IT'S time to break the cycle of addiction in Mildura.

The abuse of drugs and alcohol is a perpetual issue in our community.

The Mallee has long maintained a veneer of unbreakability, the idea that we could farm a desert, survive war, drought and colonisation and be stoic and unfazed in the face of hardship.

Many of us come from families where it was the "done thing" to set painful feelings and...