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A little backstory on me I grew up in an abusive home my mom also neglected me. I left home at 14 and started selling drugs which I have done most my life without catching a felony. Later in my early thirtys I got addicted to drugs and had to go rehab. After getting out of rehab I decided change areas so I wouldn't relapse.
I ended up going to a sober living that was year long program that offered vocational training. It was 700 to for the first month and for the next eight and a half you work and they take your whole check, the last two and half months you keep your money. I was skeptical about them taking my whole check but considered it a fair tradeoff if I left with a skill since I have no work history. The program was a scam there was no vocational training they told you that to get you there because the only way to get the 700 back is to finish the program.
I left there and went to a homeless shelter which is where I'm at now the problem is that I can only be here for 2 months then I have to leave. I have had no success with fast food and the other jobs I cant get to. I have been suicidal was close to blowing my brains out but called the suicide hotline instead. They told me to go to the hospital which I did and spent a weekbin the bhu. They put me on depression meds which to be honest don't work, the doctor was scared to let me leave because he knew as well as I did that this isn't something you can cure with a pill.
Its been two weeks and nothing has changed at this point I don't know what else to do. I get that me not having any work experience is a red flag but how else can I get some if I don't have the oppurtunity?
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What state do you live in? I believe you need to build a support network, you may think you are alone but you are not. Go to a local AA or NA meeting. How long have you been sober? It is going to take some time and work but you can and will be in a better place if you accept that mistakes you made are behind you and be grateful for the things you do have.
What state do you live in? I believe you need to build a support network, you may think you are alone but you are not. Go to a local AA or NA meeting. How long have you been sober? It is going to take some time and work but you can and will be in a better place if you accept that mistakes you made are behind you and be grateful for the things you do have.
I go to NA, AA, and HA meetings pretty much everyday. To be honest I don't have anything and I'm about be homeless for real. I live in WV by the way and I have six months clean today.
Sign up with the local temp agencies in your area. Often times, companies need low-skills employees for production, warehouse and assembly line jobs. It's a good way to get experience, and show people you can show up on time and be dependable.
I go to NA, AA, and HA meetings pretty much everyday. To be honest I don't have anything and I'm about be homeless for real. I live in WV by the way and I have six months clean today.
Congrats on the six months. Not trying to blow smoke but I bet we both know people who can't make six days. So you got a good foundation to build on.
If it were me, I would still be going to meeting maybe even doubling up.
This is a rich country and if a person needs a hand up, that person needs to reach. Go talk to the people in the meeting and see if someone can hook you up with a social worker that help you. I would not be here if people did not help me. Now I pay it forward, and I hope the same for you.
Congrats on the six months. Not trying to blow smoke but I bet we both know people who can't make six days. So you got a good foundation to build on.
If it were me, I would still be going to meeting maybe even doubling up.
This is a rich country and if a person needs a hand up, that person needs to reach. Go talk to the people in the meeting and see if someone can hook you up with a social worker that help you. I would not be here if people did not help me. Now I pay it forward, and I hope the same for you.
Meetings are important but what I really need is a job because here shortly I will have to leave the shelter. I'm not trying to go to sober living or anything like that without a job which will put me in a bigger hole than I'm already in. Because of my past and my bad experiences so far I don't trust anybody.
Sign up with the local temp agencies in your area. Often times, companies need low-skills employees for production, warehouse and assembly line jobs. It's a good way to get experience, and show people you can show up on time and be dependable.
I have done that the problem is that all the jobs that have contacted me I have no way to get there.
I have done that the problem is that all the jobs that have contacted me I have no way to get there.
That's tough. Before I had a car, I had to catch a bus to work, can you find a shelter near a bus route? In my case, they had a help line & if I needed to get someplace I did not know the way, you could call & ask them where to change buses. Don't give up. Do you have a social worker to ask for help?
Stores are hiring for the holidays now. You just need to apply. You will get on the job training - don't expect it to be great or detailed - but they will train you.
You've got to start somewhere. Just start doing online applications. Go to the stores' websites, find the available jobs and start applying.
That's tough. Before I had a car, I had to catch a bus to work, can you find a shelter near a bus route? In my case, they had a help line & if I needed to get someplace I did not know the way, you could call & ask them where to change buses. Don't give up. Do you have a social worker to ask for help?
There are buses here but they only travel in town and most of these jobs are just outside of town. What does a social worker do?
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