We slept in a room with 50 other men in beds two feet apart. If we did not return by a specific time, we lost our bed and our possessions were thrown out within three days. After lunch, we were sent back to the streets, until supper. After breakfast, we were thrown out, regardless of the weather, until lunch. I tried living in a shelter, but the conditions were unacceptable. Within 2 years, I was bankrupt and living on welfare. My girlfriend introduced me to crack cocaine and that was the beginning of my downfall. A man spends ten years on the street but never loses his entrepreneurial spirit
