I’m like a broken record but this time last year I was a suicidal homeless addict and today I took my niece to Costa and bought her a hot chocolate and we shared a slice of cake and im nearly 7 months sober and yeah. life is good man x
I’ve had HIV for now two and a half years and seeing things like this really just warms my heart. HIV is not a death sentence. People like Matthew are testament to that 💗
Today is the anniversary of my HIV diagnosis.
I was 30 and had lost many friends to AIDS.
The doctor told me that with treatment I could expect to live another twenty years.
That was 26 years ago.
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
yeah actually
@wesstreeting
, can you pop JK a text and ask her if I should opt for non stimulant medication to treat my ADHD? Seeing as she’s such a fucking fountain of knowledge!!!
Hey
@wesstreeting
, Do you think you could ask
@jk_rowling
what the treatment for my uncle with terminal stomach cancer should be? Since we’re trusting authors for medical guidance and not actual medical professionals right?
There is a concept known as “thin places”, where it is said that the veil between this world and the next is thin. You can sense the numinous around you, even if you cannot describe it.
Where have you been that felt ‘thin’?
every day I look at my little stack of loo rolls and feel proud of myself being in a position where i buy loo rolls and not drugs and I’m not homeless anymore so I can buy lots of loo rolls
photo one: deep in alcoholism and addiction. homeless, suicidal, desperate.
photo two: sober, clean, housed. opening up and hopefully making amends.
it can get better kids 💕
he dated my female best mate and then came out three months after they split up, we started working together and now he’s one of the most important people in my life 💗
I haven’t read a nice story or article in forever, especially as Hell Island 🇬🇧 media recycle anti-LGBTQ hate on the daily. So tell me, how did you and your queer bestie become friends? 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
two and a half years ago, I was made homeless for the first time and so began one of the darkest chapters of my life, a journey that almost took my life and an experience that still affects me. today, that journey ends as I move into my new council flat. no words right now ✨💗
it does feel very lovely that in the intervening ten months between seeing my nephew, I got sober, got housed, had therapy, went to rehab, completed rehab, decided what I want to do as a career AND bought my first quarter zip 💗✨
90. Days. Sober. Not long ago, I could barely go 90 minutes and did absolutely everything to fucking destroy my life. Any positive thing, I just torched. Now I’m happy, healthy, sober, rebuilding and finally excited for my life. Smashed it mate 💙
just saw a photo of myself from three years ago where I look snatched but it was also in the depths of my addiction and I’d rather be bigger and not on drugs thank yew x
yall can discourse HIV until ur blue in the face but POZ ppl are still gonna have active, healthy, rich, & fulfilling relationship & sex lives throughout their entire existence on this earth. there’s nothing an ignorant, anti science incel can say that will change that. cope!
nothing could prepare me this morning for this cunt running up behind me and shouting “I STUMBLE OUT OF BED AND I TUMBLE TO THE KITCHEN” at me in a Geordie accent
got sober, got clean, repaired relationships with family members and friends, became a part of my niece’s life again, became housed, learnt a fucking shit load about myself and made a lot of new friends. all in all a job pretty well done ✨
people not reading this but going “she did it shut up” essentially surmise the points in the article. whether or not Lucy letby did what she was convicted of, we may never know but it’s clear the media and by extension the public wanted a culprit and so got one.
was toying with doing a long post for this but suffice to say, this time last year I was determined to die because I was so unwell and broken. I couldn’t go a day without drink or drugs. life ain’t perfect but it’s a damn sight fucking better than it was 💗
Rhun Ap Iorwerth being the only one making the case for tax actually being a good thing that we need if we pay a bit more for services they work better!!!
#ITVDebate
me celebrating my 28th birthday nearly a year sober with my own flat, having had therapy and been to rehab after thinking I’d be dead before my 27th. been a fucking helluva year kids 💗
spoke today about addiction and getting sober and being able to finally feel proud of my strength and my resilience and my growth is an incredible feeling. ty to
@JoshGill17
and Lyndon (who doesn’t have twitter) for photos 💗
It’s fucking shit and makes you ill, makes you scared, ruins your clothes, and makes you terrified of going out in rain for years to come! spoken from experience.
The weather is absolutely torrential in London tonight. I’ve never been a fan of the rain and I know it’s morbid but when the weather is like this at night I can’t help but turn my thoughts towards those with nowhere to go.
Imagine being homeless in this.
thinking a lot about how much has changed in the last few months and these two photos really highlight it. not just alive but living and thriving. 114 days sober and counting ✨
Finished 8 months of intensive group therapy and 1-1 counselling today. The biggest milestone since I got sober. Walked into that room a sad, lonely, terrified mess and have left, happier, stronger, calmer and more stable than I’ve ever been.
Rehab? Completed it mate. ✨
Watched Inside No. 9 and have to say, amongst all the drama this was my favourite bit. Homeless people are so often dehumanised by television or used as the butt of a joke. To see a tender, humanising moment like this (whole scene is beautiful) really makes a change.
I’ve got a date on Sunday and if Biden withdraws during, I will absolutely be getting BBC news up on my phone and boring the arse off him with my basic knowledge of American politics
long one but couldn’t let this year go by without some reflections. this has been a hard one, probably the hardest, but also the most important. happy new year lads ✨ (1/2)
this time last year, I thought I’d be dead by now. today I just hit six months sober. it’s hard, painful, sometimes miserable, always exhausting, but fuck me it feels good to see this. recovery works 💗
this time last week i was working out where I’d be able to stay dry and get to sleep on the streets. today i spent time with my niblings, im in an alcohol recovery program and receiving love and support from my family and closest friends. i have more to say but yeah. its all ok❤️
Decided today that I will know I’ve hit my sobriety goal, not when I hit a year sober, not when I finish the 12 steps, none of that but when I’m in a club, at 2am with a red bull, dancing like a twat to Gloria, stone cold sober. That is the goal.
my favourite moment of this is elton john going “story of her life!” because it’s every gay friend to their other gay friend throughout history since the dawn of time
Last time they did this, at least the electorate had a substantive choice between two different visions for the country.
What on earth is this nonsense?
#itvdebate
There needs to be an urgent look at the state of temporary and emergency accommodation in this country. I’ve been placed in properties infested with rats with people smoking crack in bathrooms, in places with no working appliances and worse. Something has to be done.
They were finally offered temporary accommodation really late tonight. They went to said accommodation at 10:15pm, there was no one to let them in and no keys could be found. They tried calling several times yet nobody picked up. They left. After 11pm they finally got through and
as a follow up to this, there is absolutely no shame in sexual health. knowing your status, getting tested regularly and letting people know if you test positive for something should not be things we’re frightened of!
the geoff to my bunty, the donna to my doctor and the best baker in the Greater Stratford area. happy birthday you fucking weirdo 💜 love you more than words x
Joe Locke on the trajectory of ‘Heartstopper’ Season 3:
“Season 3 is definitely way darker than other seasons would have been. I’d say the first half of the season is dark, and the second half is horny.”