Working Life: I meet new clients in their substance misuse clinic due to familiarity with the environment

Justin Gleeson, drug and alcohol liaison midwife, HSE, Community Health Organisation 5 (southeast)

Justin Gleeson, Drug and Alcohol Liaison Midwife, Southeast Substance Misuse Team, HSE at Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Photograph: Patrick Browne

7.05am

My daughters usually bang on my bedroom door to inform me that it’s time to get up and for the day to commence. After a quick shower, a light breakfast and a trusted cup of coffee, I reconfirm the area within my community health organisation (CHO) that I am scheduled to work in for the morning, and I prepare mentally for what lies ahead.