Saved by a crack head
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Saved by a crack head
Back in Detroit Michigan, I was young and restless and my life was all about hustling on the streets. One day, something happened that changed my life completely. On October 17th 1999, I was in my apartment getting ready to go to my supplier at a neighborhood few blocks away. I was planning on going with two of my friends/business associates, Bryan and Kelvin. We were supposed to go and get more crack from our supplier to sell.
As I was opening my door to leave, one of my customers, a known crack head named Bobba met me at my front door. Bobba was looking dirty and rugged as usual and his breathe was killing me. He begged me to sell him some crack but I told him I was going out to get some and that he should wait. Bobba got too desperate and said he couldn’t wait, that he needed it immediately. At my astonishment Bobba started crying and begging so hard for crack which was unlike him. I became angry and shoved him aside because I felt he was wasting my time.
As I was walking away from Bobba, I immediately remembered that I had one crack left in my room. I then changed my mind and decided to give him that one since he was one of my loyal customers. I went inside my apartment and brought out the crack for him and said, “Here, this one is on the house, I will see you later”. Immediately, my phone rang and it was my friend Kelvin. He said that they were waiting for me at the junction. I told them to start going and that I would be right behind them.
When I was about to leave after giving Bobba the last crack, he thanked me and said that there was something he wanted to tell me. I told him to wait until I return but he persisted in telling me right then. I became angry again and decided to ignore him, but all of a sudden he brought out a bundle of hundred dollar bills. I was marveled and I asked him where he got the money from. He said he wanted to confide in me because he liked and trusted me. He said he found the money “$10,000” under the bridge he was sleeping at. He told me to open my door so we could go inside my apartment and talk but I disagreed.
Bobba said he would give me $3000 on two conditions. He said he needed one hour of my time and secondly that I shouldn’t sell any crack for the rest of the day. I was surprised and confused, but it was a good deal so I accepted and collected the money from him. I called my friends and told them I couldn’t make it and that I would see them when they return. I unlocked my front door and then Bobba and I went inside my living room. I sat and watched Bobba smoke his crack and watched him go through his high trippings, but I was glad I had an easy $3000 on me.
An hour later when Bobba was about to leave, he turned to me and started preaching to me to stop selling crack. I was surprised to hear Bobba preach. He said that a long time ago, he prayed to God and promised that if he ever got some bulk money, that he would leave Detroit and change his life for the better. He also told me that he was actually leaving the city that very day and starting over somewhere else. At that time I was laughing, thinking that Bobba was just high and I thought to myself that if I get my supply, Bobba would spend the rest of his money on crack. As Bobba was leaving my apartment, he advised me to change my life and then he left while I was laughing at the whole thing.
Two hours later, I called my friends but their phones where switched off. I then decided to go to the supplier’s house to see if they were still there. As I was entering the neighborhood, I saw seven police cars and an ambulance in front of the supplier’s house. People from the neighborhood where standing around the scene. I asked one of them what was going on, and he said that three people in that house were shot and killed. Immediately my legs became norm and I felt like I was getting sick so I slowly walked back home. I later learnt that the three people that were killed were my two friends and the supplier. They were tied up and shot in the head. My life totally changed that day, and two days later I left Detroit. I stopped selling drugs and decided to go back to school. I tried to locate Bobba so I could thank him for saving my life, because I would have been one of those people that were killed that day. But unfortunately I couldn’t find him and he had already left Detroit. TO BOBBA, WHEREVER YOU ARE, MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
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Thanks a lot, i appreciate it.
Almost forgot I had answered this...Wherever you are and whatever you got going on, keep pushing. It all get's greater later. Peace.
Horray for you. I hope you have a great life.
Thanks Barbara. Cheers.
Yo yo yo! "Redeemed" is the word that comes to mind. "Grace" is another. God bless you!
I'm riding with the big dude, I may slip and slide but God is the answer, no luck to it, he had to let those he knew wouldn't listen die so you could live, peace, 50
It looks to me as though God saw something special in you and decided that you were worth saving! Everyday we receive blessings from above, sometimes we are too blind to see them. Your eyes were opened that day, what a GREAT blessing your received!!
Thank you for sharing your story! Bobba, wherever you are, Bless you!
