Experiences

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Your experience matters

Tina affects people’s lives in Toronto to varying degrees and in different ways. We can all learn from one another. This section is all about that. Real experiences. Real people.

We would like to thank everyone who has contributed their story, poetry, and artwork. The growing collective narrative reflects our community. The more input there is, the more complete the portrait. We hope that you enjoy reading the contributions posted and that you will consider sending us yours.

We would like short essays (up to 1500 words) about experiences with crystal meth as a user, as a friend of a user, or as a former user. A focus question could be ‘How has Tina impacted my life?’ The essays can be credited to a pseudonym if preferred. The experience needs to be real; the name doesn’t have to be. We will edit only spelling, punctuation and layout for readability on a web page, but not content or style. While we can’t guarantee placement, we are interested in having as much community input as possible.

We recognize that not everyone likes to express themselves through writing essays. If you like to write poetry or create or contribute artwork, we would be honoured to receive that as well. There are no special constraints with respect to poetry although please keep in mind that your piece will be formatted to the layout of web page design. It’s best if you can provide a clear, high resolution file of your art so that we can present it in the most flattering way possible given the limitations of image files on the web.

Click here if you would like to send us your story, poetry, or artwork. Thank you for contributing to this site in this way.