BA Documentary Photography. Student Book Archive. ' The Addictive Mind', by Chris Athanasiou. 2018.

On Saturday a 15-year-old girl from Oxford, died after taking what she believed was ecstacy. She bought the pill that killed her for just ÂŁ3 - 21p cheaper than the average pint of beer. (Telegraph,2013)

As the price of alcohol and class A drugs is going down over the last years, the incidents of drugs misuse and alcoholism are steadily increasing.

The process of recovery, as appealing as it may seem, is often overly challenging to follow and in many places, not accessible to everyone.

The work of social workers is vital but also demanding due to the extremely complex bureaucratic procedures.

There are more efforts than ever to find a solution to the problem, but the problem is still here.