内容摘要："It was intense, I was grieving, I had three children at primary school and I don't think I stopped to really think about where it was going and how was I going to get to the end.

"It was intense, I was grieving, I had three children at primary school and I don't think I stopped to really think about where it was going and how was I going to get to the end.

"I know Covid is a very sour subject for a lot of people which is totally understandable," she said."But for me it saved my life. I strongly don't think I would be here right now if I'm honest so it gave me a lot of strength. I love being a mum.

"I've never once looked back. I just focus on carrying on."Ms Walsh, from Shard End, said the pandemic forced her to confront her addiction.She started using heroin when she was 16 and said she lived homeless for two years.

Five years on, she said life was "fantastic".She explained how she was loving being there for her three young children - Archie, nine, Dolcie-dee, two, and five-month-old Ronan.

Those three have helped give their mother the strength to keep moving on from her addiction, she said.

"They've given me a lot of strength to carry on," Ms Walsh said."I remember thinking actually I don't think I want to do this for a year now, how do I get out of it?," she said.

"I remember going onto my Just Giving page and trying to extract myself from it."About 10 days in, I had raised £35."

Then everything changed.Her campaign was noticed by the BBC and everything snowballed. Other media started calling and a couple of days later, 97,000 people had visited her Facebook page.