A near-death experience has been a wake-up call for one 23-year-old dad after he overdosed on cocaine.

Danny Waters, of Margate, collapsed in the street and paramedics rushed to his aid.

The father-of-two has now made a music video to warn others of the dangers of drug use.

He said: "After I overdosed on cocaine, I collapsed in the street. I wasn't breathing. I almost died.

"The paramedics told me they'd been called out to a girl the other day.
"It was the first time she had taken coke and she did too much and she died.

"They asked me how I thought her parents felt and how my kids would feel if the same thing happened to me."

When Mr Waters was on drugs, he was barred from seeing his son, who is now nearly seven-years-old.

"My biggest kick was wanting to see my son again," he said.

"And by then I had a little daughter on the way too."

Mr Waters is now allowed to see both his children but says kicking the drug habit hasn't been easy.

He said: "I'm still struggling with depression and anxiety but I am not going near drugs again.

"I have been sober for seven months."

It was music which helped him in his darkest days.

"Apart from my kids, it's the biggest thing in my life," he added.

"Writing and performing music is on my mind 24/7."

With the help of Fixers, the charity that gives young people a voice to campaign on issues which matters to them, Mr Waters has made a music video warning about the danger of drugs.

Fixers is also helping arrange for him to perform and answer questions at colleges in east and north Kent.

He said: "As a kid at school we had people coming in telling us not to get into drugs but they never really convinced me and I still went on and did them.

"Someone like me, a person who did drugs and almost killed myself, I reckon I could spread a better message than anything I got told when I was younger."