(April 29, 2016 at 5:01 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I spent my first year of sobriety in a dive motel and I'm pleased I survived, hell, thrived, there.
It might have been nasty and the guests unpleasant and scary, but it caused me to focus on getting my shit together and moving on. I was still there when Dave died, and my miserable 4th step experience. When John dumped me, I still had my room there to go to.
LOL, for all it's faults, that old real estate phrase, "Location! Location! Location!" held true there, gas station/convenience store at one end and walking distance to work. There was a place for haircuts, and I could carry my bike up to my room easy enough. It may have not been what I wanted, but it was everything I needed.
There was a huge fire while I was there, my car was the closest car to the fire that did not burn up, but it was damaged. (wasn't sposed to be driving, BTW, till I got all my fines paid off) And there were frequent police calls there for fights and drunk/disorderly. Hell, the damn Feds showed up and hauled off somebody for industrial espionage one day.
It might have been signed 'Motel', but just about everyone there was week to week or month to month. Can't say I ever encountered anybody that was there for one night or just a weekend. I was always week to week, even though I was there 15 months, I just hated the idea of being committed to staying there for more than 7 days at a time. (month to month was cheaper too)
Maid service (such as it was) was twice a week, but they just changed the towels and bedding, never saw a vacuum or anyone dusting or cleaning. The building was a maze of hallways, it had been built onto many times. Entrances all over, the place could not be secured. Nobody ever stole anything from there though.
I didn't do rehab, but I'd like to think my stint there was therapeutic, regardless.
What does addiction or rehab have to do with this? Rich people have them too. Hitchens was rich, John Belushi was rich, neither of them lived in their parent's basements. Both of them died from their addictions.
