Zac began taking ice, GHB, ecstasy and cocaine in his thirties when he started a relationship with someone who took these drugs occasionally. In his early forties Zac moved overseas and continued to take various drugs when going clubbing. He says he also began taking...
Nick first started taking heroin regularly after he was involved in a car accident. He stopped when he moved overseas and was working full time as the ‘breadwinner’ for his family. He resumed taking heroin when he returned to Australia over ten years ago and...
Harry has taken heroin fairly regularly for the past thirty years. He’s been on opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (methadone maintenance treatment [MMT] and Suboxone®, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone) but is no longer on treatment. Harry now takes heroin a few times a fortnight, organising...
George started drinking after his wife died and says he thinks he has an ‘alcohol habit’. After being hospitalised for seizures, he went to a residential rehabilitation facility for ten days where he ‘dried out’. Since then, he’s reduced his alcohol consumption and now only...
Brad was prescribed a ‘mild’ stimulant by his doctor in his late teens and says he subsequently developed an ‘interest in stimulants’. In his twenties he began taking speed and drinking alcohol when going out with friends, and continued to do so regularly throughout his...
Fozz began drinking in his early twenties at university and over the years his alcohol consumption increased to the point where he says he ‘couldn’t structure a day without having alcohol in there somewhere’....