Bremen: How Payam Abbassi got clean and became a street worker.:
For 15 years, hard drugs were Payam Abbassi's everyday life - today he helps addicts at Bremen's ...
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From Addiction to Streetwork: Payam Abbassi’s JourneyAfter 15 years of drug use, Payam Abbassi now helps addicts daily at Bremen’s main train station with lived experience.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: weser-kurier.de
- Payam Abbassi struggled with drug addiction for nearly two decades amid challenges in Iran and Germany.
- His recovery was supported by the Narcotics Anonymous program, which encouraged a day-by-day approach to sobriety.
- Currently, Abbassi works as a native-language streetworker focusing on migrants and refugees in Bremen's drug scene.
- He recognizes addiction as a lifelong illness and continues to attend self-help meetings to maintain his recovery.
Many addicts see themselves only as victims, but they also become perpetrators—most of all toward themselves.— Payam Abbassi, a streetworker and former addict, in a Weser-Kurier interview
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