“Tablets were €1 each on our road. Cheaper than a bag of chips.”
I was sixteen. Tablets were €1 each on our road. Zannies, blues, whatever. Cheaper than a bag of chips. I took them to stop the noise in my head after my da left.
I got caught in school and expected to be kicked out. Instead the guidance counsellor got me into a youth drug service. I thought it'd be all lectures. It wasn't. It was a lad called Shane who'd been where I was, and a pool table.
I'm not fully off everything.
I'm not fully off everything. I smoke weed still. But no tablets in seven months. I'm doing a pre-apprenticeship in electrical. I've told my mam everything and she didn't kick me out.
If you're young and reading this, the adults aren't all out to get you. Some of them actually want to help.
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