I want to be open and honest, so here’s where I’m at …. It’s good for me to write this as it’s cathartic …it helps me, but I hope that it also helps you to understand me, what I’m experiencing as a carer and why I think like I do. Annoyingly, I often get upset […]

Naomi courageously shared her story of overdosing from opiate drugs, how her live was saved by naloxone and someone willing to use it, and the time she witnessed someone else overdosing and having life saving naloxone administered to them. https://youtu.be/bWT3x1d5gyYhttps://youtu.be/IKoFcvR_2jw Naomi’s full story of overdoses and naloxone below: (4 minutes, 42 seconds) There are places […]

I sit and stareAt the books on the shelf.Words make sentences.Sentences make stories.So many stories.I sit and stareAt the books on the shelf.Where’s my story? – STORIES Everybody needs a release and for those with mental health issues, that need is even greater. I’m no different and I found my release in the shape of […]

“Yarn Bombing couldn’t have found me at a better or lower point in my life. It’s seen me through some really tough times and the beauty of it all was that it was always me putting the work in without even realising it. I quickly discovered that having a crochet hook in my hands would […]

Leila shared her story with us yesterday at our Unlocking Wellbeing event! You can read her story below.

A volunteer who does great work with The SUN Network and other organisations that work to help those with addiction recovery.   (click on image to enlarge) He made this today to help with moods and says you can send your family/friends a copy and rather than talking you can just tell people a number and […]

**** TRIGGER WARNING:  suicide and other mental health challenges shared here could be triggering ****** What goes up, must come down or must it… Many of you may have read my ‘rubbish road to recovery‘ blog. A story of alcoholism, drug addiction and depression. My journey to sobriety by means of community work and a […]

M’s Story (trigger warning: details of emotional abuse follows, make sure you are safe before continuing) I took up painting in lockdown. I found a set of paints while tidying my cupboard that I had bought from Poundland and never got round to using them. I collected round flat stones suitable for painting on while […]

Hi, my name is Naomi and I have lived experience of an eating disorder. This Eating Disorder Awareness Week, the charity Beat are focusing on eating disorder specific education and training for medical professionals, mainly GPs. Beat says that the average GP gets less than 2 hours of training in eating disorders across their whole […]

John reflects on his years using, his overdose and life made up of both relapses and recovery.   So many #SUNAddictionRecoveryStories start with trauma, and John’s was in his twenties when his father died. See and hear him tell his story in his own words here which we hope will help others in addiction and their […]