344: What if you spent 7 years in a Thai prison?
After developing a severe heroin addiction as a teenager, a woman winds up incarcerated in Thailand, facing unimaginable conditions.
Today’s episode featured Holly Deane-Johns. You can email her at [admin@hollydeanejohns.com.au] (mailto:admin@hollydeanejohns.com.au) or [holly@hollydeanejohns.com.au] (mailto:holly@hollydeanejohns.com.au) .
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Holly Deane-Johns is a motivational speaker with lived experience of heroin addiction and recovery. She grew up in the well-to-do Perth suburb of Mount Lawley and heroin addiction entered her family’s life after her parents separated. She was first arrested at the age of 20 and she has spent a total of 17 years in prisons in Australia and Thailand for drug crimes. She has been drug-free since 2001. Three members of her family lost their lives to heroin overdoses. Holly is a qualified youth worker and counsellor who has suffered from severe PTSD. She shares her story to help others to overcome addictions and trauma.
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BOOK: Holly's Hell: Seven Years in a Thai Prison
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz
Content/Trigger Warnings: heroin/drug abuse and addiction, death due to drug overdose, suicide & suicide attempts, domestic violence/abuse, child SA, arrest, prison, explicit language
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Music Bed: Uncertain Outcomes
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17 Dec 2024