Fallen in the Wrong Crowd
Brenda was one of the best friends a person could have. She and I had been friends for many years and in fact, I was the surrogate mother for her daughter, Bailey. No one could have foreseen how very much things would change. Brenda and I had begun to have less contact after she started seeing a guy I really didn’t care for. We talked, but not like we once did. I will never forget the day that our relationship changed forever.
This drug took a wonderful woman and made a mess of her life.
I called her from work one day just to see how things were going. She was barely coherent. She was mumbling and drifting in and out of consciousness. Truly worried for her safety, and that of her young daughter, I called the police and asked them to check on her. The police called me back within 30 minutes and what they said had me frozen at my desk. “Ma’am, could you come get the child? We are taking her mother in for drug possession and drug use”. It was like a nightmare! This woman who once had a prestigious and respectable job was now being hauled away for possession of Meth/cocaine. I never in a million years imagined that was what was wrong with her that day I called her.
She had fallen in with the wrong crowd, had started not only selling but using cocaine. Her face had sores all over it, which she continually picked at. She had quit her job and really wasn’t taking the best care of her daughter. This woman was once a bright, witty, extremely intelligent, friendly and generous woman with whom I spent many of my days. As things turned out, she got sentenced to 10 years federal time. Her daughter was shuffled from one place to another until she got out. I heard she is out. I expect she blames me for the whole encounter since I called the police that day. She is off the cocaine and yet, our relationship can never be repaired. This drug took a wonderful woman and made a mess of her life. It took her away from a child she spent thousands of dollars worth of doctor, visits and medications to have brought into the world. It took away a friendship that was once rock solid. It also took 10 years from her life that she can never get back.
If you notice disturbing changes in a friend, do not hesitate to help them right away before it is too late. You can make a difference to better the life of your friend, their family and yours. For assistance in drug addiction issues, please call a professional Narconon Drug Addiction Rehab consultant at 877-782-7409.
