In this episode, we talk to two lived experience experts about their descent into substance misuse and the tipping point they both experienced that changed their view of their lives and led them ultimately into recovery. 

Zak discussed how his codeine dependency led him to lose friends and how his first contact with the medical profession was less than satisfactory. 

Kristen describes her use of alcohol in terms of an escape from the chronic psychological pain that she suffered as an adolescent growing up in England.

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