I was addicted to Heroin, coke,crack, pills, molly for over 10 years. I lost so many friends and family due to my addiction. I’ve been sober now for 6yrs and life is so much better. I went from being a homeless jobless addict to now having a great job in the financial industry and a nice home. I have my family back and my dignity back. Things do get better if you want it and you stay away from the drugs. I’m living proof
That's so amazing to hear, and I'm so glad you were able to get out of that life. I was addicted to drugs myself for 18 years. I was homeless, in and out of treatment centers and prisons, etc. I just hit 10 years clean back in April, so I totally get where you're coming from. Life is so much better on this side of things. Thanks so much for supporting the channel. It's truly appreciated. 🙏
Congratulations on your success. Don’t let anything in life no matter how bad things get or what the situation is cause you to relapse. You’ve already been to hell and back . . .never go back.
That’s so awesome !! I’ve been sober since June 5, 2018 and life is 100 % different. I bought a home, have a nice car and my parents are finally proud of me again. It’s so worth it !!!
@@CSIS-SpyPlenty of people lie, not wanting to be perceived as more of a failure than they believe others think they are. Don't always trust what people tell you in regard to addiction.
@@CSIS-Spy 100% true. I hope she wants to get clean. That's no way to live. It's like they lose all hope in normalcy and give up caring. Before they knew it a year passed like nothing because the drugs make you not care at all about anything or anyone when you're not passed out.
It is indeed so how sick do you have to be to not get that taken care of even 2years ago?! I bet she wouldn’t need an amputation! I guarantee early on had she been seen as a human, not a # , a junky, nor a paltry sum of $ as these antibiotics are generic+can be, could+should have taken care of it for like $20 im generic antibiotics, oral+IV, drainage, etc. whole situation is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. I genuinely will pray for her+Im not as religious as I wish I were.)and I went to the movies w/my Grammy to see “The Evening Star”-that’s the “sequel” to easily - 1 of the most iconic tearjerkers ever “Tearms of Endearment”that will make a stone, or a soul bleed. Universally! It could almost bring “Peace to the Middle East!”(but 1 side is completely unmoved-physically, mentally, checked out, soulless almost. Broken. “May G-d have mercy on your soul”-providing, you still have one that is of course!)
THAT LOOKS LIKE LYMPHEDEMA IN HER HAND! I am a certified lymphedema therapist and she should see if that hand can be reduced through complete decongestive therapy BEFORE AMPUTATION!!!! Please have her looked at by a CLT as soon as possible to see if she is a candidate to decongest that hand! PLEASE
She's at the end of her rope and now she's kind and gentle in reality when she started out she robbed her family and friends blind and that's what they do now it's called karma c'est la vie
She SHOULD. Where is the help for her, she is clearly VERY; VERY ill and in need of care. I wish her the very best. I hope she can beat this and get out of this hellish condition.
Had cancer related amputation and other surgeries not long ago. The hospital expected me to coordinate the surgery myself, transport myself and they released me the same day. It's become crazy how they just don't put people in the hospital anymore and do the coordinating themselves. They do all the work on the insurance side, but not much help for the patient otherwise.
As soon as I started watching this & saw her I was shocked & said a prayer for her. I hope the Holy Spirit finds this young woman and she's able to make changes in her life.
No. God never helps we all know this. I needed god so many times and no one answered. When I was getting s******ed as a child and again as an adult, god wasn’t there. When I lost my son, god wasn’t there. But you know who was there?? ME. Me me me. I was the only one there for me. I got myself out of my own hole. If I would have waited on god I would have surely been deleted from this existence. Edited cuz little eyes.
She may not need a amputation. Probably just abstinance and would care. As well she shouldnt inject especially that arm. We dont know that she needs a amputation. Could be she just never learned to bang dope with the left arm
It made me really sad towards the end when she said "Please never do Drugs, this is what you'll turn out to be" 🙏May She be Blessed with strength and support.
@@ravenesqueone3033 You never know if you’re the type of person to be able to do that though until you try. And sometimes drugs can trigger psychosis or other mental conditions. It’s better not to even try it.
@@hezmydaddyo2722 Instead of culturing, our children, and showing them the dangers of drug usage. The powers, who control our government, want for we to be doped up, when they come to take our country from us. Similar to what the British, and the United States did to China, during the Opium Wars.
Problem is, no one ever thinks it's gonna be them... In youth we begin partying to celebrate life, and as adults we use similar vices to bury it... No one thinks addiction will happen to them, it's always the other guy 'not me, I'm not ever going to get like her'...and this is why so many fall into the trap of addiction. 😢
@@Gitn2itI’m guessing between the pain killers & nerve damage it’s not as painful as I would assume. The fact that her hand is bigger than her head is so alarming & looks so painful that I can’t imagine pain medication alone helping much
@@Gitn2it yeah but that doesn't mean she's not constantly in pain. She's not prostituting so she doesn't have any income to buy copious amounts to relieve her pain.
She will get sepsis and die before that arm is amputated. I think she said she has to make the appointment for surgery and that won't happen because she can't use while in the hospital. She has to use now to get rid of the pain, it really never ends. I fear ror my grandchildren, just praying they will stay away from drugs and alcohol. I can remember my parents being terrified that I would smoke pot and run off to join a cult. Things were so simple back then and I wish we could all go back, but those days are gone forever
@@tommyjames3993 you can definitely get away with using in a hospital…Just got in the bathroom or sniff it. Obviously during the surgery when doctors are there no but there is always the methadone which will still Have withdrawal in or doctors most definitely using anesthesia and then giving her pain killers for the surgery. That would be crazy to not prescribe painkillers for an amputation because they are “addicts” it would only make sense if it was minor surgery but hey humanity has failed me several times so i can see someone denying this person painkillers for surgery
@@annehedonia156 Nope xylazine. AKA Tranq or the commercial name is Rompun. There was always a bottle or three of Rompun around when I worked at the animal hospital, no one ever thought to take the stuff.
This young woman is very articulate, well spoken and clear minded……despite whatever else we judge her for. I’m so saddened and heartbroken. Precious Jesus, we commit this young soul to you and pray for your miraculous healing on her. Please help her Lord. Just really listen to her….she is up front and honest. She’s not lying to us or herself. God bless her.
Aww. This is really sad!! Here in Australia we have Medicare and I know it's different in the U.S. Free healthcare is not always available... Hopefully the doctors can save her arm & hand!!! It might be Staff infection!
She seems self aware enough that if she got the right help sherself still save herself. But what the drugs have done may be permanent. It's the way the drugs work these days almost impossible to kick.
My son lost his battle with mental illness and addiction at age 25 three months ago. The poor guy struggled for 12 years. In and out of rehabs and psych wards. Very sad for everyone. He is finally at peace
I'm so deeply sorry for the loss of your son. I lost my boy 4 months ago, he was 15. Can I just say, Heaven is real. The afterlife is real. I was shown it about 8 months ago. There are signs from our loved ones. Sending you big hugs 🫂
It's not that easy. Have you been to a hospital lately? They treat most of us like drug seekers. They will treat her badly, no matter what. She does need caring help, that's far and few between.
@@edie4321even if they do help her they can't force her to detox and tbh the way she looks I don't even think she will make it through the recovery of the amputation.
@@sinjin8576 They wouldn't need to 'force her to detox' pre-surgery. She could be maintained on a clean supply while in hospital. You could use her post-surgery recovery period to offer outpatient methadone/suboxone, get her hooked up with services, etc. That window of time in which she's not on the streets and no longer dependent on whatever mixture of shit passes for dope these days, could be put to good use. None of these options would require her to become abstinent before receiving care.
She has an eleven year old and a four year old who are in foster care and who would probably disagree with you and have their own horror stories to tell, curtesy of this woman.
Yea, I'm surprised she hasn't gotten sepsis all this time. I wish I could help her. It is sad, the situation that she is in. I pray for her. Maybe if she checks into rehab and they can help her with everything. Probably her best option.
ReMember, the system was designed to work this way by Old "whatever color men". It is working as designed. We must end "Their" Rule, and Incorporate the ideals of others, that reflect the Demographics of the country.
But the system fir people who are poor is devastatingly inhumane. I went to the emergency room over a year ago and I will never ever go again. The way people were being treated, especially the elderly, was so disgusting and cruel. There's just no humanity anymore.
@@zzbudzz If she gets off any and all drugs and they amputate her arm, and she starts eating Nutrional foods she could live another 30 years. Her immune system is almost gone and not taking the drugs and putting back the elements is what needs to be done. If she lived here is Houston Tx where I live the county hospital would have already taken care of that arm and enrolled her in rehabilitation. Where she lives isnt worth a chit
@@freewithnature Well, that's what she claimed, it's hear-say without actual proof, eve teresalocash8718- a nurse says she never saw a hand like that on a patient still walking, that alone casts doubt on the 4 years claim
@@HobbyOrganist you cannot use hearsay to disprove someone else's unrelated hearsay, think for five seconds. you have just as much evidence that this lady commenting is telling the truth about being a nurse as you do from the lady in the video. at least the lady in the video has a face lol.
