For ten years Beatrice was addicted to alcohol and cigarettes, an addiction which affected her relationship with her live- in partner, the father of her four children.
Becoming friends with boys who drank alcohol and smoked dagga at the age of 13 drove Nick to follow the same pattern even though he was already attending services at the Universal Church.
"I started drinking alcohol and smoking dagga at the age of 16. My bad behaviour not only affected my studies, it also affected my mother's health and she was later diagnosed with high blood pressure.
