Ep. 1 9 / part 1: Battling the demons. A story of drug addiction with Gayle’s sister and guest, Krystle
Episode 19 - Part 1 - Battling the demons. A story of drug addiction with Gayle’s sister and guest Krystle.
Drug addiction can impact so many people around the world, it does not care of race, age, gender or social economics. In the first part of a two-part series, I am joined by my sister Krystle as we chat about growing up in the same family yet having wildly different experiences as children.
We go deep and vulnerable today as Krystle bravely shares her spiral into drug addiction and how it began.
Please note: this episode has trigger warnings for multiple topics. We discuss sexual abuse, drug use, stripping, coercion, criminal activity, and domestic violence
In this episode we cover:
How siblings can have vastly different experiences of their childhoods
Trauma
Defense mechanisms
Drug use starting small and building up
Falling into the wrong crowd
Living a double life
Falling into ice and heroin addictions
Turning to criminal activity
Domestic violence
Temptations from old ways
Stories of hope in part two.
Click the links below to view our resources mentioned in this episode:
Help in Bendigo: Salvation Army for assistance
Help for homelessness in Bendigo: MADCOW Australia
Help for domestic violence: National hotline 1800Respect
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