I have had an extensive career in the healthcare industry but since 2020 things slowly got worse for me. I had never really drank at all but I was using drugs until I decided to stop in a couple of years ago. Even though I had stopped on my own, some of my friends were still drug users and I was arrested for having drug paraphernalia in my car. I was found guilty last year, and around the same time my landlady wanted her property back so we were evicted.
Unfortunately, I ended up living on the streets until Crisis supported me over Christmas and gave me somewhere warm to stay. They have also been extremely supportive helping me reach out to the council and get support, and now I'm in a studio flat.
Now my housing is a bit more stable, I have started to find my feet again. I am completing my forklift licence, and I am in the process of getting my CSCS card. With a bit of extra support, I am hoping to get some stable income over the next 6 months, and then I can start to think about my other personal goals and more long term aspirations. I feel like I will be in a better place then to think properly about what I want to do.