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	<title>Sankalpa &#187; drug addict</title>
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	<description>Sankalpa is a holistic centre that works with people who are   seeking support to detox off methadone.</description>
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		<title>David</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[heroin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, my name is David and I’ve been a drug addict since I was 15 and I’m 34 tomorrow (12th January). Through my drug past I robbed people, and I took cars that I didn’t own, and it’s nothing to be proud of but I’ve spent 19 years in and out of the prison [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone, my name is David and I’ve been a drug addict since I was 15 and I’m 34 tomorrow (12<sup>th</sup> January). Through my drug past I robbed people, and I took cars that I didn’t own, and it’s nothing to be proud of but I’ve spent 19 years in and out of the prison system and to be honest it made me worse. I ended up robbing banks and I received 8 years for that and that was my wake up call. I’ve two lovely kids and a girlfriend that I love dearly and I couldn’t stop myself from taking drugs so I lost them, and it hurt me so bad that I wouldn’t stop till we were one again. Tasha is my rock and she stood by me. Now I’m on phy my life has been normal. I haven’t taken smack in about 3 years and I had a slip on 1<sup>st</sup> February 09 when I injected coke into my hand and it was bad coke, it was a bad slip as within 3 days I was in hospital and in intensive care for 6 weeks and I got 7 operations in 3 days and my dad wouldn’t let them cut it off.</p>
<p>I came through on the end of March and to be honest, I was in a bad way, but I had my arm. The MRSA ate a lot of my flesh but I’m a lucky one, I nearly died twice.</p>
<p>My brother Mark got on a course and told me about it and I saw so interested as the name is <strong>Sankalpa</strong> so I looked it up on the web site and had a talk with Tasha. I asked my brother to get an application form which he did and I filled it in. 3 weeks later I received a call from <strong>Sankalpa</strong> and got an interview which I went to and got a chance to change my life.</p>
<p>I’m in <strong>Sankalpa</strong> about 2 months now and I’ve started to drop on my phy which I will reduce 5ml each month. This place has opened my eyes to a different way of life. I really enjoy my days here as it’s well run and my goal is to leave here clean and have a better life as 2010 is going to be my year. I’m doing computers that I really like and I’ve made a lamp that I was so proud of.</p>
<p>I’ve to travel a good bit each day to get here and it’s worth it. The staff are very helpful and if you’re having a bad day and need to talk they will listen.</p>
<p>Well at the moment I’m doing very well and most of that is down to <strong>Sankalpa.</strong> I still attend hospital appointments but one thing to say is I had a slip and nearly died and it will never happen again.</p>
<p>I’m not in <strong>Sankalpa</strong> that long but I hope to complete the course and be free of phy and live my life as a normal person.</p>
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