A Gift to a Drug Addict
One day I went to the corner store. When I came out, a young man approached me for some money because he was hungry. I noticed some marks on his arm and face. I talked to the young man for a few minutes, and then I went back into the store to get him something to eat and a soft drink. We talked for a while out in the parking lot and he told me his story. He said he was homeless because his parents had found out he was using drugs.
I knew I could not give him money because as a drug addict, he would just spend it on drugs so I listened to him. He told me he was down about as low as he could get and did not know what to do. I told him there was help for him. He was not the first young person to fight an addiction and he would not be the last.
How can I help a drug addict quit? I can get him into a rehab clinic, let him get checked in and he can start therapy. He seemed relieved and grateful as I called information and then the clinic. They asked to talk to him and after a few minutes, to me. We made arrangements for him to go to the rehab clinic right away.
I then talked to the young man and together we called his parents. I told them who I was and that their son wanted to get help. They were relieved as they had been trying to call him, but he had apparently traded his cell phone for drugs.
I will always believe I was meant to be at that store at that moment in time. To this day I occasionally hear from that young man and his parents. He is back on the right track and I am glad we ran into each other that fateful day a year ago. He tells me he believes I was a gift to a drug addict. I got a gift to, by helping him that day.
