I want a job where i can pass life experience on.

@HootyTheNightOwl You speak my language!!!

@HootyTheNightOwl Ive been a addict and honestly every addict i have encoutered with drugs anyway have all stopped (some not of course) from their own free will. I believe drugs councilling is great for support. Ive been lucky enough to have that support in the past but the truth is..and not just my personal truth' is that addiction ends if succesful by wanting yourself to end that addiction. I personally dont know a soul and i knew many' who gave up addiction by way of councilling. It has to be wanted by the addict. Councilling doesnt stop addiction. Not even jail stops it. Its still a job id do if i knew i could help someone get off by giving them councilling. It probably helps reinforce any future atrempts to kick a habit. Ive had some fantastic councillor's and totally respect them so im genuinely not knocking what they do.

@Perry1968 The thing is that addiction isn't purely just about the addict. They're probably still sending people who experienced addiction and/or prison into schools to talk to children about "Just Say No", staying out of prison, anti-bullying etc.

I remember how many of the inmates often said they were convicted of pretty serious crimes like assault or attempted murder - like they were really trying to go for the shock factor. Of course, you had to believe the story in the script... even though it's more plausible that they were probably shoplifters or something daft like that.

They've been trying for decades to stem the flow before it got to that stage where they had addicts and convicts to rehabilitate.

@HootyTheNightOwl Now that is AMAZING. Id love to do that. I know most youngters look at some old dude whos a ex addict any many other life experiences i could offer would more than likely just think mehh 😆 But honestly id love to do that even if it gof through to 1 in 1000. My doctor 2 or 3 years ago said to me. Hey. Youve led an interesting life. Would you give a brief life story so i can use it for my students. I obliged. It took about id guess over a year to write that brief which was only 4 or 5 A4 pages long. Weeks later he phoned me and told me the mixed reactions of students some where taken aback. Others not. He asked if id ever consider a facetime with his class. I said id think about it. In hindsight i just wished i saud a straight yes but i suffer from anxiety. I think i could cope with that now tbf. Opening up is liberating. For me anyway so yes thank you for such a good idea and thats where for me it would differ than sitting in a office as a key worker.