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People had had it rough, or, worse, were having it rough: drinking too much, fighting with loved ones, leaving loved ones and being dispirited over it.
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It's a challenge". Reilly, an accountant for a cerebral palsy organization, said he made the going rougher by drinking at a wedding the night before.
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In Folkestone in Kent, a PSPO covers drinking, rough sleeping and begging; the latter is also a potential criminal act in Corby, Swindon and Oxford (where the council says it only applies to "aggressive" begging, though that includes simply asking for money near a cashpoint).
He travelled as a tramp, sleeping rough, eating scraps, drinking from public water taps, bathing in the sea - and once, without her knowledge, in Gracie Fields' swimming pool in Capri - not just because he had little money, but "to see what it was like".
What do people have for breakfast the morning after a rough night of drinking?
The record was released in 2004 and received a bit of attention — you can still hear it on Spotify — but it stalled quickly, and soon the label dropped McKee, a "devastating" letdown that she said led to a rough stretch with drinking and drugs.
Now roughing it is drinking out of paper cups".
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