I had £14 in my pocket and was wearing clothes from a bin… now I’m a trainer to reality stars

A MAN who once had £14 to his name and wore clothes from a bin is now a personal trainer to reality stars.

Barry O'Shea, from London, moved to Hull to join The Bridges rehab centre after battling alcohol and drug abuse.

The ex-convict, who was homeless on the streets of London, had to learn to walk again after he was shot in the stomach in 2014.

Now four years sober and six stone lighter, he runs a successful gym and personal training business, Bossfit Academy.

He has won endorsements from Celebrity Big Brother and SAS: Who Dares Win contestant Calum Best, as well as Geordie Shore star and Celebrity Big Brother winner Scotty T.

Barry told : "I've come from rags to riches, if you like.  was genuinely homeless on the street and I remember turning up at rehab in Hull with £14 in my pocket and clothes from a bin.

"I still have some of them with me now to remind me where I've come from.

"I was worried about where I'd get food from, where's my next drink going to come from, how am I going to get money to pay for alcohol.

"I'm so far away from that life now that it feels surreal, but I'm reminded of where I've come from when I go back and help other people who are in recovery."

Barry helped launch the Hull branch of Cocaine Anonymous to help dozens of addicts in the city.

He said: "Hull is beautiful to me. Other people may think differently, but Hull is my place of serenity.

"I've never taken any drugs or drank in Hull, all I've done is help people and the people around me here all do the same.

"One foot in front of the other. I try my best to live truthfully and honestly now, and it's worked."

Barry said that people in his old situation should start by accepting that they need help - and that his door is open to those in need.

It comes after a man who grew up in a council house and left school with no qualifications revealed that he is now selling his beachfront home for £15million.