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'Now that I'm sober, I hope my dad can do the same'

Katie McEvinney
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Gavin Hopkins Megan Ross looking directly at the camera. She has dark hair, which is tied up, and is wearing a grey polo neck and a black leather jacket.Gavin Hopkins
Megan Ross has been in recovery for seven months

When Megan Ross was 14 years old, she opened some letters her dad had sent her from prison.

In them, Davie Clark explained why he had been absent throughout Megan's childhood.

He said he was addicted to drugs and did not want her to be around his lifestyle.

"I think that's probably the first time I understood why he wasn't in my life," she said.

"Because for a lot of years I did think: 'Did he not want me? Did he not love me":[]}