Tyril Houghton is Chairperson of the board and Shane Thompson is a Peer Support Worker at for Doors Wide Open - a peer-led community support service that assists individuals and families impacted by Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD). DWO also offer support for people impacted by homelessness or rough sleeping.
Tyril shares her lived experience of using education to break down the stigma associated with addiction and to help drug users and their families to access community support in Bunbury, Western Australia.
Shane shares his lived experience of being helped by Doors Wide Open to break his addiction to methamphetamine (ice) and to go on to become a Peer Support Worker at DWO and be able to help other addicts and their families recover from the impact of drug addiction in Bunbury, Western Australia.
To find out more about Doors Wide Open, then you can go online at doorswideopen.org.au or checkout their Facebook page facebook.com/doorswideopeninc.
An earlier interview with one of the Doors Wide Open founders was broadcast on 24th November 2016, and podcast earlier on 3rd February 2022: https://www.3cr.org.au/livingfree/episode/doors-wide-open-lena-24nov2016
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