Drug addiction can affect anyone, regardless of education, profession or background.
In a feature by The Straits Times, HCSA Community Services’ Manager of Strategic Communications, Cornelyus Tan, shares his personal journey with drug addiction — from maintaining a successful career while privately struggling with methamphetamine use, to incarceration, recovery and rebuilding his life.
Today, Cornelyus draws on both his lived experience and professional expertise in his role at HCSA, using storytelling and communications to champion second chances and amplify the voices and stories of the communities HCSA serves.
His journey is a reminder that recovery is possible — and that with the right support, opportunities and people who believe in us, a second chance can become the beginning of a new chapter.