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Emergency Help Needed To Start Over

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This is literally the hardest thing I have ever had to do, including the most embarrassing. My name is Kim and I am shocked that I am fundraising for myself. I did research on how to get help with funds from foundations, etc and they told me for emergency funding try gofundme. I know my emergency is nowhere near as important as so many gofundme pages listed. I would never do this unless I was running out of options and time before me and my dog are homeless. I just need to get through June. I have been in recovery for addiction for a while now and I am rebuilding my life. I recently and finally got accepted into an apartment complex and I need help with the security deposit and possible furniture, etc. I will be going in with just my clothes, random small items and my dog. I have to buy everything else on top of being short on the security deposit. I have a good amount of the security deposit, but I was not able to save all of it in time. I found out recently that the place I was staying at decided to rent their home out for the summer. I am from the Jersey Shore. He was helping me out and letting me stay there. I wanted to get my own place soon anyway, but it took time to get accepted into a complex based on having a dog and the income criteria. But it all happened too quickly. I have always worked hard my whole life with a learning disability. I got my BA in business and had an amazing job helping run a Pro Minor League Baseball Organization for many years in NJ. But I got really sick for 5 years and during that time I had multiple surgeries and was on life support at one point to where my dad had to come home from working in Iraq to say goodbye. I ended up making it. But during this whole time, my specialist and pain management docs were giving me very heavy narcotics for over 5 years. I was never aware of addiction. I came from a normal upbringing were I never had seen any type of addiction. It was really hard from there and only got harder. I had no idea where my life was going to lead to, but it lead me down a very dark path. During this time when I was trying to get help, I lost my mom suddenly in front of me. I didn’t want to live without her, so I gave up on myself. When I finally hit rock bottom, I decided to get help for myself. I can only live for myself. I have been working so hard. I went to rehab then sober living, I got a sponsor that I speak to every day, I continue to go to IOP voluntarily, I go to meetings and am involved with events to help others. I am doing everything to continue to save myself everyday. Now I am at a road block but whatever happens, I will figure it out. I hate asking for help but that is what I have learned to do in recovery, then pay it forward. So, I will end with thanking anyone that just stopped to read my story and anyone that was able to help me. Thank you and if you want any additional info, discuss details or just want to talk; you can contact me through the gofundme page and I will give you my contact info. They do not allow me to leave it here.
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    Kimberly Gossar
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    Long Branch, NJ

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