Brian Pennie has discovered just how incredible life can be after battling through a harrowing heroin addiction to come out the other side, becoming an author and a PhD candidate.
Brian was once deemed too high risk for detox and at one of his lowest points he fell asleep in a meeting where he was trying to save his job.
Brian joined Dermot & Dave to talk about how he has rebuilt his world and what the dark side of addiction looked like to him.
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