00:00The world is looking brighter for Jonathan Bolwell.
00:04I see all the colours around everywhere, it's not grey, I feel happy.
00:08The 30-year-old tried methamphetamines when he was 21.
00:12Within about a couple of seconds I realised I was hooked.
00:15Starting a nine-year battle with addiction.
00:17I nearly lost everything in the process, my son, the respect for my family, the respect
00:21of all my friends, and that's what brought me here.
00:25So each one of these trees that are planted down here represents one of our students.
00:30This rehabilitation centre near Esperance has been helping addicts since 1985.
00:36It's seeing an increasing number of people struggling with methamphetamines.
00:41Methamphetamines is becoming greater and greater.
00:44In fact it would probably be the second highest to alcohol use.
00:49The WA government has spent $600 million over the past seven years to reduce meth-related
00:54harm.
00:55But last year, meth consumption rose by 40%.
00:59Regional parts of the state recorded the highest average meth consumption in the country.
01:03Advocates say more investment in rehab centres is desperately needed.
01:07Residential rehabs do work.
01:10They do make a difference.
01:11They do change a life.
01:13Shannon Lumsden enrolled at Grace Academy after realising her life needed to change.
01:18When I was hanging out with my friend and he overdosed on my couch, that was my rock bottom.
01:24After struggling with addiction, the 31-year-old is two years sober, happily married and working
01:29at the facility.
01:30She encourages others to seek help.
01:32This is life or death and if you really want life, you should really take it.
01:36But to make that choice a possibility, for a growing number of addicts, more funding
01:41is needed for services like this one.
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