First, I want to say that I hear voices.  I didn’t start off by hearing any type of voices.  I started off by hearing God’s voice when I was inside of my mother’s womb.  This is the truth because God was talking to me for a while.  Until the years progressed, I started hearing the voices from other people.

Currently, I hear the voices of the people whom I hear from the ventilation shaft and in the hallways inside of the building.  Some of the people who live in the building are just like me.  They have a mental illness.  Some people take medicine for their problems.  There are those people who self medicate by drinking alcohol and smoke marijuana.

Third, I used to be a person who self medicate for a total of 18 years.  I started off by drinking beer and alcohol on a regular basis.  I have done this until I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.  My mother was very proud of me.  However I started buying sex from 1986-2010. I am a person who has come a very long way in life.  I went to treatment for a total of 90 days.  On Friday September 1, 1990.  I graduated from treatment.  I caught the Greyhound Bus to Toledo Ohio.  I continued to go to AA Meetings at the Riverside Hospital for a total of 5 years.  Right along with the treatment I graduated from the University of Toledo in Toledo Ohio. I graduated with my Associates and Bachelor Degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies and Social Work.

Finally, I moved to Dayton Ohio for one year.  On Sunday June 15, 1997.  I had to stay in a shelter for homeless men for a total of 8 months.  I was diagnosed with a mental illness down there.  I got an apartment for three years. Afterwards, I got involved in a relationship with a very nice person.  We were in a relationship for a total of 8 years.  I worked at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for a total of 8 years.  I worked in the Library.  A lot of things happened.  I ended up moving back to Ohio.  I want to admit that I have made a lot of mistakes.  I am man enough to admit that I kept on having seizures.

In conclusion, I have been clean and sober for 33 years now.  My AA Sponsor moved out of state. 

Everyone is grown up now.  I am getting older now.  Some of the people who live here do not believe that you can here voices through the vents that are inside of the building.  I am just staying home today.