Substance abuse in particular, has an increasing strong correlation with homelessness. Time after time, individuals fall victim to substance addictions. A person who forms an addiction normally displays visible signs that require very little effort to identify. These signs include a change in behavior, distance themselves from family, redness in eyes and lose of interest about or take care with their grooming (Drugs). This can easily spiral into an individual losing control of their lives and in the end facing the consequences of becoming homeless. For example, a graduate of The University of Virginia, on the route to obtaining his PhD was deeply impacted by drug addictions. Before drugs entered his life he was a very outgoing, confident and
