Recovery Stories
Dan’s Story
“One thing I can say is that I have a greater understanding and awareness of alcohol, it can be good but boy it can be
28th June 2024
“One thing I can say is that I have a greater understanding and awareness of alcohol, it can be good but boy it can be
“After years of using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with ever-worsening mental health issues…it was time to ask for some help” Read Chris’s
I couldn’t live this way any more and was prepared to do anything to be the parent and person that I knew I wanted to
“I booked myself into a caravan in the middle of nowhere because I was going to do a detox and then lockdown happened. I phoned
“I thought ‘well you have given me so much so it’s about time I started giving something back’. It’s awesome being here and helping people.
“I was isolated and very alone. Coming into this service you get to meet people, go out and do activities and that does build up
“The lady on the phone from EDP planted the seed. She said I think you’d be really good as a volunteer. That day I filled
“I am engaging with people and looking for similarities not differences”. Malcolm Volunteer Why I volunteer I am a Peer Mentor based in the Together
“I needed some help and opportunities to push outside my comfort zone, chances to try new experiences and to challenge myself. It really helped to
I first became involved in drug addiction in the 1970s, working in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth. This area attracted many Class A addicts from around the
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