Jared Klickstein
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Yeah, and I sold them for drugs.
Yeah, and I sold them for drugs.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I know people that have sold housing for drugs. I mean, they get housing and then they'll rent out their unit for pimps. Stop it. I swear to God. I swear. I rented a room in a Section 8 apartment in Harlem where I paid $600 for a room in a three-bedroom Section 8 apartment. And I paid the whole rent. But it was still the cheapest room in town. That's not that bad.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I know people that have sold housing for drugs. I mean, they get housing and then they'll rent out their unit for pimps. Stop it. I swear to God. I swear. I rented a room in a Section 8 apartment in Harlem where I paid $600 for a room in a three-bedroom Section 8 apartment. And I paid the whole rent. But it was still the cheapest room in town. That's not that bad.
But, you know, selling your... little homeless housing section eight thing for a, for a pimp to, to rent out, you know, that's pretty bad because there's security and stuff at this home, but you slip 20 bucks to a security guard, you know, anyone's coming in.
But, you know, selling your... little homeless housing section eight thing for a, for a pimp to, to rent out, you know, that's pretty bad because there's security and stuff at this home, but you slip 20 bucks to a security guard, you know, anyone's coming in.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think through the Midnight Mission, I know probably 40 people. Just from Midnight Mission? Just from Midnight Mission.
I think through the Midnight Mission, I know probably 40 people. Just from Midnight Mission? Just from Midnight Mission.
Well, I eventually landed at a place called Cry Help, and I've known probably close to 100 people that turned their life around at Cry Help.
Well, I eventually landed at a place called Cry Help, and I've known probably close to 100 people that turned their life around at Cry Help.
Yeah, Cry Help is a state rehab. It's not fancy at all, and it's actually where Robert Downey Jr. ended up. So it's the place that Robert Downey Jr. got sober at. And he had tried fancy rehabs and all that, but he ended up at like a state, you know, crappy rehab. And those are the best. The best ones are the crappy ones. Why?
Yeah, Cry Help is a state rehab. It's not fancy at all, and it's actually where Robert Downey Jr. ended up. So it's the place that Robert Downey Jr. got sober at. And he had tried fancy rehabs and all that, but he ended up at like a state, you know, crappy rehab. And those are the best. The best ones are the crappy ones. Why?
Because it's really hard to get off drugs when you're at a fancy rehab in the Hollywood Hills and there's hot tubs and there's no incentive for you to go through a hard time. The company is incentivized to just keep you at the rehab.
Because it's really hard to get off drugs when you're at a fancy rehab in the Hollywood Hills and there's hot tubs and there's no incentive for you to go through a hard time. The company is incentivized to just keep you at the rehab.
And then there's a lot of corruption and they can, you know, there's cases where rehabs will give you money to relapse so then you can come back and they can milk your insurance for another 30 days. I mean, it gets really dark.
And then there's a lot of corruption and they can, you know, there's cases where rehabs will give you money to relapse so then you can come back and they can milk your insurance for another 30 days. I mean, it gets really dark.
Yeah, yeah. So he's donated a lot of money there. He got us new vans or before I got there, but we had a whole fleet of vans that he, you know, he... I don't want to speak for him, but I'd imagine that he probably owes his life to that place.
Yeah, yeah. So he's donated a lot of money there. He got us new vans or before I got there, but we had a whole fleet of vans that he, you know, he... I don't want to speak for him, but I'd imagine that he probably owes his life to that place.