In a large first floor sitting room above a busy high street in south Liverpool, something remarkable is happening.
17 men and one woman are packed into the room and are listening intently as one member of the group talks about the worst time of his life. He explains how he spent £60,000 in a single year on cocaine and nearly lost everything he loves.
The man speaking is a former resident of Damien John Kelly House, an abstinence based recovery centre on Wavertree High Street. Today he has returned to the centre to speak about his time living there and how it helped him to rebuild his life and bring him back from the brink of existence. "I dread to think of where I would be without this place," he tells the gathered residents, who are listening intently to his every word. You could hear a pin drop.
