Computer-End Program
by Argile Stox
Category: Biography & Autobiography

This is a true story of an ordinary man in his late forties who fell into the hollow abyss of homelessness. As you read the tale, you will walk in his shoes and navigate the New York City services for the homeless. You will experience the trials and travails of immersion into the Veterans Administrations services.The story begins one hot and rainy day, August 23, 2002. Argile Stox has to make a life-changing decision: either live on the street or trust New York City to help him reconstruct his life. He decides to seek help from The Salvation Army and is transported to the 30th Street Men's Shelter, a refuge for nearly one thousand homeless people.After a month living at the shelter, he is transferred to the Borden Avenue Veterans' Residence in Long Island City, New York, where four hundred homeless veterans and non-veterans reside. Three months later, his mind fills with thoughts of suicide, but his drive for survival leads him to the 23rd Street Veterans Hospital in New York where he becomes a psychiatric patient.