This is the most autobiographical of my stories. It is a (more or less) true account of what happened to me after I left University in Glasgow in the mid-1980s. It was a tough period of my life but I have never regretted it because it gave me an insight into the lives that so many people in this country lead. I was lucky; I was able to escape but many cannot do so. Click on the link below to get a downloadable version of the story or continue to the bottom of the screen to read it online.