B.G., who has been using drugs for four years starting at the age of 13, explains that there are various reasons for the use of substance that he started with a friend's environment. B.G., who told us that he returned from death many times, told us that the danger in our streets is now based on the door, saying "It was very easy to reach the drugs, I even sold 2 years"
THE DANGER IN THE STREETS
"There was nobody left around"
B.G., who said that he returned from death many times, said, "This time I died, I rescued. I was nobody in the neighborhood and I was drinking the matter to die. My family did not care. I was outpatient at the Child Ergenic Addiction Treatment Center (ÇAMATEM) for two years. They were only giving drugs and sleeping pills there. When I got out, I was using drugs again with the medicine" he said.
17 years old, who started drug 4 years ago, B.G. left the substance use started with the contentment in friends environment thanks to Foundation for the Rescue of Life (AYBUDER). B.G., who has not used substance for 3 months, continues to teach for half-time school while his goal is to read psychology in college and to make him more dependent on his life. After 30 years of alcohol and drug abuse, Yavuz Tufan Koçak, who is 60 years old, says "another world is possible" and he is preparing a reassuring young people with the Association of Sober Life in Awareness (AYBUDER). Old addicts aged between 17 and 40 living with hobbies in a garden house in nature are evaluating the days of various artistic and cultural activities. Young people who have survived addiction without using any medicines are a model for hundreds of addicts with their stories.
"I could not sleep when I did not use drug"
Recalling that he used various types of substances, B.G. said, "I could not sleep when I did not drink. I was easily reached and I was selling items myself. I did not have to worry about the money I sold. I was standing where I was drinking, people were coming and going away. I sold goods for 2 years through the people we call our brother. It was not hard to reach the stuff. I also did not want to get rid of dependence. I am satisfied with my life."
"In the last period I used to drink the substance to die"
B.G., who said that he returned from death many times, said, "This time I died, I rescued. I was nobody in the neighborhood and I was drinking the matter to die. My family did not care. I was outpatient at the Child Ergenic Addiction Treatment Center (ÇAMATEM) for two years. They were only giving drugs and sleeping pills there. When I got out, I was using drugs again with the medicine, "he said.
"The fight in my family pushed me to the matter"
At the age of 17, B.G., who lives in Istanbul, stated that the biggest factor in the beginning of the matter was the problems she had in her family and the lack of communication within the family.
"It was not hard to reach the drugs"
Recalling that he used various types of substances, B.G. said, "I could not sleep when I did not drink. I was easily reached and I was selling items myself. I did not have to worry about the money I sold. I was standing where I was drinking, people were coming and going away. I sold goods for 2 years through the people we call our brother. It was not hard to reach the stuff. I also did not want to get rid of dependence. I am satisfied with my life."