I know my dad died trying to save me and I'm ready to walk in his footsteps, and become an advocate against drugs.
Those are the words of Patricia Tugi, the daughter of the late Reverend Simione Tugi, after watching the Communications Fiji Limited Magic Factory docu-series on men's mental health 'Forget Me Not' which includes her father as a participant.
Patricia came all the way from Vanua Levu for the screening, and she says she felt that she needed to be here for her father to honour him.
Reverend Tugi was so glad last year that his daughter had gotten off drugs and had rebuilt her life with her husband and children.
He also was a strong advocate for proper drug rehabilitation services in the country.
Patricia thinks what kept pushing her to get out of drugs was having her father by her side.
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Patricia highlighted that she was mad with her father when he first spoke publicly about her on fijivillage Straight Talk.
She says she felt betrayed and only watched her father's interview half-way.
She says when she and her husband spoke to her father in Labasa last year, he advised them to watch the full interview to understand what he was doing.
Patricia says she watched the full interview after her father passed away, and she still regrets not doing that earlier.
She says she is thankful to the CFL team for honouring her father for his work, and it is this memory that will always stay with her about her dad.
Patricia says this is something to motivate her to keep doing better and his voice is what kept her going and kept her alive.
She says even though he is gone and she cannot call and talk to him, she has something to watch now to remind her of him and to remind her to keep going and keep doing better.
You can watch the Forget Me Not docu-series on our website, https://fijivillage.com/Forget-Me-Not
