It was his first Christmas working in London and he was in the throes of addiction. “No matter what was going on in my life, it really didn’t matter once I was playing. Treatment CentreOff the field, his life was anything but stable, and by the age of 23, he was being treated for alcohol addiction in the Rutland Treatment Centre in Dublin. He says sadly that at the height of his addiction, “I really broke my parents’ hearts. And he was also told by the counsellors that if I ever got my act together that I would actually make a very good addiction counsellor.

Source: The Herald February 21, 2026 16:44 UTC