This is what I wrote thrre years ago when I was sleeping in a garage, homeless.
My day started at 9 am in a garage in Washington Avenue, which I rent to keep my worldly goods . I sleep there. I am homeless person. I am 39 years old. I grew up 'ere in Bristol. Came here as a 14 year old kid and liked the place. It became my home. The reason I am sleeping in the garage is because the Bristol City Council cannot find a home for me.
So first thing after taking a leak outside is to see that I gulp down the painkillers and go back to bed for a little lie down for the pain killers to hit me. After about 15 minutesI shut the garage and went down the post office to get my mail. I go to the delivery office when I can walk a bit. No letters but never mind. Now I have to go to do my business with a toilet. I go every morning to Dan's - a good friend - to have a cup of tea and a shit. Dan and Ben share a house in High Street. That is where I spend most of the time apart from a few pubs and other friends. There is an Internet connection cable-wise and a laptop. Answered the emails and serfed the net. Put TV on watched the BBC news 24 for my daily injection. There I get the government and the corporate view of the total scene. But to be serious about news there are other outlets on the net I serf into. For example two men were arrested in Lancershire with the largest amount of chemical explosives, rocket launchers, and BNP literature in how to make bombs. This item did not appear on todays news. Why? Because they are British National Party -a Nazi party. So we have to go to these web sites to find out what really is happening in the world today. I like Information Collection House by Tom Feeley. Another good web site is Democracy Now from America. Now the time is 1 PM. I am going to have me bath. It is essential I have a bath everyday as that is where I do my exercises for my bent back.
Time to go to the pub. Pint of Guinness and a sandwich will do me fine as there is not enough money to make ends meet. I used to get incapacity benefit when I was living in Bloy Street. Now as I am homeless - when I need it most - the benefit agency took the incapacity credits off. The pub I went to is called the Green Bank. It is situated at the junction of Greenbank Road and Bellevue Road in Easton, Bristol. It is one of the oldest buildings in the area. There I had a drink with an old timer called John. He is in his mid seventies I think and have lived all his life around Easton. Likes techno music and enjoys sitting there drinking his pint and doing a cross word puzzle. I don't go to the pub everyday as the money is not enough to do that; but today is good day with a bit of sunshine and showers.
A friend of mine Jef turned up after work and invited me for a splif and a cup of tea at his place. It is in Green Bank Road, Smoked a couple of joints of high grade bud and two mugs of tea went down.
Excused myself from my friends place and went for a walk. I bumped into another mate of mine and he was happy to invite me for a drink. Went to the Whitehall Tavern,.a builders' pub. Lowest price for a pint in the area. Couple of youngish kids who looked like ravers joined our table and one of them asked me whether I want any acid - LSD. I told him "Well give us a sample and I will buy some tomorrow." Always on the blag and it worked. He gave a Da Vinci Code acid tab. So I popped it in me mouth and washed it down with Tequila. Next half hour was the waiting time to get the acid working. I stayed put and downed couple of more tequillas.
Got out when the acid hit me and went for a walk on the cycle track on me own. This Bristol to Bath cycle track is great. I remember doing work on it in the 80's. Now I am walking it. Acid is the best painkiller after speed & amphetamine. I know I will be very stiff and suffer the next day but what an opportunity to go walking. I don't remember how long how far I walked but I enjoyed it. Came back to the garage and as I got a bit wet from a shower, I changed. What can I do now. No money. Went to bed!
Washington Avenue,homeless,Greenbank Road,Bellevue Road,Easton,Bristol
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