanks to an Internet marketing campaign and unlikely allies, Edwards has become the human face of homelessness to thousands of online viewers drawn to his Web site by its deliberately controversial name - Pimp This Bum. During regular Webcasts, dozens of visitors to http://www.pimpthisbum.com/ ask questions about Edwards' life and his slow fall from office manager with a home, a car, and a future to an outcast short of hope and with little prospect of help." 

Full story here.