Recovery Story of Past Missiondale Client

Pete connects his childhood to his years of substance misuse. He started drinking alcohol when he was 10 years old and became a heavy drinker by my mid-teens.

Pete shares his story:

I played high level sport through my teenage years until my late twenties, when I married and had children. I started to go into deep depression.

Feeling very inadequate as a parent, I realised a lot of my poor character qualities which led to alcohol and other substance misuse on a daily basis had stemmed from my childhood. It wasn’t long before my path of self-destruction ruined my marriage and I was left all alone to search for freedom from the bondage I found myself in.

City Mission’s Serenity House offered me love and support while I detoxed from alcohol and drugs as well as providing me with basic counselling and options for me to further my recovery from addiction.

I chose to enter Missiondale’s Recovery Program where I have been able to start looking at all the core areas that underpinned my addiction. With help and guidance from the caring staff at Missiondale, my ambition to lead a happy and addiction-free life is becoming a reality.