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Joe Wicks says his father’s heroin addiction changed his life

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Joe Wicks has said that his life was changed by his father’s addiction to heroin. The Body Coach, who has shot to fame during the lockdown thanks to his online PE lessons, discussed the problems he faced in childhood with BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

He said that seeing the impact that drugs had on his father while he was growing up meant that he has never been tempted to try them himself. “Because of my dad’s life, I didn’t go near it,” he told the programme. “I was scared of it and I got into exercise and fitness and so his mistake changed my life.” His father’s addiction was caused by “childhood trauma”, he added. “I just don’t regret anything I’ve gone through or anything I have been through with my mum and dad, I’m just proud of

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