“I’ve been a fly-in fly-out worker for about seven years now. Using meth always used to be a bit of fun, every now and then, when I was back home. But then I began using the whole time I was off work. I started to drop the ball when I was back on the job – I was arguing with my work mates, was scattered and exhausted and had started making mistakes. I ended up getting a warning from the boss. He told me to get my act together or I was gone. I was lucky that I hadn’t had a positive drug test on the job and I knew it was only a matter of time. I needed my job – we’ve got a big mortgage and had a baby on the way. I’d been arguing with the missus every time I was home because I was always out with my mates using and burning through the cash. When she found out I’d missed two mortgage payments and had a warning at work she said she’d leave me if I didn’t change. Everything was going wrong in my life – I liked using meth but I didn’t want to lose all the stuff that mattered. I didn’t know what I needed to do but I knew I needed to do something.”

- Aaron, former drug user