Growing up, Stephen Holt had a wonderful childhood, going on countless family holidays and getting up to mischief like all young lads like to do.
However, during his late teens, the Chorley man's family started to notice a change in his personality when he began drinking alcohol and taking illicit drugs. His behaviour, when intoxicated, became increasingly impulsive as time went by - and he was referred to mental health services on several occasions after a series of worrying incidents.
He was found at a motorway bridge with a rope in one incident, while on another he had to be cut down after attempting to hang himself. Stephen knew that these attempts were linked to drink and drugs - but he was unable to "escape from the clutches of cocaine".
