Actor and yoga teacher Shane Lennon (41) was in his teens when he became addicted to cocaine. Now 18 years sober, he explains how yoga and meditation helped him to sit with his thoughts Shane Lennon credits yoga and meditation with helping him sit with his thoughts I always hung around with an older crowd, especially in school. I was probably 11 or 12 when I drank for the first time.
I took my first ecstasy tablet when I was 13. It was mental because when I came up on it at first I remember thinking to myself, ‘What do I have to do to make myself feel like this all the time?’ People have since asked me: ‘When do you think you were addicted?’ and I look back to that moment. I think I knew then without actually knowing.
I didn’t feel happy in a normal state of mind, I needed to find something else. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
