Steve talks about his challenges of homelessness and addition during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown.
I felt I was under a tremendous amount of pressure to stay clean.
And I’m one of them personalities or character traits that ‘Wet paint, don’t touch’… well sooner or later I’m going to touch it. I’m not sure on the psychology behind all that, but, you know, that’s just the way it is.
Anyway, I touched the paint again. It was definitely wet. And I got kicked out.
They said to me – this was in the middle of the lockdown – you’ll have to get your own accommodation sorted. Which was impossible. You know, you couldn’t even get a face to face interview to be assessed anywhere.
So I ended up in a tent. Again, made the most of it, because what can you do? Let it drag you under.