A heroin overdose; Morgan’s story

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  • Опубликовано: 1 сен 2017
  • Overdose Awareness Day is chance to talk about something that, too often, is seen as a source of shame rather than a problem to be faced out front in the open. Hundreds of Coloradans die each year due to addiction. This is the story of Morgan Tartz of Castle Rock, as told by her parents.
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  • @nicolereed578
    @nicolereed578 6 месяцев назад +211

    Shrooms are the safest recreational drug to take, it should be made available every where.

    • @snuffdog2945
      @snuffdog2945 6 месяцев назад

      I can't speak for everyone magic shrooms rejuvenated me, No doubt about that. It lifted an existential angst that I have been carrying for years. It never came back.

    • @snuffdog2945
      @snuffdog2945 6 месяцев назад

      Doc.toddshrooms

    • @snuffdog2945
      @snuffdog2945 6 месяцев назад

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      insta

    • @snuffdog2945
      @snuffdog2945 6 месяцев назад

      dr.garyshrooms

    • @shokotatsuno-p5497
      @shokotatsuno-p5497 4 месяца назад +2

      Taking shrooms was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life, I now see things the right way.

  • @sureshrao4384
    @sureshrao4384 6 лет назад +875

    I overdozed twice ...woke up in ICU...survived . Took 28yrs of my life. Bin clean 8yrs now .grace of God...
    .

    • @a.m.c.3181
      @a.m.c.3181 6 лет назад +18

      Suresh Rao.. god bless you stay strong

    • @camman6912
      @camman6912 6 лет назад +13

      Congratulations
      I love stories like yours

    • @camman6912
      @camman6912 6 лет назад +9

      steve b your an ASS

    • @debbiethomas4472
      @debbiethomas4472 6 лет назад +7

      Suresh Rap. I'm so glad you're here. Stay strong

    • @debbiethomas4472
      @debbiethomas4472 6 лет назад

      Suresh Rao, I'm sorry about misspelling your last name. My phones spell check did it

  • @chriswright8464
    @chriswright8464 5 лет назад +89

    I lost my son to herion overdose mixed fentanyl, he was 26 . I found him in the bathroom dead. The shower on and the bathroom door locked. He was white as a ghost and lips were blue. His JUNK on the bathroom counter in a old eye glass case.The police, emt, first aid squad tried to save him. Our parish priest came over and blessed him, the corner came and took my son away in a body bag. Our Family has changed for ever. Christ I miss him.

    • @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
      @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order 4 года назад +3

      I am so sorry to hear this, I lost my sister to cancer at 29 but cannot get my head around how traumatic and shocking it would be to go through what you did.

    • @kathleenpenny9388
      @kathleenpenny9388 3 года назад +1

      Love and prayers to you. Im very sorry you have to go thru this pain. Sending you comforting vibes and hope for seeing him again in Heaven.

    • @Bhojongwane
      @Bhojongwane 2 года назад +1

      Sending love and healing to your family 🙏🏼

    • @nidhijoseph6142
      @nidhijoseph6142 2 года назад +3

      By the grace of God my husband came back from a stroke after heroin overdose while my baby was 8 months old. He didn't change his ways dispite all this. God led me out of that marriage to save my children.

    • @goddessof1995
      @goddessof1995 2 года назад +2

      Your story took my breath away. I’m so sorry to hear that

  • @Bootscootinaly
    @Bootscootinaly 4 года назад +136

    Morgan was one of the best people I could have ever encountered in my life. The most kind, loving human. She ALWAYS knew how to make you laugh. I will forever miss you Mo.🖤

    • @brettwilson7680
      @brettwilson7680 2 года назад +6

      I feel her pain I was going through that around then, it really takes over your life and thoughts. She was meant to soar free with the angels in heaven. I'm sure she is happy whatever she is doing.

    • @mandyrodriguez5256
      @mandyrodriguez5256 2 года назад

      8l 🐰

    • @francoissuissae6217
      @francoissuissae6217 2 года назад

      Then you've been blessed by love for fruends

    • @bimapringgo
      @bimapringgo 2 года назад

      @@brettwilson7680 how many angels you know do heroin?

    • @MsTinkerbelle87
      @MsTinkerbelle87 2 года назад +1

      @@bimapringgo I know many 💔 All Safe in the arms of Jesus now with no more pain.

  • @michelleaw1325
    @michelleaw1325 4 года назад +141

    lost my beautiful boy to an overdose. Its the hardest thing I will ever face.
    God bless your family.

