I started using substances and drinking just before I hit 18.
I didn’t know I had an addiction problem, I thought I was just a rebel teenager.
I couldn’t get out of the vicious cycle, a tangle, stuck, trapped, hell of a nightmare – the drink and drugs took over my life.
It took over all of me.
No control.
I went to a youth program in the city to get help.
I worked hard to gain my control back.
Since becoming a mum eight years ago I’ve been clean off meth and weed.
I want to be a role model for my kids and for them to have a life that I didn’t get.