26 Sep OTC drugs – Sean
Throughout much of his thirties, Sean took heroin, ice and cocaine, typically with friends, sometimes in relationships, and also alone. His drug consumption changed when he began a new relationship in his late thirties. ...
26 Sep Alcohol – Phoenix
Phoenix says he grew up in a ‘violent home’ and that his parents were ‘alcoholics’. In his mid-teens his parents separated and he left home and began drinking regularly. In his late teens he had a motorcycle accident and sustained injuries that give him chronic...
25 Sep Alcohol – Opal
Opal started drinking in his late teens in the evenings after work. He continued to do so into his thirties, when he also began taking codeine and oxycodone to treat pain from a motor vehicle accident and work-related injuries. Several years later, at the suggestion...
25 Sep Heroin – Kate
Kate began taking heroin every day in her late teens. In her twenties she took it on and off, stopping when pregnant with each of her children or when undertaking a drug treatment program. Over the years she’s completed a youth detox program and a...
24 Sep Heroin – Jack
Jack began taking heroin occasionally in his twenties and stopped in his early thirties after his doctor prescribed him morphine and Xanax® (alprazolam). Over the next few years, he began to think he was ‘hooked’ on morphine and Xanax®....
24 Sep Alcohol – Emma
Emma started drinking as a teenager and by her mid-twenties she says she had a ‘serious problem’ with alcohol. She’s been through several kinds of drug treatment, including Alcoholics Anonymous, short detoxes, residential rehabilitation programs and a ‘non-residential post-withdrawal treatment program’. ...
19 Sep Prescription drugs – Annemarie
When she was in her early twenties, Annemarie experienced anxiety and panic attacks, and was prescribed benzodiazepines (Serepax®/oxazepam). While the medication initially helped to alleviate her symptoms, after a while she found she needed to increase the dose to get the desired effect....