Special Report: Recovering crack addicts tell of drug's horrors

Paranoid spiral of getting high, selling drugs, stealing, being stolen from, going to jail, getting released, and getting high again

Clients of Teach Mhuire, Western Road, Cork which is step-down facility for recovering addicts. Picture Dan Linehan

High on crack cocaine, Aaron carried a knife and kept his shoes tied tight, constantly prepped to either fight or run.

He stabbed a dealer in the face to get a fix — knowing that the high would only last minutes while the scars could last a lifetime.