Hey everyone,
Well I've been in some pretty fucking rough shape. My drinking was killing me, bottle by bottle, and I never headed the warnings before hand.
Anyways a few days ago (tuesday) I went to a homeless shelter, I will call it "The Sally".
Well I get there and it's like my fucking first day of kindergarden all over again, lol. I didn't know anyone, and I thought that everyone had a gun or a knife on them. Well that really wasn't the case. A lot of the people there are just shit outa luck, and have no family, no home, nothing.
It's sad, but I'm right there with them. ya kno?
Ok so I get signed in, and met a nice dude, a older gentlemen that's been living in bham for the past 6 months, sleeping at UAB hospital n shit waiting for his ole lady to recover from something.
He had a one year chip in his pocket, (iu told him that i was in recovery). He told me that he is still sober from booze. I didn't belive him, but shit it still was cool seeing one of "my kind" in the shelter.
Well I was given a towel, a little bar of soap, and 2 ketchup packet sizes of body soap/shampoo.
I go take a shower, and funny, I'm not longer "penis-shy" after that night. I really don't give a fuck anymore lol, I guess thats why the old men at the YMCA walk around nude 24/7 haha, Yeah so I dropped the soap like a dozen times and everyone was laughing at me, cant hold on to that shit to save your life.
After the shower I went turned n my towel n washcloth in for some bed lennon.
All the beds are gunk beds, and are letterd like A, AA, B, BB, etc.
The bed was like one of those things u lay on in the pool with a build in pillow, uncomfortable as fuck but you know I was actully happy that night.
The food sucked, lol better than nothing right? I had a piece of cornbread, some mac n cheese, some baked beans and 2 pieces of mystery meat. I belive some of it was like a huge chunk of fat (like the white shit on raw bacon), and a triangle shape of meat, lol? hahahah, i'm still alive so it cant be all that bad.
I couldnt sleep wortha damn that night b/c HOLY FUCK do people snore, like shit I know some of these cats in herre been smoking crack since the 80's and holy shit yo it was like someone dragging furniture across hardwood floor.
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The other day:
Woke up groggy as fuck at 5:00am, and signed up to go to the "fellowship" house here in bham.
Everyone piled up on the sally buss, and off we went.
If no ones ever been to Birmingham it's like a scaled down New York. All kinds of shit to do, and theres a cool place in town called 5-points, and theres live music, bars n clubs.
So we get to FSH and ate breakfast. Well it's fucking cold as fuck outside, and all i had was a indipendent hoody and some gloves. So guess what we had for bfast? my worst enemy, syurp lol. well it's just I fucking spilt all that shit on myself without noticeing it and man fuck but it was alright, i just splashed water oon my self and said I piss'd my self, and since I'm homeless people belived me lol, naw It got all up in my hoody pocket and got all on the inside of my glove, and that shits uncomfortable putting on a glove and your fingers hit that sticky syurp shit lol. speed bumps id reckon for puttn em on so fast.
Later in the day after i cleaned up, we had class, like at 7:30am, and the councler talked about Pride, and how its the worst emotion becuase we fuck up on it all the time. along with humilty. I wrote down everything he said, so I can look over it later, he explained it cool.
Lunch sucked, balongi sanwich and a bag of lays potatoe chips. lol, diudn't stay 4 diner b.c we all ahd to be back at 3:00, so also the van doesn't pick us up so we gotta find rides, luckly there is a trolly thing here so it only costs a quarter, so we hopped on that. rode it back to the sally.
got there signd in, got a bed, and we had fried chicken that night, and that shit WAS BOMB yo, like forreal. better than KFC, serously that 80somethn yr old lady workn in there must have some family secreat rescipie.
Oh so durning break at FSH I walked to CVS and bought some ear plugs to keep out those loud ass snores, and they dont work lol . fuck silicone things for sleep.
Also went to my first AA meeting, and picked up a silver chip. It was my older sisters birthday so it felt special. I had 50cents to call her from a pay phone and she was glad to hear that I'm alive :/.
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Today
Well right now I am washing cloths at the guys house that pickd me up from school and drove me to the sally. went to a meeting this morning, and went n ate breakfast at a place called "courtneys",, pretty good shit yo, i ate a western omlit, hashbrowns, and a cinnamon roll. good shit yo, better than grits and oatmeal.
I'm waiting on a bed at the FSH, and took my health assesment thingy yesterday(says what drugs I did n do and how much i drank n if i crazy or not, lol silly!

) I'm on the waiting list, it may be a day or 2 weeks b4 I get a bed, and till then I'm still goin to be going to the FSH on their (waiting list u wear a necklase thing that saies WAITING LIST ##, ) So hopefully they will see that even tho i'm not in the program they will still see me comen up there 4 treatment, I dobt it tho but its worth a shot.
Going to be up there and around birmingham volunteering at homeless shelters helpin out people.
At this point in my life I just relised that I don't need to be with happy people be happy, I understand that it makes me a hell of a lot happier helping out.
Like today, I cleaned the mens shower, and scrubbed the toliets. Why you may ask?
For the humility. A kid, grown up in a 3 story house, rich parents, BMW's, Benzes, lake houses ETC, takes so much, SO fucking much for granted, and cleaning those tolits, really woke me out of my fucking pitty me, and selfishness.
They know me now at the shelter, as the white boy that wants to do good.
I don't get any extra cornbread for dinner, or a nutty bar, or a extra blanket. I'm just like everyone else, homeless, and is willing to get sober.
If I have to clean toliets my whole life, and be sober doing it? I'll do it.
Well i gotta get back to my washing, love u all. I'll check in soon I hope.

Drew
PS: I cant spell wortha shit so work with me!