Recovery Stories

Stories from people that the SDT has helped….

  • Cocaine – Just One Line

    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

    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

    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 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.

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