Pat has continued in his journey of recovery and has been drug free for 20 years. The number of friends Pat has seen die prematurely through drug, alcohol and substance abuse continues to climb and the figure now stands at 57 as of November 2015.

I had the privilege to work with Paul Holmes in the filming of the “Chasing the Ghost” documentary in 2009, on the substance called methamphetamine or “P”.

Paul’s input and candidness helped highlight the insidious scourge of methamphetamine in this nation and facilitated in creating initiatives which proactively educate and bring awareness to this problem, one of which is the Stellar Trust. For 3 and half years-We have worked in partnership with the Stellar Trust and spoken to over 170 schools throughout New Zealand.