Christine McGuinness
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My dad...
He's now recovered, but he was a heroin addict.
He was on heroin before I was born.
And yeah, he stayed on that for over 40 years.
Over 40 years.
Yeah, he's been clean now for a couple of years and he's doing really well.
And he's doing amazing.
But it certainly had a big impact on my life, not having my dad around.
I can imagine.
And also the fact that it was because of heroin.
Yeah.
That took a lot of understanding from myself.
And now I do understand it.
And I understand it's an illness.
I understand it's not choice.
I understand he would never ever in a million years have not been around his own children because of a drug if it was a choice.
Oh, I know what it's like to grow up without your dad being around.
So no matter what, no matter what's happened between me and Patrick, I would never involve the children in anything.
And he's actually an amazing dad.
And it's gorgeous.