A single dad underwent an incredible transformation after he got clean from drugs and put on 4.5st - so he could see his daughter. <br /><br />Austin Greene, 27, says he started taking hard drugs when he was aged just 13 - and they took over his life. <br /><br />But after the birth of his little girl, eight, he knew he had to make a change in order to give her the best life he could. <br /><br />Photos from before and now show he is barely recognisable.<br /><br />Austin, from Greenfield, Ohio, USA said: "I looked like I was moments from death. <br /><br />“It was destroying my daughter’s heart. <br /><br />“I just want people to know that there is always hope, even if it feel like there isn't.” <br /><br />Austin says he started drinking and smoking marijuana when he was aged only 11, as there was a culture of drugs with young people where he grew up in Leesburg, Ohio.<br /><br />He was then introduced to harder substances like crystal meth and heroin as a teenager.<br /><br />He said: "When I was detoxing I wanted to leave everyday, but once I got the toxins out of my body I started thinking more clearly. <br /><br />"It was then I started working on understanding as much about addiction that I possibly could."<br /><br />He then spent six months in a sober living facility, and has happily been clean since December 21 2020.
