Addicted to painkillers for 9 years

In June 2019, the UK was declared in opiate crisis, with deaths from prescription drugs like morphine, codeine and tramadol having risen by 20 per cent since 2011, and a boom in availability of these medicines by 110 per cent in the last decade.

The results were collated by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation, which aims to foster well-being for all. Apt, because addicts aren’t just found on the street, or in squats.

I’m a successful journalist, have a wonderful husband, an amazing daughter, my own home and financial independence, and still, I became dependant on opiates.

It began in August 2010, on the first day of my dream job as a feature writer on a women’s weekly magazine. I’d grafted for years to get myself here, so why was I despairing?

Well, pain… Click the photo below to read the rest of my article for Healthista.