One step at a time: Reformed drug user Russell Brand debuts new tattoo… a line from prayer used to battle addictions
by Virginia Skeels
Published : August 6, 2012

Russel Brand has never looked back after conquering his addiction demons, but the wild haired funnyman is making sure he has a daily reminder to ensure he never goes back to those dark days.

The comedian yesterday debuted his brand new tattoo, with the words ‘Lord, make a channel of thy peace’, scrawled across his right arm.

The line is from the Prayer of St Francis, and it appears in an Alcoholics Anonymous book called Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

He certainly seems to have left his wild partying days behind him, and is better known these days for his healthy lifestyle and devotion to yoga.

He was spotted walking the streets of Los Angeles in bare feet and showing off the inking.

The British A-lister stepped out in ripped jeans, a grey singlet top and black vest.

He wore dark mirrored shades and layered prayer beads over his neck, and carried a health drink in each hand.

His new body artwork comes after he recently revealed that he would still rather be a drug addict instead of an international superstar.

During filming of a television documentary, the 37-year-old watched footage of his twenty-something self smoking heroine in a dirty Hackney flat and admitted that he missed those days.

Brand said: ‘This is when you know it’s a disease. It doesn’t matter that I was sat in that flat in Hackney and now I’m in the Savoy. I’m jealous of me then.

‘It doesn’t make a difference to me. The money, the fame, the power, the sex, the women — none of it. I’d rather be a drug addict.’

Although the Arthur star has been clean for over 10 years, he still remembers how he felt when on drugs.

He said: ‘Heroin is a greedy drug, it’ll take everything. First it’ll take your money. Then it’ll take your friends, your family, your car, your house.

The confession is part of a documentary which will be shown on August 16 on BBC Three called Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery.

Although the Arthur star has been clean for over 10 years, he still remembers how he felt when on drugs.

He said: ‘Heroin is a greedy drug, it’ll take everything. First it’ll take your money. Then it’ll take your friends, your family, your car, your house.

The confession is part of a documentary which will be shown on August 16 on BBC Three called Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery.

Source : Daily Mail