This is so heartbreaking 💔. They’ve become addicted to chemicals and poison ☠️. It’s so sad. These are our brothers and sisters out there. Addiction doesn’t discriminate. Prayers to all stuck in the struggle. ( but now a days this is a whole level of struggling with what the d**** are now - they’re literally poison. And the dealers experiment with anything anymore. ) Christy- YOU DESERVE BETTER. Never lose hope. 🙏💕
@marynieves7111 Well said. It's definitely heartbreaking. You're right. The drugs are pretty much all poison and different chemicals now. I've been clean myself for 10 years, and they're nothing like they were back then. It's crazy.
@@unheardvoices_official congratulations!!! I am also clean now from hard drugs however I have a disease that I take prescription meds for cause there’s no cure to my disease and it’s excruciating. But your interviews are well done. I feel so bad for anyone stuck in active addiction- it’s horrible now with like I said what’s being put in. There’s Xylazine, Frankenstein, & now I heard Rino ( medicine to put Rhinos 🦏 under anesthesia) this is a fight for life more now then ever before. Thank you. 🙏
@@lisasaunders6167 They can treat her withdrawal, so it would be tolerable. But she doesn’t want to go and has no one to really take care of her to try and make it all happen.
@@javierrosario2288 I bet it’s what’s going on in her forearm is what’s causing the swelling.I can’t imagine they not admit she could have blood poisoning and die I’m sure they took her blood I’ve never gone to the er with an abcess and they not take blood and give me a tetanus shot as well too.
This probably would've been me if I had never quit heroin. I cant believe she's only 30. Dear Lord lift her up let her have a supernatural experience with you Father God.
I'm so happy that life is behind me. It's a nightmare being addicted to drugs, especially heroin and meth. I have 7 1/2 years clean ❤❤ 10 years sober from alcohol
I hope this young woman can get the help she needs before it’s too late. This is a perfect example of why we need mental hospitals to address mental illness and addiction. These people need good medical care, supervised living and a warm bed to sleep in. It’s ridiculous that we have people like this living on the street.
@@nathanielovaughn2145 Reality rarely ever matches up to ideals... That said, I have a friend from Canada who says its not perfect, but it's A LOT better than what US has. I have another friend from England who says the same and advocates for Single Payer Medicare. DOCTORS in the US have even gotten to the point of fatigue with our broken healthcare. All of the insurances and red tape eats up their time and energy and creates TREMENDOUS overhead in our system. A ridiculous percentage of healthcare cost goes toward administration just to navigate insurance. Single Payer Healthcare is only one good idea that could fix our healthcare.
Why is she even out in the street now with that serious injury? She says she has to get an appointment for the operation, like it's some vague date in the future. She may be refusing the whole thing. We don't know the story, but she needs a caseworker or medic to take over for her now because it's an emergency and she doesn't seem to understand that.
Please someone help this young woman 😢 I'm from Denmark and people like her living in this horrible situation would get free help right away!!!! I'm shocked! Pray she will get help in Time 🙏
There is free help there too, but no one can force them to seek it out and they often discharge themselves from the hospital AMA (against medical advice) because they’re withdrawing.
this is America. we cant even afford a regular doctor visit. if you cannot afford surgery, too bad. For instance, i actually had to have my heart attack and go in hospital through the ambulance in order to get the surgery i needed to live. i owe them $46,000+
@@Witchfoot.Incorporated That’s horrible 😢. I’m pretty sure that these hospitals do offer free treatments to at least some of the addicts, as do outreach wound care and other free services.
@@littlecatfeet9064 the help they get, if they even get any, is not enough!!!! And yes many of them go against AMA because they don't know how to take care of themselves, thats the reason why they became drug dicted in the first place 😢 Hope she will get the help she need anyway 🙏
Thank God i am clean and survived addiction. I have overdosed over 40 times and i been clean since 6/17/23. If i did it you can too. Just try and you never know what is possible. I pray for you all.🙏🙏🙏
Sepsis survivor here. Had an 80 percent chance of dying and spent I don’t know how many days in the ICU. Ended up with post sepsis syndrome which was just as bad, if not worse than actual sepsis. I pray that this girl knows this is serious if she starts to have any signs of it. And that she isn’t afraid to go to the ER. I pray there is still hope for this girl and that she finds her way back onto the right path. I can’t even believe a human hand can get that way
From using drugs even... So... When is it the time to stop... It seems that it only is getting worse for her... How can someone do that too themselves...
@@robertyoung2819 I am so thankful I have never touched drugs before. the bondage it has on this girl. If I was her I would be absolutely terrified. She must be too scared and embarrassed to go to the ER. They should be able to do an amputation since that looks like an emergency vs her having to schedule it? I can’t even imagine what it must feel like with her hand being that swollen
As bad as she looks, if she would just stop using and get the surgery, the human body can sometimes be incredibly resilient esp at her age. It’s do or die for this girl now, hope she’s not in denial about that
You can't just stop using or she will go into terrible withdrawal in hours and let me tell you, terrible is an understatement. It's not something that you ever want to go through. Especially with her level of addiction (just speculation) it would be really horrible and put her in worse health by the shock of suddenly stopping.
Even if she is an addict, she deserves right medical treatment...I can't believe she was sent away without treatment for her wrist...How can that be in a country like the US, it's awful
I believe you are right. I broke my wrist and had no insurance at the time because I had no job, and all I was able to afford was a regular cast while it needed surgery. So, my left wrist is crooked and painful after 12 years now!
In EU countries at least you are still insured with havung no job, it is paid into a pot by other employees who work, I think the system should offer this. Giving no help makes it worse, unfortunately. And it does not deter people from using drugs obviously.
She’s the only one stopping her treatment. She has to schedule her appointment for surgery but she’s also addicted to opioids. That’s quite the nightmare battle.
The US isn’t the utopia many brainwashed patriots think it is. I know many countries that Americans believe to be below them whose healthcare services would not have let this happen. I think for a better America, Americans need to be more realistic about the dire state of many aspects of their country including their health care. This young woman deserves a full, happy life and I hope she can beat the evilness that is addiction
I hope Christy knows that she is loved. I'm very proud of her, she has a journey ahead of her, but she is still optimistic that she can make it there. I believe in her. I know that losing her arm is a scary thought, but the unimaginable pain that she is experiencing right now will soon be over. I'm so sorry for all that she's been through. I've been sexually assaulted as well, and I feel her pain in my heart. I hope maybe she could do an update interview in a year, and we could see how she's doing? I would love to see her thriving and smiling
SHE MADE BAD CHOICES AND THERE IS HELP FOR THEM NOT FOR THOSE OF US WHO MADE GOOD CHOICES MY STORY IS WORSE, BECAUSE I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THERE IS NO HELP OR PROGRAMS FOR NON SCREWUPS FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH 😢
This video is tragic 😢 I hate to say it, but this style of video is powerful & informative. Just raw, real people with real problems. This kinda stuff needs to spread.
I agree. This video could serve as a PSA to kids. The amount of information and education to bring awareness to the effects of drug taking could help kids make good choices. I hope this lady gets the help she needs before it's too late for her.
@@annehedonia156 I heard her say that as well now that I gave it a second listen honestly I'm not very familiar with krocodil but I do know xylazine which is a tranquilizer for animals is eating away people's flesh when they use it and they are putting it in with the fentanyl as if fentanyl wasn't bad enough smh
This breaks my heart. I’m so sorry for what you’re going through, Christy. So many people don’t understand drug addiction. The way some people would look at her as someone who is choosing this. She deserves our compassion, not our judgement. Sending you so much love 💕
2:14 you know what makes me sad besides all this? The fact that she needs her arm amputated, but whenever that happens she’s gonna need a ton of opiates for aftercare, and that’s obviously gonna be extremely difficult for her when she’s already addicted to stuff and wanting and needing to get sober, so it’s gonna be a tough road for her. BUT!!! It won’t be as hard as things are fit her right now. I have faith and hope for her! ❤
She is most likely in worse pain now with the infection and swelling, but yea this is beyond sad and hopefully she gets through it, we can only pray at this point...
There other meds the dr can give after care. Ketimine works better than any narcotic pain killer. Been in recover since 2006 and was given ketimine when I was in car accident and surgery. It also helps with mental health. God help this lady. ❤❤
And guess what because of drug addicts like her they are taking it out on us chronic pain community. Who take our pain meds exactly as prescribed nothing more. And when we go to ER for help with severe flares from time to time. And our home meds aren’t working they deem us as drug seekers. And treat all of us like shit, abuse us, neglect us. The gov needs to put a stop to this allowing sadistic drs and nurses lump us in same basket with drug addicts.
We live in such a rich country - how is this going on. Clearly this lady needs urgent care. She also needs a big hug, a clean safe bed, food & dentures (so she can chew). I would like u to interview the wound care people just to get another view on what's going on here. This is so tragic.😢
My ex was an addict and his hands were so swollen all the time. I don't know exactly what he used but it was bad. He had been clean when we got together but he relapsed and ruined his entire life he had a great life until he hit rock bottom and lost everything including me. I tried to help, but you cannot help someone that isn't ready and I couldn't do it anymore.
