About Davey

I looked like I was winning.

I was losing everything.

Builder, business owner, former party boy, and the guy who got a second shot at life. This is who I was, who I am now, and why I talk about it.

Builder

Runs his own construction company

Author

Tin Man, out 27 October

Speaker

Schools, workplaces, clubs, events

Featured in

Mamamia, Good Humans, Darling Shine and more

The story

Where I've been. Where I'm headed.

Davey Lloyd smiling in a black t-shirt
Then

For years I had everything under control, except me. A business I’d built from nothing, a big life and a habit I kept telling myself I could stop. I ignored every warning, right up until the night I nearly didn’t wake up.

Now

Sobriety gave me a second go and I’m not wasting it. I still build for a living. The difference is I talk about the stuff I used to hide, so the next bloke doesn’t have to hit the bottom I did before he asks for help.

“You don’t have to wait until your life completely implodes before you change.”

From Tin Man

Now

What life looks like on the other side

Davey Lloyd laughing on a beach track

01

On the tools

I still run my construction company. Same trade, same sites, a very different bloke turning up to them.

02

On the page

Tin Man is my first book. Part memoir, part workbook, with fill-in pages between chapters so you can do the work alongside me.

Inside the book ↗

03

On stage

I speak at schools, workplaces, sporting clubs and events about addiction, ego and mental health, the way people actually live it.

Book me to speak ↗

04

On the mic

Podcasts like Good Humans, Darling Shine, Behind the Smile and Soberly Speaking have had me on to tell it straight.

All appearances ↗

Get in touch

Let’s start a conversation.

Speaking enquiries, media requests, or you just need to talk to someone who has been there. Reach out.

The book

Tin Man book cover by Davey Lloyd

Read the full story.

Tin Man: Why I Traded Sex, Drugs & Parties for Sobriety. Part memoir, part workbook. Paperback and Kindle available to pre-order now. Both out 27 October, with the audiobook.

Prefer Kindle? Pre-order the ebook