After the millionaire lifestyle, there's something enormously satisfying about bagging a major bargain by shopping secondhand.

Having lost everything the start of my recovery journey began as a volunteer in Oxfam. It wasn't long before I was touring the county styling all the customers.

In the Beach Cities of Los Angeles "the yard sale" has made shopping secondhand, recycling and shabby chic the most fun before breakfast activity for stylish planet conscious Angelinos.

When I had money to burn and shopping for designer luxury was my only purpose, dropping a few grand on a Tiffany watch was never a problem but when I was starving  a few years later, I discovered something that became a massive problem for me.

"What do you mean my Tiffany watch is only worth 100 quid" I said to the greedy second-hand dealer, ready to offer me a fraction of what I paid for it new only one year earlier....