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Philicia Barbieri, 26 year old female, started doing prescription drugs when she was 21, and got hooked on it. Later on, she got addicted to heroin and started stealing computers from the schools she worked at to pay for her addiction. When the money she had was finished, she, along with her boyfriend, decided to rob a bank and got caught. In jail she detoxified and hasn’t done drugs since.

Will Rogan and Charlie Gilbert, 23 and 25 year old males respectively, are both former drug addicts who were able to stop when they heard about the Australian salvation army in jail. After the help of the salvation army both men were finally able to recover from their addiction, and became close friends ever since. Both aim to work in the salvation one day when they are fully back on their feet.

Addiction: The Experience

By: Seif Shaaban