I was pregnant and working hard – my partner was snorting cocaine

He mentioned previously struggling with drugs, but swore he’d conquered his addiction (Picture: Getty Images/PhotoAlto)

‘Help me, I’m dying’, I heard a voice shout.

Sitting at my home office at 2am, 6 months pregnant and working an overnight admin job, I swung around and looked into the darkness of the staircase.

That’s when I saw him – my partner Rich* hurtling down the stairs.

He told me he couldn’t breathe, then collapsed on the floor calling my name. As I looked at him in horror, he started to crawl to me. 

‘I’m having a heart attack’, he screamed, ‘you need to call an ambulance!’

Panicked, I shouted back: ‘What have you taken?’

Then he said the word that, before long, I would become sick of hearing. 

‘Cocaine’.

That was over 18 months ago – when my world c...