Hello everyone, My name is Tom. I want to share something personal and ask for help.

A lot of you know my story — I’ve lived with addiction for 13 years. I’m currently in the early days of recovery again, and I’m putting everything I have into staying sober and rebuilding my life.

Over a month ago, I had to step away from my job, and I’m really struggling financially. Right now I’m stuck in survival mode — constantly worrying about rent, food, and basic needs — and it’s taking my focus away from my recovery.

And the truth is: my recovery has to come first (But it’s not). If I don’t protect it, I risk losing everything again. I’m doing everything I can, but I need a bit of support to get stable while I keep working on my sobriety.

I also want to share that I have been trying hard to make something of myself and create a fresh start. I’ve set up Time with Tom Painting Workshop — beach sunrise painting classes — and I’m really proud of it. But right now it’s still growing, and unfortunately I’m not as busy as I need to be yet, so I’m not earning enough from it to cover my basic living costs and find myself back in the bar scene as they are the only ones who’s willing to pay me for promotion videos at the moment. My family have helped me so much over the last 13 years in every way possibly but unfortunately they are not in a position to help me financially at the moment.

So I’ve set up a GoFundMe to help cover my rent, food, and essentials while I focus on recovery, keep building my painting workshop, and get back on my feet. If you are in a position where you can donate or if you can interact with my video it truly means more than I can explain. I’m forever grateful for all the love and support I receive online and God knows how much you all help me on a daily basis.

If I manage to exceed my goal to help with my rent, food ect for the next couple of months while I keep rebuilding my life and my workshop the remaining funds will be to

-Start counselling/therapy for my mental health

-To get my ADHD under control

-Repay my Debts

-Freedom to volunteer in places of need

-freedom & time to help other addicts/homeless

Thank you for All your Support and thank you for being here with me. There’s better days ahead for us all. I’m just trying to practice what I preach and reaching out and asking for help and if your struggling too ask for the help

I Love you all! Thank you so much for taking the time out to read this❤️