Let's Trade....

Years after I left my home town I returned only to learn about some really sad stories.  I kind of felt left out of the crowd a lot of times when I was growing up.  Sometimes I was in, sometimes out.  But that is OK, because what I learned about some of the things happening there is a bit MORE than scary.

Perhaps when you read this, you will think I was naive.  Or perhaps you will be as shocked as I was.  There was a neighborhood in my school district that was a bit far away from mine, yet the kids there were into some heavy stuff. 

As it turns out, those kids, which were mostly male as far as I know, would trade sex to other kids for drugs.  I imagine they also traded sex with adults for drugs too.  

Even as I think of it now, it makes me very uncomfortable to know that was going on.  Who knows the extend of it?  I only heard that little bit.   The identities of the people involved are not important nor would I ever disclose them even if I did know the names of those involved.   But my heart is saddened by the news of these stories. 

If you know of stories like this one,  please share them anonymously (of course).  The reason to share them is to help others understand the vulnerabilities that drug addictions create in us.  We have to help others to understand.  In that way, we may be able to prevent more sadness like this.  

Human beings should live with dignity and not be subjected to having sex with someone they don’t want to have sex with, just for the sake of feeding an addiction.   Sex was created to be an act of love and procreation, it is not or should not be an item of commerce to obtain drugs and / or alcohol in order to feed a sick addiction – or feed the depravity of a dealer for that matter.