Friend's daughter in Jail -Gabriella

Well, for the last 35 years or so, I have had very little to do with drug addicts except for involvement with Narcotics Anonymous.

However, I have a friend who has a daughter who is a 35 year old heroin addict. I met with her and her daughter about 2 weeks ago. The daughter was high on heroin at the meeting. I followed up with her about a week later in a seperate meeting. We were trying to get her into detox and a drug treatment program but were not able to do so.
Regular readers of my blog will know I don't think too highly of most of the so-called treatment programs. But they have their place. The truth of the matter is that most people do not want a junkie around if they are clean so without the treatment programs where would they go?

Anyway, several days after my last meeting with the young lady (whom I will call Gabriella) she was busted. The charges are :


11350(a) HS F Unlawful possession of controlled substance 1 148(a)(1) PC M Resisting public or peace officer
11364 HS M Possession of controlled substance paraphenalia 4140 BP M Unauthorized Possession Hypodermic Needle

At this point,I do not know if she is ready to be helped. But I do believe that God can help most anyone when they are ready.

I will be going down to the Orange County Jail again tommorrow to met with her. I plan on giving periodic updates on her progress or lack thereof.

Stay tuned if you would like to know more. It will either be a success story or a story of continuing tragedy; I hope it is the former.