When it comes to physical and mental health, drugs destroyed me. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have lasting back problems from...

I believe a craving for war and peace lives within all of us. And I believe the attraction to war can come from a few places; perhaps...

I apologise. My sister has spent the past ten days or so visiting me here in Spain. She left this morning and as we were saying goodbye,...

If I haven't put you off drugs already, I'm hoping a few short memories of mine might. Some embarrassing, all serious. When I was...

Now known as Junction 17, The McGuinness Unit was a specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)... aka a psych ward for...

I remember the day that I first told my mum I was addicted to crack cocaine. The night before, I woke up on my living room floor - blood...

Right now I am harbouring a deep sadness as my biggest inspiration lies lifeless on a hospital bed in a coma. I wrote in a previous post...

Yesterday I hiked a mountain with my sister to hold a mini funeral for my best friend who passed away two weeks ago. I was unable to...

I'll never forget the image of my poor mother's face as she was desperately pleading with me not to leave. After my second crack overdose...

TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide I first thought of suicide when I was 8 years old. My mother and stepfather had just moved me and my siblings to...

Recently I've been studying a bit about addiction, mainly through youtube videos of a doctor named Gabor Mate. He states that addiction...

**Disclaimer: I do not recommend following my example. You can get clean safely, this was just my story ** 26th April 2019: I'm defeated....