The Price Of Taking Ice

I thought I had my drug use under control, but I was fooling myself Tahlia Isaac, 35, Townsville, Qld. My hand shot up before the teacher had even finished asking the question. “Very good, Tahlia,” she said after I gave the correct answer. I was smiling until I noticed that all the other kids were sneering at me. “You’re such a goody two-shoes,” one girl spat. In high school, I didn’t feel accepted by my peers either. They found me loud and annoying, and I struggled to fit in. I was desperate to be liked and constantly changed my personality in an attempt to achieve that. But it never worked, and I couldn’t stand the rejection. After finishing school at age 18, I went to university and revelled in the…

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