This is not meant to preach, this is not meant to ruin your
day, this is meant to tell my story of how the world of drugs and their misuse
can spiral out of control and ruin individual's lives and their friends and loved ones.
On June 1st 2014 I lost one of the greatest
people in my life to heroin addiction, a tragic story of a boy that had so
much potential and love in his heart, and he has been taken from me and and his
family at too young of an age. We saw his struggle first-hand, and we saw how
substance abuse can become just that. Life can be cruel and unfair, and it is a
blessing we all have the privilege to be a part of it.
He used drugs as an escape rather than a recreational activity.
People begin to think they are invincible and the stories they hear won't
happen to them, and only when it does do they realise that they should've
listened and learned whilst they had the strength to do so. I lost a close friend I considered a brother,
and his mother lost her son, and the world lost a beautiful human being.
Always take precaution at any substance that life
offers you. Any drug can be used to experience in a different, fantastic light,
but in the same respect it can be too easy to see it as a necessity for
happiness. Love sober life and what it offers you, before it leaves you in the
dark and you are no longer a part of it.
I leave you with words a stranger at his funeral once told me that has
helped me through these tough times.
"Drugs should never be used to escape a world that you hate,
But instead to enhance your experience in the world that you
already enjoy,
For in darkness they will make sobriety seem worse than
living,
And in light they shall open your eyes to everything that
life has to offer."
First off, I'm sorry for your loss. It's always hard when we lose the one we love. I agree with what you described people think when dealing with drugs. Many people think what's the worst that can happen, that those negative outcomes people talk about won't happen to them. This could be said for reckless driving, alcohol, medical illnesses, anything. People believe that they are the exception. They question "what are the chances?". And the answer is we don't know. We can't predict our futures and where we will end up. So why play with fire? Why touch drugs and taunt our deaths?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry your brother died.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your story; I'm sure that wasn't easy to do. It's important for people to know about stories like this so they know these things do happen and it's closer to them than they think. Puts perspective on things. I'm sorry for your loss.
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