On any given day or night in London, you'll come across many homeless people.?Some may be rough sleepers, others might be hoping to raise some money before heading back to temporary housing.?
All of them have a story. However, this might be one of the most intriguing of tales. A 'homeless' man in London makes at least ?1,300 (Rs 1.27 lakh) a month in rent.
Dom, who is homeless in London, made the shocking revelation on the YouTube channel 'The Taboo Room'. In fact, he owns a house worth a cool Rs 5.2 crore.?
So, what keeps him on the streets? Well, Dom revealed it is all down to his heroin and crack addiction.?
In the video, Dom explained how he became addicted at a young age and despite managing to be sober for seven years, he became reliant on the drugs again.??
He said he had a good 'middle-class' childhood, and while he wasn't the most academic person at school, he was good at sports and this earned him a scholarship.??
But it all went downhill when he reached puberty.?He got into drugs, started drinking and smoked weed when he was 13 and then went up to almost everything else from there. He revealed he?smoked heroin when he was about 17 or 18.?
He explained that while going to rehab did help him to get clean for seven years, he made the mistake of thinking that he could take drugs again and stop because he had been clean for so long.
He was wrong. It resulted in him getting hooked on drugs again.?
Dom explained that he's gone to rehab five times, with one stint alone costing almost ?50,000.
Revealing how he feeds his addiction at the moment, he said that his property gets him around ?1,300 a month that he spends on drugs.
Dom said that he also begs and this makes him between ?200 and ?300 a day.??
He has estimated that the home he owns is worth about ?530,000, but believes that selling it could put him in a dangerous situation with his addictions.
In the candid interview, he dishearteningly also said currently does not have any support from his family or friends. He wishes to be able to live a “normal life" without being “reliant on crack and heroin."??
Dom said that if he could get one wish, it would be to 'live a normal life' and not be 'reliant on crack and heroin.'
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