<human>: My ex is an alcoholic/addict. She works as a nurse, night shift so there's less oversight on her, making over $100,000 a year. We lived together for 4 years - on and off - and were engaged for about half that time. She had been 'evicted' from a previous apartment so we used my name to get leases on 2 apartments in the last two years. I worked from home last year and she came home high/drunk and demanded I buy her some wine. I politely refused so she tore my desk apart. The cops came and blamed me for the damage. I was in jail for 2 weeks. My online teaching job fired me for lack of contact. I went on unemployment and desperately searched for a new job. After over 40 interviews a public school principal told me kindly to quit wasting my time - the district was never going to hire me due to my being on probation for assault. 

As soon as my unemployment ran out my ex ditched me leaving me with over $15,000 in bills, damages, and lease fees. I was evicted last July and left with no means of support. I managed to get a part-time job in a coffee shop making a little over minimum wage and got food stamps to help.

After researching and asking advice around I think there are 2 possible resolutions: take her to small claims court or get declared that we have a common law marriage and divorce her.  We live in Texas BTW - laws for common-law marriage are much looser.

I'm also trying to land a job teaching full-time either in public or private school. They stop talking to me once my probation comes up. I'm not sure what my legal recourse is here. I'm on 'deferred adjudication' for the assault charge but I've heard that means little to HR types in school districts. The arrest is public information so that cannot be hidden.

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<bot>: How can I get restitution from ex who drunkenly damaged our apartment and caused me to lose my job and possibly my career?