If there's homeless people sleeping on a bench , what would a normal person do?

Homeless people versus normal people?!?
People are people.
Homeless people are normal people who are having a hard time.
Normal people are generally one or two paychecks away from being homeless people.

We are all just people, and we need to stop shitting on each other.

'druggies' should not be created.
Substance abuse and addiction is just one more symptom of a very sick society.

Illness moves from the surface of our body deeper the more ill we become. Mental illness is the most sick an individual can be and the most difficult to cure. Native American culture called this deepest sickness 'the Windigo' and gave it almost a deity status.

Look at rats. Rats with friends and healthy food and exercise will still choose to seek out substances recreationally, but Rats in isolation or with little to no exercise/mental stimulation will choose the substance repeatedly until they become addicted.

That said, when I see homeless people sleeping on a bench, especially if it someone I know, I will leave a box of donuts or slip a 5-10 dollar gift card for a coffee shop into their hand or pocket.

And yes, the reasons people become homeless are many. Lots of people are only 1 - 2 months rent away from being homeless themselves.

I don't have answers, but I do have some compassion and try to help where I can.

If you live in a cold climate, another helpful thing you can do is buy up the gloves when they are on sale at the end of the season and then hand them out the following winter.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's a homeless woman in town. I see her all over town, sometimes sleeping on benches.

After the first couple of times I saw her walking around, carrying all her stuff on her - it was hotter than hell out - I asked a client what her story was, that she needed help.

I was told she owns a home in town, and all her kids live in it - grown kids - and she prefers to live outside.

I mean, I would've driven her to Las Cruces - 140 mile round trip - to a shelter (there isn't one here), but the client told me to not even try, that she'll spit in my face. She told me she'd done it before to people offering her a ride to a shelter. She'll take money, but don't you dare try to get her into a bed, with a hot meal, and somewhere safer than the street....jeebus, spitting in people's faces.

But our city council is very strict about homeless people. They have the police pick them up, and take them to a shelter in Cruces. I gather this woman is allowed to roam the streets, because she does own a home here, and she never bothers anyone. She's not a pan handler.

I dunno, but I think about her when it's raining or snowing....nothing I can do, though. Heh, I'm certainly not going to put myself in the position to be spit on, that's for sure....

I was in the little shopping complex grabbing some limes the other day. I ran into Dan, a homeless Vet and asked how he was doing. "12 years I've been on the streets because..." he LIKED it. Now, he's gotten himself a job and looking fwd to buying an RV. I'd guess his age at about 64-7ish. He's not hurting for money (drinks like a fish and we have sin taxes), he just refused to be a part of the system. Not bad. And none the worse for wear.