Even though I have been a year sober, I still struggle with my desire for drugs and alcohol regularly. I also struggle to find people who understand my addiction and offer a perspective that supports sobriety unconditionally.

I disliked myself and the way I ran my life for so long. I was unable to get off the merry-go-round until I - eventually - stumbled into a 12 Step program of recovery.

I learnt to find life without alcohol, a life which I thought was impossible. I could not have done this on my own. I had to reach out and give it all I could possibly give.

I'm 3 months 22 days completely clean and sober today. I have a sponsor and am working a 12 step program. I attend 4 meetings a week. I also saw a doctor, got onto a mental health care plan and began counselling. I have a long way to go, but have come a long way.

I’m a mum of 2, a wife, a 37 year old women and now someone who is 946 days without alcohol.

Within 18 months, my meth use led to the darkest period of my life. I want people to know that no matter how dark it gets, there is always hope and that they are worth so much more.

In 2013 I completed the 10 month 12 step Recovery Program, and stayed on at the center as a mentor for another 5 months. It was the most challenging, yet rewarding 15 months of my life, and the best thing I could ever have done.

I always thought about addiction as a separate entity. One that happened to uneducated people, sick people, scared people. Not people like me.

Without the support to address my mental health, alongside the addiction, I wouldn't be where I am today. It was nice to not be judged by the treating teams that I worked with on my recovery.

We are the parents of a beautiful young woman who went down the path of drug addiction in her mid-twenties.. We thought there was no hope for a treatment to cure her. She has now been off drugs for 3 years and never wants to go down that track again.