Homeless day center… and bar?
Had this conversation yesterday:
Cop friend: I was talking to a guy at the shelter the other day, and he said that when we get the day center, homeless people won’t be drinking outside the shelter anymore, they can just go in the day center and drink.
Me: They can drink in the day center?
Cop friend: [Laughing] Yeah.
Me: He said that?
Cop friend: Yeah.
Me: Was this a homeless guy or a staff person?
Cop friend: Staff.
Me: Seriously?
Cop friend: Yeah.
Me: He really thinks that? Wow. We were gonna do AA meetings, but yeah, we should just have a bar in the day center instead. Get a beer distributor to donate 40s. Maybe a room where people can smoke crack, too.
Cop friend: What you do is, you start ‘em off with all the free beer they want, and then you gradually step ‘em down.
Me: Yeah, why didn’t I think of that?
P.S. Yes, we were being sarcastic. Like me, my cop friend is very much interested in seeing our substance-abusing homeless friends get clean and sober and off the street, and in creating a meaningful place for them (and other homeless folks) to build community and access resources. And no, we won’t be having any alcohol-serving (or BYOB) day centers.
December 26th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Steven, there’s an NA meeting on Mondays at 7pm at the Greensboro Urban Ministry shelter (Greensboro) and on Tuesdays at 8pm at the Open Door Ministries shelter (High Point.) The Salvation Army shelter doesn’t have an NA meeting, but there are meetings at the Salvation Army church. They may provide transportation. They’re out of the office until next Monday, because of the Christmas holidays, so I was unable to get an answer on that. Their phone number is 336.273.5572, if you want to give them a call. I’m not aware of an AA meeting at a shelter, although there may be one.
Find local meetings in the Greensboro area:
NA — http://www.greensborona.org/files/Download/spreadsheetmtglistonline021209.xls.htm
AA — http://www.aagreensboronc.com/meeting.html
December 25th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
To Whom ever: – are there home less shelters that have a A.A. meeting or a N.A.meeting in side them, where some one from the out side can come in and attend the meeting – in Greensboro. Please answer if you know – Thank you ** Steven
November 11th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
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