‘I’m living my life now, where before I was just existing’

DARREN BALFE said he didn’t have to act much to play a drug addict casually traumatising ordinary people by robbing them on the street.

“I’ve been out there doing all that stuff, it makes it easier to play the part,” said the 30-year-old recovering drug user.

Darren has one of the lead roles in a new film short created by an innovative voluntary project which uses art in the recovery of dependent drug users.