Al

Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011

I met Al in Toronto, Canada. Because of a drinking problem he lost his business, his family…everything.

The night before we met Al slept outside. He has on the streets for 15 years.

My heart broke when he told me his wife died this past October out on the streets. No one should die on the streets homeless.

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Permalink | Comments (4) | Sep 21, 2011

  • http://www.SvDom.org Leonydych

    Alcohol is always problem. Especially in our Russian community on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. In our St. John House for Homeless we don’t have drug addicted people, but almost all our guys had problems with drinking in a past. 

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  • Rachel S.

    How many of these can I watch? mom and i talking yesterday…these days everyone is 5 minutes from homelessness.  numbers are staggering. stories are gut-wrenching.

  • tom tom

    Drinking is like that game where you never win ! You are gonna loose each and every single thing you posses.
    tom@Restaurants around me