[RufusACanal]

University of Cincinnati 92 - 95. Murphy's Pub was my address though I hung my hat on Victor St!

..and I thought I was the most suffering drunk in the city. Spent some months out at the State Hospital recovering from Exposure, Malnutrition, Alcoholism and DT's after being homeless and on the streets of downtown sleeping on street vents. I panhandled downtown for another bottle day in and day out. A Cincinnati Police Officer took pity on me and saved my life one night and called an ambulance which got me to the hospital and then out to the State Hospital and finally after five months sober enrolled at UC. I went back to the drink in short order and had to suffer more than I had previously thought possible. I think of the city of Cincinnati fondly and that good man who helped me, but not my actions. Remembering the nightly gunshots from Over the Rhien, my constant need to believe I was not a failure and a Drunk and the hope that maybe I could make through college this time and be like others. I was not ready for a New Life yet, I needed more tempering.