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Recovery Transition

[My back story is below.]
I'm at a nursing home in Chicago, desperately trying to raise funds to get out.  I have a place to stay in Vermont.  But I need money for motels, travel, food, camping gear, etc.  This is an emergency situation.  People are dying here.  Please help if you can.  Even ten bucks makes a difference.  

HOW I GOT HERE
After seven hospitalizations for major depression, anxiety and suicide attempts in 2017, I moved into a nursing home for the mentally ill.  I lost my job and place after my significant other of 11 years left me.  I later lost all of my belongings, including photographs and, worst of all, a file box filled with twenty years' worth of handwritten journals, novels, etc.-thousands of pages of material-when my storage unit was auctioned off.
I've found some stability, though I'm still suffering major depression, anxiety and panic disorder.  I have no income and am looking for a little help while I await approval for disability insurance for my illnesses.  I'm involved with an organization which will then get me an apartment, paying 2/3 of my rent.
I have hope and motivation again.  I'm writing and reading at least six hours a day and plan to start a paralegal certification program next fall.
I'm not starving but need pocket money so I can have some semblance of a normal and social life.
I don't need or expect much but every little bit helps.  Thanks to all who have helped and who can help in the coming months.  Bless your hearts!

Organizer

Michael Russell Jones
Organizer
Chicago, IL

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