| Reformed heroin addict tells her
story REFORMED heroin addict Rachel Keogh is to tell the story
of her battle to beat addiction on The Late Late Show and in British magazine
Cosmopolitan next month.
The Irish 27-year-old is due to open her heart to Pat Kenny and the nation
on March 9 as part of keeping track of her difficult journey to total
reform.
Sky News Ireland reporter Alison O’Reilly is also filming a documentary
on rachel’s life both in London and Ireland.
Since Rachel’s harrowing plight was first revealed, Ms Keogh from
Mercer Street in Dublin has been hitting the headlines both in Britain
and Ireland.
She had escaped from garda custody after her arrest when she was arrested
on shoplifting charges.
After she was arrested by gardaí last year she made an emotional
plea for help to beat her addiction at Dublin District Court.
She was released on bail last year and secured a place on a residential
detoxification course at the Cuan Dara Treatment Centre in Cherry Orchard
Hospital.
The open sores on her arms, which had been badly damaged from nearly 15
years of heroin injections, have begun to heal.
Ms Keogh has continued her remarkable recovery by attending an eight-week
detox programme in the Keltoi Residential Centre at Phoenix Park.
“The programme has been really difficult I’ve had to change
everything about myself but if it was easy I’d be worried,”
she admitted.
“I’m on the sixth week of the course and I’ve been completely
clean now for four-and-a-half months.
“I’ve had to challenge all the old demons and deal with a
lot of new ones but I’ve got very supportive people around me and
thanks to them I’m making a good recovery.”
Over the coming months Rachel plans to write a book about her experiences
and also has plans to study at Trinity College. Y
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