Ciarán O'Driscoll

I take a chance on anyone.

I've met guys in Blarney, they've come back seven or eight times down through 20 years.

You know, and I say it to him all the time and I wouldn't encourage it.

I'd say it to him all the time.

I don't care if you're with her 20 times.

You respect the house when you come in there.

You respect the sisters.

You respect the house, you know, and you're a trier, you know, and God loves a trier, you know.

Again, it goes back to there's no such thing as a hopeless case.

There's help there.

Like, you know, you have to reach out.

You have to reach out and tell someone, like, you know, that if you're struggling with addiction, like, you know, there's help there.

As I said at the start, like, you know, there wasn't as much services when I was in active addiction.

They're everywhere now.

There's cool mind of hubs everywhere.

You know, Tabor Lodge beds capacity is much bigger than by the time I was.

The Tabor group have an awful lot of beds since, like, you know, there's help out there.

You just reach out, like, and you're no longer alone, like, you know.

I believe this is a soul sickness, like, you know.

It's a very, very lonely disease and sometimes it's beyond loneliness, you know.