It has been my experience that sometimes programs designed to "help" don't really do that. Instead they keep you dependent and prevent you from taking steps to get healthier. When I was on disability and wanted to work, I can't count the number of times I was advised not to make too much money, or I'd lose my monthly assistance. Um, that was the point. I was trying to get to where I didn't *need* the assistance anymore.

But think about it, if everybody they took care of got better and didn't need them anymore, where would that leave *their* jobs? And/or, where it would it leave their sense of importance and feeling needed? So do they really want us to get better? For a lot of them, I think, the answer is no, not really.

Those situations are hard to get up out of. I lived in a halfway house also. I've noticed that whatever the going rate is for the disability check, that's about what they charge for room and board. So after you've paid it, you don't have anything left over, and you can't save enough to move out on your own.