I live in Baltimore and I am an addict. I am an addict in recovery today. My story goes way way back. Homeless on Baltimore City streets for years before I finally surrendered to the disease of addiction. I wish I knew where this girl was because I'd go get her. Sit down and break bread with her and talk to her and let her know that there IS another way. She does not have to live this way any longer. That she does not EVER, ever, ever, EVER, EVER have to use again!! She has lost all hope and all faith and I would love to be able to sit down and possibly give her just a glimmer of hope. Tell her my story and let her know she is not unique. She is NOT alone and we have more similarities than differences. I'm going to pray for this girl. Addiction is an incurable disease that KILLS if the disease is not arrested. ❤ I started using heroin at 9 years old. Today I am 45. Recovery found me 2/17/17. 🔷️
She talks so well you can tell she is quite intelligent. This beautiful little lady deserves better and I really hope she gets the help she so desperately needs so she can get the home and lie beside her children. ❤
Thank you to this brave lady for telling her story so openly. I will show my children these videos when they are old enough to deter them from ever touching drugs. I hope she can rebuild her life, she has so much potential ❤
She will die from sepsis if she doesn't get help for her arm. Aren't there hospitals that can keep her withdrawals in check and help her with her infected hand and arm NOW?!
@@davidwright873 thats how powerful addiction is my friend. I saw people od in front of me, was in coma but cant get sober. Plees dont judge. We self medicate and 90% got addicted torugh pain killer of fentanyl of the doctor
Never listen to anyone telling you that methadone is just “another addiction”. No, this is what could SAVE YOUR LIFE. Yes your body will still be dependent, but your mind will no longer be affected, and it will keep your body stable enough so you’re never in withdrawal and instead of worrying about finding the next high, or delaying the withdrawal once again, you can work on yourself, your psychological issues, find a job, a place to live, figure things out, and then, when you’re stable enough, you can be weaned off of it slowly, and clean up your body, if applicable, as some people may never be able to stop it. Anyone telling you BS like it’s another addiction waiting to happen, is not trained properly in addiction medicine. There are also alternatives to methadone if applicable, like buprenorphine or suboxone for example.
This, 100! It’s really sad that people have addicts self conscious about starting things like suboxone and methodone. I personally think suboxone is the better choice but either is better than these street drugs. Also, yes they are strong medication and some may feel a “high” at first, it is not the type of high people think it is and it goes away fast once your body adjusts. Those meds have changed and saved countless lives and people still choose to be ignorant about them and it’s just the saddest thing! If someone needs to get a legitimate prescription for them in order to stay clean then what is it anyone else’s business! Also I worry that some addicts make statements like that as an excuse, they can’t quit until they do it right and all that. No they can’t quit until they are ready and once they are then they deserve every tool in the toolbox to help get them there.
4:18 It's sad that people repeat the lie that medication assisted treatment (like suboxone programs) are "nothing but another addiction" & they've told that lie for so long that people in ACTIVE addiction now use it as an excuse to avoid treatment altogether. Suboxone programs are just like other proven recovery programs: THEY WORK IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK. And I say that as someone with 10+yrs' of sobriety, thanks to a great suboxone program.
@@Fit_By_Gods_Grace_Aloneyeah cool. But it doesn’t eat your skin and you can’t overdose on suboxone. Methadone is even better. Nothing has ever worked for me. Including suboxone. But I been in a methadone program for 3 years and am doing the best I have ever done. I’m not gonna die from it and when it’s time to get off I’ll taper slowly. People using street drugs say that stuff because it’s an excuse to keep using.
We just don't realize how bless we are sometimes to just being happy without drugs. Praying for this young lady. Lord bless her to get help and stay clean. Thank you.
Agree. This channel should absolutely try to help her get that appointment. Even if it’s jsut sitting down with her and making sure she does make that call to schedule the surgery! 😢
At 30, i still felt like I was still 20. She's still so young and I hate that she ever did drugs in the first place. 🙏🏾 😢 I pray that after her surgery that she will sober up and go on to have a much better life. ❤
If I lived close to her I’d make those appointments and stand by her through them. The hospital and recovery stay alone is gonna get her clean…maybe with a lots of prayers and support she can stay clean and turn her life around before it’s too late. God be with you. You have touched my heart which is very rare for an addict to do given my history with my now deceased brother. There is something about you that makes me wanna take you in my arms and walk with you in your troubles. I will pray for your sobriety and health.
You brought up an important point, that going to the hospital and having the surgery would mean going without her street drugs. She mentioned being scared of going for other reasons, but I’m sure that having to go off of her drugs and going through withdrawals is a huge fear for her as well. God help her🙏
@@juliedurden9479 they would give her suboxone or methadone. That would stop her from going into withdrawals. She knows it because she mentioned it briefly.
I've often wondered if the doctors could put you in a coma for a couple of weeks or months until the dreaded hangout is physically over, would it give you a better chance of staying off it?
Dear Christy, My heart is breaking for you so badly. I cried the whole time you were talking and even more afterwards. I wish with all my heart I lived close enough to you to be able to reach out and help you. I saw one commenter who said they lived in the area, so I am praying they will reach out and help you. I am putting your name in my prayer book and will be praying for you from now on. I am begging God to help you as only He can. May He lift you up out of all of the addiction and misery and may He bring you to a wonderful place in life where you can move forward in positive directions. May you be able to claim a wonderful new life for yourself and your children! Amen I wish only the very best for you Christy in everything you do from this moment on. And may God stand beside you in all of your battles in life and protect you from addictions, evilness, bad people and anything else that may affect the new, wonderful life you are getting ready to have! YOU are a beautiful person, YOU are a beautiful soul! Don't give up honey, hang in there! Your blessings are on the way! We all love you Christy and are supporting you and your fight for freedom!!
The way she’s speaking, is just how I spoke before I put my ass on a plane to rehab and get away from the stuff bringing me down. The life of heroin isn’t fun, if her with a Shaq sized hand doesn’t tell you that, idk what will. I had a few abscesses and that was horrible I couldn’t imagine this. I got probably around 5-6 years since I last used, we do recover. Usually I skip these videos but my heart goes out to this poor woman.
@@coalregionrider6525 You are right. This people don't want the help. Addicts mostly only think of themselves and are a burden to society. Its sad, but true.
Praying she gets the help she needs ❤ she seems like a kind soul. She’s just lost. Her hair is so thick and gorgeous. Even in the state she’s in. I’d love to see her all cleaned up and sober. I bet she’s beautiful ✨
There are probably many things that lead to this that we are unaware of because we haven't lived her life. If you've seen this before or have had a taste of what she has went through, just from the little bit she shared about her life shows a massive amount of guilt and blame she must feel for herself, that she was never good enough and never worthy enough to have a better life. When she easily could have had a great life if she had known how to care for herself and fight for herself.
She's so honest.Why did drugs ever have to be made.This dear young lady deserves so much better.I wish I could take her under my wing and be her support....I pray she gets clean and healthy
Wow she's only 30yrs old & she looks like she's 60, this is so sad can't believe it's only been 5yrs of using drugs & she's literally slowly dying 😢 💔 😔. I hope someone sees this & helps this woman.
I was thinking that too but she also said she was 21 when she started using and is now 30. So, I'm confused. I quit using because of that exact reason, so many people around me dying buying from the same dealers I was, and the sores the poison was leaving, I would have died too.
She's been on the streets for 5 years but said she started using heroin when she was 21...... 5 years on the streets is an ETERNITY let me tell you, as a recovering addict who's struggled with homelessness I can promise you first hand you'd be amazed at how quickly your mental and physical health deteriorate when you're constantly exposed to the elements, have no shelter, and then add using chemicals and poison on top of that 😞
My heart aches for her and her loved ones. I'm 56 and started smoking cigarettes at age 12 then weed at 14 and alcohol by 16... by about 24 i was addicted to cocaine and had 3 small children. I nearly lost everything including my life. Thank the good Lord that one day i woke up and said "I'm done" and i never looked back. I stopped going to bars, i stopped seeing "friends", i got involved in my kid's schools and it's the BEST thing ever. I've never relapsed. I have a wonderful life, 3 beautiful children and 3 gorgeous granddaughters. I am so blessed. I pray that this young lady gets help and can break free of the cycle.
This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. I have a brother that is an addict. My father and my other brother drove 3 days straight for over 2000 miles to rescue him from a ditch where he was laying nearly dead and then drove the days back with him home. He slept the entire way. He stayed for 3 months and then went right back to where they picked him up from. It has nearly tore our family apart. Unfortunately it's a story all too many know the reality of. I hope all who have these problems get help and find their way out of this living hell. Sadly death is the eventual outcome for most of them.
I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I know it's so tough when someone you love is struggling like that. It's a helpless feeling, but don't ever give up hope. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
Father God please free this woman from the spirit of addiction, depression, anxiety, poverty, and break any generational curses in her life. Guide, shield, and protect her lord, and please save her arms lord and cure her physically, mentally, and spiritually father God. Please forgive her for all her sins, and protect her in the blood of Jesus and the full armor of God. In Jesus mighty name I pray, 🙏🏽 AMEN ❣️
Proper support definitely does go a long way. It's extremely tough to make it out of situations like this, even with a support system... it's almost impossible to make it without one.
I know people feel “ they’ve done this to themselves” but when someone is this far down the rabbit hole they help, compassion, love and most of all hope for a new and better future. Sweetheart, I wish all that for you. It can be turned around, plenty of people live wonderful lives with only one arm. If you’ve made it through everything I imagine you have, you’re strong… just try and convert that strength into determination to beat this. Don’t give up
Someone please get her the medical care & attention she desperately needs, she has suffered enough trauma in her life, she needs dignity and help to live a life with less pain & suffering. And hopefully her hand & arm can be saved.
