Social Sciences The High Society by Justine Delaney Wilson

I have been reading this the last few days and it opened my eyes a bit to Irelands drug problem. i knew it was rife in the North and Dublin, but did not know the extent of the amounts, & the rural areas.

In this book, Ms Wilson speaks to addicts and recovering addicts from very professional backgrounds. She has been passed onto them mainly through the Rutland Centre in Dublin, which is a recovery centre, which seems to take on a lot of professional people, which surprised the author.
The addicts/ex addicts go into how they initially started using, what they started with, progressed onto etc. She changes the names to save the face of some of the people speaking to her, as she has lawyers, Doctors, Nurses, Editors, Airplane Pilots and even a coke head Nun who have spoken to her about their addictions.
I found it an excellent read and as i have been coming off opiates whilst reading it, i have found some of the stories very helpfull & insightful at the same time.

From the back page.
Lawyers do it, Accountants do it, Politicians do it, Abuse drugs, That is, And Not just for Recreational Use, Some of them every day, to survive the day.

Justine Delaney wilson accompanied an established dealer as he made his drops to his customers. His first stop was not to a run down block of flats but to a well-known Dublin's solicitors office, within a few minutes his bag of drugs was relaced witha bag of cash.

And that was just the start, Delaney wilson's research soon revealed that very many middle class professionals in Ireland rely on drugs to manage their lives. And a lot of them believe they can handle it.

they are the High society. and this is their story in their own words.


Delaney Wilson admits to having never used drugs herself, however, she is not talking about her life, but the peoole she meets through the Rutland Centre & other re-hab clinics throughout Southern Ireland.

I found this a great read and very informative about the use of drugs & alcohol in the Irish Middle Classes.

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