Have you ever felt under pressure to do drugs? Do you know someone who's had a bad experience with drugs? Have drugs affected your family or friends?

Some of the best advice can come from someone who’s been through it all. So, if you’ve got a story to tell – don’t wait till tomorrow, write to us now and your experience could feature on our site.

Here are a few things to remember:

• Stick to the point – sometimes all the little details can get in the way

• Short is good (between 200 – 400 words is a good length)

• Don’t play games – lying and trying to stitch someone up isn’t a good idea

When you’re done, put your story in a Word document and click on the upload button. We’ll also need your email, but don’t worry FRANK won’t pass on your details to anyone else.

Read the Stories

• Feeling the pressure »
• Messing with your body and mind »
• Taking over your life »
• Worrying about others »
• Deciding to change »
• A different point of view »

Feeling the pressure

Feeling under pressure to do drugs? Have a read of these stories; you’ll find you’re not alone.

• In the end I said yes

• I felt under pressure to take it

• One thing leads to another

• I was only 10 when I first took cocaine

• I felt cool and part of the crowd

• Eventually I got sick of being the outcast… 

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Messing with your body and mind

It’s impossible to know how your mind and body might respond to drugs. See how some people’s lives have been affected.

• My skin was crawling

• I never knew how powerful weed really was

• Salvia - not funky

• Panic attack after first try of weed 

• Violently sick after first ecstasy pills 

• For anyone thinking of trying 'herbal' highs 

• Bad shrooms trip

• Mixing weed and booze 

• Psychotic episode 

• Sick and Paranoid From Skunk 

• BZP landed me in hospital  

• I've never been so desperate 

• Coke comedowns 

• My body couldn’t take any more weed

• A good night took a terrifying turn

• I ended up in hospital after taking cocaine

• Bad cannabis experience

• Cannabis has ruined my mental health

• Ketamine nightmare

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Taking over your life

The chance of becoming addicted after taking drugs once is very low. But for these people they probably wished they never started.

• MCAT has made me an outcast but I can't stop 

• Weed is ruining my life 

• I can't deal with the guilt

• From drink to Methadone

• On drugs since age 11 

• My coke addiction

• I wish I'd never taken that first drag

• I first started taking coke about 4 years ago

• I wish I never started

• A Grave decision

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Worrying about others

Living with other people’s addictions can be hard. See how these people have coped with it.

• Drugs almost killed my brother

• He took my money to feed his habit

• Heartbroken over heroin addict Mum

• I used to look up to my brother

• Cannabis nearly killed my best friend

• Cannabis changed my best friend

• The brother I knew is gone forever

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Deciding to change

Some people just decide one day that they’ve had enough of drugs. For others it takes something extra to make them stop. See what the turning points have been.

• I realised how my ketamine use was affecting others

• Don't let a line turn into a lifetime

• You don’t have to take drugs to have a good time

• I lost my best mate to heroin  

• More important things in life than drugs

• It's hard to stop

• Cannabis and me 

• I don't want this anymore, but I can't say no 

• I realise now it wasn’t worth it

• Coming out the other side

• Now I think it's a waste of time and money

• I realised that drugs just mess you up

• Stopping before it's too late

• Cocaine the devils drug

• Cannabis: If I can quit I'm sure anyone can

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A different point of view

Not all drugs are addictive and not everyone becomes dependent on them, as some of your stories show.

• Not that big of a deal 

• Been there done that, kidney stone anyone?

• ECSTASY

• Giving users a bad name

• Cannabis stronger than alcohol?

• Forbidden fruit

• Cannabis, the other side of the story

• My night on trips

• Stop blaming cannabis for your problems

• Aware of the Dangers

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