Tahlia Isaac
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And so I could start to function at work.
So I got fairly good jobs.
I was working –
for local government at one point.
I was working for banks.
So, yeah, I had quite good jobs.
And I could show up every day.
Yeah.
But I was also smoking ice in the toilets.
And then it would spiral out of control and I'd lose that job.
Yeah.
But almost, I mean, sometimes we get too much, but almost a thrill in the moment, like I can get away with this.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I think what the difference is, we have to look at the reasons why people are using drugs.
And for me, it was, it become, that scene become my whole identity.
And it also was everything that I thought I was worth in this world was who I showed up as in that scene.
Yeah.
And so then that's my entire self-worth now.
So, you know, when I talk about my own sort of journey with drugs, it's because I was using them as a way to make the inside of myself feel better.