Thanks for helping me with the basics of docker. The "docker ps" showed that steem_mysql wasn't running so I ran "docker start steem_mysql" and then I saw that it was running, but I still couldn't connect so I ran the "docker logs steem_mysql" command and noticed a bunch of recent messages about doing a recovery, but the recovery seemed to finish in about three minutes and after that everything seems to work as expected :)
RE: MySBDS - Steem Blockchain Data Service in MySQL