Mr Cummins struggled with his mental health throughout his life until August 2018, when he faced some of the darkest times of his life. Mr Cummins said he turned to drinking to escape reality, which made things a lot worse than they already were. “I bottled things up for so long and I ignored what was going on in my head in regard to my depression, my anxiety, my suicidal ideation and I would self-medicate with alcohol,” he said.
