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by Change | 19 Dec 2008

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A man is preparing for the first exhibition of his woodwork after successfully completing a course at a rehab clinic.

After successful rehab clinic treatment, former drug addiction victim Graham Bellis has turned his life around, taken up the art of woodwork and is preparing for his first exhibition.

Talking to the Chronicle Live, he says he has been spending the last nine years channelling his feelings into the practice of carving.

As he claims disability allowance, he can only work with MDF wood, rather than the oak or elm he would ideally use, but has created a number of works.

Previously afflicted with a crack cocaine addiction, Mr Bellis decided to clean up his act and booked himself into a substance abuse clinic, the news provider reports.

"Woodwork is my drug now. I am itching to create. I love working with wood because a piece just looks dead but I can bring it back to life," he states.

He is intending to launch an exhibition on his 44th birthday, next June, and he says his work's selling price can be over £2,000.

Mr Bellis says this event could help him progress in his art and would put him on the next step of the ladder.

Last month, the Houston Chronicle reported that Kevin Fine, a man who recovered from a drug addiction through a rehabilitation centre, was elected a US district court judge in Texas.

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