Emma grew up in a dysfunctional home and progressed from alcohol to pot at 13 years old and drugs at 15. A friend gave her heroin at 17 to lose weight and she was hooked from the start and eventually she moved on to methamphetamine. She loved the way drugs made her feel, fitting in for the first time in her life.
Emma had three young children that were taken away from her in her depths of drug addiction and this gave her the spark that she needed to change her life. She tried suicide a few times and through family and social media she found a way to stop using. A friend took her to her first Narcotics Anonymous meeting, she identified and realized that others felt the way she did about themselves.
Emma threw herself into recovery, education and helping other addicts recover and eventually managed to get equal access to her children again. She now has two teenaged girls and a son in his early twenties, is enjoying living with her partner and letting her kids live their own lives.
If you would like to find out more about Narcotics Anonymous or need to talk to somebody, then please call 1300 652 820 at any time or go online at www.navic.net.au.
Roses in the Ocean - Australia's national lived experience of suicide organisation https://rosesintheocean.com.au/
Emma’s previous podcast from 2018: https://www.3cr.org.au/livingfree/episode-201809271300/narcotics-anonymous-emma-and-kiandra
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