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I was in the hospital for breaking my

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neck and I didn't have no place to go. I

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needed therapy and I needed rest and the

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doctor asked

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me, "Are you ready to go home?" And I

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said, "I don't I don't have a home.

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The doctor wants you to call him. So I

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called him. He's all like, "Hey, get

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ready, buddy. We got you a place." All

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right, let's go. And they brought me

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here, man. This place is beautiful, man.

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No, the ladies brought me in, told me,

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"This is your room. Lay down and rest."

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We got food over here, snacks, TV room.

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You can watch TV and relax. They just

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wanted me to rest, heal up. They put a

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team around you. And this

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team actually all work together and give

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you a chance in life. I got physical

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therapy here. I had my nurses come in

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and make sure that I'm taking the right

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medication. They check my pulses. They

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check my blood pressure. They check my

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lungs. And then they go, I got a CSW. I

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mean, a case manager. He would take me

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looking for housing. Uh the voucher

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people came and um they came and

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uh showed me my paperwork uh what I was

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going to be eligible for, how much or

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what what type of housing that I needed.

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I'm about to sign a lease for one year

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in my own apartment.

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It gave me a chance to rest, heal up,

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and make the right decisions mentally,

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physically. By giving me that chance

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over here, it gave me a chance to quit

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drugs. That's one thing a person that's

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homeless wants to know is that there is

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help out there. There is people that

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want to help you.