    • @tionne1341
      @tionne1341 3 года назад +3

      So sorry for your loss!! May he RIP and God bless🙏💕

    • @analisastruck7034
      @analisastruck7034 3 года назад +4

      I'm so sorry for your sons passing. I sadly lost my only child too he was 20 years old. My condolences to Morgans. Family too.

    • @simpleliving7829
      @simpleliving7829 3 года назад +1

      I'm so sorry about that.. may he rest in peace

    • @romanpourcher5060
      @romanpourcher5060 3 года назад +1

      So sorry

    • @keeplaughing6721
      @keeplaughing6721 2 года назад +1

      Omg I'm so sorry for your loss may he rip

  • @melhen
    @melhen 2 года назад +13

    RIP Morgan! I've been clean and sober for 12 years it wasn't easy, but it's so worth it to have my life back again. To anyone suffering with addiction you can get better, you're loved and you're not alone. Please get help now!

  • @peterpaul9375
    @peterpaul9375 5 лет назад +298

    Once she got off the heroin in rehab her body lost it's high tolerance to the drug. After rehab when she came home she took the same dose as before when she had a high tolerance for the drug thinking it would have the same effect. But since her body lost it's tolerance to heroin...the dose was too high for her body. I was addicted for 6 years. My condolences to the parents of this beautiful young girl

    • @TraumaSurvivorCynthia
      @TraumaSurvivorCynthia 5 лет назад +7

      That is exactly how my brother died!😇

    • @Bootmahoy88
      @Bootmahoy88 5 лет назад +17

      Well, yeah, but doing that was just plain stupid. They teach you that in rehab. Maybe she just wasn't listening. I'm a recovering junky, clean since 2006. I had zilch. Now I run a successful company. I paid attention in rehab. Lot's of guys and gals didn't. Guess she was one of them.

    • @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
      @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order 4 года назад +7

      @@Bootmahoy88 If someone doesn't value them self they will do reckless things. I would say that's sad not stupid.

    • @Shylade
      @Shylade 4 года назад +2

      Yes, I think they call it when someone goes through detox to get their tolerance reduced to get better highs to “spin dry”.

    • @davidwarren4015
      @davidwarren4015 4 года назад +3

      The brain tolerance doesn’t go down, but the CNS does = Death

  • @codyrogers1011
    @codyrogers1011 3 года назад +71

    It's really sad how fragile we as humans are, life can easily slip away. Overdoses are a nightmare if youre the one watching your loved one suffer from an overdose and the sad part is, they dont even know its happening, they're here one moment and gone the next. I give my condolences to the families who've lost the one's they loved from a opiate overdose.

    • @brettwilson7680
      @brettwilson7680 2 года назад +5

      I have been clean for 5 years and relapsed two weeks ago, I've already overdosed twice In that amount of time. Never did once in my former abuse Days. Both times my brother felt like he should stop by and check on me, not usual for him at all to do so. Your right though, I wasn't aware of anything about either overdose, not aware of what happened 20 minutes before or about 10 minutes after overdose, in that case it's the most peaceful death of them all. Just wake up on the other side, or if there is no other side just don't wake up. This last time, I fell hard and got a ghastly looking wound on my forehead/cheekbone. Hit a cabinet on the way down, then must have fell into the wall from there, caused it to cranck my neck all hard. Bad day again, real bad. neighbors
      Out again wondering what the fuck is up with this kid, seriously again!! my family finding out, it being to juicy of a story for them to net tell there friends and so on down the line until a lot of people that I don't give a fuck about and don't care about me know I'm a junkie, I ain't going to worry about Any of that though. just getting clean now for me.

    • @emilyfortino3226
      @emilyfortino3226 2 года назад

      @@brettwilson7680 proud of you 🤍

    • @YG-ce3ff
      @YG-ce3ff Год назад

      Mr Wilson, your message is very powerful and hit me like a ton of bricks. My eldest son accidentally overdosed on Dec 31, 2022 at the age of 35 years old. Worst day of my entire life. Not a single day goes by that I don’t ask myself would this have happened if I had gone to check on him sooner, did he mean to do it, did he suffer, was he in pain, did he know how much we love him …. I feel incomplete and my heart aches. Thank you for for sharing your experience, it brings me some clarity.

  • @Romano-se8cm
    @Romano-se8cm 4 года назад +16

    I wouldn’t call myself an addict HOWEVER, I was prescribed Xanax by my primary physician. And he kept raising it and raising over an 11 month period. I didn’t know you can’t just stop Xanax. After the 3 day I had a seizure. I broke my right eye orbit and bit through my tongue and peed myself. The look on my mother and fathers face seeing me in detox for that 48 hours ....broke my heart. I never touched the stuff again. That was June 2015. ❤️ I’m one of the lucky ones. I lost a brother to heroin. And a cousin. We had it all. Cars. Catholic schools. College. Masters. It’s truly a sad epidemic.

