He has over 16 years experience working within the fields of mental health and substance misuse. During that time he developed and implemented a training course called a Safer Way to beat dependence. This opened the door to service users, volunteers and staff from the NHS and non statutory services to be trained in an accredited therapy. The evidenced based therapy he named Acu Stimulation Treatment helped many struggling people to either, reduce or abstain from harmful substances, without swapping one drug for another.