Ballymun Recovery Stories: Personal Journeys of Drug & Alcohol Recovery
5 Debbie’s Story “It’s gonna get harder before it gets easier, but it will get better, you just gotta make it through the hard stuff first.” -Anonymous I am delighted to be able to share My Mam and Dad done the best my recovery journey with you and with what they had. From my own hopefully, it will reach someone or childhood experiences, living in that even inspire some hope. environment wasn’t the greatest start and my attitude towards alcohol was I am originally from Ballymun, where that I would never drink myself. I was born and raised. I have fond memories of Ballymun and it always Growing up, I loved school and had a great sense of community. I am I was always eager to learn. I had the eldest of four children and my dreams of becoming an actress and mam and dad separated when I was a my plan was to finish school and go teen. I spent a lot of time with my gran on to college. After primary school, and grandad as home life wasn’t great I went into secondary and whatever with alcohol and domestic violence a happened, I started to act out in class regular occurrence. The time spent in and ditch school. It was then that I my granny and grandads was today, I started drinking and peer pressure believe, my saving grace. It gave me didn’t help. Alcohol made me feel a place to feel safe and protected. like everything was ok and all the 19