It's such a touching story. Same as Sweetsusieg, I also think that God has special plan for you.
In fact, by sharing your story, you are already touching many people's lives.
Thank you for sharing it and I will share it with my network of friends too.
God bless you ! Keep well.
God bless you too Micky....thanx 4 the post.
Hello 50, God is really the answer and i believe it with all my heart. Peace bro.
Thanks a lot Sweetsusieg, my aunt also said the same thing, that God saw something special in me to have saved my life and i am glad to still be alive. God bless you. Cheers.
Hello Ingenira, i really appreciate your comment. God bless you too.
This is a wonderful, truthful and honest hub and as a Social Worker, I commend you for having the courage to tell it to us. Bless you and I hope your future holds everything you want it to. Great write!
Great stuff Crystolite!
You got a gift for telling a great story with excellent wordsmithing!
Keep it up bro!
Vinceremos!
This was awesome! Glad you found your way out....
Wow what a story. Your a very good writer and I am thankful you were spared that day and grateful you have joined hubpages. Keep writing! I voted your hub up.
Fate stepped in and gave you a hand towards a better life. It looks like God spoke to you through Bobba. I'm sure glad you listened.
You also can tell a story.
Keep writing.
Doesn't God works in mysterious ways? You told that story very well and since I don't believe in coincidences I think I had better plan for your life. God bless.
a beautiful heartfelt story, God works in mysterious ways my friend and he was looking out for you that night.
God Bless
Wow, this is so moving. Voted up-God Bless
I would say God had other plans for One Crystolite. From a mother of a recovering drug addict I can only thank him for turning your life around as well as my sons. Miracles happen everyday! Loved your honesty and willingness to put it out there. God Bless,
Sunnie
This is an awesome story!!!
I've smoked crack; and I think that it's the worst drug in the world(I've had plenty of most all of them).
so voted up. life has a way of turning things around in the strangest ways. I guess that is why they say the Lord works in mysterious ways.... thankyou for sharing....
Dear Crysolite,
I am honored to meet you! This hub has left me in awe of your honesty and marveling in your ability to walk away from what could have been a life of hell on earth. Thank you for a story that has truly touched me. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I am so sorry that your friends lost their lives, but you were spared for something greater. You have now graduated from college, are an artist and a musician, and quite possibly, a teacher from whom we can learn. I look forward to reading more!
Powerful story! Wow! And great writing! Funny how life works out sometimes huh? Makes you think! I'm glad for you - I'm glad your friend showed up right at that moment!
Raw and honest and powerful C. God speaks through all kinds of people and even a donkey to reach those who won't listen any other way. A similar incident happened in my living room when I asked a crack using employee to make a choice for a better life with God. I didn't know he had been on drugs, but he told me later he was free from the moment we prayed. He risked his life to go back to his suppliers and tell them what Bobba told you and today he is a pillar in the community, has a successful computer business of his own and has led over 100 people to know the God he serves. Congratulations C, keep surrounding yourself with the people you know will help you continue in the path you have chosen. =:)
Thank you very much and God bless all of you!!!
Thanx 4 the comments. Peace.
Keep on keeping it Real Crystolite:-)
Crystolite, it is god to know you are out of the drug pit! It just keeps dragging ppl down. I live in Oregon and Springfield Oregon is the highest for meth. you see them everyday the "Users" they are all sucked up and its ugly what that stuff does to people, they loose their teeth etc. It can ruin perfect families. I will pray for them and you as well.
This is an amazing hub. Thank you so much for sharing the experience with us.
You check out 50 caliber, Mickey, Will and sweetsusie - they tell you right. Don't let that new feeling of respect for God and what He did for you lapse - keep it fresh in your heart and mind. You'll have a hard road but you can make it all the way with God!
Hey Crystolite, i did read all your article, and i must say this is something that people must read, i'm glad you are alive, and escaped from that day, i hope you wont touch in drugs no more, i will give you a "Useful Vote" and "Vote Up" for the hub
No matter what kinds of things have happened on you, I believe you will get through!
there is no limit to how high a bird can soar, so long as he uses his own wings to get there. dont know who said that, but thought you might dig it. word is bond man, keep upove the ground and do your thing. i can relate almost identically . stay strong . keep them hubs comin
Remember what you asked me about crystolite? I said there are some good things out there we don't always see.That was one of those times for you. Your hub here touched me.
p.s. on one of your comments something got messed up-didn't see it till tonight.
