Ross Mac

Ross has suffered with poor mental health for as long as he can remember and was expelled from infant’s school at the age of 5. Everyone told him he was a naughty kid but in his 30s he learnt he was an addict, with ADHD - this realisation and discovery, was a blessing. 

 

Working and running events in night clubs at the age of 13, Ross quickly turned to drink and drugs as a solution for his problems. Despite his addictions, he managed to DJ and run events all over the world, but there was always a dark cloud that followed him -  that dark cloud was his mind. 

 

He always knew what he was doing was wrong, he always knew he had developed an addiction, but he couldn’t stop. Drink, drugs and women were favourite pastimes, and he would (unfortunately) step over anyone to get what he wanted. His mind was scrambled 24/7 and he couldn’t work out the true from the false. 

 

On the outside, his life looked amazing but inside his using got worse, his mind got darker, and he found himself in a place where he thought he was going to die! He had been going to 12-step recovery meetings on and off for over four years, but one day he hit my rock bottom and has never looked back. He’s been clean ever since, God willing, one day at a time. A decision that has changed his life.

 

Ross got clean on 22nd September 2014 and discovering he is an addict has been the best thing that has ever happened to him. He’s been given a second chance in life and wants to share that with as many people as possible, that want a new out. He believes we have been put on this earth to help each other and that philosophy is his mission - to speak and help people every single day of his life, no matter where he is in the world.

 

Since he became clean, his life has gone one way, and that’s up! The fog cleared, and his world opened up. Ross knows he’ll be an addict until the day he dies, but he’s grateful to understand his ADHD brain and that he had been self-medicating with drugs and alcohol for years.  

 

Ross knows his journey is just the beginning but realises there’s so much more we could be doing to help others. In 2022 he launched RM Wellness Solutions, believing he can make a difference if people want change and are willing to work for a better, happier life.

 

He wants anyone struggling to know that help and answers are available but first, you must want to change and be prepared to go outside your comfort zone. 

 

The first step is to make a decision to change and seek out the help you need. It is never too late. 

 

Ross says “ultimately, we have to be the change we want to see in ourselves and the world”.