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Drug Victims Remembrance Day
Inside the Mind of a Drug Trafficker

Weighing the Deals: Christopher

27 July 2026

I was not simply meeting demand - I was perpetuating harm.

Multiple incarcerations, drug trafficking and years of violence defined the man I was. I sold drugs to feed my own addiction, blind to the destruction I was sowing in my life and in the lives of others. 

Even after graduating from Singapore Management University with majors in Psychology & Sociology, I fell back into drugs and found myself in the Drug Rehabilitation Centre (DRC). 

Photo of Christopher

After DRC, I had to trust myself enough to believe I could be more than my worst decisions. I had to embrace failure as my teacher, silence the naysayers with my actions, and work relentlessly to rebuild my life on a foundation of purpose. 

Today, as an Assistant Senior Social Worker at Lakeside Family Services, I walk alongside individuals navigating the same darkness I once knew. I run programmes that prepare inmates for reintegration and help ex-offenders secure dignified employment. I give back - because transformation kept to oneself remains fragile.