Hey, I'm Shannon.
I grew up in Shellharbour on the South Coast of NSW.
I have a family history of drug and alcohol addiction.
After suffering the tragic loss of my nan at age 12, I was constantly chasing a feeling and picked up my first drug at 15.
Going through alot of trauma and struggling through highschool, the peak of my addiction hit at age 19.
Enduring more trauma and using on and off for years, I eventually hit rock bottom at age 27 and ended up in an institution to do a detox program in 2016.
When I got out, I still found myself in active addiction because I was still using but not my drug of choice until I found out I was pregnant at the end of 2018.
I stopped using during this time and became a mum for the first time in mid 2019.
After dealing with more trauma and the struggles of parenting for the first time, I picked back up in 2020 and hit rock bottom again in 2022.
I was introduced to recovery by my cousin who is also in recovery and made the decision to go back into the same detox program a couple of months later.
It's been a hard climb back up, but I am truly grateful for my journey and the way I can be present in my life today at 12 months clean.
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