However, this soon led to him hanging around with people who were "lovely fellas, but heavy drinkers", which is when he started trying to keep up with them.
So at 16 you're trying to keep up with them and you're trying to be one of them, I was obviously still very naïve and just trying to fit in.
'Christmas Day moment made me change my life forever after naïve mistake ruined it' A man has revealed how he knew he had to change after a "naive" mistake left him in pain and "in the dumpster.".
Sie Austin, 38, from Wavertree, wanted to be a DJ from a young age but admitted the lifestyle he fell into led him down the wrong path.
The day I turned 16, I went round near enough every venue in town with a CV with not much on it.