Paul Boggie's story is an inspirational one and this episode is about taking responsibility for our actions.
The topic of drugs is one we have not looked at before and Paul's story is a perfect introduction to how narcotic dependency destroys lives.
At 18 he become hopelessly hooked on heroin which had flooded the area where he lived and started a downward spiral into addiction and control, racking up debts of over £16,000.
Paul tried to come off heroin multiple times but relapsed over and over again, but he refused to accept this situation and by sheer force of will got himself clean and sober.
He enrolled in the army and joined the Scots Guards at the age of 30 and even guarded Buckingham Palace, Paul now speaks in schools and to inmates in prison, to educate and to warn about the dangers of addiction.
With all the doom and gloom around these days, join Hearts of Oak for a feel-good discussion on how he turned his life around and how you can too.
Paul is performing a one-man show at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, tickets available from https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/heroin-to-hero
Follow and support Paul on social media
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Herointohero?s=20&t=6HOlFVQRLmPDh6BmpFqtWA
Facebook: https://facebook.com/paul.boggie
Paul’s book ‘Heroin to Hero’ is available from Amazon in paperback, e-reader and on Audible.
‘This is a book I have worked on for the last 14 years over coming hurdles from a young age. I became addicted to Heroin at the age of 18 and I thought my life was over, but here I am with a story to be told and hopefully with a message in there for anyone who is struggling with addiction, suicide and depression that there is light at the end of the tunnel. My journey was not easy and there are scars both physical and mentally to prove it but I am the man I am today because of these times. If this book can help one person, then I feel my struggles with addiction won't have been in vain. There has been tears along the way of both sadness and joy but I feel now that I can stop punishing myself a little for things I have put my family through, and as you read my book, I hope I have become the man that they can be proud of.’
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B089DR99VC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Interview recorded 2.6.22
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