The Journey of a Cocaine Addict
My first line of coke was innocent enough...
...however at the time, I completely underestimated the impact this drug would have on my life.
What was half a gram on a night out, soon became anything from £100 to £400 every weekend.
My effort levels at work soon started to be impacted and shortly afterwards, so did my home life. In hindsight, long before I ever admitted it, I was an addict.
I stole and lied to those closest to me and lost everything: my mum, my dad, my partner and ultimately all those closest to me. I moved away in an effort to claw back any bit of myself that I had left, I was convinced everyone else was the problem and not me.
During my time away I ended up homeless and moved back to Telford to have the support of my family, and after I owned accountability and accepted, I was an addict, I made efforts to get myself better and rebuild the relationships I had consciously ruined in my addiction.
I attended TACT for support and taken a week out of work to be with people who had been through similar to me. 18 months on, I am free from my addiction and a paid member of staff helping to shape the support we offer, with an aim to help people like me notice the negative aspects of this habit before they are left with nothing but the consequences of what once seemed like a harmless habit.
