That Moment When You Might Not Be A Doctor, But You Know There Is Something Very Wrong With Whatever Your Client Is Taking For Their Disorders:

When You Have To Give A Last-Minute Presentation To A Group Of Funders:

When You're Promised Snacks At Your All-Staff Meeting And You Arrive To Find Carrots And Celery Sticks:

Basically What Meth Use Often Looks Like:

I once watched someone on meth get stuck under a light plastic chair for an hour because they couldn't figure out how to stand up and free themselves.

The Social Worker, Counselor And Advocate's Creed:

When The Client You Picked To Talk To A Group Of Board Members Shows Up Super Drunk:

Please don't take away my funding... and I'm sorry he threw up on your shoes.

When Your City's "Ten Year Plan To End Homelessness" Fails To Include A Plan To Create More Affordable Housing Units:

So, exactly what are our homeless supposed to move into?

My New Solution To Fights On The Shelter Floor:

I just need about 650 of these things!

When You Tell Your Currently Plastered Client That You Were Able To Get The Detox Van To Come Pick Them Up:

Why You Only Want Qualified Volunteers In Your Shelter's Kitchen:

Sometimes At The End Of A Long Work Week...

Batten down the hatches everyone, it is Friday the 13th!

When You Go Do A Housing Inspection For Your Client And Find That He's Been Leaving Open Food Containers Out For Days:

After Spending A Year As A Domestic Violence Victim Advocate:

People are just awful, I like Netflix and birds!

When You Tell Your Client, Who Has Been Homeless For Nearly A Decade, That They Will Be Getting Housing:

The Number One Fear Clients Have When They Are Going Through Job Coaching:

Sometimes You Just Have To Give Your Interns A Little Extra Push:

Don't lie, we've all had that one intern we wanted to do that to.

When Your Coworker, Who Has Been Doing Data Entry All Day, Starts To Mumble Threats To Their Computer... And You're Not Sure If They're Kidding Or Not:

When There Is A Rumor Going Around That The Grant That Funds Half Of Your Agency's Jobs May Not Be Getting Renewed: