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‘I overdosed twice in the same day on prescription drugs’ – Tony Kelly on addiction, relapse and the treatment that saved him
Actor, writer, director and comedian Tony Kelly from Waterford became addicted to prescription medication in 2008. Now three and a half years sober, he says he owes everything in his life to the addiction treatment he received
Tony Kelly says he owes addiction treatment centre Aiséirí for everything he has in his life now. Photo: Dave Giordano
‘I took Valium for the first time at the end of 2008. A relationship I was in ended abruptly and I took it very hard mentally. My mother gave me a Valium to sleep that night because I was in a state of panic. How it made me feel I can’t even describe. It was just the answer to everything I was missing. She gave me another one a day or so later and, that night, I snuck downstairs and took a second one.
A couple of weeks later I went to the doctor and was put on antidepressants and Xanax, which I started abusing almost immediately. It’s funny, I was so anti-drugs when I was a teenager. I remember I ended friendships with people because they started smoking hash. I was always into drinking but I didn’t see Xanax and Valium as drugs because you could get them from a doctor.
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