Gert - Voices of the Street

--- THIS IS A TEST AND NOT A REAL TOUR --- I was a child who fell outside social norms, misunderstood as a teenager, and as an adult I fled into drugs. I have been an addict for more than 30 years of my life here in Vejle. I have lived a hard life from childhood, and only now do I see light toward a future. What do I tell about? I want to take you on a tour around the environment where I lived my life with drugs and friends. Where I stayed, took them, got them, and several times came close to dying from them.

I grew up in Vejle with my older brother. He was hard on me both physically and mentally. From kindergarten I was different. I was bullied severely on a daily basis and it only got worse at school. I grew up fighting with my older brother, social problems and neglect from the system, and with many mental health issues from early in my childhood. I have always felt a bit different and outside normal life, which led me to an escape into drugs: cocaine, heroin, hash, pills and more. In January 2021 I stepped out of heroin treatment toward a better life largely without drugs. Since then it has gone up and down, but I don't give up the fight. I want to give an insight into what it is like to live a life in harsh circumstances, and how life can slide down into a deep hole. Drugs can cost everything financially and family-wise. Friends, partners and housing disappear. Life on drugs and as homeless is no party. I destroyed my life and I absolutely do not want that to happen to others, so be careful young and old. It can happen to anyone. I do not want it to happen to my worst enemy. MEMENTO MORI (Remember you must die)