" Amy, What this man has done is great and needed. I think he has gotten in over his head by having so many homes and how wants the public to bail him out. I would like to know the two homes he owns, whos name are the houses held in. He may be non-profit but not necessarly licensed.
Let's say people dig deep and bail him out then down the road he decides to go in a different direction, he owns the houses, sells them and what happens to the money? Just something to think about.
If someone has bad business practices they should not expect others to bail them out, even if what they are doing is good. "

" Amy: I must heartily disagree. In the 1980s I was heavily addicted to meth. I cleaned up because I looked in the mirror and did not like what I saw. I was also a two pack per day smoker at the time. One day I decided enough was enough and burned all bridges with those I bought from or partied with. It was a tough and lonely path, but it was that or death, and there is far too much fight in me to start pushing up daisies. I have no criminal record. I never stole from anyone to support my habit. I worked two jobs at the time. That was part of the problem. But, I knew how close I was to crossing that line. It’s a matter of personal integrity (as odd as that may sound).

After about a year clean from meth, I decided that cigarettes were costing too much, so I simply stopped smoking (no mooching from friends either). I simply took stock of my life. I thought about how old I was when I first started smoking. Then I decided that if I made it that far before starting, I could certainly live without that stuff now. And there it was.

It has been more than twenty years since that horrible time in my life. And I don’t regret a thing. I offer every encouragement to those who truly want to break that Satan’s grip on their lives. You can do it if you really choose to do so. Your “friends” that sell that crap to you or party with you are NOT friends at all. The sad fact is, most of us have very few “friends” is any. And walking away from that crowd is no loss. "

" Addicts, whether booze or drugs, are wrecking families, ruining lives, killing innocent citizens and bankrupting our hospitals. Why whould we do anything for them? In the 1850s the British addicted China. China overcame it only when they started executing the addicts. That may be a little draconian, but what is the better answer? It is certainy not coddling them and treating them as victims. "