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It All Went Wrong With Drugs | ||||
Andy speaks to Edges. At present Andy is in the T.H.O.M.A.S. Rehabilitation Programme. My life went wrong when I started drinking and taking drugs. I lost my real mum and I was fostered. When I was 15 years old I started drinking perhaps because of the rejection I felt and then I started taking heroin. Somehow though I managed to hold down a job. Then because I couldn’t manage to feed myself, I was spending all my money on the drugs and drink, I started coming to the Drop-in to get a meal, and I used to talk to Fr. John and Elaine and I was given the opportunity to come into T.H.O.M.A.S. I took the chance and I came in about a month ago. I’m beginning to feel better, mentally and physically. The programme is helping me to sort out my dyslexia. I am having help with reading, writing and spelling. When I was younger I couldn’t speak very well and I used to hit out at people, kicking and biting, because I felt angry. I did start learning to talk properly, my grandma helped me and I got better. But I used to get frustrated because I couldn’t spell and I had feelings of anger inside. But since I came into T.H.O.M.A.S. I’m learning to calm down and focus on my problems a lot better. |
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