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These days, recovery for me is not about struggling to stay sober or clean (although not using or drinking is still at the top of my daily ‘to do’ list). It’s about living life to the full. It’s about connecting: to others, to myself, to things bigger than me. It’s about putting something back. It’s about being grateful for a new chance [Peapod, Wired In]
I took my first drink at the age of 13 whilst on my first holiday abroad in Greece. Amstel beer. I remember it well, the feeling, the confidence and exuberance I radiated. People liked me! I was funny! The adults would give me more beer to make them laugh! For a child that had been withdrawn for most of my life, this was amazing [Adam Berry, Wired In]
As part of the Narrative Research Project we interviewed 64 people across Scotland about their experience of recovery from long term mental health problems. From those interviews SRN worked with participants to create anonymous stories which we have then shared in the booklet Journeys of Recovery (10.39 MB) and via the website [Scottish Recovery Network]
Each recording features three stories, together with information about recovery [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
Many people find that personal stories of recovery are an important source of both hope and of ideas. The Journeys of recovery audio recordings were created to make Journeys of recovery accessible to people who prefer the spoken word [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
Sharon tells us of how her life has changed over the past 12 months, having battled addiction with alcohol and drugs her outlook on life is now a positive one [Inexcess TV, UK]
So why is this a story about recovery? Because we too, as his family, had to recover from the trauma and the gap that he left in our lives… What our experience has done, is to give us a great insight to, and an absorbing interest in, the substance misuse and recovery field [Irene and Ian MacDonald, WIred In]
Addiction affects your whole life. We’d always be waiting for a knock on the door to say that Kevin was dead. Whenever the phone rang, my heart would lurch [Kerry Manley, Wired In]
Never give up hope [DrugFAM, UK]
After a bad experience with ketamine, Louis found that she could no longer take drugs. However, the drinking continues, until Louis decides that something needs to change…. [Louis, Wired In]
We left Louis when she had just been kicked out of the YMCA and moved into a homeless hostel in the town. Her drinking continues but she tries a new drug – speed [Louis, Wired In]
Ken has ended up in a maximum security prison where he very quickly becomes a gang member. Drugs and home made alcohol are readily available and, due to his disruptive behaviour, Ken spends a great deal of time in solitary confinment. Life doesn’t look too good…. [Ken K, Wired In]
At the end of the first part of Ken’s story he had just entered rehab for the first time, the first of many times. In part two we follow Ken as addiction takes an even deeper hold…. [Ken K, Wired In]
I didn’t want to take that first hit because I was afraid that I may get hooked. My friend tried it first and said it was really nice and that I had to try this. I fought with an inner voice that said “don’t do it”. I had fought this same ‘inner voice’ thing on numerous other occasions – so I tried it [Ken K, WIred In]
This was also the same day I had my last drink of alcohol at 8am in morning, shaking all over with my bottle of vodka and can of lager in my hands while waiting for someone to collect me from home to drive me through to the detox centre [Brian Morrison, Vimeo]
I often said in rehab I would feel like I had achieved one of my biggest goals when I got up on a cold wet morning and HAD to go to work. This might sound strange but I had never done that before. I did what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it, always on my terms [Carl C, WIred In]
I went to the job centre yesterday and signed off, I had been claiming Incapacity Benefit for more than 5 years. It was a wonderful feeling and another goal I have achieved that I thought would take me at least another 12 months [Carl C, Wired In]
I went to a Christian rehab for four months, where I had to give up smoking, tv, music – basically everything. I also had to go to church three times a week an average of three hours at a time. I also did this cold turkey as they didn’t allow any form of treatment [Personal Story, Wired In]
My name is Brian and I am aged 39 at time of writing this. It is not being written to gain attention or sympathy in any way. I was brought up in care, moved around from one children’s home to another for most of my teenage years, due to my mother having a mental illness and my father having died when I was eight [Brian Morrison, Wired In]
Phil describes to us his relationship with drugs and prison. Phil first started taking drugs with his brother and his father as well as his partner. Having lost access to his son and finding himself in prison, Phil enrolled himself on every course available, in an attempt to change and find recovery from his drug addiction [Inexcess TV, UK]
