The Young Face of Drug Abuse in the Northeast: Kristen Delgado, 18

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Hello. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

I am from Togo and too poorly know English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "But before starting to stimulate the spot there is a little preparation you have to go through."

Best regards :o, Rudra.

Boo Hoo is right and wrong

Heroin is addicting - so is the social environment. Too often though people want to ignore their personal responsibility to make choices - it feels good to do so. Ir is always someone else's fault in America now. Society is to blame, not me !

Thank you!!!!!!

Kristen sweet heart . Thank you for sharing your story. I pray that you will try and educate the west milford high school which is rampant with drugs especially Heroin. My daughter didnt make it she died. Knowing that there is hope and my biggest hope is that the high school address the problem and do random drug testing instead of picking out students just because the teacher doesnt like them.

Please hon help others know that they can do it. I am proud of you

Boo Hoo?!

Hey my name is Wesley but just Wes. I'm 12 years old and Kirsten you remind me so much of my mom, except she never got better. Years after years she just got worse and then she woke up and wasnt breathing I didnt know what to do. Your comment really is pretty hurtful to the people who actaully have the experience of their loved one dying at age 34. Maybe their addiction is so bad they just can't get their act together. Thats what happened to my mom.

~ Wes

Boo Hoo

Heroin is not a mult-vitamin, it takes years to escape it. You have no idea what you are talking about. You just sound ignorant and foolish judging this girl. You sound weak, not her. Keep it up, Kristen, it sounds like you are finally on the right track.

To MP of OH

Please become more educated before you make such ignorant comments. I have seen addicts that want sobriety so badly but the drug pulls them back. I agree that all addicts must take responsibility for their actions but it seems like that is what this young lady is doing. I don't think she is blaming her friends, just letting us know that she was with others that were doing the same thing. She is scared and she is trying. My daughter died from this drug and I have seen the other side. The side that shows me that these are good people. Some try to get better and some don't. Some succeed and some don't. The important point is she keeps trying to make her life better and that IS taking responsibility.

Boo hoo

No, this person does not have strength because she "keeps trying." Five failed rehab attempts? And now she "blames her high school friends." Does she not take any responsibility? How about a little self-respect? All she is doing is wasting either her parents money, taxpayer money, or both because she can't get her act together.

Kristen,

You have such strength to keep trying. It certainly sounds like you are winning this time. It is harder than anyone can imagine but you are doing it. Your story brought tears to my eyes, not because of your problem, but because of your strength.