Actor Paul Brannigan helps launch rehab centre for pregnant addicts

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A rehab centre for pregnant addicts has been launched with the support of an ex-convict who beat his own addictions to become an acclaimed actor.

Paul Brannigan, star of Ken Loach’s prize-winning film The Angels’ Share, has opened the The Aberlour Family Support Service.

The centre offers addict mothers and expectant-mothers from across Scotland purpose built rehabilitation accommodation, complete with communal facilities and a gym, in the East End of Glasgow.

The service is designed to help addicts beat their problems, provide parenting advice and keep their children out of care.

The Angels’ Share tells the story of a jobless young jailbird who resolves to change his life after becoming a father.

It won the Jury Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was in the running for the prestigious Palme d’Or.

Mr Brannigan, who was imprisoned in his teens for a firearm offence and has battled addiction, described the film as “like a mirror image to my life”. Read More…

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