how the hell do i get myself into these things

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This guy across from me paid me to drive him 2 hours from where we live. He's 49, alcoholic, served in the army but is NOT a veteran like he told me. So of course the veteran home turned him away, he called me as I was leaving to tell me they told him to "f**k off" and I had to spend thirty minutes to find out that that meant they told him he doesn't qualify, which he really doesn't of course, which they told me they told him this already.

They told me I could take him to the ER since he told them he was suicidal but he didn't want to freaking go there so I had to drive him somewhere else that he's been before. And now I'm sitting here because I don't know what the f**k they're going to do with him. I was under the impression that I was just going to drop him off at the veteran's home, he says they were expecting him. Then I could go home. But no. It's f*****g 1 am and I'm still here and I have work tomorrow (well actually f*****g today in 7 hours).

I can't leave him, he clearly doesn't have the ability to take care of himself if i do, he'll end up homeless or dead or something, I don't know.

I still haven't even eaten either. And he spilled f*****g tobacco all in my car. And it also smells like tobacco smoke and beer because that's all he does all f*****g day.

And he probably has weed and he might have dropped it in there so if I get pulled over I'm going to go to f*****g jail but I don't even knew where it is.

I still can't leave him though because that's messed up, he can't function but I didn't knew this until now.

And to top it all off my stupid water heater is broken, I can't even take a shower when (if) I get home cuz it will be freezing

Now they're gonna use a breathalyzer, they say if he's got .02 alcohol level or higher he has to go to the hospital because he's also telling them he's suicidal. He's had like 15 beers or something.

He's gotta go to the hospital definitely (like I wanted to in the first place bit he wouldn't hear it). Great. It's too high to even read his alcohol level correctly. I hate my life right now

You were looking for some bucks....and you cared about the guy, too.

Just be careful about doing stuff for people you don't know.

Sounds like you had a really interesting WE.
I am beginning to understand why Kraftkortie pushes you to go into creative writing: You are good at this "precarious life genre". The water boiler just tops it, only life can write so perfect a story.

People who have unsolveable problems will always spill over their problems onto anyone nearby who tries to help them. They wreak a trail of destruction behind them, everywhere they go. Chalk him up to a lost cause, it's not your fault.

You get yourself into these things because you have a deeply rooted, subconscious set of beliefs which help you make the decisions that are right for you. You said yourself that you couldn't leave him because 'that would be messed up'. This is because a belief you have is that you should help people and that is what makes you a compassionate and decent human being.
Your conscious mind can whinge all it likes about the unfairness of the situation, but deep down you know you did the right thing. To do anything else just wouldn't be you.
You have survived the experience, haven't you? Maybe you should ask yourself what wisdom you gained from it rather than resenting the lesson.

That's why you're good at writing--you're aware of your grammatical errors. Not many people write grammatically "perfect" on WP.

WE means "weekend."

Every great writer has an editor.

The way you wrote the OP was good because it was interesting and you expressed your feelings which I can relate to.

I got myself into a situation or two before, im too embarassed to even post about them. Knowing that they will be on this website permanently makes me not want to.

I think you're a smart guy, and have a good future--provided you stop with the self-fulfilling prophecies.

You're telling yourself you're not a good writer.

You're telling yourself you can't handle this and that.

You're creating, for yourself, barriers to your success--primarily in the form of past memories.

It was nice what you did for that guy--but you learned a lesson. These sorts of situations could spiral really fast. I've done the same thing as you--that's why I know.