‘I basically imprisoned myself as I knew I had to get right,’ says Dublin man on how he beat his drug addiction

'My life on drugs was chaos. Don't be afraid to take the first step and ask for help' - Shane Byrne

Amy Molloy

When Shane Byrne was just 12 years old, he tasted vodka for the first time.

As he grew older, his abuse of alcohol became worse, before he eventually turned his attention to drugs.