{"id":626,"date":"2020-05-04T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ie.depaulcharity.org\/?post_type=stories&p=626"},"modified":"2022-12-11T21:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T21:38:00","slug":"johns-story","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/ie.depaulcharity.org\/stories\/johns-story\/","title":{"rendered":"John\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John found himself sleeping rough after a relationship breakdown. “My drinking caused a lot of arguments, I would drink 16 to 18 cans a day when I was really bad. At first I didn’t sleep in a tent I just slept out in the open.”<\/p>\n

One night while trying to keep warm, John burned his leg. “I lit up an old catalogue to keep me warm and I fell asleep beside it and ended up burning my leg.” With help from the rough sleeper teams John came to Depaul’s Back Lane Hostel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was there he met Depaul’s health nurse. “I was nervous as I had never been in a hostel before.” With the right care and support John decided to go into detox treatment.<\/p>\n

“We talked about detox and I stuck to my word. Leaving Back Lane Hostel<\/a> I was shaking, I didn’t know what to expect. The first week was tough, I just wanted to get off drink because I wanted my own door and a place where I could see my kids.”<\/p>\n

“I’m doing great now. I just do my own thing. I’m not interested in drinking anymore. I’d love my own front door, my own key to come and go. I just have to be patient. I’m just taking it day by day and one step at a time”.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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