It is, but I think I disagree that she lost her way - I think without having parents to give her love, and therefore having to give it to herself, is simply too hard for many people. I think that's why she's so worried about her children - is the cycle repeating, or are the foster parents good enough?
She may have rec'd it ( just a guess ) but then leaves facilities to do what she wants to do -- I am presuming -- I wonder if they've had that surgery scheduled plenty of times --- we can't hold adults in hospitals. My friend did same thing .. Scope to ck internal bleeding ? well they took too long so she walked out of the hospital after all that prep etc -- then she tells people we don't know what's causing the bleeding -- Yes we do --- it's called late stage alcoholism
This sweet woman. The loss of a child is heartbreaking and I'm sorry for all the pain you have been through. Know you deserve love, you deserve sobriety and absolutely deserve medical treatment for your arm. It looks so painful. Sending love and light to you ❤
This is one of the most heartbreaking stories I've seen. I can't imagine dealing with even one of her struggles. She is dealing with so much. How can she be helped? Bringing these stories to light is great. But what is the next step for her? Are there programs to help this poor woman? She definitely needs help.
My, Heart breaks for Christy 😢 The poison they continue to put in their bodies is deadly. Great interview My Friend Keep doing Gods work your Awesome💕🙏💕
You know it’s bad when you knowingly poison your own self, to escape the hell of withdrawal from the drug wd at this point, they are not partying and getting “high” they only have moments of less “sick” by way of “poison”. She seems to understand and accept the root of the problem, yet she admitted rehab wasn’t enough- as is the reality- many times it’s a good start, or may save a life, but it’s only entry level, it doesn’t on its face solve addiction .
This just absolutely crushes me inside, this poor woman, such a sweet beautiful soul, going through the hardest and darkest of times, lord please help her, she needs help, I would love nothing more than one day to see her story of recovery vs this street life. 🙏🙏❤️
I was addicted to Heroin, coke,crack, pills, molly for over 10 years. I lost so many friends and family due to my addiction. I’ve been sober now for 6yrs and life is so much better. I went from being a homeless jobless addict to now having a great job in the financial industry and a nice home. I have my family back and my dignity back. Things do get better if you want it and you stay away from the drugs. I’m living proof
That's so amazing to hear, and I'm so glad you were able to get out of that life. I was addicted to drugs myself for 18 years. I was homeless, in and out of treatment centers and prisons, etc. I just hit 10 years clean back in April, so I totally get where you're coming from. Life is so much better on this side of things.
Thanks so much for supporting the channel. It's truly appreciated. 🙏
I know that must have been the hardest thing to ever do. Basically, start your life over again Congratulations 🙂
Congratulations on your success. Don’t let anything in life no matter how bad things get or what the situation is cause you to relapse. You’ve already been to hell and back . . .never go back.
I wish you peace in the rest of your life. Great job. Proud of you.
That’s so awesome !! I’ve been sober since June 5, 2018 and life is 100 % different. I bought a home, have a nice car and my parents are finally proud of me again. It’s so worth it !!!
She's self reflective. She deserves an opportunity for recovery. I hope she makes it.
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The first step to recovery is wanting to recover. Majority don’t. Next time you see a drug addict ask your them if they want to be clean
@@CSIS-SpyPlenty of people lie, not wanting to be perceived as more of a failure than they believe others think they are. Don't always trust what people tell you in regard to addiction.
@@CSIS-Spy 100% true. I hope she wants to get clean. That's no way to live. It's like they lose all hope in normalcy and give up caring. Before they knew it a year passed like nothing because the drugs make you not care at all about anything or anyone when you're not passed out.
Everyone deserves an opportunity for recovery.
That swollen hand is absolutely horrific.
It is indeed so how sick do you have to be to not get that taken care of even 2years ago?! I bet she wouldn’t need an amputation! I guarantee early on had she been seen as a human, not a # , a junky, nor a paltry sum of $ as these antibiotics are generic+can be, could+should have taken care of it for like $20 im generic antibiotics, oral+IV, drainage, etc. whole situation is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. I genuinely will pray for her+Im not as religious as I wish I were.)and I went to the movies w/my Grammy to see “The Evening Star”-that’s the “sequel” to easily - 1 of the most iconic tearjerkers ever “Tearms of Endearment”that will make a stone, or a soul bleed. Universally! It could almost bring “Peace to the Middle East!”(but 1 side is completely unmoved-physically, mentally, checked out, soulless almost. Broken. “May G-d have mercy on your soul”-providing, you still have one that is of course!)
She's having a swell time! Let's all give her a big hand. Cheers!
@@LectronCircuits bro that’s a human being we are all one wrong turn from being where she’s at how about a little compassion?
THAT LOOKS LIKE LYMPHEDEMA IN HER HAND! I am a certified lymphedema therapist and she should see if that hand can be reduced through complete decongestive therapy BEFORE AMPUTATION!!!! Please have her looked at by a CLT as soon as possible to see if she is a candidate to decongest that hand! PLEASE
Looks like gout!
A lot of addicts have the sweetest souls and don't deserve this.
Why, because she white? She the one choose to use drugs.
I've known many unfortunately 😢
Better to get high on accomplishments
She's at the end of her rope and now she's kind and gentle in reality when she started out she robbed her family and friends blind and that's what they do now it's called karma c'est la vie
No, they're just really manipulative. They're really good at making you feel sorry for them.
That poor lady should have been hospitalized months ago. This is tragic.
They all scream for dilaudid so they dsicharge asap.
She SHOULD. Where is the help for her, she is clearly VERY; VERY ill and in need of care. I wish her the very best. I hope she can beat this and get out of this hellish condition.
she does not want to be hospitalized.....or she would run and get help...
I think she has septic. Has to be an infection.
Had cancer related amputation and other surgeries not long ago. The hospital expected me to coordinate the surgery myself, transport myself and they released me the same day. It's become crazy how they just don't put people in the hospital anymore and do the coordinating themselves. They do all the work on the insurance side, but not much help for the patient otherwise.
Dear Lord, please help this very young woman. I thought she was in her 50's/60's. Drugs kill.
Tbh I think she is beyond help. I was shocked she is only 30.
As soon as I started watching this & saw her I was shocked & said a prayer for her. I hope the Holy Spirit finds this young woman and she's able to make changes in her life.
No. God never helps we all know this. I needed god so many times and no one answered. When I was getting s******ed as a child and again as an adult, god wasn’t there. When I lost my son, god wasn’t there. But you know who was there?? ME. Me me me. I was the only one there for me. I got myself out of my own hole. If I would have waited on god I would have surely been deleted from this existence. Edited cuz little eyes.
Straight out of Revelations 🌎 💀
@@mandatory1561 I hear you. I prayed throughout my childhood. Nothing. I saved myself. I'm sorry you went through that.
I live in the same area, I would absolutely accompany her so she doesn’t have to be alone for the surgery.
That is a righteous offer. You are a great human being.
She may not need a amputation. Probably just abstinance and would care. As well she shouldnt inject especially that arm. We dont know that she needs a amputation. Could be she just never learned to bang dope with the left arm
I hope you find her to make that happen 🙏🏾
what an amazing offer, please try to contact her, you're a good good person
How kind.
It made me really sad towards the end when she said "Please never do Drugs, this is what you'll turn out to be" 🙏May She be Blessed with strength and support.
Except it's not true. Many if us take drugs responsibly over decades and decades and nothing remotely like this happens to us.
@@ravenesqueone3033 You never know if you’re the type of person to be able to do that though until you try. And sometimes drugs can trigger psychosis or other mental conditions. It’s better not to even try it.
This should be shown to kids in schools & community centers in an effort to warn them off drugs.
Exactly 👍. And what are we doing? Popularizing CBD instead 😢of
@@Valerie-uw5cdinstead of what? Thank you
@@hezmydaddyo2722 Instead of culturing, our children, and showing them the dangers of drug usage. The powers, who control our government, want for we to be doped up, when they come to take our country from us.
Similar to what the British, and the United States did to China, during the Opium Wars.
Problem is, no one ever thinks it's gonna be them...
In youth we begin partying to celebrate life, and as adults we use similar vices to bury it...
No one thinks addiction will happen to them, it's always the other guy 'not me, I'm not ever going to get like her'...and this is why so many fall into the trap of addiction. 😢
they dont care
The Mother in me is dying watching this. I wish I could take care of her. Keep her warm, safe and comfortable. Poor girl. Breaking my heart.
Same! I just want to hug her and support her through the surgery she needs.
There is nothing more powerful than a Mother's Love.💐
Drug has no mercy !
Ditto. Lord grab this woman by her soul and supernaturally recover her. I am hugging her spiritually. ♥️❤️🩹🥀
Within three hours youd regret it when she cleans you out
It’s not heroin anymore. Heroin doesn’t do this. It’s the fentanyl and tranq. Sad 😢
Crocadil
100% tranq
I mean, dirty dope could do this, but dope isn't on the street any more. It's what we used to call "scramble": trash for when you're desperate.
Xylazine ( tranq.) is such a caustic nasty drug.
I agree!
I’m 21 years clean and sober this year and this was were my life was heading, thankfully i went to rehab and was able to live my life again
🙏🏽🎉🙏🏽I will pray for you
Bless u lady amen 🙏 ❤
She’s been living with her entire arm infected for FOUR YEARS? How is that possible? That has to be excruciatingly painful
She's addicted to opiods, which are basically painkillers.
