DRUGS EATING THE BODY. KENSINGTON AVE PHILADELPHIA

These adults come from different parts of the country and are struggling with addiction in Philadelphia. They agree to share their insights and experiences with drug addiction.

[reajay]

This man was once a baby. A little boy with dreams and goals to be the best he could be. I hope this man becomes the man he always wanted to be. If anyone reading this is going through something similar, just know you're beautiful and capable to stop and getting better one day. I love you and believe in you

[stevanykitten]

I have 13 years clean, I was homeless, broke, using all day..I didn’t care about anything but my next fix. Today I’m a mom, a wife, I own a house, a car..I love my life and I wake up everyday proud of myself! ❤

[val.t]

Never use drugs to escape from emotionally pain or depression. Drugs won't solve your problems but it will only create greater problems in your life...

[jodyariewitz]

10 years free of a 25 year long heroin addiction today....this doesn't have to be how his story ends! Im rooting for you buddy...💔🙏

[BillMcSwain]

On the 28th of this month I will be eight months clean from pain pills. It has literally been the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do.

[MaiaDreams]

Addicts aren’t criminals, addicts are people who are mentally unwell and need care. ❤

[sandrastokes]

Lord this brought tears to my eyes. Lord please help this man and others that's suffering from addiction.

[joebombero]

I was a firefighter. Once we came upon an unconscious woman, totally unresponsive. I thought she was in her 40s but she was only 26. She was an addict, a street-walker. She did not die that day, but was dead less than 2 years later. The heart-breaking thing was the police going through her purse. Wadded up $5 and $1, make up, old t-shirt, brush and a folded, creased photo of a beautiful little girl on her father's lap, Christmas tree in the background. Sad stuff.

[mochabeauty]

Imagine someone recording you during the worst moments of your life…..

[peachesschnapps]

The fact the people film people without their knowledge and post it to a place like this disgusts me.

I’m sure we have all been in a state that we aren’t proud of, at one time or another.

[jayrowe]

Currently battling alcohol addiction, but this breaks my heart so much more.

[robertabray-enhus]

My son was an alcoholic and a junkie for many years.
He had these lesions on his legs too.He has the scars left behind from them. The other scarring and scabs on their hands and arms are where they’ve shot up over and over until they blow out a vein and it’s useless.
My son is coming up on 2 years of being clean and sober.❤
I hope that young man will find his way home and get treatment. We’re loosing so many young people

[rachelmaxime]

No one grows up and says i want to be a drug addict. I have about 15 yrs clean today, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Never, ever put anyone down for being in this condition. I have seen doctors, lawyers, pilice officers, teachers, and pastors, and the list goes on fall victim to drugs & alcohol. He is in his own hell. No program will get you clean, you have to do that all on your own. May God bless him and touch his heart before it's too late. ❤😢

[AmericanMillionaireCowboy]

I once had my struggles with addiction.
It took some good people in my life that made me look in the mirror and I got ashamed of how my whole life was ruined.
From that moment, I got angry, I detoxed, slept, ate, got back to working and exercising and I removed all people in my life who use or abuse anything.

Reality is hard, sometimes they need to be told the truth. Because only then, you have to get emotional to fix the problem.

Pandering and letting people allow you to make excuses and lie to yourself will only increase the suffering.

[rarebreed]

Praying for this baby and he’s recovering from he’s addiction 🙏🏼

[nfmxyrs]

One thing I hate about this generation is we think we have a right to record people misfortune.

[itlnstalyn]

When my son past away yrs ago i was in dark place, not caring what happened to me and quickly reaching for alcohol and pills ( from a dr for an injury) to feel better. Thank God for giving me a father and new women (who has been my wife for 14 yrs) who straightened me up and gave me something to live for. I dont judge people who are struggling like this because you dont know their story, they are just ordinary people who are in pain.

[aylathedentist]

i’m a surgeon i work at the emergency room in LA once i got called at 3pm, there was that guy with deep and big lesions all over his hands and legs they looked so scary and disgusting (as a surgeon it’s rare for us to get disgusted easily) however we had to do an operation for him and clean his wounds because they were intensely infected, while i was doing my operation one of nurses said “he’s and addict he has been eating his body” i swear in that moment i froze and even the scalpel fell off of my hand, i was so shocked however i ended the operation and i couldn’t sleep for 30 hours because the situation was haunting me

btw i was 28 years old in that time it was in my beginnings.

[froggythekid]

"I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you" -The Green Goblin

[kristieadamson]

As a mother this breaks my heart. This could be anyones baby praying he gets the help he needs