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Everything to nothing

December 22, 2017

My name is Doug, I live in Hampton Road, VA. I grew up in a single family (one brother) household. My life I can say was never ordinary, at the age of 12 years old I begain what would be 10 years of entertainment as a front man singer in country bars, I had the ability to become Nashville worthy but this was one of the many things I lost in a scooter accident that happen in 20113 that left me with TBI (traumatic brain injury, and titanium from my right shin to more than a half of face and scule ) . Also I am a recovering addict. 5 years ago I was well established and improving my life when I was in a scooter accident that left me in ICU for a week, and hospital for 3 weeks. When I came home I was in a wheelchair due to titanium but because of my never quite attitude, I went from wheelchair to crutch’s to walking cane to no help in one month. The TBI meanwhile has gone from managebule to confusing, ( I now have sometime problems with reading , speaking, understanding, and I’n inability to grasp the moment). Now adays I will not drive a car because of the confusional state I fall under sometimes. I did wind up buying a 3 wheel (trike) scooter, my accident came when I owned a 2 wheel scooter. The day I lost my 3 wheeler someone had not seen me and entered my lane of traffic, my inability to sometimes think on the dime took over and I ended up totalling the 3 wheeler cause I hit the gas instead of the brake. And now I have no transportation because of my for lack of thought due to my inabilidies. I will as of January 2018 begain to attempt to save money so to someday yet again gain back some of my indepence nature. How long it takes is hard because my SSDI barely gets me buy week to week. Which brings me to another part of my story. Before my fatel accident, I had a job in Customer Service and trainer. I had just enrolled in the local Community Collage to chase my dream of becoming an addiction counselor. Now I am and hav e nothing.

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