Kudos to you!! Keep up the good work.
voted up and awesome
Awesome story! Things do happen in mysterious ways and for a reason. It is sad that your friends died though. I am so glad that you are here to share this with us. Voted up, awesome and beautiful!
That was moving. Put a tear in my eye.
crystolite,that's the path that was meant to be,but unlike many who buck the path the world so vividly shows them you chose to follow it and was rewarded.It's all about following the flow you know is right for you.Been there myself a few times making choices I wouldn't know why I made out of the blue that either saved me from major trouble or sinking into the gutter further.
Hi, what an amazing and inspirational story! I am so glad that it worked out for you, God does work in mysterious ways, and I know you are going to go on and do marvelous things, take care nell
I can well understand how the day you recount will be burned on your memory and life forever - wow.
Thanks for a Very powerful story. Keep writing.
What an astonishing tale! I'm glad you gave up the rock, the most addictive stuff around. Later!
God wanted you to stay alive. God Bless You.
Great story! What I thought, when reading, was that God used this man to offer you a life opportunity. You chose to take that opportunity. God bless you!
Crystolite~~ You are another example of God's miracle~~ hang onto the gift of life He has given you & bless you for sharing this inspirational story!
This is an interesting story, thanks for sharing.
This has been such an inspirational life story. Thank you for sharing because I know it took much courage. I hope any reader who is bound as you were will take heed.
Crystolite, WOW!! Praise God!
Stay strong because God has so much in store for you!!
:)
Oh my what a great story, I hung on your every word. Beautifully written. I'm so thankful you walked away from drugs and I too will keep Bobba in my prayers and imagine him clean and sober living a great and happy life. Your story is amazing and I will share this with my followers and rate it up. I'm just headed up to become your newest follower, Welcome to my hub family, I look forward to watching you grow and develop your fondest dreams. Stay clean and sober! Peace and Joy! Katie :)
Your story is amazing. Thank God for Bobba. Continue what you are doing now. Help to fight that terrible monster, drugs. Will be following you.
Its a great story. I like the way you have described everything with so much courage and honesty. How nice, God sent Bobba to save you ! I am sure you will live long and do well in life.
God Bless you.
Voted Up - Beautiful.
crystolite, this is an amazing story. You know God used Bobba as a tool to save you from death and worse that day and to guide you into a new life. He must have great plans for you such as sharing your testimony with others as you did today in this hub. Perhaps He is working through you right now to reach others who might be into the same things you were. This Hub is a continual testimony, there is no telling how many lives that will be turned around in a positive direction because of you sharing your life changing experience. Thank you for sharing with us. God bless you. Voted up, awesome, beautiful and useful because it is all those things and more.
You are one of the lucky ones who escaped that type of life and perhaps God used Bobba as a temporary angel to guide you in the right direction. Hopefully he stayed the course and is positively influencing others as you are now in a position to do. Rated up, useful and will tweet this so that others can read about your positive story. May God continue to bless you!
Great story, not quite sure how to rate it, but voted it up.
That's a very moving story and I'm glad that everything has turned out so wonderfully for you. It just shows that everything is important, no matter how small we think it is.
How much ever Bobba enabled you to make the change- the author of the change is still you, your motivation, determination and willingness to change. So you need give yourself a big pat on the back ( at least once a day!) and continue the good path. Thanks for sharing this inspiring story!
Wow, what a powerful story. That's incredible how Bobba saved the day like that. I can see how a day like that would completely change your life forever. God must have some pretty special plans for you.
Wow...thank you for sharing this with us, what an amazing story. Maybe by writing this, someone will read it and change the way they're living and you'll be able to pay it forward in some karmic way like Bobba did for you. Good for you for turning your life around - whatever it takes, right? Many blessings to you. :-)
Thanks for sharing. A great story. I enjoyed every minute of it. God bless.
This is a story of the heart and I loved it.
This is a lovely story!! You see God send bobba strange as it may seem even though he came for his last smoke. I am happy to read this hub and glad that you changed your life and NEVER EVER GO BACK TO SELLING DRUGS.
