Good Morning

Simon Says: Oh shit, I've been sleeping too much lately. I'll go from not sleeping at all to sleeping too much. Thing is, there just ain't much to do around here. I do feel my depression creeping up on me again and if I could I'd have a drink. Can't do that, living in a sober house right now. Anyway, fuck Ralph Livingston. I'll be writing more about that asshole later. He's part of the reason I'm living here without a car and I've got some legal problems I'll need to take care of down the road.
When I went to Tennessee to see my old girlfriend I invited her out here to Minnesota because she needed help. She'd been in an abusive relationship for years and I mean physically. Minnesota has a lot of good social services for women in her position. Well, she turned out to be way too much for me to handle and I ended up having to leave her at a hospital ER because I thought she was OD'd on alcohol and drugs. I haven't seen or heard from her since. I'm guessing she went back to Tennessee. She was crazier than I thought and I was worried she was going to get me into trouble. Well I got myself into trouble and ended up in detox four times within about a five month period. I also ended up in the psych ward in Regions hospital twice. The last time I went to detox was in Fairview Riverside Hospital and from there I ended up in treatment again. A short 21 day treatment center they have there at Fairview. This was my third time in there, the last time was five years ago. I moved into this sober house directly from Fairview and here I am. The rent here is $500/month and its a nice place. The one condition of living in a sober house is no alcohol or drugs in the house or in you. It's a good place for me because I need to straighten out.
There were three of us that moved in here from Fairview and one guy relapsed right away and had to leave. So now there are only two of us here and the house has room for seven people. It gets a little quiet in here but that's fine. My roommate has a car so I'm able to get to the grocery store alright and I have another friend I met in treatment that lives pretty close in a half way house.
I'm currently trying to get volunteer work at a local food shelf and thats looking good. Friend of mine just showed up, be back later.