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.

• Pressured into smoking cannabis 

• 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.

• Mephedrone Comedown 

• Mixing booze and weed ruined my party 

• Coke messed me up 

• Mephedrone quickly stopped being just a laugh

• Ecstasy: A New Year’s Eve to forget 

• 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 

• Bad shrooms trip

• Mixing weed and booze 

• Psychotic episode

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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.

• Too much weed is costing me my education 

• Coke addiction is ruining my life

• The bad side of mephedrone 

• I can't say no to MCAT 

• A life of drugs landed me in a psychiatric unit

• Don’t depend on cannabis 

• I’d rather die young 

• 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 

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Worrying about others

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

• There for my friend no matter what

• My daughter’s addicted to coke

• 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.

• Mephedrone stole 5 months of my life 

• I feel like myself again after quitting mephedrone 

• Rehab changed my life

• I wish I had never even tried it 

• 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

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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.

• Anything in moderation is fine

• Frequent cannabis user 

• 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

• Frequent cannabis user

• My night on trips

• Stop blaming cannabis for your problems

• Aware of the Dangers

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