When he found out that his long-time girlfriend was cheating on him, recovering addict Sibak went back to heroin, undoing all the hard work he had put in for 14 months to stay clean.
"I wanted to numb myself to the pain," said the 29-year-old, who is serving his second sentence for drug offences. His name has been changed to protect his identity.
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