A must-attend event for parents and teenagers: Steve Hamilton, author of the harrowing memoir I Want My Life Back, talks about his life as an addict at Rosebank Primary School in Johannesburg.
“At the age of 15 I already had a criminal record, busted by the drug squad for possession of an illegal substance. You’d think I’d have learned my lesson, wouldn’t you, but I’m still learning, even though I’m clean of street drugs now – well, just for today – and have a lot of clean time behind me. The hardest lesson of all for an addict is that the nightmare is never over and the powerful seduction of just one more high never ever goes away.”
Hamilton’s story is not a comfortable one – he tells of growing up with drugs and his battles with heroin – but it’s touching and heartfelt throughout, and one that needs to be heard by young and impressionable people from all walks of life.
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