article_snippet.sent: Cristy Collins was using crystal meth every day and spending up to $500 a week to keep up Cristy Collins drug habit.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Collins, whose addiction was fuelled by Cristy Collins post traumatic stress disorder and a borderline personality disorder, first began using illegal drugs recreationally, and first tried meth, while living in Darwin.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Collins has now been clean for nine months after seeking help from the Department of Veterans Affairs .
article_snippet.sent: Sores from obsessive picking: She said that traking the drug used to make She feel 'like superwoman' Ms Collins has now been clean for more than nine months after finding free help with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which Ms Collins was directed to by pure chance after being arrested. '
article_snippet.sent: Unlike at the single out-patient facility in Launceston, which was run by nurses and social workers but had no councillors, Ms Collins found intensive help that assessed the root of Ms Collins drug addiction and uncovered Ms Collins mental health problems.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Collins now has effective strategies in place with Ms Collins councillor to deal with Ms Collins borderline personality disorder and anxiety, which used to lead Ms Collins to take drugs as a coping mechanism, as well as the post-traumatic stress disorder Ms Collins acquired while working in Iraq as a medic for six months. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Post traumatic stress disorder from the Tasmanian Ambulance Service in Launceston and borderline personality disorder both fuelled Cristy Collins drug addiction .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Cristy Collins has shared Cristy Collins story in an effort to raise awareness of the damaging drug and the lack of support available for addicts seeking help .