Recovery Stories

This weekend, residents from our Morecambe services represented The Well Communities at the prestigious Recovery Street Film festival in Leicester. Although we didn’t win the Young Person’s category, we are incredibly proud to share Lauren and Jackson did receive recognition for the festivals’ Young People’s certificate of merit for the short film ‘Ketagrip’ in which […]

At 17, I received my first prison sentence. That marked the beginning of a 15-year cycle of incarceration, drug use, and selling drugs to fund my habit. I didn’t realise then how much control drugs had over me, or the pain I was causing my family. I missed out on so much, especially in my children’s lives.

My name is Daniel WoodburnI spent 21 years in and out of addiction. In that time, I lost my identity, my family, my dignity, and all my morals that I once had. I turned into a person that I hated and despised.

My name is Greg and I am addict. When I look back at my life now, I believe I was an addict before I ever touched drugs. From a young age I would always be obsessed with things and do everything 110%.