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 Heroin – Peter
Peter first tried heroin in his late twenties and has taken it intermittently since then, including periods of between three and six months when he stopped taking it. He’s at times gone onto opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (methadone maintenance treatment [MMT] or Suboxone®, a combination of...
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 – Ned
Ned began taking heroin in his late twenties, stopping after a few months when he felt he had developed a ‘habit’. For the next few years he smoked cannabis regularly and then in his early thirties he began a new relationship and started taking speed...
25 Sep Heroin – Misja
As a child Misja lived with his father and later with foster parents. After experiencing physical abuse throughout his childhood he ran away from home and found himself homeless in his pre-teenage years. He says he began taking ‘anything’ he could to ‘get high’ and...
25 Sep Cannabis – Matthew
Matthew first tried cannabis when he was a teenager and says he’s smoked it ‘for the better part of thirty years’. He suffers from depression, anxiety and possible bipolar disorder, and is currently being treated with antidepressant medication, Valium® (diazepam) and lithium. He’s also been...
25 Sep Alcohol – Luke
Luke started drinking socially in his late teens and continued through his twenties. In his early thirties, while working in a ‘high pressure’ job, he began drinking every day as a ‘release’ and a way to ‘block’ feelings of depression and anxiety. ...
23 Sep Heroin – Bobby
In his late teens Bobby smoked cannabis and took speed with friends, and in his early twenties he started taking heroin regularly. A few years later he decided to reduce his heroin consumption and started opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (methadone maintenance treatment or MMT). ...
23 Sep Heroin – Barry
Barry started drinking regularly and smoking cannabis in his early teens after a close family member died. In his late teens, he was prescribed benzodiazepines to help him manage anxiety and he says he became ‘addicted’ to alcohol and benzodiazepines. A few years later,...
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