Introduction By Alicia Cruz
Senior writer
theblackurbantimes.com
'Crack was my friend,' former addict says
"When she heard her baby's heartbeat, Felicia Anderson vowed to give up drugs"
In 1986, Crack-Cocaine hit the streets of Harlem and exploded like an atom bomb. In it's wake it left thousands of abandoned, damaged babies and just as many adults.
On any given night, you could find corners, tenements and brownstones littered with addicts walking around like zombies. It was like a scene straight out of 'Return of The Living Dead.' No one knew where this drug originated from, but in the end, many blamed everyone and everything from the Iran-Contra Affair to the CIA to the Regean Administration.
Where ever it came from, Crack turned Harlem and many cities like it into mini Beiruts on American soil. It was a scary time for all of us. Addicts were beyond addicted, they were under a demonic spell, it seemed. This powerful drug that was "merely" a piece of white rock was holding them, and in essence, us, hostage. The story of a former crack addict, Felicia Anderson, and her journey to rehabilitation and redemption is inspiring. Anderson, mother of three, widow of an Army soldier and veteran of Operation Desert Storm began her uphill battle to kick her addiction after she learned she was pregnant with her third child. Today, Anderson has been clean for 12 years. Read her story below.
Felicia Anderson was pregnant with her third child when an ultrasound changed her life. In that moment, Anderson vowed to stay off drugs, something she'd been unable to do in more than a decade addicted to crack cocaine, even when she was pregnant with her first two children. Anderson didn't think she could do it alone, so, like almost 2 million Americans a year, she entered a treatment program ..... FULL STORY HERE
Beautiful article AEC! Beautiful! I like stories like this. You go girl best of luck to her on her recovery and all she does.
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