@@Gitn2itI’m guessing between the pain killers & nerve damage it’s not as painful as I would assume. The fact that her hand is bigger than her head is so alarming & looks so painful that I can’t imagine pain medication alone helping much
@@Gitn2it yeah but that doesn't mean she's not constantly in pain. She's not prostituting so she doesn't have any income to buy copious amounts to relieve her pain.
My nerve damage makes me have MORE pain so that's not true. You feel a lot more.
@@crystalouellette7545 I’m grasping at straws trying to understand it tbh
She will get sepsis and die before that arm is amputated. I think she said she has to make the appointment for surgery and that won't happen because she can't use while in the hospital. She has to use now to get rid of the pain, it really never ends. I fear ror my grandchildren, just praying they will stay away from drugs and alcohol. I can remember my parents being terrified that I would smoke pot and run off to join a cult. Things were so simple back then and I wish we could all go back, but those days are gone forever
I totally get it. Things were definitely so much more simple back then.
Unfortunately I think the same, and I’m surprised sepsis hasn’t hit yet praying for her she seems to be such a sweetheart.
Cults are giant business in South Korea
you look amazing cynthia 😍
@@tommyjames3993 you can definitely get away with using in a hospital…Just got in the bathroom or sniff it. Obviously during the surgery when doctors are there no but there is always the methadone which will still
Have withdrawal in or doctors most definitely using anesthesia and then giving her pain killers for the surgery. That would be crazy to not prescribe painkillers for an amputation because they are “addicts” it would only make sense if it was minor surgery but hey humanity has failed me several times so i can see someone denying this person painkillers for surgery
I've never ever in my life see these types of drugs before. This aint heroin or even fentanyl. This is warfare.
You're right. This is krocodil. 😢
Agreed
you are stunning diannh 😍
@@annehedonia156 Nope xylazine. AKA Tranq or the commercial name is Rompun. There was always a bottle or three of Rompun around when I worked at the animal hospital, no one ever thought to take the stuff.
Zylazin
Lord Have Mercy..asking for Healing Father God for this young lady.🙏🏽🙏🏽
This young woman is very articulate, well spoken and clear minded……despite whatever else we judge her for. I’m so saddened and heartbroken. Precious Jesus, we commit this young soul to you and pray for your miraculous healing on her. Please help her Lord.
Just really listen to her….she is up front and honest. She’s not lying to us or herself. God bless her.
Amen
Amen 🙏🙌
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Aww. This is really sad!! Here in Australia we have Medicare and I know it's different in the U.S. Free healthcare is not always available... Hopefully the doctors can save her arm & hand!!! It might be Staff infection!
Amen
She is surprisingly self-aware. I hope she can find some peace.
She seems self aware enough that if she got the right help sherself still save herself. But what the drugs have done may be permanent. It's the way the drugs work these days almost impossible to kick.
It’s because she’s high right now
@@evonne315 Being self aware doesn’t make you mentally healthy they know right from wrong life js gets too much sometimes
What a shame she has done this to herself.
She's learned to talk the talk. Her arm's been that way for fours years. I doubt she'll change.
Omg! This poor soul. My jaws dropped when she said she was 30. She looks twice her age with no teeth, and about to loose her arm. So heartbreaking!
She's only 30? She's young. I hope she can find a way out
Lose*
Self inflicted unfortunately.
It’s the teeth. I was out there a few years back. I can still see the youth in her
I worked it out. It's her missing teeth that are aging her, you can sort of tell she's pretty young otherwise, especially in her eyes.
I JUST WISH I COULD GIVE THAT WOMAN A BIG WARM HUG.💔😢
My son lost his battle with mental illness and addiction at age 25 three months ago. The poor guy struggled for 12 years. In and out of rehabs and psych wards. Very sad for everyone. He is finally at peace
@njfloyd10 I’m so sorry for your loss
Most kids start drugs because parents aren't doing a good job
I'm so deeply sorry for the loss of your son. I lost my boy 4 months ago, he was 15.
Can I just say, Heaven is real. The afterlife is real. I was shown it about 8 months ago.
There are signs from our loved ones.
Sending you big hugs 🫂
@@PearsHoneyI know what you mean ❤ great comment ⭐️
Life is nothing but pain, with hurt people..
"I'm OK."
NO YOU'RE NOT! Please get help now!
It's not that easy. Have you been to a hospital lately? They treat most of us like drug seekers. They will treat her badly, no matter what. She does need caring help, that's far and few between.
@@edie4321even if they do help her they can't force her to detox and tbh the way she looks I don't even think she will make it through the recovery of the amputation.
She's fine. Stickybeak
@@edie4321 Well said.
@@sinjin8576 They wouldn't need to 'force her to detox' pre-surgery. She could be maintained on a clean supply while in hospital. You could use her post-surgery recovery period to offer outpatient methadone/suboxone, get her hooked up with services, etc. That window of time in which she's not on the streets and no longer dependent on whatever mixture of shit passes for dope these days, could be put to good use. None of these options would require her to become abstinent before receiving care.
Please let us pray for this woman an to all sick and suffering from this disease 🙏
Sie braucht kein Gebet ! Sie braucht praktische, medizinische Hilfe und kein Gott-Gelaber!
Amen🧎🏿♀️
Better go to shelter or donate... praying and wishing without action is empty talk
If prayer worked no body would starve to death..better to face the harsh reality and get tough
My Son is a Recovering Heroin Addict of 8 year's and dear God I'm glad this horrible disease didn't eat him up like this 😔 I 🙏🙏🙏 for this Young Girl!!
She did Krockadile.
I’ve been out for almost 7 and very thankful nothing like this happened my sister got a heart infection and had heart surgery too. Tho.
This is just so sad.. you can tell that deep down shes a very kind, thoughtful, honest person. The drugs are just stealing that from her 😔
I agree. Seems so sweet 🥹
She has an eleven year old and a four year old who are in foster care and who would probably disagree with you and have their own horror stories to tell, curtesy of this woman.
She is close to sepsis, won’t be here much longer. This is so very sad.
This woman doesn't have a rock bottom. So sad.
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Yea, I'm surprised she hasn't gotten sepsis all this time. I wish I could help her. It is sad, the situation that she is in. I pray for her. Maybe if she checks into rehab and they can help her with everything. Probably her best option.
Sadly…..it’s true. Too far gone….
My mother died of sepsis, but it wasn't from drugs.
This country needs a better system for helping people like this!! They are human beings!!
There’s a lot of things this country should be doing for its citizens. But it’s all about greed now. The devil rules this world
ReMember, the system was designed to work this way by Old "whatever color men". It is working as designed. We must end "Their" Rule, and Incorporate the ideals of others, that reflect the Demographics of the country.
But the system fir people who are poor is devastatingly inhumane. I went to the emergency room over a year ago and I will never ever go again. The way people were being treated, especially the elderly, was so disgusting and cruel. There's just no humanity anymore.
This poor woman. She still cares for her kids and has a heart. I hope she can get to NA and some basic wound care to prevent the amputation.
To much money going to the hoards coming over the boarder, the destruction of the U.S.
Peace and Blessings to this lady, her children and her brother. My prayers are with them. 🙏🏽
Hold on, did she say she's 30!???? I thought she was 60. This is so sad.
I thought she was over 60.
She looks more like shes in her mid to late 70s. I am age 68 and know women that are 60ish and they dont look that old
She said she was 29 just turned 30 ..I doubt she will see 31
@@zzbudzz If she gets off any and all drugs and they amputate her arm, and she starts eating Nutrional foods she could live another 30 years. Her immune system is almost gone and not taking the drugs and putting back the elements is what needs to be done. If she lived here is Houston Tx where I live the county hospital would have already taken care of that arm and enrolled her in rehabilitation. Where she lives isnt worth a chit
@@EarlGuyton425 big damn IF
I'm a nurse and I've NEVER seen a hand like this and the patient up and walking. Unbelievable.
And she’s had it for 4 years! 😳 that’s what blew my mind.
@@freewithnature Well, that's what she claimed, it's hear-say without actual proof, eve teresalocash8718- a nurse says she never saw a hand like that on a patient still walking, that alone casts doubt on the 4 years claim
@@HobbyOrganist you cannot use hearsay to disprove someone else's unrelated hearsay, think for five seconds. you have just as much evidence that this lady commenting is telling the truth about being a nurse as you do from the lady in the video. at least the lady in the video has a face lol.
ER NURSE … SAME
Nurse here and I’ve never seen a hand like that before
This is so heartbreaking 💔. They’ve become addicted to chemicals and poison ☠️. It’s so sad. These are our brothers and sisters out there. Addiction doesn’t discriminate. Prayers to all stuck in the struggle. ( but now a days this is a whole level of struggling with what the d**** are now - they’re literally poison. And the dealers experiment with anything anymore. ) Christy- YOU DESERVE BETTER. Never lose hope. 🙏💕
@marynieves7111 Well said. It's definitely heartbreaking. You're right. The drugs are pretty much all poison and different chemicals now. I've been clean myself for 10 years, and they're nothing like they were back then. It's crazy.
