00:00My first experience with drugs was waking up with a cloud of smoke, confused, giggling,
00:07wearing a laugh. And I can remember clearly, I think I was about six or seven, that was
00:13more like my first exposure to drugs. First of all, I'm a recovering addict and I'm on
00:21this journey of rehabilitation not only from drugs but from crime. People don't imply
00:27that I'm an addict. So I couldn't maintain a job, all I could do was commit crime. And
00:34my crime, the crimes I had committed would vary. It was all linked to drugs, it was all
00:39to fun and having fun. It could vary from shoplifting to stealing cars. So the business
00:47side of my job is I'll also go and do walk around businesses and if I can try and stop
00:53a shop assistant from tackling someone that could possibly hurt them, I don't want to
00:57see that hard on someone. So I'll talk to them and I'll tell them the signs to look
01:01out for if someone's like that and I'll give them advice of how they can deter people before
01:06they've even committed an offence, so you know, what it's like. I was told that the
01:12best chance I had of staying clean was by helping people, so I just threw myself into
01:18helping businesses, helping people who suffer with addiction and it sort of shows me that
01:24people see the change and people want to support you and people want to help you out and then
01:29in turn, if they can see the change in me, they might be more likely to help somebody
01:34else who's struggling with addiction. So yeah, it's really rewarding, it gives me purpose
01:39as well.
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