These are the people in my neighborhood....

I thought you might like to hear about the people sharing the recovery house with me.
In the interests of fairness I shall name them all "Alex" (and have included what I hope is a fairly honest description of myself. I won't tell you which is me but will give you a hint - his name is Alex.

"Alex1" - an older guy, grumpy at times. Has a negative attitude about a lot of things. He claims to be there "for my recovery and my recovery only, don't care about anyone else's business"  but then is constantly prying into it. "what you reading/writing/doing? where you going?". Will do everyone's chores and then complain about how "nobody does anything around here but me" Quick to point out when rules are being broke, unless he's the one breaking them.He's hard to take sometimes.

"Alex2" - Nice but talks very loud, isoltaes himself a lot, complains about the house, how it's ran. Argues with the previous "Alex1" so much it reminds me of an old married bitter couple.

"Alex3" - Younger than me by about 10 years. He's ok but you never know when he's pulling your leg. Sometimes not in a 'jokey' way either. He's a "loud walker" stomps about everywhere he goes. And frequently starts talking like donald duck for no reason. Lazy when it comes to his chores. Takes advantage of "Alex1"s penchant for just up and doing all the chores.

"Alex4" About my age, don't like him. He has a slight bit of "holier than thou"itis. His way is the only way,"my god is the only god" and ANYBODY who drinks ANYTHING is an alcoholic. Refers to himself in the 3rd person but by his nickname (**** is hungry, **** thinks we should do this... etc") it drives me nuts. He also thinks the entire house should go to church every sunday. Um,no. I think God is perfectl fine with me becoming a believer, trying to be a better person, and rwading my bible more. I don't think he's going to strike me down because I chose to do my praying and such at home. (if he was that picky he would have struck me down a long time ago)

"Alex5" - Relatively new to the house. Keeps to himself sometimes. Pitches in with his chores, tends to let others at the house get to him,rent space in his head. Sometimes takes a simple joke a little too personal.

"Alex6" - Younger sort (late 20's) - seems okay, great cook. A bit too racist and sexist for my liking, but he's young yet. Tries bending the restrictions a bit, not willing to do his time like everybody else had too. Fairly good atttude overall

"Alex7" - Live in counsellor/babysitter. Really nice. tries to get everyone involved in house activities such as movie night, game night or whatever. Doesnt take sides in arguments based on his personal feelings, listens to both sides and calls it like he sees it. Not afraid to call you on your bullshit either. His presence is a welcome thing. Very mellow guy.

"Alex8" - Nice guy, married with kids and thats where he has grumpy days , when he's missing them. Understandable. When he is in a bad mood he will goto his room or just read so as to not lash out at people who are convenient to lash out at.

That's it for now.
This is day 19 of sobriety. So far so good. Still get a lot (tons actually) out of going to A.A. everyday even though I onlhave to go 4 days a week now. I figure going everyday at least kills an hour and is a good excuse to leave the house for a bit.

See ya next time.