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Defining & Explaining Addiction
What is addiction or dependence?
Identifying or being diagnosed
Everyday Life with an Addiction, Dependence or Drug Habit
Consumption in everyday life
Relationships, confidentiality & telling others
Work, study & making ends meet
Dealing with stigma & discrimination
General Health & Accessing Healthcare
Looking after health & well-being
Living with illness or a health condition
Living with a mental health condition
Contact with the criminal justice system
Creating Change: Treatment, Self-help & Other Responses
Changing patterns of consumption
Pharmacotherapy/medication-assisted treatment
Talking therapies
Residential treatment
Formal & informal detox
Self-help programs
What is recovery & how important is it?
Advice & Messages to Others
Consumers, family & friends
Health professionals & policymakers
Personal Stories
Experiences By Drug Type
Alcohol
Cannabis
Heroin
Ecstasy & Other Party Drugs
Prescription & Over-the-Counter Drugs
Speed, Ice & Other Stimulants
Experiences By Age and Gender
Women Aged 18-29
Women Aged 30-39
Women Aged 40-49
Women Aged 50+
Men Aged 18-29
Men Aged 30-39
Men Aged 40-49
Men Aged 50+
Resources & Information
Key Terms
Team & Thanks
Further perspectives on alcohol
Men Aged 50+
Fozz
Fozz began drinking in his early twenties at university and his consumption gradually increased.
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George
George started drinking after his wife died and says he thinks he has an ‘alcohol habit’.
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Harry
Harry has taken heroin fairly regularly for the past thirty years, organising his consumption around his work commitments.
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Nick
Nick first started taking heroin regularly after he was involved in a car accident.
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Zac
Zac began taking party drugs in his thirties. When he felt that he was taking them ‘too often’, he sought counselling from a psychologist.
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Brad
When he was in his late teens Brad was prescribed a ‘very mild’ stimulant for ‘mood enhancement’. He soon began taking more than the prescribed dose.
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