Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Starting up in Oregon.

Here I am in Oregon. Partied with my friend the night I arrived, which was fun until his girlfriend said we were depriving her of sleep. So we gave it up and the next day I found a motel room to hang in. Motels rooms have never been good for me, and this one was no different from any in the past. I sat around the room and drank rum with no thought about what might happen next. After two days of this, I checked myself into another detox. This was becoming a habit for me. I spent a week in this place and then found a sober house to move into. I met a very nice guy who was recovering from a terrible accident involving the loss of his foot, which was surgically replaced, but causing him a very long rehab. I spent a couple of month eat this house, and feeling good about myself. I was involved in volunteer work for the VA and with the help of the supervisor decided to try and open a recovery house for vets in the area. This guy talked up a great trip involving non-profits, a system we could use to our advantage to get money from the federal government financing our housing trip to assist veterans. . We started construction on a house that had was damaged by fire (how appropriate!) and we started to fix it up. I moved into a part of the house that was not damaged, to keep an eye out to safe guard the place from theft or whatever. I became bored living by myself and started drinking again. Another decision on my part that was not good.

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