Wet shelter opens for homeless drinkers
Appropriately, the Old Brewery mission has opened the city’s first wet shelter, meaning that people with serious alcohol addiction can get one beer per hour, or whatever maintenance amount they’re deemed to need. Only three people are in it so far, but they’re aiming to serve 30 eventually.
No journalist has asked what brand of beer is being handed out, or whether it’s donated. I’d be curious.
Ephraim 21:51 on 2022-06-23 Permalink
I didn’t realize that they were actually giving them alcohol. I thought the point of wet shelters was to not require them to be sober to stay…. not to actually supply them with alcohol.
Kate 07:36 on 2022-06-24 Permalink
They have to give them a small maintenance amount because alcohol withdrawal can kill you. It’s not an open bar.