The UK’s underground dance scene was fast becoming a global phenomenon and legendary DJ Brandon Block was riding the wave. Even when his reckless hedonism led to hospitalisation, he continued to use drugs, deciding that if he was on his way out, he’d do so on a high.
Somehow, Block managed to drag himself out of addiction and live not only to tell the tale, but to help others on a similar trajectory. In this issue’s Life After slot, he tells Positive News about the depths to which he plummeted and reveals what eventually persuaded him to turn things around.
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Two million and counting – that’s the number of everyday heroes who have been trained to spot and report the telltale signs of exploitation by pioneering US-based charity Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT).
It was set up in 2009 by mother-of-four Lyn Leeburg, inspired by her experience growing up at a family-run motel in Texas. Her childhood taught her the extraordinary reach of the trucking industry, the dependability of its millions of professional drivers, and their potential to serve as the eyes and ears of America’s myriad highways, truck stops and gas stations. TAT features in our Three Good Things roundup this issue as one of a trio of unexpected alliances.
Image: Lyn Leeburg/TAT
