Rebuilding After Addiction— The Shitty Realizations

This list of "I wish somebody told me sooner" keeps getting longer.

Rebuilding is never easy. The list of things I need just to survive today keeps growing, and nobody warns you about any of it.

Like wifi. Man, without that, being sober sucks - a lot. And being out in the country makes it worse. I'm in a 5th wheel, and this tin can loves cutting out my signal. Sanity checks have become a daily thing.

I wish there was a group for recovering addicts that said: "Hey, I'm sober. No plans to use again. I'm also jobless, on government assistance, and just need a safe, stable place to live. Rent to me."

But there isn't. Because the second you mention recovery, or assistance, or anything that hints at your past - people look at you like, "Oh... they're part of that group. How nice. Next."

If you've found a group that actually helps with this, let me know. I'd join in a second.