I'm dead tired!!!..would love to tell you about my day..but my muscles are wearing..my strength is decreasing..my eyesight is deteriorating..my back is aching!!..gosh!!I sound like I'm gonna die..don't i??
anyway I probably will..in a day or two..
I want to share with you this show i watched on Oprah today..i was actually watching it for our TALK SHOW ASSIGNMENT!!..
anyway..this family of 5, their parents, and 2 teenage boys..and a baby.. all 4 except the baby..are heroin addicts.. yeah..i know..WHY?? HOW??..WHAT'S NEXT??
It all started from the father..he was actually taking some pain killers prescribed by a doctor..and soon he became addicted to it..but since he couldn't afford to buy it..so he switched to heroin..which is much cheaper and stronger..and soon the wife got addicted..
their sons too as they watched the elders do..
so everyday this couple will take a 4 hours drive..to get their drugs..with their 5 month old baby at the back seat..They sold everything they own..properties,furniture..etc..just for their drugs..
According to the parents...to do not encourage their sons to take drugs..which means..they are not the financial source for the boys' drugs..so therefore..where do these boys get the money for these drugs??..they steal..
when asked, 'Is this the life you dreamt of, for you family?' Like a sword piercing his heart..the father said No.. They used to have everything..A HAPPY FAMILY..but not they have become slaves for drugs..it is no longer they who control their lives..but the drug.. Other families watch TV or have meal together..but this family..inject heroin together..
You may ask 'why don't they just stop taking drugs' ..your intention maybe good which is to save them..and their sons..a better future..You sympathize with them..
The problem here is.. i think sympathy is not what they are asking for..but EMPATHY..
the mistake they did was taking drugs for the first time..and after that..they have totally no control of it..if they don't take it..they will fall sick..they will begin to tremble and shiver.. with saliva falling down..they wouldn't look like a normal human being..
the only reason why there are hooked up with heroin..is to LOOK LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING and feel like one..no matter how many times they try to stop..they just can't..it's already there in the system..
It's not that I'm supporting them by saying that it is good to take drugs..but put yourself in their shoes.. they are purely human..like you and me.. and since the definition of human is sin.. we can't pretend that we are saints..temptation will be there.. once you're triggered to do something..you will do it..unless you are able to hear God's voice within you..
But it goes against they way i am..
to put my human nature down..
and let the spirit take control of all i do..
Cause when those trials come..
My human nature shouts the things to do..
And God's soft prompting can be easily IGNORED!
the last 2 lines..sound real huh??..Cause it is.. we are nobody to judge these people.. you know what the father of this drug addict family said at the end ..'Please don't look at us like we're bad..We did not mean for any of this to happen..if there is anything we can do to stop it..we will' ..
I don't know if he meant these things he said..but if he did..i think he is so much better than others who pretend to do good..to be good..but when they take out their masks..we can't even bare to look at them..for it's too hideous..too painful..even your eyes can't take it..
Oprah..confronted some of the rehabilitation center that are willing to take them..and they are given 24 hours..to decide whether to take that offer or not..
well, i respect Oprah for the person she is..for the things she did..and for the lives she changed..
An incredible woman she is..!!
anyway..just don't do drugs..don't even try it.. The hands that made you are so precious..which makes your body and life..precious as well.. Don't destroy your life..you are worth much more than all this..God bless!!
P/S WHEN TEMPTATION KNOCKS..LET JESUS ANSWER!!
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