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Addiction: The Storm
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ด...๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ."
๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ, ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐. ๐จ๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ. ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ถ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝ๐. ๐ฏ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ ๐บ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ.
๐จ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ฝ. ๐ก๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐.
๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐พ, ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐, ๐บ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ. ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐, ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐ป๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ.
๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐พ. ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐จ ๐ฟ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐, ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ. ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐พ๐บ๐๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐. ๐จ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐พ, ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ.
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ ๐จ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ. ๐ง๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐ ๐. ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐’๐ ๐พ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ, ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐’๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐.
๐ถ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐บ๐. ๐จ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐พ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐๐. ๐ค๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ป๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐พ. ๐ก๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐พ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐พ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐บ๐. ๐ง๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐พ๐บ๐...๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ง๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ.
๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ป๐พ, ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ป๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐. ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ๐, ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐.
๐ก๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ. ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐. ๐ถ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐พ ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐พ๐ฝ. ๐ถ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ ๐ฟ๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐บ๐ผ๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ป๐พ ๐ป๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ . ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ , ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ.
๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ป๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐, ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฝ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐ป๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐๐๐พ. ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐. ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝ ๐ป๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐ป๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐. ๐ค๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ.
๐ณ๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ป๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐. ๐จ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ. ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐. ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐พ. ๐ง๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐ป๐บ๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ.
๐ฌ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐พ.
๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ, ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐. ๐ถ๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ป๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐, ๐บ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ฌ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐บ ๐ป๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐’๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฟ๐พ.
๐ฅ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐. ๐ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐ ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐จ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐บ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
๐ ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐, ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐พ. ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐.
Police officer speaks out about daughterโs toxic drug death
More than 2,200 people died of drug toxicity in 2021, and 19 of those individuals were Delta residents. This is a crisis that has touched many families, including that of a Delta Police officer.
Former Sergeant Kevin Jones, who retired in February 2022, last saw his daughter Sara in November 2017. She died of an Opiate overdose in January 2018, at age 28 leaving behind two young children.
Looking back now, he describes the ordeal his family experienced as that of having a total loss of control. “As a police officer, I wasn’t prepared for how powerless I would feel in the face of what happened to Sara,” he says.
In her early twenties Sara sought medical assistance for endometriosis – an often painful condition. Her doctors prescribed her Oxycontin to deal with the pain. But after five years of prescriptions, and a range of doctors, her access to the opioid was cut off. Over time, opioid users need higher doses of the drug, as their bodies become accustomed to it. By the time her prescriptions were stopped, Sgt. Jones describes her dosage as being high enough to kill a first time user.
“When her family doctor cut her off, Sara began doctor shopping to get access to painkillers, and increasingly feigned illness and made ER hospital visits in order to get new prescriptions."
After being cut off from legal access Sara started to access street drugs. "This was the beginning of the end,” says Sgt. Jones. Sara left school – where she’d been studying to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. She also left her husband.
Sara never admitted that she was addicted to opioids. “She’d say, my body needs them, but my mind doesn’t need them,” says Sgt. Jones, recounting a conversation with Sara. “She’d justify herself, saying she didn’t look like a crack addict.” He pauses, then adds, “She was a beautiful girl."
"The drug just took over. It took over control of her life."
He says there were very limited resources he or the family could turn to, to get help for Sara. And he thinks even if Sara had been open to entering a full-time recovery program that it might have taken a year or more, to wean Sara off drugs, and build enough supports in place to deal with the inevitable cravings that would continue to happen.
He’s speaking out now to contribute to the conversation about opioid use, drug toxicity and deaths. “We need to talk about this issue more. Families are suffering.”
The City of Delta, Tsawwassen First Nation, Delta Police Department, Fraser Health Authority and Delta School District are organizing a Community Forum the evening of April 13, to talk about the opioid crisis and how to reduce the stigma surrounding substance use. There will be exhibitors, speakers talking about their lived experience, and an opportunity for questions and answers. The Forum will also include the opportunity to receive Nalaxone training. Please go to Eventbrite for more information and register to attend. (Note registration is optional, but helps organizers with planning).
Phil Kristofic's Story
My name is Phil Kristofic. I've lived in delta for 38 years, I'm 41years old. For 23 of those years I was a daily opiate user. My addiction nearly destroyed me and I almost lost everything. Opiates ruled my life. It was the only thing I needed everyday to feel normal. I woke up thinking of when I would use or how I would get it and went to sleep thinking the same way.
My life had become unmanageable. If I didn't have it I would become sick and couldn't work or have to leave early to get some. It became extremely difficult to hold down a steady job. I had disappointed so many people that cared about me so many times that the shame of my actions and my decisions almost ended my life. I felt alone and disconnected.
In 2021 I hit my rock bottom. It was that moment and a moment of amazing compassion that made me realize I needed more help than I had asked for in the past. Friends and family helped me find supports available for me. I went to a withdrawal management center then went to treatment. I can honestly say it was the best decision of my life. During treatment I was brutally honest with myself and began to share my past, my feelings and my emotions. It was a tough road but a road totally worth taking.
