UNRELEASED. Camel is a former drug addict: “I thought that with drugs I would be less sad”

2024-03-12T04:04:14.857Z

Highlights: Camel grew up in a loving family in which he was very close to his father. But he died suddenly in a car accident and the young boy, then aged 13, took this terrible news very badly. To try to alleviate his grief, Camel then begins to consume anxiolytics from the family pharmacy which he quickly mixes with alcohol. At school, he regularly uses cannabis and when his mother finds out, she decides to kick him out. The young man then lived from squat to squat and at the age of 17, he became addicted to cocaine. From his first intake, Camel becomes totally dependent and consumes very large quantities.

Camel fell into drugs at a very young age. He agreed to tell his story to Olivier Delacroix in this episode of the podcast “Dans les yeux d'Olivier” produced by Europe 1 Studio. Camel grew up in a loving family in which he was very close to his father. But he died suddenly in a car accident and the young boy, then aged 13, took this terrible news very badly. To try to alleviate his grief, Camel then begins to consume anxiolytics from the family pharmacy which he quickly mixes with alcohol. At school, he regularly uses cannabis and when his mother finds out, she decides to kick him out. The young man then lived from squat to squat and at the age of 17, he became addicted to cocaine. A drug that quickly makes him fall into another, even more dangerous product: heroin. From his first intake, Camel becomes totally dependent and consumes very large quantities. From now on, his daily objective is to find money to satisfy his consumption needs. To do this, Camel begs, robs and falls into prostitution. At the age of 18, he was sentenced to a year in prison for theft and receiving stolen goods. Then he returned to the streets for 10 years. But one day, Camel clicked. He approaches an association in order to be supported. Today, he is at the head of his own associative movement and travels to all schools in France to carry out prevention. In this episode of the podcast “Dans les yeux d'Olivier” produced by Europe 1 Studio, Camel talks about his story and his fight to get off drugs.