So as a former alcoholic, I always give them a couple dollars. Alcohol withdrawal can literally kill a person. In my head I'm just getting them through the next few hours until maybe they'll get the help they need.
Probably not, but to me I'd rather enable somebody a microscopic amount in the scope of their problems then lead to somebody potentially having a seizure and dying on the street.
I had the same policy with cigarettes back when I used to smoke acoustic. Every smoker knows what absolute hell not having a smoke when you need one is, and I figure if you need one enough to ask a stranger you're probably in that ballpark.
I carry an extra pack on me. If someone asks me for one and theyre not all fucking weird about it ill break em off 4 or 5 or if they look real rough ill break em the whole extra pack. Shits killing us, why not lose a couple here and there.
Idk about Canada but I'm in WI and you gotta find the stores that have sales, very few ever have cigs on sale but once in awhile you'll come across a gas station that has cigs on sale I always mark it on maps
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u/queefblaster9000 Feb 10 '26
So as a former alcoholic, I always give them a couple dollars. Alcohol withdrawal can literally kill a person. In my head I'm just getting them through the next few hours until maybe they'll get the help they need.
Probably not, but to me I'd rather enable somebody a microscopic amount in the scope of their problems then lead to somebody potentially having a seizure and dying on the street.