"I grabbed what I could and left," recalls Carl. "It was only then that it struck me I was on my own."
He had been a peer mentor at school so knew there was a national number to call for help. But he was disappointed with the response when he dialled.
"They put me through to another county where I was told there was nothing they could do because it was past midnight," he says. "My first reaction was that I would have to sleep rough until the morning, but I managed to contact one of my friends and he let me sleep on his floor."
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