Rebuilding after addiction: 'I got a glimpse of the other side, and I like it, I don't miss my old life'

Joyce Fegan meets three people who have overcome addiction thanks to treatment facilities and employers who have helped them recover their dignity

Sean O'Reilly, right, a graduate of Tiglin and trainee cafe manager with Aubrey McCarthy, chairman of the organisation at The Rise cafe. "I just broke barriers with myself and made myself go down and work in the cafe," says Sean. Photo: Moya Nolan

Sean O'Reilly: "I never thought I'd get my brother and sister back and now they're ringing me every day"

Sean O'Reilly, 25, entered rehab for drug addiction at the height of the pandemic - October 2020.