2007-02-01 22:01:43 · 13 answers · asked by neil p 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
No.
People getting help for alcoholism get temporary welfare benefits that pay for treatment, housing (usually in a halfway house), and about $100 a month. Use it for alcohol or drugs and you'd find yourself on the streets. These people are watched and tested.
People who are on Social Security for physical or mental problems, may also have problems with substance abuse, but receive benefits for the physical and mental problems, not because the are alcoholics or addicts.
2007-02-02 00:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by raysny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 10:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by jackson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of this one personally. Altho I think it is unlikely I will check 2 see!
I think this has been misconstrued.
i do not think they get money for it, they just receive ICB bcos alcoholism is classed as a disease or affliction.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/10/12/56072/100,000+drug+addicts+and+alcoholics+on+benefits.html
2007-02-01 22:06:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the only way you could get alcohol for free was if you signed into an alcohol annonymous meeting. My uncle went and that was the only place he was SUPPOSED to drink alcohol. Itwas a way of weening somebody off alcohol.
2007-02-01 22:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sierra 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never heard of this. Where was this supposed to take place? I know some social workers and they get cross with their customers that come in looking for money because they drank what they had.
2007-02-01 23:17:46 · answer #5 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is true, alcoholism is classed as a disease, you have to become registered through a doctor.
2007-02-01 22:05:00 · answer #6 · answered by zanydumplings 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You`r going to start a stampede to the benefits office.
2007-02-01 22:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but if they aren't working they will get benefits which they will undoubtedly spent on alcohol anyway
2007-02-01 22:09:39 · answer #8 · answered by stacie_yst 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's true
2007-02-01 22:11:20 · answer #9 · answered by jollygoodies 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
being an alco
the gift that keeps on giving...hmmm.
2007-02-01 22:05:39 · answer #10 · answered by Dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