  • @miahleissa9599
    @miahleissa9599 5 лет назад +79

    She was so incredibly beautiful. It's hard to view her death as anything but tragic. My heart goes out to her family and other loved ones.

  • @camman6912
    @camman6912 6 лет назад +103

    Beautiful girl
    I’m so sorry for your loss
    May God give you peace someday
    My heart goes out to you

    • @markbennett4202
      @markbennett4202 5 лет назад

      Don Dressel my heart goes out to her mum and dad she was such a beautiful girl so sad RIP ANGEL

    • @Hollypenopepper
      @Hollypenopepper Год назад

      "God" took her daughter but "God" is supposed to provide her peace? That sounds like one sick relationship.
      It's all part of his plan lol

  • @chriswright8464
    @chriswright8464 5 лет назад +8

    I'm sorry for your loss, l lost my son to heroin addiction he was 26, 10 years of treatment, Christ I miss him.

    • @jessikahigbie9727
      @jessikahigbie9727 5 лет назад +1

      I am sorry for your loss

    • @jackieboyle8106
      @jackieboyle8106 4 года назад +2

      Bless you I lost my son the most awful thing that can happen to all parents I miss him so much

    • @barbarazirkle1028
      @barbarazirkle1028 3 года назад +1

      I just lost my son he was 39 years old

  • @courtneydrozdis27
    @courtneydrozdis27 4 года назад +3

    My sister and brother-in-law died October 1 of this year . My husband killed him self in April 23 . This drug and drugs are destroying family’s!! It is so wrong !! God bless you all !!

  • @lesliedotheyllneverknow3510
    @lesliedotheyllneverknow3510 4 года назад +9

    I lost my partner of 7 years to heroin. I wish I was there to save her. I loved her more than anything in world. Stay away from heroin. As she said to me, "it's got a glossy coat on that stuff but Satan sits underneath waiting to pounce on the most vulnerable".

  • @sharrahmercy
    @sharrahmercy 5 лет назад +53

    After I left jail I did 4 slips and overdosed . They had to narcan me 8 times ..vomit entered my lungs and i had pneumonia they kept me for a few days I was so ahsmsed I just continued I have not yet recoverd but i am going to rehab next week....i don't know why I felt it necessary to vent have a good day guys

    • @Me-zw9xx
      @Me-zw9xx 5 лет назад +8

      Hope your doing better

    • @jasonmatthews4449
      @jasonmatthews4449 5 лет назад +4

      I wish you the best God bless 🙏

    • @jmillzval3369
      @jmillzval3369 5 лет назад +3

      Hope ur in rehab...good luck

    • @Jesus.purple
      @Jesus.purple 5 лет назад +4

      Jesus give you total victory🕀💜

    • @jackieboyle8106
      @jackieboyle8106 4 года назад

      Bless you and I hope your life gets better

  • @mikegarippo7815
    @mikegarippo7815 5 лет назад +15

    To these parents: you're seemingly respectable people. It's not fair that this happened to you two. You are deserving of compassion. Be strong. You are loved.

  • @kylee2kool
    @kylee2kool 2 года назад +11

    I’ve lost my uncle and a cousin to overdose. It’s the hardest thing especially when you see the way it messes up the family. my grandpa was one who was messed up the most it’s been almost 2 years and he still can’t get over it to this day. he was the one that found him dead.

  • @sav-
    @sav- 3 года назад +5

    Clean 5 1/2 years from heroin! Rip Morgan

  • @robertcaffrey6097
    @robertcaffrey6097 5 лет назад +27

    I am so sorry for your loss, Morgan looked like a deep sensitive beautiful person. Drugs don't discriminate but they do find an easy way into those people with a gentle soul.

  • @Colombiana__
    @Colombiana__ 3 года назад +16

    This made me cry... I just lost my cousin to this and it is so heartbreaking for everyone😭

    • @sergiorobles7169
      @sergiorobles7169 3 года назад +1

      its hard sister. People and family laugh at me for being a drug addict, i quit 4 months ago. Its hard when the people u think love u just criticise.
      I am deeply sorry for your loss, God Bless.

