My name is Michael Cullen aka SpeedoMick. Today I am part of something that has given me back my self-respect, my confidence, my humility, and my sense of belonging.
“The Speedo Mick Foundation” is a registered charity giving back to communities across the UK and Ireland that needs help and support and today myself and our team can offer this support.
It has not always been this way for me. For a long time I needed that very same help and support that I am now offering to others. I have been the homeless person you see in the shop doorway, the addict, the alcoholic, the hopeless case that had made so many bad decisions that they were sure there no way back from.
"I made these terrible decisions in my life in order to block out the pain I was feeling inside..."
I could not see any way out. I had become isolated from society and left to my own devices I made things much worse. I was no longer a part of my family and I had nothing to contribute to my community. I made these terrible decisions in my life to block out the pain I was feeling inside and as a result I took no responsibility and I blamed everybody else for the position I found myself in. I was so entrenched in my self-destructive behaviour patterns that I had lost sight of the compassionate, loving, caring person I always hoped I’d be.
