Social Justice Philosophy Paper
Social Justice Philosophy Paper When someone is declared an addict, either by themselves or outside institutions due to their behaviors, they have trouble finding places to live in society. Either they have criminal histories that prevent them from being able to pass a background check that most landlords require, and/or they lack the financial resources to move into a healthy living arrangement. So where are they to live? One option is to move into an Oxford House. Oxford is a worldwide organization whose mission is “to provide all recovering alcoholics and drug addictions the opportunity to develop comfortable sobriety without relapse.” They state these homes are “democratically run, self-supporting.” What was their strategy for social change
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All these things are a complete contradiction of their 2nd Tradition which states “Oxford Houses are to be run on a democratic basis.” So then I continued to ask her questions about why it is that he is allowed to do things in contradiction to what the traditions state of the houses being run by the members, and she said, “Well what are we supposed to do about it? He has the authority to make our lives a living hell. He can change our curfew times or put us on blackout, which means we have to be in by 9pm every night. He can stop by and nit-pick everything we do including whether or not our rooms are clean, whether we are getting along, and add fines for each of these things to where we end up owing so much money we can’t afford to stay here.” Then she continued to tell me that there is a common belief among current and past members of Oxford that he is still using drugs himself. She said that one girl had accused him of using drugs himself and had said that she wanted a UA from him. This a means of testing ones bodily fluids for drugs and a common practice in these houses as a means of ensuring the safety of keeping the house free of using addicts. When she requested the UA, he said he didn’t have to UA for anyone except his bosses, and he said she was “being disruptive,” and kicked her out of Oxford with no refund of the rent she had paid for the
All these things are a complete contradiction of their 2nd Tradition which states “Oxford Houses are to be run on a democratic basis.” So then I continued to ask her questions about why it is that he is allowed to do things in contradiction to what the traditions state of the houses being run by the members, and she said, “Well what are we supposed to do about it? He has the authority to make our lives a living hell. He can change our curfew times or put us on blackout, which means we have to be in by 9pm every night. He can stop by and nit-pick everything we do including whether or not our rooms are clean, whether we are getting along, and add fines for each of these things to where we end up owing so much money we can’t afford to stay here.” Then she continued to tell me that there is a common belief among current and past members of Oxford that he is still using drugs himself. She said that one girl had accused him of using drugs himself and had said that she wanted a UA from him. This a means of testing ones bodily fluids for drugs and a common practice in these houses as a means of ensuring the safety of keeping the house free of using addicts. When she requested the UA, he said he didn’t have to UA for anyone except his bosses, and he said she was “being disruptive,” and kicked her out of Oxford with no refund of the rent she had paid for the