I had a little spare time so I started playing around on the internet when I stumbled upon your blog.
I am an Australian born male with Egyptian parents. The majority of my family live in Egypt. I am 34 years old and had been addicted to heroin since the epidemic occurred here 1994. I got clean in 2009 and remain clean today.
My parents have been the major supporting foundation throughout. They never gave up on me. THEY SENT ME TO EGYPT TWICE TO GET CLEAN - how fuckn ironic !. If I had only known where to get it...... I would have fucked it all up for sure. The last visit I was supposed to stay for a month however as soon as I was over the physical illness (approx 10 days) I got the fuck out of there. Nearly every day I saw a fight on the street - I guess the overcrowding and heat gets to everyone + the situation the people are in, Im not at all surprised of the uprising it was only a matter of time.
I guess you could say that I was one of those functioning addicts. As you know, education is the be all and end all with Egyptian parents. At times, even against their better judgement they would provide me with the money to buy smack just so that I could attend class and would not fall behind in my studies -Thank God. I eventually graduated and now work for a large consultancy firm in town.
Although every day was a massive struggle things have eased now. Outside of work, boredom has become my battle. I can no longer associate with old acquaintances and scoring - no matter how much I hated it at the time, it did consume most of my day.
Your blog has been a very interesting read. Please excuse my extreme ignorance but I never would have thought, even in my wildest dreams that a young Egyptian girl living in Egypt would even know what opiates are let alone inject them on a regular basis. I guess drugs really do not discriminate - unlike the Egyptian government.
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Hi Isis,
I had a little spare time so I started playing around on the internet when I stumbled upon your blog.
I am an Australian born male with Egyptian parents. The majority of my family live in Egypt. I am 34 years old and had been addicted to heroin since the epidemic occurred here 1994. I got clean in 2009 and remain clean today.
My parents have been the major supporting foundation throughout. They never gave up on me. THEY SENT ME TO EGYPT TWICE TO GET CLEAN - how fuckn ironic !. If I had only known where to get it...... I would have fucked it all up for sure. The last visit I was supposed to stay for a month however as soon as I was over the physical illness (approx 10 days) I got the fuck out of there. Nearly every day I saw a fight on the street - I guess the overcrowding and heat gets to everyone + the situation the people are in, Im not at all surprised of the uprising it was only a matter of time.
I guess you could say that I was one of those functioning addicts. As you know, education is the be all and end all with Egyptian parents. At times, even against their better judgement they would provide me with the money to buy smack just so that I could attend class and would not fall behind in my studies -Thank God. I eventually graduated and now work for a large consultancy firm in town.
Although every day was a massive struggle things have eased now. Outside of work, boredom has become my battle. I can no longer associate with old acquaintances and scoring - no matter how much I hated it at the time, it did consume most of my day.
Your blog has been a very interesting read.
Please excuse my extreme ignorance but I never would have thought, even in my wildest dreams that a young Egyptian girl living in Egypt would even know what opiates are let alone inject them on a regular basis. I guess drugs really do not discriminate - unlike the Egyptian government.
Kind regards
Alex
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