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Darren's Recovery Story

By Bryan Le 05/07/14

Darren started smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol at age 13. By age 21, he was addicted to heroin. While he sold crack and heroin, he went through £500 ($850 USD) a day of drugs. He believes that if he could recover, then anyone can.

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Bryan Le

Bryan Le grew up in the 90's, so the Internet is practically his third parent. This combined with a love for journalism led him to The Fix. When he isn't fulfilling his duties as Editorial Coordinator, he's obsessing over fancy keyboards he can't justify buying. Find Bryan on LinkedIn or Twitter. 

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