My Time of Being a Lout Is Behind Me Now ; Youngsters Who Lose Their Way or Fall Into a Life of Crime Are Being Helped by a North East Charity. Laura Caroe Speaks to Some of Those Who Have Found It has Changed Their Lives and Discovers an Inspiring Story of Hope

Evening Chronicle › March 17, 2008

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Summary

BY THE time he turned 13, life had dealt Adam Collins a difficult hand.

Troubled for some time, he'd already been smoking cannabis for a year.

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My Time of Being a Lout Is Behind Me Now ; Youngsters Who Lose Their Way or Fall Into a Life of Crime Are Being Helped by a North East Charity. Laura Caroe Speaks to Some of Those Who Have Found It has Changed Their Lives and Discovers an Inspiring Story of Hope

Arguments were sorted out with fists and boots as he started to live his life according to the laws of the street.

As he became a teenager, he was excluded from school and was already taking drugs...

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