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As substance abuse in Ireland becomes increasingly widespread, the Irish authorities still seem to be in denial about the fact that drug dependence is a growing problem amongst its women as well as its men. In Girls Just Want To Have Fun, ten Irish women relay their varying experiences of drug addiction and reveal the ways in which they became involved with drugs. Some explain how they became junkies in an attempt to numb the pain of childhood abuse, while others were drawn into a drugs underworld after simply falling in love with addicts. Also featured in the book are the accounts of two women who run a support group for drug-addicted women, and they share stories of some of the most extreme situations they have come across in their work. Read how Ruth had a happy childhood until a stranger dragged her into his car and raped her. Afraid of family reaction, she tried to cover up what had happened and numbed her pain through drugs. Now 25, she is still lying to her family and unable to curb her addiction. Elsewhere, Jane recalls how, at 15, she told her mother that she was going out with her friends for the night but never returned. Instead, she travelled with her boyfriend to England, where they quickly fell into the drug scene. Then there is Ann, who once hated drugs after seeing the damage it had done to her family in the past. After living a drug-free life for 26 years, during which time she had six children, she reveals why she succumbed to the lure of illegal substances and the devastating effects it has had on her life. These are just a few of the tragic accounts that appear in Girls Just Want To Have Fun, a controversial collection of true stories that reveal the secret problem of drug addiction amongst Irish women today.

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Neville Thompson was born in Dublin, where he still lives, and is a writer and part-time prison teacher. He is the author of three novels: Jackie Loves Johnser OK?, Two Birds/One Stoned and Have Ye No Homes To Go To? Most recently, he edited a collection of short stories written by inmates of Ireland's Midlands Prison, entitled Streetwise.

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