The Voice Project - Alcohol and Drugs

Vince
Gender Male
Total discussions 14
All audio clips by Vince:

Category: - Clips found: 14
"The number of clients I've heard come out of a one-to-one and say they want someone who has been there and done it... it's been said to me dozens of times"
by Vince in category: Treatment and Support | 00:00:37
"A drink or a drug is a way of creating a person they do like... it's an escape"
by Vince in category: Drugs | 00:01:02
"Alcohol is socially accepted... it's legal... there isn't the same stigma as heroin use"
by Vince in category: Media and Public Opinion | 00:00:48
"Groups should go into schools... speak about their own experiences"
by Vince in category: Policy, Strategy and Law | 00:00:29
"I didn't like myself, I didn't much like people, I didn't like the world... and this was a way to change my perspective"
by Vince in category: Personal Stories | 00:00:39
"I do think drugs should be legal... but it needs packaging in such a way that education and safe places go with it"
by Vince in category: Policy, Strategy and Law | 00:00:57
"I owe my life to this place... it educated me to the addictive process"
by Vince in category: Personal Stories | 00:01:13
"I thought AA was the only place you could go... but it didn't do anything for me"
by Vince in category: Treatment and Support | 00:00:50
"Prison doesn't work... I'm firmly in that camp..."
by Vince in category: Criminal Justice | 00:00:26
"There ought to be more groups... there should be one a day... get the meetings online"
by Vince in category: Treatment and Support | 00:00:57
On addiction - "The most identifiable symptoms... losing jobs, friends, relationships"
by Vince in category: Personal Stories | 00:00:34
On an ideal service - "I think this is very effective... not just for me... I've seen this kind of approach work quite often"
by Vince in category: Policy, Strategy and Law | 00:01:06
On services - "Behavioural therapy isn't forcing something on people... it's empowering them"
by Vince in category: Treatment and Support | 00:00:45
On starting drugs - "It's become so engrained it's not something different to do... it's the thing to do"
by Vince in category: Drugs | 00:00:49
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