The Drugs Don't Work - Ceramic Coping Mechanisms

Welcome to The Drugs Don’t Work collection — a brutally honest, darkly funny corner of Swears of Joy inspired by the ups, downs and sideways moments of real life. These pieces blend vintage china with the kind of humour you only develop through lived experience, resilience and the ability to laugh on the days when everything feels a bit… unhinged. Whether you deal with anxiety, meds, intrusive thoughts, chaotic brain days or just the general nonsense of being a human, this collection speaks your language.

Each plate or trinket starts as reclaimed vintage china before being transformed with sweary, sarcastic or painfully relatable phrases. Handmade, one-of-a-kind and never repeated, these designs aren’t here to make light of mental health — they’re here to acknowledge it with honesty, humour and zero shame.

Perfect for gifting to friends who “get it,” or as a reminder to yourself that you’re surviving life with style, swears and a sense of humour.

Prefer something a bit more empowering? Explore the Rebel Plates collection.