Last year I raised my family above poverty for the first time. A few years prior to that I: -Had fleas -Had feral rats in my home -Was on food stamps -Ate food the gas station threw away -Had a family member abducted and raped by a crime family’s son Been a long road.
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Started off so incredibly poor.
@MrsBrometheus and I got married with silver rings from the mall because we couldn’t afford gold. Lived in low-income housing where addicts tried to kick in our door when I went to work. Had to warn their families we’d kill the addicts to stop them1 reply 5 retweets 98 likesShow this thread -
Worked two jobs each, sometimes more. I went to school at two universities simultaneously. We couldn’t afford heat in the winter so our breath looked like steam clouds inside our apartment as we’d shiver while writing our homework.
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For two months we survived on bagels the gas station threw away after their freezers gave out. If not for those bagels we probably wouldn’t have eaten. Food stamps don’t stretch real far when your addict family member is detoxing in your apartment.
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Food stamps don’t go up if an able-bodied adult moves in. Detoxing isn’t covered.
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Takes a but longer than that to get your life on track, gather resources like resume and nice clothes, and get a job. The brain is still diminished greatly from the drugs for the first few months.
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