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Ketamine Addiction: Finlay’s Story of Pain, Recovery and Purpose
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Ketamine Addiction: Finlay’s Story of Pain, Recovery and Purpose
In this powerful episode of Catch Me When I Fall, Finlay Worthington shares his lived experience of ketamine addiction — a story of emotional disconnection, physical harm, and ultimately, recovery.
What started as a party drug quickly spiralled into daily use, isolation, and serious health consequences including extreme bladder pain and hospital visits. Finlay opens up about the reality of addiction, the cycle of relapse, and what finally helped him break free — from rehab to finding his purpose in helping others.
Now over a year sober, Finlay runs Ketamine Education Services (KES) and works to raise awareness of the growing risks of ketamine use in young people.
This is an honest, sometimes graphic, but hopeful conversation about what ketamine can really do — and what recovery can look like.
💬 If you’ve been affected or need help:
👉 Visit https://inspirelancs.org.uk
for free, confidential drug and alcohol support across Lancashire.
📍 Outside Lancashire? Contact your GP or search for local drug and alcohol support services.
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Meet Finlay: How his ketamine use began (00:01:23)
3. Living for the weekend: job dissatisfaction and poor mental health (00:02:30)
4. First time taking ketamine and the disassociation effect (00:04:15)
5. Ketamine vs other party drugs: why he kept using it (00:06:00)
6. Isolation begins: using alone, chasing peace (00:08:00)
7. “I didn’t know how miserable I was” – reflection on his mental state (00:09:30)
8. Anxiety, money issues, and lack of purpose (00:10:45)
9. Cocaine and ketamine: early signs of addiction (00:13:00)
10. Self-medication and emotional numbness (00:15:00)
11. When it spiralled: full-time use and hiding the damage (00:16:30)
12. Finances collapse, ketamine every day (00:18:20)
13. **Bladder pain (‘cat cramps’): the physical damage starts** (00:20:25)
14. “I needed the pain” – the reality of addiction consequences (00:22:45)
15. Blood in urine, bladder lining, and denial (00:24:00)
16. Googling ketamine – finding only the “positive” stories (00:26:00)
17. Misuse of painkillers and underreporting to doctors (00:27:30)
18. Using ketamine to numb the pain it caused (00:29:00)
19. Turning point: health, family breakdown, and being watched (00:30:30)
20. Bladder shrinking and irreversible damage (00:33:00)
21. Total isolation: family and social life fall apart (00:35:00)
22. “I’m alright” – the lie of addiction (00:36:40)
23. Unreliable at work, bouncing between jobs (00:38:00)
24. **The day everything changed – waking up with fire to change** (00:39:45)
25. Final rehab attempt: fully committing this time (00:41:00)
26. Purpose through helping others – finding meaning in service (00:43:00)
27. Launching Ketamine Education Services (KES) (00:45:00)
28. School talks, peer support, and real-life change (00:47:00)
29. Ketamine’s rise in young people and secondary schools (00:49:00)
30. “We thought it was prevention… but we found kids already using” (00:52:00)
31. The case for early intervention and real education (00:54:00)
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