I Woke up in the tent around 7:30 a.m. I ate two melatonins last night one before I went to bed and one when I wake up in the middle of the night which I’ve been doing regularly now. Still waiting to find out about the room I’m going to rent it’s been very stressful. Probably will spend the whole day in the tent today not sure.
Brett from the bike shop in Manchester New Hampshire calls me. I had left that bike for Brett to fix to give to the homeless Man I met at the recovery center, who seemed to be doing real well with his recovery.
I drove to Manchester, New Hampshire to get the bike. I picked up the bike from Brett. I asked Brett if he wanted me to advertise his bike shop, and Brett said that he did. Sadly I am editing this much later than this day happened, and I can say I still have not advertised Brett’s bike shop. But it does not mean that I will not to a story in advertise for Brett in the future.
With the bike strapped to the back of my car on the bike rack I drove to Hope for Manchester Recovery Center. I See Lincoln outside the man I plan on giving the bike to. Lincoln says he doesn’t want the bike, so went inside the recovery center and I talked to the worker at the front desk who who says that a girl just got a bike stolen and he’ll give the bike to her. We had a long talk. Another gentleman comes and tells us a story about living on the streets in Manchester. I see some of the other people that I met before coming to a meeting that’s about to start at the center. I left the Recovery Center in Manchester, New Hampshire right before the meeting started.
When I got back to the North shore of Massachusetts, I visited my friend in Danvers and let him know that I might need to stay with him for a few days, or until I get a room situated for myself. I stopped at the park in Danvers where I keep my cars parked and I swapped my car for my truck. It was a windy day, and the wind had blown a tree over because it was rotted at its base. I took a picture of this and then drove back to my camp. I talked to a friend I know from Refuge Recovery on the phone. He was now the leader of a recovery group that I believe in, because it honors all pathways, even non-abstinence based recovery pathways. Around 9pm I got ready and I go to bed.
Ideas that came to me:
The more an individual associates their social status with self, the more involved that person’s limbic system gets involved in making decisions. I believe this happens on both ends of the spectrum. When a person is confronted with a hard survival situation or if a person is fighting to maintain status in a social hierarchy.