@@unheardvoices_official congratulations!!! I am also clean now from hard drugs however I have a disease that I take prescription meds for cause there’s no cure to my disease and it’s excruciating. But your interviews are well done. I feel so bad for anyone stuck in active addiction- it’s horrible now with like I said what’s being put in. There’s Xylazine, Frankenstein, & now I heard Rino ( medicine to put Rhinos 🦏 under anesthesia) this is a fight for life more now then ever before. Thank you. 🙏
Hi, Mary 💕🙏💕
@@jackiewilliams7876 Jackie. Hi my friend 💕🩷
@@marynieves7111 ♥️♥️
That hand and the open wound on her arm is horrific.
Heroin never could cause such harm. It's the Fentanyl and Tranq.
The devil comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Turn from the devil and he will flee from you.
16 years clean and sober now. By the grace of God ✌
Congratulations on your sobriety ❤
That's amazing. Congratulations on getting clean. 🙏
Choices have consequences
Not by the Grace of God - YOU got sober and did it by yourself!
You mean the government?
This breaks my heart. She should be admitted to the hospital and properly cared for immediately. I can’t imagine she’s going to survive.
I was shocked to hear its been that way for 4 years!
They don't care about drug addicts they have no money sucks. 😢😢
@@melindaescamilla4128 It does no good to help an addict if they’re just going to continue using again.
She probably don't want to be in the hospital. She can't get high in there and she'll go through withdrawal.
@@lisasaunders6167 They can treat her withdrawal, so it would be tolerable. But she doesn’t want to go and has no one to really take care of her to try and make it all happen.
Praying for her full recovery...so sad😢😢😢❤
I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve been around addiction all my life. That hand wow. Walking around like that. It’s so sad.
@@Baltimorebuisness I've never seen anything like it either, Shawn, and I've been around addiction as well. It's definitely sad.
i've seen it before but not swollen like this
@@javierrosario2288 I bet it’s what’s going on in her forearm is what’s causing the swelling.I can’t imagine they not admit she could have blood poisoning and die I’m sure they took her blood I’ve never gone to the er with an abcess and they not take blood and give me a tetanus shot as well too.
@@javierrosario2288same, like that is bad bad 😢😢
Horrible. She needs to take care or she will not ,are it. Poor woman looks 50. Terribly sad. She needs love.
Dear child, she deserves life and love. ❤
Yes all of the world does.
Not really. She's stuck in a state of perceived helplessness. She's going to end up dead, and that's probably best.
Patronising much?
Yeah she gets her love at $20 a pop
@@kitt3813 No, just kind words. Please be humble.
This probably would've been me if I had never quit heroin. I cant believe she's only 30. Dear Lord lift her up let her have a supernatural experience with you Father God.
In Jesus's Name. Amen. 😢
you are stunning monique 😍
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!
an astounding achievement that many cannot do. I applaud you for your strength and determination. bravo 👏🏼
Lord help this young woman! I pray she gets clean and lives the life she dreams of. Sending love and blessings and healing to you! ❤
I'm so happy that life is behind me. It's a nightmare being addicted to drugs, especially heroin and meth. I have 7 1/2 years clean ❤❤ 10 years sober from alcohol
🙏🏽🎉🙏🏽🎉
I hope this young woman can get the help she needs before it’s too late. This is a perfect example of why we need mental hospitals to address mental illness and addiction. These people need good medical care, supervised living and a warm bed to sleep in. It’s ridiculous that we have people like this living on the street.
And Universal Healthcare
@@sheristewart2770
Nice ideal. But identify one place where that has ever really worked and met the ideal. Ask a Canadian or a Brit.
@@nathanielovaughn2145 Reality rarely ever matches up to ideals... That said, I have a friend from Canada who says its not perfect, but it's A LOT better than what US has. I have another friend from England who says the same and advocates for Single Payer Medicare. DOCTORS in the US have even gotten to the point of fatigue with our broken healthcare. All of the insurances and red tape eats up their time and energy and creates TREMENDOUS overhead in our system. A ridiculous percentage of healthcare cost goes toward administration just to navigate insurance. Single Payer Healthcare is only one good idea that could fix our healthcare.
They do not want to get clean, they prefer drugs to everything you can offer them.
Why is she even out in the street now with that serious injury? She says she has to get an appointment for the operation, like it's some vague date in the future. She may be refusing the whole thing. We don't know the story, but she needs a caseworker or medic to take over for her now because it's an emergency and she doesn't seem to understand that.
Please someone help this young woman 😢
I'm from Denmark and people like her living in this horrible situation would get free help right away!!!! I'm shocked!
Pray she will get help in Time 🙏
There is free help there too, but no one can force them to seek it out and they often discharge themselves from the hospital AMA (against medical advice) because they’re withdrawing.
But she isn't African or Muslim. Denmark only cares about replacing itself with African men.
this is America. we cant even afford a regular doctor visit. if you cannot afford surgery, too bad. For instance, i actually had to have my heart attack and go in hospital through the ambulance in order to get the surgery i needed to live. i owe them $46,000+
@@Witchfoot.Incorporated That’s horrible 😢. I’m pretty sure that these hospitals do offer free treatments to at least some of the addicts, as do outreach wound care and other free services.
@@littlecatfeet9064 the help they get, if they even get any, is not enough!!!! And yes many of them go against AMA because they don't know how to take care of themselves, thats the reason why they became drug dicted in the first place
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Hope she will get the help she need anyway 🙏
You can tell she's a beautiful young lady. Lifting her in prayers 🙏🙏🙏
Thank God i am clean and survived addiction. I have overdosed over 40 times and i been clean since 6/17/23. If i did it you can too. Just try and you never know what is possible. I pray for you all.🙏🙏🙏
Stay strong. We're all rooting for you.
@@reelmermaid8844 thank you
Sepsis survivor here. Had an 80 percent chance of dying and spent I don’t know how many days in the ICU. Ended up with post sepsis syndrome which was just as bad, if not worse than actual sepsis. I pray that this girl knows this is serious if she starts to have any signs of it. And that she isn’t afraid to go to the ER. I pray there is still hope for this girl and that she finds her way back onto the right path. I can’t even believe a human hand can get that way
From using drugs even... So... When is it the time to stop... It seems that it only is getting worse for her... How can someone do that too themselves...
@@robertyoung2819 I am so thankful I have never touched drugs before. the bondage it has on this girl. If I was her I would be absolutely terrified. She must be too scared and embarrassed to go to the ER. They should be able to do an amputation since that looks like an emergency vs her having to schedule it? I can’t even imagine what it must feel like with her hand being that swollen
So sad, I pray she gets the help she needs
She's probably afraid to go because she knows they'll amputate 😢. Incredibly sad.@@TRT_1234
What's post sepsis syndrome? I'm curious if that's what I'm struggling with since having sepsis and spending time in the ICU as well.
Im in tears...PLEASE GOD SAVE THIS YOUNG GIRL...
Help is out there, but she has to want to be saved.
@@lbar9720 There comes a point where "help" needs to be insisted upon.
God says NO.
@@Witchfoot.Incorporatedlol
Absolutely heartbreaking.
This poor soul… Her struggle is unimaginable and she talks about it in such a matter-of-fact way.
As bad as she looks, if she would just stop using and get the surgery, the human body can sometimes be incredibly resilient esp at her age. It’s do or die for this girl now, hope she’s not in denial about that
As soon as the arm is off, she will go back to using. You heard her, she goes right back after rehab, many times.
@@jamegumb7298 It's sad. She has no hope at all. I feel that way a lot. I am not a user though at all.
You can't just stop using or she will go into terrible withdrawal in hours and let me tell you, terrible is an understatement. It's not something that you ever want to go through. Especially with her level of addiction (just speculation) it would be really horrible and put her in worse health by the shock of suddenly stopping.
@@pamelagearhart9251 ya if she stopped she’d need to do so with med management for withdrawal
@@pamelagearhart9251but how soon did she become so badly addicted?😮
Even if she is an addict, she deserves right medical treatment...I can't believe she was sent away without treatment for her wrist...How can that be in a country like the US, it's awful
I believe you are right. I broke my wrist and had no insurance at the time because I had no job, and all I was able to afford was a regular cast while it needed surgery. So, my left wrist is crooked and painful after 12 years now!
In EU countries at least you are still insured with havung no job, it is paid into a pot by other employees who work, I think the system should offer this. Giving no help makes it worse, unfortunately. And it does not deter people from using drugs obviously.
She’s the only one stopping her treatment. She has to schedule her appointment for surgery but she’s also addicted to opioids. That’s quite the nightmare battle.
So it needs streetworkers to help her, I see it's a devil's circle...hope she can make it for treatment..hope they can somehow save her arm..
The US isn’t the utopia many brainwashed patriots think it is. I know many countries that Americans believe to be below them whose healthcare services would not have let this happen. I think for a better America, Americans need to be more realistic about the dire state of many aspects of their country including their health care.
This young woman deserves a full, happy life and I hope she can beat the evilness that is addiction
I hope Christy knows that she is loved. I'm very proud of her, she has a journey ahead of her, but she is still optimistic that she can make it there. I believe in her. I know that losing her arm is a scary thought, but the unimaginable pain that she is experiencing right now will soon be over. I'm so sorry for all that she's been through. I've been sexually assaulted as well, and I feel her pain in my heart. I hope maybe she could do an update interview in a year, and we could see how she's doing? I would love to see her thriving and smiling
Omg that poor woman. Her reality is what nightmares are made of. Bless her.
SHE MADE BAD CHOICES AND THERE IS HELP FOR THEM
NOT FOR THOSE OF US WHO MADE GOOD CHOICES
MY STORY IS WORSE, BECAUSE I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THERE IS NO HELP OR PROGRAMS FOR NON SCREWUPS
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH 😢
No one forced her to try drugs, that was her choice!!!