Don't forget to thank God every day for spearing your life
Hi there,
Thanks for sharing your stories. Crack really damages bodies and minds and then you probably saw the fast cash. It is the same some people say when they sell cut down the forest and pollute rivers and water for mining to get gold an metals at the cost of the earth. I am glad you awaken from a bad dream. I am so much hoping that big business also start being gentle to themselves, others and the earth. We can always write new stories :-)
Thank you for reading my pieces, I appreciate your time and your comments. You know I am second language and I once afraid to put my words out, but no more.
In the blog above you may like to read my encounter with the owl. Keep shining from the inside--hugs!
man this is truly a god's sent.I would call this a miracle of life.from this day you've been blessed and born again.
This is a very well written, truthful hub. Glad you were saved! Thanks for sharing this, keep up the great hubs.
You've written your story very well - with all honesty and great courage, crystolite. Amazing how GOD works in so many mysterious ways, doesn't HE? HE has chosen to save you and let you live with a reason. I hope your story may also serve as an inspiration to others who have gone astray to choose the right path.
May GOD continue to bless and guide you and your friend (Bobba). Thanks for sharing this great story of repentance. Voted this hub up and awesome! Keep writing! :-)
An amazing story crystolite...and full credit to you for changing your life around. I really admire that. It's sobering to think how a small change in plans can have such huge effects on our fate.
Cheers
Inspiring story from a good soul. It is God's will. May God bless you forever.
Awesome testimony! God is so good and I'm sure He has an amazing plan for your life!! Thank you for sharing!
What a mighty God we serve!
Thank God, He must have a plan for you...don't miss it.
crystolite, amazing story, always interesting to see how things move through our lives and move on, but have a lasting effect. Thanks for sharing. Jeremiah 29:11
This is a marvellous story. Well done for choosing the better way.
Up and (very) useful.
Excellent story. It's amazing how something like that can change your life instantly. Hope Bobba's life is just as amazing.
It can be a life altering experience when we are able to see how our actions or inaction effect our lives. This is a great story that really gets me thinking about how everything we do or don't do has an impact.
I'm happy for you, and I hope that you continue doing great things for God. Great hub, I enjoyed it.
I'm glad you're alive, Emmanuel. Thanks for sharing that particular experience. Everyone does dumb stuff when they're younger, the trick is to mature as quickly as possible. Happy to see you got some education along the way, too. Keep on Hubbin'! :-) SK
I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. God bless all. Peace.
Absolutely agree with Alexander Pease, there always seems to be a reason things work out the way in which they do. Pretty cool concept. I think I need to go back and look at some of my past writing to see how it affected things in my life. :-)
A very inspiring story indeed.gonna check out your other hubs. KEEP WRITING! :)
@maximl337
Thanks for the encouragement.
Wow, man. As a writer who reads a lot of other writers, this was refreshing. No flowery nonsense or useless words here; just pure story, and a great story at that. Really well done.
Then I saw the comments and was impressed all over again. You've attracted quite a crowd already. We all could use a good street novel, something real and gritty. Seems like you've got the goods for it.
Thanks a lot for the comment Doug, it feels good coming from a great writer like you. Cheers.
wow, really powerful and REAL hub. thanks for sharing your story with the world...keep it up!
I felt as if we were walking together as you told this moving tale.
In this life you never know from whom you will get your lessons. Bobba is a hero and so are you.
I wish you could tell me that Bobba made it. I like to think that not only did he save himself and you - but that he may have saved tens or even hundreds of others.
Wow, that was quite a compelling story.
I like the honesty in your writing, I know it's not easy to admit to some of these things...
I admire strong will. It is not easy to change such an "infected" life. Bravo, if you did!!! Great hub.
Awesome story! I am so glad you kicked it and had a chance to really grow up. I hope Bobba made it too.
There are things in our life that sometimes we may not understand how it happened or why it happened, but God works in a mysterious way. He already has plans for us if we only trust Him. He makes all things beautiful in His time. He used Bobba to get you out from your dark side. I’m happy for your new life. I’m sure your readers will learn from your experience and help them change their old ways. God bless you!
