david lidz<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>introduction</span></a> <br />Part 2: <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sober" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sober</span></a></p><p>After 15 days, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/carefirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carefirst</span></a> ordered that <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/annapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>annapolis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rehab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rehab</span></a> to put me out. All cool, their work was done. I was sold on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Recovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Recovery</span></a>, ready to change everything. I took suggestions, &amp; I checked into that crappy <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Catonsville" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catonsville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SoberHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SoberHouse</span></a>.</p><p>I was still early <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sobriety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sobriety</span></a> skinnyshakycrazy &amp; expungement was still 3 years off. No-one hires that, mos def not the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KStreet</span></a> crooks I worked for in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/the90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>the90s</span></a>.</p><p>But there was this 1 guy I met, while snooping around a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Baltimore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BoardUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BoardUp</span></a>.</p>