Jack Nagle

Jack is a passionate advocate and company founder, interested in finding and creating solutions for service consumers in the Alcohol and Other Drugs sector.

His passion comes from his own experience of substance addiction and consuming services in some of his most vulnerable moments.

Currently, Jack is the Director and Founder of Connection Based Living and Real Drug Talk (Aus) Pty Ltd.

Connection Based Living is a contemporary addiction recovery coaching
program.

Real Drug Talk is a grassroots public health communications company with the mission of changing the paradigm in dealing with alcohol, drugs and addiction by telling the real stories of those impacted by substances and addiction.

Due to Jack’s advocacy, he has appeared on all major national media outlets commenting on contemporary alcohol and drug issues, been a part of Government and Research Bodies such as the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) and has been
involved in a number of research projects, including being published as an author on the paper: “A Web-Based Toolkit to Provide Evidence-Based Resources About Crystal Methamphetamine for the Australian Community: Collaborative Development of Cracks in the Ice”.