Friday 30 May 2008

Black Days

Some light reading for the Mr and Mrs I watch Eastenders , Big Brother and use our phone to destroy peoples lives on 'Reality' shows. I don't write many poems especially when your mood makes your head feel like it is full of black tar.
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/Black_days.pdf

250ml to zero

This was published in Drink and Drug News. I tried to cover alot of issues that need addressing. Also I try to explain to someone facing detox their rights to have it done on their terms. Some of the nurses felt threatened by me as I had done alot of reading on opiates and withdrawrals. This was around my 7th detox so I knew the ropes. Not all the nurses were prejudiced but they are not specialised for detox patients.
My hope is for someone about to go into a detox to read this and understand what is happening to their mind and body-it makes a big difference if you know what is happening to you
My mum read this not understanding a word of it said it made her feel proud and she showed all her friends. God Bless you mum.
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/250ml_to_zero.pdf

David Wright Part 7

I needed to find peace of mind. Street heroin was more or less behind me. I was so down when I wrote this.
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/David_Wright_Part_7.pdf

David Wright Part 8

250ml of methadone a day and you would think being an opiate addict I would be happy? How wrong was that, I was losing my mind-then I was offered pharmacutical diamorphine!!!
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/David_Wright_Part_8.pdf

So what Now

This is my latest piece of writing where I look at why some people end up heroin addicts, well it is why I did but I have a feeling it is a well trodden path.
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/So_what_now.pdf

Sunday 25 May 2008

Diary of a heroin addict Part 1

This was a first for me in so many ways. It was the start my writings being published. This is the first of six parts of what I called 'Diary of a Herion Addict' which was published in Drink and Drug News. Also this first part is about the first time I used drugs, the first time I used heroin and was to set me on a path of ecstacy, laughter, confusion, insanity, fear, darkness, light....... well have a read. All I will say it happened to me and is happening to hundreds of thousands to people in this country of ours.
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/march2105/diary.pdf

Diary of a Heroin Addict Part 2

What the fuck is happening to me, I'm dying-what do you mean it's only 'cold turkey'-now I need this shit everyday!!
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/apr0405/diarypart2.pdf

Diary of a Heroin Addict Part 3

When your heart stops and you turn blue it is handy to have friends with you. Also it was my 'wake up call' "er excuse me doctor but I think I'm mad"
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/apr1805/diarypart3.pdf

Diary of a Heroin Addict Part 4

Well it had come to this, I had ended up in the nut house-but it was not quite what I expected, learning alot about things like prejudice, mental illness and i was not really mad.........
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/may0205/diary.pdf

Diary of a Heroin Addict Part 5

Now I knew real fear-the prospect of spending 6 months with total strangers without my chemical shields. Yet the first night I crossed one of the most important bridges of my life.
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/may1605/diary.pdf

Diary of a Heroin Addict Part 6

If it was not for leaving everything I knew as home behind to start a new life in wales I would probably still be doing heroin now or worse......
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/may3005/diary.pdf