Recovery Stories
Stories from people that the SDT has helped….
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Cocaine – Just One Line
I’d had a fair bit to drink and thought ‘Why not, it’s only one line?’
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Challenged by Colleagues
A 30-year-old Radiologist was distressed following challenges about his behaviour and comments about drinking from his colleagues. He did not really think he had a problem when first ringing the helpline, but
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Addiction by Anonymous
At four o’clock on Monday morning I knew my addiction was going to destroy me. It was going to drag me through the mire first. I was a successful family doctor in an attractive general practice. I was married to a lovely wife with great children. It meant nothing because life’s stresses were unbearable and…
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A 4th Year GP Trainee
A GP trainee was reported to the GMC following prescription fraud picked up by a local pharmacy. He had been writing prescriptions for diazepam and codeine for his own use, and found he suffered withdrawal symptoms when unable to obtain the opiate tablets.