If there is no housing where you are the answer is to leave. If you are homeless anyway it is actually not that difficult. You need to be able to save a couple hundred dollars so you will need to have a job at least for a couple of weeks. In the end for me to escape I had to physically remove myself with no ties of any kind and I haven't gone back and I have a good life now.
Yes...@cqdx - stay tuned for Part 2. I would love to hear the story of how this all happened.