Brandon Williams says he has learned from past mistakes as he refocuses on his football career.
Williams is now at Hull City to begin a new chapter, having signed on a one-year contract.
He was out of the game for 20 months, a period in which he was sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years, having been convicted for dangerous driving.
It was a dark chapter for the former Manchester United full-back, but he now wants to look forward.
"It was in the moment I was in, I wasn't in a good place," the 24-year-old told BBC Radio Humberside.