Job interview yesterday was a little different. Chris is the
Program Director. He was wearing jeans and we sat in his office. Ray went with
me. The #1 bus took us from Cambridge to the South End of Boston. Then we had
to walk a few blocks. It wasn’t terrifying, but it was not a classy
neighborhood, not residential at all. Empty lots and warehouses with a fair
number of people on the sidewalk.
We went in and the woman at the desk suggested we wait in
the “caf,” where we could have had lunch if we had wanted, or at least
something to drink. Ray got some coffee and then he wandered off to a Subway I
had found on my phone. I sat a little longer, looking around at the people
serving and eating…almost all men, of all ages, not looking particularly
dangerous or slovenly. I went to the rest room and decided I looked fine.
Chris talked more than he asked me questions. I learned a
lot about Hope House and the field of addiction. He said alcoholism is not much
of a problem any more, only affecting about 2% of the residents. Mostly it’s
heroin.
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