Our stories: Substance use, coping strategies

Occasional drug use can become your norm

Registered Nurse Val recalls how using cannabis and alcohol became a coping habit. She thanks a colleague who talked about their own struggle, and shared the power of peer support in recovery.

Alcohol takes away the pain until it doesn’t

Stress, isolation and workplace bullying took RN Terry to a place of alcohol misuse and despair. He tells us how a specialist health service helped him to sobriety and new hope.