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Mindfulness could be a life-saving technique for those intent on becoming free of addiction writes TONY BATES

‘I WAS waiting for the 15A the other day . . . an ambulance was whizzing by, it was absolutely chaotic . . . but I could hear the birds tweeting and I thought ‘you’re either having a nervous breakdown or a spiritual awakening . . . Jesus! Your life has done a 360, maybe it was worth all the work . . . connecting to nature in the middle of Pearse Street. Before, if I was hung-over and a bird was tweeting I’d want to kill it!”