You don't get it, she is ill. And despite her choices, she's a human being. She needs love and empathy.
This video is tragic 😢 I hate to say it, but this style of video is powerful & informative. Just raw, real people with real problems. This kinda stuff needs to spread.
I agree. This video could serve as a PSA to kids. The amount of information and education to bring awareness to the effects of drug taking could help kids make good choices.
I hope this lady gets the help she needs before it's too late for her.
Heroin? You mean fentanyl and xylazine?
Is this krocodil? I swear she said it. People's flesh is rotting off wtf.
@@annehedonia156 I heard her say that as well now that I gave it a second listen honestly I'm not very familiar with krocodil but I do know xylazine which is a tranquilizer for animals is eating away people's flesh when they use it and they are putting it in with the fentanyl as if fentanyl wasn't bad enough smh
Is that what they call tranq?
Yes she did say it@@annehedonia156
Yeah no more real H it's the fake shit kills people!
This breaks my heart. I’m so sorry for what you’re going through, Christy. So many people don’t understand drug addiction. The way some people would look at her as someone who is choosing this. She deserves our compassion, not our judgement. Sending you so much love 💕
2:14 you know what makes me sad besides all this? The fact that she needs her arm amputated, but whenever that happens she’s gonna need a ton of opiates for aftercare, and that’s obviously gonna be extremely difficult for her when she’s already addicted to stuff and wanting and needing to get sober, so it’s gonna be a tough road for her. BUT!!! It won’t be as hard as things are fit her right now. I have faith and hope for her! ❤
She is most likely in worse pain now with the infection and swelling, but yea this is beyond sad and hopefully she gets through it, we can only pray at this point...
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There other meds the dr can give after care. Ketimine works better than any narcotic pain killer. Been in recover since 2006 and was given ketimine when I was in car accident and surgery. It also helps with mental health. God help this lady. ❤❤
The lil ol pills the doc will give her won't do anything for her since her tolerance to opiates is so high on account of the heroine.
And guess what because of drug addicts like her they are taking it out on us chronic pain community. Who take our pain meds exactly as prescribed nothing more. And when we go to ER for help with severe flares from time to time. And our home meds aren’t working they deem us as drug seekers. And treat all of us like shit, abuse us, neglect us. The gov needs to put a stop to this allowing sadistic drs and nurses lump us in same basket with drug addicts.
We live in such a rich country - how is this going on. Clearly this lady needs urgent care. She also needs a big hug, a clean safe bed, food & dentures (so she can chew). I would like u to interview the wound care people just to get another view on what's going on here. This is so tragic.😢
Good idea on interviewing the wound care people. I'll look into that. I'd love to get other perspectives as well.
It’s goin on cause she chooses to use bottom line WELL GIVE HER MONEY FOR THESE THINGS THEN
It's a rich country because of people making good choices not her choices! Why would or should we take care of this!!!
My ex was an addict and his hands were so swollen all the time. I don't know exactly what he used but it was bad. He had been clean when we got together but he relapsed and ruined his entire life he had a great life until he hit rock bottom and lost everything including me. I tried to help, but you cannot help someone that isn't ready and I couldn't do it anymore.
You definitely can't help someone who doesn't want to help themselves.
That's very painful but it's good that you moved on. Or else it would have brought you down too.
@@Zeepjeliefs my mental health was terrible at that point.
@@Jessd85 I'm proud of you because it must have been the hardest decision. I understand it took a terrible toll on you.
I live in Baltimore and I am an addict. I am an addict in recovery today. My story goes way way back. Homeless on Baltimore City streets for years before I finally surrendered to the disease of addiction. I wish I knew where this girl was because I'd go get her. Sit down and break bread with her and talk to her and let her know that there IS another way. She does not have to live this way any longer. That she does not EVER, ever, ever, EVER, EVER have to use again!! She has lost all hope and all faith and I would love to be able to sit down and possibly give her just a glimmer of hope. Tell her my story and let her know she is not unique. She is NOT alone and we have more similarities than differences. I'm going to pray for this girl. Addiction is an incurable disease that KILLS if the disease is not arrested. ❤
I started using heroin at 9 years old. Today I am 45. Recovery found me 2/17/17. 🔷️
She talks so well you can tell she is quite intelligent. This beautiful little lady deserves better and I really hope she gets the help she so desperately needs so she can get the home and lie beside her children. ❤
is the intelligence in the room with them? what part of this person defines intelligence to you? her self care? her choices?
@@dawnatilla2469 You think only dumb people have addiction problems? You're not very well informed.
She used to be more intelligent... That's the saddest thing about drug use. It cooks your brain.
At all!!!@@pattijo318
Thank you to this brave lady for telling her story so openly. I will show my children these videos when they are old enough to deter them from ever touching drugs. I hope she can rebuild her life, she has so much potential ❤
You obviously haven't seen Intervention. in the past 5 years
It should be shown in each high school. Instead of popularizing CBD and painkillers.
Sad for her. Thats terrible. I hope she gets the care she needs. Hopefully, getting off the drugs will be a priority.
@@lilraache I certainly hope so. 🙏
Don't bet on it. She still has that right arm to mangle up
I don't think that there's a heck of a lot that could be done at this stage.
She will die from sepsis if she doesn't get help for her arm. Aren't there hospitals that can keep her withdrawals in check and help her with her infected hand and arm NOW?!
@@davidwright873 thats how powerful addiction is my friend. I saw people od in front of me, was in coma but cant get sober. Plees dont judge. We self medicate and 90% got addicted torugh pain killer of fentanyl of the doctor
Never listen to anyone telling you that methadone is just “another addiction”. No, this is what could SAVE YOUR LIFE. Yes your body will still be dependent, but your mind will no longer be affected, and it will keep your body stable enough so you’re never in withdrawal and instead of worrying about finding the next high, or delaying the withdrawal once again, you can work on yourself, your psychological issues, find a job, a place to live, figure things out, and then, when you’re stable enough, you can be weaned off of it slowly, and clean up your body, if applicable, as some people may never be able to stop it. Anyone telling you BS like it’s another addiction waiting to happen, is not trained properly in addiction medicine. There are also alternatives to methadone if applicable, like buprenorphine or suboxone for example.
This, 100! It’s really sad that people have addicts self conscious about starting things like suboxone and methodone. I personally think suboxone is the better choice but either is better than these street drugs. Also, yes they are strong medication and some may feel a “high” at first, it is not the type of high people think it is and it goes away fast once your body adjusts.
Those meds have changed and saved countless lives and people still choose to be ignorant about them and it’s just the saddest thing! If someone needs to get a legitimate prescription for them in order to stay clean then what is it anyone else’s business!
Also I worry that some addicts make statements like that as an excuse, they can’t quit until they do it right and all that. No they can’t quit until they are ready and once they are then they deserve every tool in the toolbox to help get them there.
4:18 It's sad that people repeat the lie that medication assisted treatment (like suboxone programs) are "nothing but another addiction" & they've told that lie for so long that people in ACTIVE addiction now use it as an excuse to avoid treatment altogether. Suboxone programs are just like other proven recovery programs: THEY WORK IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK. And I say that as someone with 10+yrs' of sobriety, thanks to a great suboxone program.
Suboxone is just as addictive as anything else.
@@Fit_By_Gods_Grace_Aloneyeah cool. But it doesn’t eat your skin and you can’t overdose on suboxone. Methadone is even better. Nothing has ever worked for me. Including suboxone. But I been in a methadone program for 3 years and am doing the best I have ever done. I’m not gonna die from it and when it’s time to get off I’ll taper slowly.
People using street drugs say that stuff because it’s an excuse to keep using.
That arm breaks my heart. She’s reasonably articulate for a seriously in-need drug addict. Oh if she could get permanent help, she could succeed. ❤
its there she just chooses to keep living this lifestyle
@@donnieharness2 remember the Nancy Reagan slogan.. Just Say No...
Addiction always has a story. This is just heartbreaking all the way around. I pray she gets the help she needs.
Prayers for healing and sobriety
We just don't realize how bless we are sometimes to just being happy without drugs. Praying for this young lady. Lord bless her to get help and stay clean. Thank you.
My soul is crying for this beautiful person please help her if you have just interviewed her you are in the best position to get her urgent care now
Agree. This channel should absolutely try to help her get that appointment. Even if it’s jsut sitting down with her and making sure she does make that call to schedule the surgery! 😢
This poor girl! She is in my prayers! Wishing her peace and love ❤️
Praying for all who are in this battle. Don’t give up!
This is such a sweet lady. She has more sense than most people interviewed on here. I wish I was near her. I am going to keep her in prayer.
At 30, i still felt like I was still 20. She's still so young and I hate that she ever did drugs in the first place. 🙏🏾 😢 I pray that after her surgery that she will sober up and go on to have a much better life. ❤
The suffering of this poor lady is heartbreaking. Hope she gets help she really needs. 🌹❤️🇬🇧
THEY DON'T WANT HELP
If I lived close to her I’d make those appointments and stand by her through them. The hospital and recovery stay alone is gonna get her clean…maybe with a lots of prayers and support she can stay clean and turn her life around before it’s too late. God be with you. You have touched my heart which is very rare for an addict to do given my history with my now deceased brother. There is something about you that makes me wanna take you in my arms and walk with you in your troubles. I will pray for your sobriety and health.
