Live Free 999 encourages everyone to speak openly about mental health. We have created a space to share the stories sent to us from our audience to inspire others to share their own journeys, creating a virtual story-telling chain of community and support.
Notice: Some of the stories shared may contain topics that could be emotionally triggering to some members of our audience. Topics such as suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, and trauma are discussed.
I’m a 16-year-old male from Germany, and I’ve been addicted to benzodiazepines since I’m 14. I started to consume drugs at the age of 12 because of some serious issues in my life. In 2018 my family, i.e. my father, my mother and my two younger siblings died in a car accident I somehow managed to survive. Since then, I’ve
I have always grown up with a dysfunctional family, especially since my dad left after my parents’ divorce. Which completely ruined my life considering my dad was the man of the house and had everything under control. He would fill the house with stories, play sports with us, bring us to nice restaurants, ask how our day was and just
I’m a teenager of course. I’ve been struggling with depression for 2-3 years. It’s really tough realizing you will not always be protected, loved and respected the way you want, which leads you to doing bad substances that only increase your pain. You start having scenarios that are against you in each and every way. I’ve had mental and medical
My name’s Alex and here’s my story. I haven’t been the same since Jarad died. I felt so connected with him, no one else has connected with me as much as him and I ain’t never met him in person. I became so upset and hated life which turned into a deep slumber of depression. Turned to drugs and it’s
I started listening to Juice World after I started to connect with Post Malone’s music. I am a 55 years old survivor of multiple years of abuse in and out of my life since I was born. When I heard and started to connect with his message a part of me started to “feel” more “known”. His music communicated with
I’m 13 years old and I would like to share my story about how I got through my depression and anxiety, in case anything I say can help other people get through it. When I was 11 years old, me and my parents got kicked out of the house by our landlord because he chose to sell the house. We
I’m never filled with regret when it comes to the decisions I’ve made in my past. To me, life is like a string. Everyone starts with approximately the same length of string, but the decisions we make can make it shorter. I have no room for complaint outside of my insanely unhealthy eating habits and my general sedentary lifestyle. I
Before i tell you my story, i gotta sing it to you. Music is the only thing I love that keeps me away from anxiety. I found my way out of hell and i want you to do the same. Listen to your soul, listen to your inner angel. Anyway, i might be young, but i have some wisdom to
A few years ago I fell deep into substance abuse. I took anything I could get my hands on, which usually was benzos and morphine. I fell so hard for it that I couldn’t function without it. I changed so much because of it that I, for a while, completely lost all connection with reality and those closest to me.
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