    • @Colombiana__
      @Colombiana__ 3 года назад +1

      @@sergiorobles7169 im so glad you are trying to change your life 🙏🏻

    • @vo1134
      @vo1134 2 года назад

      Blah blah blah

    • @Colombiana__
      @Colombiana__ 2 года назад

      @@vo1134 you must be tired of your life.. haha your life is blah !! Time for you to go to hell bro 🤣

    • @vo1134
      @vo1134 2 года назад

      @@Colombiana__ not really. I own two methadone/subutext clinics in Nevada. Actually I own them with two other partners. It’s just the reality of life. I respect addicts who are in treatment but loath those who aren’t ✌🏽

  • @dondressel452
    @dondressel452 3 года назад +27

    Unfortunately this story is all to common nowadays
    My heart goes out to these parents and all the others who have lost their young children to this disease

  • @doggiestylepetresort
    @doggiestylepetresort 4 года назад +6

    ❤️October 4, 2014❤️
    This is my new beginnings day! I am so proud that in just a few months I’ll be celebrating 5 years clean and sober. It took me many many many years and lots of struggles and relapses to get where I am today! I am forever thankful!

    • @taniesha64
      @taniesha64 4 года назад

      Congratulations I wish you many more years if recovery.

  • @tracygiven2984
    @tracygiven2984 5 лет назад +21

    Iv been sober 13/14 years. I just didn’t want to face life thankfully never dabbled with herion probs would off if I didn’t get sober. My brother after the 3 rd time in detox has been sober 2wks Thankyou god.
    Thankyou to this beautiful family for sharing ur storey🙏

  • @mbthatsme5541
    @mbthatsme5541 5 лет назад +208

    Went to rehab with her miss this beautiful elf

    • @davinastanton3865
      @davinastanton3865 5 лет назад +6

      MB That’s me
      How are you darling?
      She was so beautiful.
      Gone way too soon. 💗

    • @yunggelato1293
      @yunggelato1293 5 лет назад +5

      Damn sorry to hear it. My city is full of this and meth. Wish it'd just disapear 😪. R.I.P fly high

    • @sebastianminney4696
      @sebastianminney4696 4 года назад +4

      Hope you stay clean 🙂

    • @consnowfly4185
      @consnowfly4185 4 года назад +5

      Hope you're doin fine!

    • @rachelstarkey4170
      @rachelstarkey4170 4 года назад +2

      Wow so sorry for the loss of your beautiful Freind Morgan v thoughts prayers with you v I'm a heroine addict since 2008 12 years stuck in the rut of addiction the demons seem to always win to weak wish had the strength to quit the devil drug v hey well done to you v God bless you )))

  • @Deer548
    @Deer548 3 года назад +50

    She was a Wilhelmina model. Successful model, talented artist, stunningly beautiful, intelligent, wonderful family.. the world was her oyster. Completely tragic.

    • @jeanettecook1088
      @jeanettecook1088 3 года назад +10

      The first dose didn't jump into her body on its own. It's not "tragic" when it's a deliberate act by the person concerned... but it is predictable. The mom calls it a disease. It's not a disease, a disease is a condition you can't help getting. It's a decision, not a disease.
      I was nearly killed by a heroin addict when I was about 19. I hated him.

    • @KittyKittyBangBang249
      @KittyKittyBangBang249 2 года назад +6

      @@jeanettecook1088 All I’m gonna say is educate yourself. Sorry a heroin addict almost killed you, but your message is foolish. All of it.

    • @jeanettecook1088
      @jeanettecook1088 2 года назад +3

      @@KittyKittyBangBang249 I was a public transportation driver for many recovering addicts, and they treated me like a bartender... they told me everything and anything about their lives and condition. I was educated, as you call it, and my comment stands. What I observed was that addicts don't usually become addicts, without other attendant problems that they fail to address, then use these as excuses for "self medication".
      Maybe some are forcibly injected the first time, or coerced by others to take the first dose. However the vast majority still do it as a personal, willful act. So what I wonder about is why we idolize those who do it to death, and not address the underlying issue, which is a failure of personal responsibility...?
      I know people who've been on methadone for years, but all it did is coddle them and they're just as dependent, but only in a new medically-driven addictive system supported by tax money. The doctors and nurses treating these people, especially those who can't/don't pay for services, are working in public programs, and are actually not motivated to get patients off the program.
      In NH where I live, alcoholism is a much larger social ill, yet all I hear about is the "opioid epidemic". That's because it's a cause celebre. The alcoholism causes much more injury, child abuse, illness and death.
      We tend to pay attention only to the media covered subjects....I just wonder what the treatment landscape would look like if we took on dangerous practices that people like to indulge in, as a proportion of the population, and then incentivized practitioners to have a goal of getting patients well and truly off the program?