I believe even those who don't consider themselves worthy of the attention have at least one guardian angel. Yours happened to be called Bobba, but I'm guessing that if you'd brushed him off and left as you intended, something (or Someone) else would've kept you from meeting up with your two friends and the supplier. So glad you took the hint and abandoned that life! Obviously you were meant for better things than selling crack. ;D
An inspirational tale. Whatever our problems are, there is a way out of them and you have shown us that it is possible to change.
Like your writing style, you have a way of weaving a story. Well done, nice hub.
great story am very proud that you was strong enough to overcome. GREAT GREAT writting.
wow! i was 1st reluctant to read this thank God i did. U will change many peoples lives through this story. you were quite open with it. God has bigger plans for us. We can always change if we really want to. Thanks for sharing.
People, depending on their circumstances, tend to view Life from only one perspective and usually it is cut and dried, black or white, Good or Bad. Everyone sees it from their own viewpoint until somethings change and they're forced to see it from a very different perspective.
Crystolite, you had a profound direct intervention, much like Bobba had. He had asked and received his from God and in turn God used him to reward your kindness to him, if it can be called kindness, with a hit of Crack, to an Addict in the agony of withdrawal.
The fact that you were delayed by Bobba, the results being you saved from sharing the same faith as your associates,is proof that your life is of value and the message to straighten up is self evident. I know that this story is true by the way it is written and you will be a force for Good from now on.
Nothing happens by accident, Crystolite which I am sure you now know very well. Be assured that the people who know and can help you will be there when you need them!
Great hub with a profound message! Keep writing as you have much to tell and those experiences will help more than you will ever know! God Bless!regards Aka Professor M (Mike) your new Follower! ;D
@Aka Professor M
Thank you very much and i agree with you that nothing happens by accident. Secondly, this experience is something that i will never forget in my life until i leave this earth. I just thank God everyday for giving me another chance in life.
A truly incredible story and testimony of what God can do when we listen and are willing to hear! I knew there was something special about you!
I am thankful for you and Bobba too!
What an awesome story! You were saved that day. The Lord must have plans for you. Thank you for this moving piece of writing. Go Bobba! Wherever you are.
I thank you all for your comments. God bless.
Great story. One more to show plainly that the truth and wisdom can come from anywhere.
I'm so happy that you got away from that way of life!!
You're a hero and keep going!
crystolite-this is a very interesting hub. I felt as if I was having deja vu, b/c a good friend who had been dealing drugs had a similar experience-someone warning him to stop dealing or there would be grave consequences. Well...there were. He stopped for awhile b/c he began to realize the horror it was bringing to those people he gave the drugs to, and got a regular job. But, his old friends enticed him to do just one 'last' job and he did, then went back to doing ordinary things for three years.
After three years he heard a knock on the door and the feds were standing there. He did 10 yrs total for drug trafficking and his prison was his salvation-the place he found his spirituality.
He is a changed man and so are you. This is a wonderful recount of who you used to be, and the 'occupation' you once shared with many others.
It is God's grace, in the form of an angel: Bobba, that you woke up and turned your life around. Bravo for you.
Not everyone has such a remarkable wake up call and it is awesome that you heeded the words of the unexpected friend.
God Bless, and it is nice to read your work-you are an interesting writer and I look forward to reading more.
Denise, thanks a lot for your comment and also enjoying my hubs truthfully, i really appreciate it. October 17th 1999 is the day i will never ever forget in my life until i leave this earth and i really thank God for it. I just wish i can see Bobba again. I'm really praying for that.
Liked the hub and found it interesting I always like life changing stories. Glad you made it out.
Hey, This is a wonderful life changing story. The bible said, That God gives those He love second chance. thank God you did not miss your own second chance, I think God has a purpose of doing that and I believe that you will never let Him down.
I am very grateful to God for saving your life. http://michaelasante.blog.com
This is a truly wonderful testimony, and i know you are blessed.
Its not often that people heed to a divine second chance, but you did. God definitely has great plans for your life.
And may God continue to bless Bobba, the messenger from God, wherever he may be.
GodBless
Hello Viryabo, thank you for stopping by, and i appreciate your comment. God will continue to bless Bobba wherever he is because he was like an angel that was sent to save me. Thanks everyone and God bless.
hillrider 16 months ago
I wanted to note that I have read and enjoyed this post. Not really sure how to respond though, except to say it seems you have taken the better road and I wish you continued success.