Alkies would too - only because their drug is legal, they can scrape together the purchase price without stealing etc. Just sayin' ...
No you’re right.
A bottle can be gotten for so cheap that begging out front for 15 minutes will get you a bottle.
And for some reason, and I’ve seen it in the city, people don’t mind giving a few bucks to an alcoholic homeless person.
They figure let the guy enjoy what he enjoys.
Honest, sometimes I would see some dude in his 70s and on his way out and I’d give him a few bucks for a bottle.
It’s not like rehab was gonna happen at that point and that’s what he enjoyed.
Stupid thinking, but i was much younger.