Abbey* has been fighting her addiction to methamphetamine for the past eight years and it wasn't until she accessed a rehabilitation service in Sydney that she became a "totally different person".

"I lived in Western Australia and meth was a big thing over there, I started recreationally using it after a family member passed because I couldn't deal with day-to-day life," she told 9news.com.au.

Abbey thought she had control over her usage, maintaining a job and even moving to New South Wales but her addiction to meth, also known as ice, continued to "creep up" over the years.

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