Hayden Christensen is opening up about his return to the Star Wars franchise!
06.06.2022 - 18:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man who battled drug addiction and lived in a tent for years has transformed his life around and is now helping other people in recovery.
Ben Koba was regularly using cocaine and heroin for seven years until he realised, “something’s got to change here or I’m going to f*****g die”.
The 35-year-old revealed it was the thought of never seeing his daughter, whom he hadn't seen in two years, that made him return to his love of fishing, which played a huge role in his recovery.
With his “meagre benefits” he bought a rod, reel, bait and hooks from his local fishing shop and went down to the water on his own in the middle of winter.
Ben, from Woodchurch, cried as he caught a couple of codling, telling Liverpool Echo : “I was that overcome and overwrought that I could get such a high off something other than intravenous drugs. For the first time in years, I felt normal.”
The first 18 months of recovery were “nightmarish” as he couch surfed and slept in bushes hugging his rods “so no one could steal them”. But Ben “just kept going”, saying: “I just concentrated on the fishing above all else. I’ve used it as a life jacket to keep me afloat.”
Now he’s in a better place then he’s ever been. He said: “I love what I do. I wake up with a spring in my step every morning, dive out of bed and look forward to the day, whereas in the past when I was in the tent, you’d be taking bigger and bigger hits, hoping it was going to kill you because you were just that fed up of life.”
People asked to join Ben fishing when they saw how much it helped him stay sober, so in 2018, he launched Wirral Sea Angling Academy. With tackle donated by shops, and donations of £10 to cover the cost of bait, rods and reels, Ben now spends most days fishing
Hayden Christensen is opening up about his return to the Star Wars franchise!
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