A neighbour of mine is moving out today, unfortunately the only one in the building who would stop and talk etc. However, luckily, she is only moving up the road. I was impressed with her today though.
To move her belongings, she hired a firm who use workers that are in drug rehabilitation, thus by giving these people a second chance to get back into the workforce, to stand once again on their own two feet. In addition, part of the charge for the service goes back into the rehabilitation centre so that they can keep helping people to get over this awful addiction.
In any case.....I stopped by her apartment to see if she needed anything, and found out that one of the workers, a young man.....had felt suddenly quite ill, he was lying on her living room floor in a lot of discomfort. Part of his symptoms were from getting over his addiction. We all tried to help him with water, I rushed to get something sweet (he needed a sugar burst), and I could not help feeling so sorry for him. It would be SO easy to look at this young guy and judge him......but what came through my head was that this could so easily be me, a member of my family, a friend, a loved one......
We all need a second chance.....we all need not to judge......
But oh, so boring it would be if we didn't judge immediately! Wasn't it you who got judged by your clothes :) and liked it?
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That's not judging.....that was incorrectly labeling :-)
DeleteAddiction is hardest when its someone close to you, you are always waiting for the other shoe to drop, by their very nature addict are good at manipulating people, so sometime the best people to support them are outside their immediate family (who have often had many opportunities thrown back in their faces).
ReplyDeleteBut, it is great that support is there.
Nicely put Eds xxx
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