The Odyssey of Joe

This is not a normal read.
Instead, this is a story. An Odyssey, about one person named Joe.
This story is real. For privacy reasons, names have been changed and places made anonymous, but the events of the story did happen. This is a true story, but I get that some may believe it is fake.
I don't expect you to come out of reading this happy. It's not a happy story. But I do expect you to learn something from it. Don't make the mistakes Joe did. Instead, do better than Joe. And if you're in a situation where you feel like Joe, then please write about it. It's what I did.