In all honesty, it's been 20 months since I was there. Today, my life is back in order, I am in college, getting back into a career I lost 5 years ago. Thank goodness for Safe Harbor, in Nov of 2014, I had exhausted all...
Read MoreIn all honesty, it's been 20 months since I was there. Today, my life is back in order, I am in college, getting back into a career I lost 5 years ago. Thank goodness for Safe Harbor, in Nov of 2014, I had exhausted all other options in my life BY MY OWN CHOICE. I stayed there nearly 3 months, thank goodness Safe Harbor was there. I had nearly ended my life 9 months prior to ending up at Safe Harbor. MY PLAN - very simple, I am sober, did not succumb to the alcohol and drugs around the exterior of the facility. INSTEAD - I got a job within 10 days, it was a rough job making minimum wage, but I worked 12 hour days, every morning @ 3am, I would walk to work in the rain and cold weather, and I SAVED the money I could, and got an apartment that I am still in today, been almost 2 years.
To the guards, the Deputies that run the facility - THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for being stern, what I found is it is what one could expect at a homeless shelter, it is not CLUB MED. It is a very simple thing, mutual respect - something a majority of the residents there know nothing of. I have never been arrested in my life, and thank goodness I experienced Safe Harbor. I will never be arrested, after being exposed to some of the people there (residents), no wonder the guards and Deputies are strict. Thank you again to the guards and Deputies for such a fine job.
Now - the "residents" there - OMG some three or four times? Really? In all honesty, I can say maybe 15 % of the people there truly are trying to work their way back into society as productive members. Most of the residents are sick, twisted, dishonest human beings. I am glad I am 6ft 5in tall, 250 lbs, many times I had others trying to pick fights with me, but I pretended many of them did not exist. And yes, I "Snitched" so i could get few hours sleep a night, couple times things were getting out of control, so the guilty parties paid the consequences.
Today, I am grateful I went there, it makes me not want to ever make poor choices with my life. I got a pell-grant, went back to school and actually improved my life, today SLOWLY I am becoming a productive member of society. I APPLAUD LAW ENFORCEMENT, personally I could not deal with the ingrates I saw there, most of the people thought society owed them something. WAKE UP CALL - if you choose to do drugs and continue to make poor choices, SURPRISE, your life will get worse. And I thank the churches and volunteers there for feeding us. Normal, productive people are willing to give a person a chance and an opportunity, but unfortunately most of the people I saw living there were existing, lying, cheating and trying to steal. Thank goodness the guards were there. I saw lots of things I keep to myself, but Safe Harbor will give one a chance to get back on their feet. And no, life is not easy, it is very difficult, but we all make our choices. And for the jailbirds, good luck trying to find a good paying job, With most of your poor attitudes, it will not happen. FYI - WIlliams Park is now becoming a clean, safe area, many of the scum bags formerly doing their drugs and crime are being relocated, thank goodness. St Pete will not tolerate bums!
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