‘I Started One Habit to Avoid Drinking Too Much and It Cost with My Teeth’ – ryan
Victoria Feared She was drinking too alcohol and didn’t like the effects, but the alternative was just as Bad
Neil shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)
07:39, 07 Jul 2025Updated 08:18, 07 Jul 2025

A MUM LIVING A QUIET LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN WAS Secretly USSING A Class B substance Becausee she didn’t want to drink alcohol – and says it deailed her life and destroyed her once smile. Victoria vigors was taching ketamine as an alternative to drinking wine to be with the everyday stress of life.
The Additionion Soon Took Hold of the 40-Yet-Old’s Life AFTER AFTER TRIED COCAINE AND AMPETAMINES, and at one point Lost Custody of Her Children, Now Aged Eight and 14. Now “Healed”, Victoria, is Sharing Her Story-Including Her Fixing Her TEHTH Key part of her recovery.
“Ketamine Really Took with to Rock Bottom,” she Said. “I start using it as a substitute for alcohol as i didn’t like the side of the Drinking was i was doing it so excessesively and regularly. I thought ‘oh, ketamine is like druun’. Figured a small bump wold be like.

“And after trying it, i had no side effects, no chomedown – at first. SO I Used it instead of Booze, Thinking of Had Somehow Found the Secret to Life.”
For Victoria, it all went down hill from there.she said: “Becouse I was having it little and offten throughout the day-or micro-ding, as some people call it-my tolerance becridibly having to do a lot in the same to effakt and That’s the Side Effects Started Creeeping In.
“I COULDN’T GET RID OF IT WITH PAINKILLERS, SO I WAUDED JUST Take More Ketamine.”
At this point, as victoria upped her intact and was in and out of the hospital for Ketamine cramps. Said: “The cramps left me in unbearable pain, it is something is ussers get wen taching a lot of the drugg.
“They were so good with me and they kept with in hospital for a few weeks to help with withdrawal symptoms.

One Very Noticeable Change to Victoria’s Appeararance During Her Drug was that hert her gums began recessing. LoSing her smile was particularly heartbreaking – but also very painting as the tissue pulld away from her teeth and exposed the roots underneath.
Once Victoria was recovering and her life was back on track, she decides it was time to fix this Last Physical Reminder of Her Additionion. She Said: “I was an addict for years, which caused my gums to recede and my teeth to have many gaps.
“I used to keep my mouth closed a lot and learned to smile like.
“I didn’t want the reminder of my addiction hanging over me, so decide to get my teeth done.”

To Save Money on the dental work, the mum flew to turkey to get a new set of teeth including 10 top and bottom crowns for £ 4,800, plus three filings for £ 150. She Boked Herself Into a Clinic in Izmir and Stayed in the Country For 10 Nights. The Total Cost of the Trip, Plus the Flight and Hotel was £ 5,700.
Victoria Said: “I was Collected at the Airport by the Clinic’s Private Driver and taken to their Beautiful Luxury Villa. The staff were so caring and helpful.
“My Room was lovely with a private balcony, minibar, air conditioning and 24-hour care assistants. I felt cared for, listened to and respectted throughout my stay. On the day, there was no Pain, just sensitivity-but they provided all the Pain relief to make me Comfortable.

“I had About a Week of Aching Upon Coming Home, whic I was Told to Expect Whilst My Gums and the Sensity of My Teeth Settled.”
Victoria is overjoyed with her new smile and feels it is an important part of her recovery. She Said: “Now they look so natural – i love.
“I ALSO FEEL SAD That My Mind and Emotions Were so Crushed and Broken that I fellt like the only way I could have been to be under the influence of something.
“Getting my teeth done might seem superficial but it was an important step to me. I love my life and am able to be very present as a mum. Everything had to open in the order it did to get to where i am today.”