By Brittany Chain For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 20:32 GMT, 27 March 2019 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 27 March 2019
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A convicted criminal and former drug addict who watched his girlfriend and mother of his child die from a drug overdose has turned his life around - spending his days performing random acts of kindness for strangers.
Jessie-James Radecker, from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, was convicted of armed robbery after he stormed a service station with a knife and a syringe to steal money for drugs.
He spent ten months in jail before being released on parole and entered a rehab facility to curb his heroin addiction.
He told Daily Mail Australia that by then he was 'determined to stay clean and help those in need'.
On Wednesday, Daniel shared a photo of his brother, who recently graduated from his rehabilitation program, helping an elderly woman pack her groceries into her trolley
'While he was in rehab the mother of his daughter ended up overdosing from the very poison he was addicted to for ten years,' his