Dear Anonymous,
He has tobacco and no rolling paper and needs a cigarette. He asks me. I have none. Then he says 'Hey! You haven't taken a picture uh me in a long time.'
We took care of that.
I ask him how he's doing, he says 'Oh, I'm gettin' by.', somewhat sarcastically.
Everybody has a hustle to get by. Some don't want to give up their substance/s of choice to take part of programs available. Some cannot. Some folks do better with their hustle, their story, their charade. Gets them enough to get by.