“Maybe you should be homeless for a while.” That’s a tough thing to hear from anybody. Chris Boutte heard it from his mom.
Chris’s mother had been sober for about seven years. His own addictions had brought Chris to death’s door. His mom picked him up from the hospital after he had been kicked out for lack of insurance. She brought Chris to her home, nursed him back to health, and forced him to get sober.
Eventually, he moved out, slept on a friend’s sofa for a while, and landed a job. He secured an apartment with a roommate. His life was starting to come together. And then he was fired.