Damien Busby came to us with a drug problem. |
||||
 I started smoking
weed when I was about twelve. When I was about fifteen I started going
clubbing, taking E’s, coke and speed. I didn’t get into heroin until
the end of 1997 – five years ago. I’ve no idea why I started taking drugs. Everybody was doing it. Both of my brothers followed suit. It seemed normal. When it progressed to things like heroin it’s not normal then. When I was at school I was a bit wild. I started off in the first year getting bullied. It got to the point were I’d had enough of it and I completely turned the tables. I’m not daft, in fact I’m pretty intelligent. When they split us into groups I wasn’t with any of my friends so I stopped going. I got suspended about eight times. I first went to prison in 1994. I was seventeen going on eighteen. The first time I went was the time that bothered me the most. I was sent to Lancaster Farms. It wasn’t even my local jail where all my friends had been sent. I got nicked in Burnley so I got sent there from Burnley court. I live in Todmorden and young offenders normally get sent to Doncaster from Halifax court. It was boring in Lancaster Farms. It was a pretty strict regime – it was a twenty-three hour bang up with association once every couple of days. It was crap because I was on my own and I didn’t know anybody at all. Luckily I was only on remand. Nobody likes jail but it’s just one of those things that you get used to I suppose. In the past I’ve had a few jobs but never for long. When I left school I worked for a transport firm which was quite good. I moved to Jersey when I got out of Lancaster Farms. It was just labouring. It feels like I haven’t really worked at all because of my drug habit. I’ve done days here and days there but that’s all. I have been homeless but I’ve always found somewhere to stay. I’ve never had to sleep out on the streets. With regards to the future I’m not really sure what I want to do. I’d like to go to college and get some qualifications. I’ve never really thought about what I want to do. I just want to be drug free and not to go down the same road that I’ve just been down. |