Today I'm proud to say I am almost 2 years clean and sober. I help run a shop in Tilbury and since Feb 2023 I've also been the peer coordinator for the Delta community action team. Today I use my experiences and the life I've led and lead to try and help others. To anyone struggling with substance use problems please reach out. The courage to share our experiences, our struggles and our success gives strength to ourselves and to others. Your story could help change lives.
Jessica's Story
My daughter, Jessica was a beautiful human being, both inside and out. She was a passionate high school teacher, partner, and mom. She was compassionate, kind, intelligent, and a champion of the underdog. She was recipient of the “UBC most promising teacher” award in 2012. Jessica was also a victim of assault and trauma in her early teens. In her late 20s, she began using substances to ease her emotional pain. Jessica was in recovery and 10 months sober before she passed away unexpectedly on April 22, 2018. She was only 34 years old.
Jessica’s journey with opioids began with her partner. They were both looking for an escape from their past traumas. As it so happened, a friend of theirs was being prescribed 800 mg of opioids per day, which he was using himself, sharing with his partner, Jessica and her partner, and selling the remainder on the street. Jessica and her partner also became parents during this time to a beautiful daughter. Now addicted to opioids and unable to take time away from their jobs in order to recover, when their friend’s physician stopped prescribing the opioids, Jessica and her partner began purchasing them illegally, and when they became either too expensive or unavailable, they turned to smoking heroin.
It was as if the stars were aligned, in a bad way, because around that time, fentanyl began creeping into the picture. While on the oxycontin, both Jessica and her partner were able to hold down their jobs because they knew how much they were ingesting, but when fentanyl came into the picture and they didn’t know the dose of opioids, things began to unravel. They began a roller coaster ride from addiction to recovery and back and forth until they both decided it would be better if they lived apart. Jessica’s partner moved back to be with family on the island where it was seamless and stigma free in receiving OAT (Opioid Agonist Therapy) in the form of suboxone from his family physician. For Jessica, it was a different story.
Living in a middle class community in South Delta as a teacher and a mom, Jessica suffered from self stigma and worried about stigma from others should they discover she was using opioids. She was too ashamed to confide in her family physician and so I spent months looking for treatment options to no avail. Contacts listed on the internet often proved to be a dead end. Because she had a child, she did not want to be away in a treatment facility. When she was finally able to disclose her struggles with her family physician, she was referred to an addictions specialist which also proved ineffective.
Because the addictions specialist worked out of the Surrey OAT clinic, in a community foreign to Jessica, I would need to drive her there with toddler in tow, where she waited in line for hours for a prescription in an environment that was not suited to her, never mind a toddler. There, she was also treated with judgement by staff. When Jessica received her prescription, she was forced to daily witnessed ingestion at her local pharmacy which was both humiliating and stigmatizing. Suffice it to say, where suboxone therapy worked wonders for her partner, it did not work for Jessica, and so, on the only other advice her physician could offer, we paid out of pocket for her to see a psychologist.
We had tried government appointed counsellors, but they neither gave her the compassion she needed nor the time. Jessica also began an exercising program — boxing, which worked wonders for her self esteem and coping. With regard to her psychologist, because of self stigma and concern she might lose her job if the truth about her opioid use disorder was disclosed — the psychologist was required to fill out an absence of leave from work form — Jessica felt she was only able to disclose that she had anxiety and failed to talk about her struggles with opioids.
More worry about stigma and too ashamed of herself to admit it. Still the psychologist visits did help and combined with exercise and family support, Jessica was able to remain sober for 10 months. She went back to work after 3 months of sobriety. On April 18th, Jessica suffered another trauma and it was then she relapsed and began using substances again to ease her pain. On April 22nd, 2018 she went dancing with her friends. That night she used opioids which, unbeknownst to her, were poisoned with fentanyl. Jessica died just before bedtime. The coroner’s report stated cause of death was fentanyl poisoning.
What I learned… When Jessica’s most recent trauma occurred and she relapsed, had she had access to a safe supply of the substance that helped her cope, she would still be parenting her sweet little girl, and teaching today. My first born daughter would still be in my life and in the lives of loved ones and friends. Safe supply means the person dependent on substances does not need to worry about being poisoned with fentanyl and it also reduces stigma attached to using illegal drugs. Even if there is no trauma, relapses happen in many scenarios, such as in alcohol abuse or even being on a strict diet.
People using substances such as food or alcohol for coping do not need to worry if they begin to regress, their consequences will end in imminent death. After Jessica passed, I was interviewed by the CBC about Jessica’s story in order to raise awareness. It was featured on the CBC Early Edition. As a teacher, and compassionate human being, Jessica would have wanted others to learn from her experience. Her story can be read online and on YouTube by searching for “Jessica’s Secret CBC.”