Welcome to our community space where we share peer written blogs, reflections, lived experience stories and poems. This space is also used to post summaries on the latest drug research, laws and news.
You can also find details on our upcoming Hi-Events, this includes events we are attending or our ‘chatroom takeovers’. For these events we invite relevant healthcare professionals, AOD workers, researchers and passionate peers to lead focused discussions on different subjects and let you guys in the chatroom ask the questions!
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Stigma of Overdose and Why Awareness is Important Stigma – There is a stigma around substance use and overdoses caused by substances. This can create a barrier to seeking treatment and in having support from family and friends because of a lack of understanding around how substances can affect a person. The notion that the … Continued
People released from prison are more likely to overdose & die in the weeks immediately following release For those who use opioids, overdose is common, both for those who use and those around then (family and friends) and is the lead causation of death for this population (Degenhardt et al., 2011). Worldwide opioid overdoses are … Continued
On a nice sunny day in summer a friend of mine brought over some GHB also known as liquid fantasy or frank. Me and two other friends who were there decided to have a dose of GHB. I have taken GHB quite a few times, so I knew what I was taking, what to expect, … Continued
My name is Jimmy. I’m a Grandad, a father, a taxi-driver and I owe my life to Narcan. Last year I was using 80mg of Methadone, takeaway, but I would never drink it. Using a butterfly, I would carefully, slowly inject that 80mg and feel the warm slow rush of opiate through my system. … Continued
I’ve experimented in almost all party and street drugs in my life and I have been asked to tell you about my time using GHB also known as fantasy, liquid ecstasy and frank. It comes in a liquid form and is taken orally. It can be measured out in a 3ml syringe and you squirt … Continued
I first used intravenous drugs when I was 14 however my tendency toward addictive behaviours had manifested far before then… Be it the odd cigarette tentatively snuck in after school, stealing from Supré, toxic relationships – I’ve engaged in a multitude of self destructive, cyclical behaviours for almost as long as I can remember. When … Continued
Getting on in life, one tends to ponder and reflect on crazy times and try to make some not crazy sense of it all. So it goes with my using. I’m 58 and started serious using at 17. Over the years I’ve had long bouts of messy high intensity using, and long bouts of abstinence, … Continued