Ms Gwen McKenna:

I think 1997 was when addiction rose its head in Cavan. We went looking for help but could not get any. There were no services and we were not even referred to Al-Anon or any place like that. We had never heard of it at that stage. We came to Dublin. They were doing the marches at that time in Dublin. We met up with like-minded people who were our lifesavers and helped us to do that. All our services developed because of the people in need. When they come to us, we listen to what they have to say and what they need in the region and then we do our best to supply those services. We have a wonderful board of management and brilliant staff. We have 15 change facilitators who have come through the peer support groups and have the lived experience, as well as level 6 facilitation skills, conflict management and the five-step therapy. We are very cost-effective in the-----