Post by dkg04 on Sept 11, 2007 22:48:15 GMT -5
This is kind of a long story so please stick with me. About two years ago I was introduced to a girl named Sara. When I first met her I didn't like her too much, because she was into drugs and drinking and thats not really my style. Not too long after I met her she got a job at the nursing home where I worked, and I found out she cleaned up, and we soon became really good friends. A couple of years passed by, and we became best friends. Then she met this guy (We'll call him Tom) on the internet, who right away I did not have a good feeling about. Despite my thoughts about this guy she decided to meet him, and he ended up sort of living with her for 3 months. Soon after he moved in Sara and I started drifting apart, and so did Sara's life. She lost her job, almost go evicted from her apartment, starting making friends with people who were bad influences, and I decided that I could not be friends with her any longer at that time. This part of the story is just speculation, but I have reason to believe I am correct. I know for a fact that Tom was also a "former" drug user, and had only been clean for a couple of months before he moved in with Sara. What I believed happened was that Tom started using drugs around her, and she started using again too. After Sara realized what was happening to her life she made the decision to kick Tom out believing that if he goes so will her drug problem. However, since the drugs were so strong she was unable to stop using even after he left. At that point Sara and I were still not speaking to each other. She called me unexpectedly one day telling me that Tom was gone, and she felt so much better. She wanted to know if I wanted to be friends with her again, but I got the feeling she was not telling me everything so I told her that I still did not wish to continue our friendship at that time. After that conversation, I didn't hear for her for a little while until I got a call from her mother telling me that she was in the hospital because she was really sick (strep throat). The last time I saw Sara was when I went to visit her in the hospital. Although I never really knew for sure, I always had a feeling she was still using drugs but she was too ashamed to tell me. At about 7:00 tonight I received a text message from her telling me that she is in a rehab program for drugs. I prayed for her immediately after I read her message, and asked Jesus to give her the strength to recover. Please pray for my friend Sara, she needs all the help she can get right now. Sorry for such a long post, and thank you for reading it.
