Is there any homeless people on "Answers" that will answer this for me?

Question

I was just wondering what it's like being homeless, what's your life like? How do you get by? How did you become homeless? Please, please answer.

Answer 1

I was homeless for 3 years. I had an excellent job - secretary to the president of a Chevrolet dealership in Pompano Beach, Florida. I had everything, a nice car and a beautiful apartment by the ocean. Then one day I got sick and couldn't work. I gave a 4 week notice, knowing I was about to lose everything I had. I was in a lot of pain and the doctors couldn't help me so I packed a pack sack with my most precious possessions - just what I could carry and left the rest behind. I bought a bus ticket to Houston with my last paycheck. There I wondered the streets for about 2 years, washing up at Walmarts, KMarts and Target stores, eating out of restaurant dumpsters, ordering food and running out without paying, etc. Sleeping in parks during the day. I was too scared to sleep at night. I went to the library and found out that Murfreesboro was the best city in the country to live in so I hitchhiked to Murfreesboro and stayed at the Salvation Army where I met my boyfriend. My social security disability went through after 6 months and I got $40,000 for 3 years back pay and we bought a cabin in the woods of West Tennessee on 4 acres. We've been together 8 years now and I will never forget what it's like to be homeless. That's my story.

Answer 2

I was homeless once upon a time.

Being homeless was one of the most terrible experiences of my life. I felt abandoned, destitute and in utter despair. I had an old car in which I slept and very little money, not to mention that I was also jobless at the time. I would wander from one coffee shop to the next bookshop and then to another coffee shop only to start all over again. I would long for night time and when it was dark I would long for morning. I wanted to die a thousand times. I would wash up in the restroom at some coffee place and do my washing at the washateria. I would budget my money by eating cheap burgers (burger king) and occasionally buying some fresh fruit.

I became homeless because I had no work and could not afford to spend what little money I had left on room-rent. Of course I would never beg and had decided that once I ran out of money, I would take my life. It turned out that I finally got a job (had a private box where my mail was sent) and my fortune changed.

Answer 3

i have met several homeless people and when i was a young newsperson.. i interviewed..a few. i was surprised that a number were highly educated with college degrees. actually we are all a paycheck away from homelessness. some homeless were filthy rich until the wrong financial move. other homeless lost everything because of plant and company shutdowns... drugs and alcohol... and mental illness. it was really sad. one lady was a retired school teacher..and arrangements were made to get her an apartment. but she left it..after a few weeks to go back on the streets. i still do not know why. by the way using all small letters is just my being lazy. hope this answer sheds some light on the subject.

Answer 4

No privacy having to hide from property owners and the police,

not knowing who to trust.

not able to find work since you are handicap

on street because bad landlord and uncaring people who have work i can do but won't five it to a handicap person.

renting a cheap office so you can have a secure place to live.

renting a 24/7 self storage bin so you can sleep but you go to go out early in the morning and in late at night to hide from the manager.

Trying to find a fields to sleep and if winter you are so cold.

Place that say they help homeless a lot of time do it to fell good about themselves and to make money off of you or their donators.

You sleep on the railroad track hoping there is light at the end of the tunnel and hope its not the train.

you can work with homeless and live next to homeless but you will never know what its like to be homeless till its you that is homeless.

Pray that you never be homeless and always be nice to the homeless for if you are not G-D my make you homeless.

Answer 5

I was once the manger of a women's homeless shelter. MOst of them were either mentally ill or drug or alcohol addicted or both. Occassionally a few didn't fit that andeventually went on with help to get homes...like running away from an abusive husband. They mostly became homeless because they didn't follow the basic rules that most us do and take for granted. And that has a great price! Many of them too are very very negative. I tried to help them the best I could but its hard to change someone's mind.

Answer 6

I am not homeless now but I once was. I became homeless because I was a rave queen who cared about nothing but the next party. I spent all my money on drugs, and we were all kicked out of our house, which is awfully silly, since we had about 10 people living there and each of our rent was only 75 bucks a month. I walked the streets during the day, slept on friends couches when I could, never really ate. Eventually went to job corp as it was a place to sleep and free food in my belly. Its a sup[er ghetto place but it got me off the streets and into a profession. I had my daughter shortly thereafter, and have not touched a designer drug since. My story is not as awful as some, but you asked.

Answer 7

I used to be homeless before I got into a rehab program and became a Christian so I've heard a lot of the stories. All of the ones I know have to do with falling into a lifestyle of drinking and or drugs, losing the means of support both monetarily and of friends and family and ending up staying at peoples houses or in shelters or in their car or on the street. Many of the people just worried about getting their drink or their drug for the day and they did things like dumpster dive, pan handle, steal, borrow, work for temp agencies like Labor Ready, etc...

Answer 8

As I sit underneath the bridge with my other heroin addicted alcoholic urine reeking associates I'm on my lap top conveying my thoughts to you. I just had dinner, a half eaten Big Mac and a half cup of Yoplait Yogurt with a tissue stuck in it.
Our homeless wine steward brought me a glass of 2006 ripple blanc. It had an undulating texture with a bouquet of fruits and subtle flowers with a 32 second finish.
Life is grand.

All the Happiness, Hobo Joe

Answer 9

All the spare change collected from the working man is used to purchase mind numbing and reality altering substances. As long as drugs and alchohol exist, homeless will remain homeless.

Answer 10

I think a homeless person could answer this if they were at the library--but in my time zone--the public libraries are closed. You may want to post this question again in the morning. I don't know. If I were you and if you are serious--just do a search on the Internet like on Ask.com.