About this episode

Tim Haigh shares his journey from addiction and crime to a life of purpose and helping others.

This week on Life After Prison, Jules is joined by Tim Haigh. Growing up around poverty, instability and trauma, he found himself caught up in crime from a young age. As a teenager, he was sentenced to nearly ten years in prison, and after his release became trapped in a cycle of addiction, offending and destructive choices that affected every part of his life.  He lost friends, spent years battling heroin addiction, and reached a point where he knew something had to change.  Instead of becoming another statistic, he made the decision to rebuild.  Today, he’s been clean for more than two decades, works with young people, prisons and communities, and has written a book called The Leopard That Changed His Spots, sharing the lessons from a journey that took him from prison and addiction to a life of purpose.  Organisations:  Lived Experience Speakers - Uses real-life stories and lived experience to educate, inspire, and empower young people, helping them make positive choices and avoid crime, gangs, and exploitation. The organisation delivers workshops in schools, prisons, colleges, and community settings, focusing on…

People in this episode

Host: Jules

Guest: Tim Haigh

Topics covered

• addiction
• rehabilitation
• personal development
• crime
• life after prison

Keywords

• addiction
• heroin
• prison
• rehabilitation
• mentoring
• personal development
• crime prevention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lived Experience Speakers, Switchback, Aspire2Change

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