A Oxford-educated lawyer from Liverpool lost his job, freedom, wife and almost his life after spiralling into a crack cocaine addiction.
John McGlashan, 69, tells the story of his journey through addiction, prison and back again in a new book - 'Next time bring a bigger knife', published by Conrad Press - which he says makes people "laugh and cry". Considering himself lucky he's "not dead", John hopes others can learn from his experience.
Born just off Scotland Road, John's early years were spent in poverty, playing on the rubble of bomb sites, and having no indoor toilet until he was five. After relocating to Kirkby during slum clearances, the family moved to Woolton when his dad qualified as a lawyer. As the family grew wealthier, they could afford to move to Fulwood Park, a street of grand houses in Aigburth where residents live by 200-year-old rules.
