[Michael W. Harris]

I have been back in Lake City, Florida for about three weeks. I am scared! The Jenkin's Veterans' Domiciliary has 13 people on the waiting list. I do not know where I will live until then.

I still am suicidal just like I was for a year in Athens, Georgia. I have absolutely no help or support. I do not know exactly how I ended up with no loved ones or friends but I am miserable. I am still drinking heavily. Although I did put myself in the psych ward in the Gainesville, Florida VA for a week. That is the first week of sobriety that I have gotten in a long time. I wished I could have stayed there for a year. I checked out after one week because I have to solve the housing issue. They will not do it for me. The rest of the time I have been staying in motels.

I cannot get a Florida Drivers License or a Florida Tag without a residence! In the future I will have to sell this car because I will not be able to afford the up-keep. So getting into some kind of care facility like the Domiciliary is critical for me!

I do not know if my money will last until October when I can file for early social security. I will only get about $700.00 per month. So I will have to have food stamps and HUD help unless I am in the Domiciliary.

I went to the VA and asked a social worker to refer me to the HUD-VASH person to refer me to an apartment complex that they support. That is in case I cannot get back into the Jenkin's Domiciliary for a while. She gave the names of homeless shelters in Gainesville but no local apartment complexes.

The Domiciliary is the best place for people like me who have no support, family or friends. I would like to spend the rest of my life in that facility. I already have friends there.

[Skeezyks]

Thanks for sharing you circumstances with us. Hope things work out in the best possible way for you.

It sounds like a plan...good luck!