Thursday, December 21, 2006
Bottoms Up! - Prison Fellowship
Every story has two sides. Here's an example...
Chuck Colson discusses Seattle's new way of dealing with homeless alcoholics:
"But here’s the catch—residents are allowed to drink to their heart’s content! While 1811 does not discourage sobriety, it does not require its residents to enroll in any sort of recovery program. Bill Hobson, the program’s executive director, says that the community needs to face the so-called “fact” that the most chronically intoxicated will likely remain that way. Hobson offers an example of a resident who was drunk ten minutes after spending sixty days in a detox facility. Referring to the worst drunks like this, he says, “Once you’re an alcoholic, you’re always an alcoholic.”
Well, the reasoning goes, if an alcoholic can’t change, instead of racking up taxpayer dollars to pay for jail cells and treatment, why not fund less expensive housing? Just keep them off the streets."
