ICE ADDICT AT 40 Now I’m helping others

Andre’a Simmons, 50, Gold Coast, Qld

Taking my two daughters, aged 11 and nine, into our brand-new dream apartment, I felt on top of the world.

‘Look how far we’ve come,’ my husband had smiled when we bought it.

I’d been 18 and still at school when I fell pregnant.

So young, we had no money or life experience.

We even had to sell some belongings to pay for the baby’s milk. But later, my husband’s construction job led to us