You sound like such a sweet and empathetic person🙂
You brought up an important point, that going to the hospital and having the surgery would mean going without her street drugs. She mentioned being scared of going for other reasons, but I’m sure that having to go off of her drugs and going through withdrawals is a huge fear for her as well. God help her🙏
She will not go to the hospital. She's more scared of being without drugs than she is of sepsis.
@@juliedurden9479 they would give her suboxone or methadone. That would stop her from going into withdrawals. She knows it because she mentioned it briefly.
I've often wondered if the doctors could put you in a coma for a couple of weeks or months until the dreaded hangout is physically over, would it give you a better chance of staying off it?
Dear Christy,
My heart is breaking for you so badly. I cried the whole time you were talking and even more afterwards. I wish with all my heart I lived close enough to you to be able to reach out and help you. I saw one commenter who said they lived in the area, so I am praying they will reach out and help you.
I am putting your name in my prayer book and will be praying for you from now on. I am begging God to help you as only He can. May He lift you up out of all of the addiction and misery and may He bring you to a wonderful place in life where you can move forward in positive directions. May you be able to claim a wonderful new life for yourself and your children! Amen
I wish only the very best for you Christy in everything you do from this moment on. And may God stand beside you in all of your battles in life and protect you from addictions, evilness, bad people and anything else that may affect the new, wonderful life you are getting ready to have!
YOU are a beautiful person, YOU are a beautiful soul! Don't give up honey, hang in there! Your blessings are on the way! We all love you Christy and are supporting you and your fight for freedom!!
The way she’s speaking, is just how I spoke before I put my ass on a plane to rehab and get away from the stuff bringing me down. The life of heroin isn’t fun, if her with a Shaq sized hand doesn’t tell you that, idk what will. I had a few abscesses and that was horrible I couldn’t imagine this. I got probably around 5-6 years since I last used, we do recover. Usually I skip these videos but my heart goes out to this poor woman.
Her nose is broken, too. My god. She's had that messed up hand for FOUR years. Pure suffering. 😢
My heart is officially crushed .
I don’t care if she did it to herself that’s an awful thing for a person to go thru .
Yeah, my heart is crushed to as registered Republican. She's costing me money.
@@coalregionrider6525spoken like a true Republican 😂
@@coalregionrider6525 wow! you are cold hearted!! what a shame.
@@coalregionrider6525 You are right. This people don't want the help. Addicts mostly only think of themselves and are a burden to society. Its sad, but true.
Heartless but typical for a Republican @@coalregionrider6525
Bless you for giving people a voice. To tell their story. Prayers due her healing and anyone else suffering any Trauma from addiction 😢
Praying she gets the help she needs ❤ she seems like a kind soul. She’s just lost.
Her hair is so thick and gorgeous. Even in the state she’s in. I’d love to see her all cleaned up and sober. I bet she’s beautiful ✨
There are probably many things that lead to this that we are unaware of because we haven't lived her life. If you've seen this before or have had a taste of what she has went through, just from the little bit she shared about her life shows a massive amount of guilt and blame she must feel for herself, that she was never good enough and never worthy enough to have a better life. When she easily could have had a great life if she had known how to care for herself and fight for herself.
She looks like she has been abused and had her nose broken at least once. She has a lot of shame-based behavior and lack of self-worth. Very sad.
She's so honest.Why did drugs ever have to be made.This dear young lady deserves so much better.I wish I could take her under my wing and be her support....I pray she gets clean and healthy
Watch the movie Dope Sick. It shows us how people get like this woman. Very interesting.
Wow she's only 30yrs old & she looks like she's 60, this is so sad can't believe it's only been 5yrs of using drugs & she's literally slowly dying 😢 💔 😔. I hope someone sees this & helps this woman.
I was thinking that too but she also said she was 21 when she started using and is now 30. So, I'm confused. I quit using because of that exact reason, so many people around me dying buying from the same dealers I was, and the sores the poison was leaving, I would have died too.
She's been on the streets for 5 years but said she started using heroin when she was 21...... 5 years on the streets is an ETERNITY let me tell you, as a recovering addict who's struggled with homelessness I can promise you first hand you'd be amazed at how quickly your mental and physical health deteriorate when you're constantly exposed to the elements, have no shelter, and then add using chemicals and poison on top of that 😞
My heart aches for her and her loved ones. I'm 56 and started smoking cigarettes at age 12 then weed at 14 and alcohol by 16... by about 24 i was addicted to cocaine and had 3 small children. I nearly lost everything including my life. Thank the good Lord that one day i woke up and said "I'm done" and i never looked back. I stopped going to bars, i stopped seeing "friends", i got involved in my kid's schools and it's the BEST thing ever. I've never relapsed. I have a wonderful life, 3 beautiful children and 3 gorgeous granddaughters. I am so blessed. I pray that this young lady gets help and can break free of the cycle.
This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. I have a brother that is an addict. My father and my other brother drove 3 days straight for over 2000 miles to rescue him from a ditch where he was laying nearly dead and then drove the days back with him home. He slept the entire way. He stayed for 3 months and then went right back to where they picked him up from. It has nearly tore our family apart. Unfortunately it's a story all too many know the reality of. I hope all who have these problems get help and find their way out of this living hell. Sadly death is the eventual outcome for most of them.
I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I know it's so tough when someone you love is struggling like that. It's a helpless feeling, but don't ever give up hope. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
Thank you.
I just sent my daughter this as a learning lesson.
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Father God please free this woman from the spirit of addiction, depression, anxiety, poverty, and break any generational curses in her life. Guide, shield, and protect her lord, and please save her arms lord and cure her physically, mentally, and spiritually father God. Please forgive her for all her sins, and protect her in the blood of Jesus and the full armor of God. In Jesus mighty name I pray, 🙏🏽 AMEN ❣️
Amen
Amen 🙏🏽
Amen and Amen🙏❤️🕊🌈
Amen
Amen! ❤
Positive love and light to this lady. 💜If people have some proper support that goes a long way in successful recovery 🥰
Proper support definitely does go a long way. It's extremely tough to make it out of situations like this, even with a support system... it's almost impossible to make it without one.
I know people feel “ they’ve done this to themselves” but when someone is this far down the rabbit hole they help, compassion, love and most of all hope for a new and better future. Sweetheart, I wish all that for you. It can be turned around, plenty of people live wonderful lives with only one arm. If you’ve made it through everything I imagine you have, you’re strong… just try and convert that strength into determination to beat this. Don’t give up
Someone please get her the medical care & attention she desperately needs, she has suffered enough trauma in her life, she needs dignity and help to live a life with less pain & suffering. And hopefully her hand & arm can be saved.
Nothing is saving that arm.
This is heartbreaking. What a beautiful young woman, who has lost her way. Hope she receives the help she so desperately needs. Sending love to you ❤
It is, but I think I disagree that she lost her way - I think without having parents to give her love, and therefore having to give it to herself, is simply too hard for many people. I think that's why she's so worried about her children - is the cycle repeating, or are the foster parents good enough?
Gosh this is so sad. Please lord save her. This is so heartbreaking. She is so young
This poor soul needs so much help, love, and empathy.
She may have rec'd it ( just a guess ) but then leaves facilities to do what she wants to do -- I am presuming -- I wonder if they've had that surgery scheduled plenty of times --- we can't hold adults in hospitals. My friend did same thing .. Scope to ck internal bleeding ? well they took too long so she walked out of the hospital after all that prep etc -- then she tells people we don't know what's causing the bleeding -- Yes we do --- it's called late stage alcoholism
Already got help and rehab but she kept using drugs.
This sweet woman. The loss of a child is heartbreaking and I'm sorry for all the pain you have been through. Know you deserve love, you deserve sobriety and absolutely deserve medical treatment for your arm. It looks so painful. Sending love and light to you ❤
This is one of the most heartbreaking stories I've seen. I can't imagine dealing with even one of her struggles. She is dealing with so much. How can she be helped? Bringing these stories to light is great. But what is the next step for her? Are there programs to help this poor woman? She definitely needs help.
There are programs for her. The next step is her wanting it bad enough. She's done it before. I pray she has the strength to do it again.
Heartbreaking. Stay strong angel you have so much to offer.
She needs to be admitted right now. Even if it's against her will. So sad
My, Heart breaks for Christy 😢 The poison they continue to put in their bodies is deadly. Great interview My Friend Keep doing Gods work your Awesome💕🙏💕
The poison is definitely deadly. I'm really rooting for her. 🙏
@@unheardvoices_official 🙏♥️🙏
You know it’s bad when you knowingly poison your own self, to escape the hell of withdrawal from the drug wd at this point, they are not partying and getting “high” they only have moments of less “sick” by way of “poison”.
She seems to understand and accept the root of the problem, yet she admitted rehab wasn’t enough- as is the reality- many times it’s a good start, or may save a life, but it’s only entry level, it doesn’t on its face solve addiction .
All considering she is giving a very coherent interview. You can tell she’s pretty smart, drugs and situation aside.
yeah for money more than likely then straight to the hook up
This just absolutely crushes me inside, this poor woman, such a sweet beautiful soul, going through the hardest and darkest of times, lord please help her, she needs help, I would love nothing more than one day to see her story of recovery vs this street life. 🙏🙏❤️