    • @KittyKittyBangBang249
      @KittyKittyBangBang249 2 года назад +6

      @@jeanettecook1088 I had breast implants when I was young and foolish. I had many, many problems with them over the years and in the end had 9 surgeries all together. Every time I was prescribed Percocet. Always took my medication as prescribed and never had a problem... until the 9th surgery. Something obviously was triggered in my brain and an addiction to opiates was suddenly a problem. I believe it is a a disease of the brain. Yes the first couple of times it is a choice to take the stuff but after that, not really. I’m not making excuses or lying either when I say not once did those doctors (there were 2 involved in the end) explain to me that they were physically addictive or even an opiate. Or for that matter in the same family as heroin. I had no clue. This was 18 years ago. Had I been told any of those things, I never in a million years would have taken them after any one of the surgeries. Now the only solution to them seems to be methadone or suboxone which take months to get through the withdrawal, so I pass. No thanks. I don’t know why you seem so hasty towards people addicted to opiates but not everyone has the same story

    • @lemonaid401
      @lemonaid401 2 года назад +5

      @@jeanettecook1088 “A disease is a condition you can’t help getting”
      Ok smart one. What do you call a fat ass who sits on his ass all day shoving food in his mouth on a daily until he is diagnosed with diabetes? Or heart disease? Or heart attack? Or high blood pressure? Or cancer? Or any other fucking disease caused by the person’s BAD choices and BAD eating habits? A choice? Or something that they can’t help due to a weakness of the mind?
      Poor choices and laziness leads to MANY different diseases INCLUDING addiction!!
      You probably are one of these people I just described sitting here on your high horse judging others for their bad choices simply because it’s not the same bad choice as yours but damn sure leads to the same fucking medical terminology called DISEASE.
      May God have mercy on your life or the life after and pray you don’t have to suffer the karma you now carry by judging the weak minded you POS.

  • @RolliRod
    @RolliRod 5 лет назад +9

    Very sad and heartbreaking. I admire the parents for presenting themselves professionally and with courage however I can only imagine how heartbroken they are. I wish that they heal.

  • @debrawhite1759
    @debrawhite1759 5 лет назад +3

    So many beautiful children falling victim to this horrible drug :(

  • @ericdahl1514
    @ericdahl1514 4 года назад +3

    been dealing w addiction for 20 years,but I had an overdose Friday, I woke up in some woods, couldn't stand,pissed myself,barely remember ambulance ride,someone found me while walking,I was hypothermic. I remember using,went to the store at 130, I made it 3 blocks,but I could only remember a few blocks. I had clothes cut off,EKG,neck brace, confusion. scared me to death, I couldn't walk right till today, my guts were messed up,and the mental anguish is crushing. I hate I did that, BC I was clean,on Suboxone,I had an extra 30 bucks,figured I could do a bit, well I didn't even do half of it, last time I used I did 20 worth w 10 of coke and just puked. I don't want to die,i I just got engaged,hold a job

  • @luzfigueroa1550
    @luzfigueroa1550 5 лет назад +38

    Not in a billion years would’ve ever never even guess that she was an addict omg 😮 the faces of heroin addiction has changed. It’s not just a homeless person injecting in the shadows in a dark alley.

    • @catherinevaz6139
      @catherinevaz6139 5 лет назад +2

      You are everywhere! 😂

    • @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
      @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order 4 года назад +7

      There have always been addicts that don't match the stereotype. You could have met them or worked with them and had no clue. Some are able to function relatively well for years and keep it secret before it catches up with them, though I'm sure that is the exception not the rule.

    • @andrewbryton2936
      @andrewbryton2936 3 года назад +4

      My god that is one incredibly ignorant thing to say.

    • @kristenbradley6958
      @kristenbradley6958 3 года назад +3

      Seriously, "just a homeless person" as if there's any difference between one person's worth and another's 🙄🙄🙄

    • @christystewart4567
      @christystewart4567 3 года назад

      Sigh, and also it’s only the wino on the street who is an alcoholic?

  • @feliciaromero1646
    @feliciaromero1646 6 лет назад +42

    God bless this family and thank them for sharing.

  • @CDN1975
    @CDN1975 3 года назад +1

    Condolences to Morgan's family. My son is a recovering addict of opioids and benzodiazepines. Watching a child fight addiction is torture. God bless her mom and dad.

  • @ginamarie429
    @ginamarie429 5 лет назад +25

    Beautiful smart girl passed away so sad and heartbreaking💜 This drug is getting worse every single day. Iam a heroin addict also. I got clean September 16 2011 when i found out i was 7 weeks pregnant WEEK before. I went on Methadone in my hometown September 13 2011. I have almost 8 yrs clean. I lost a brother in law to OD 2 yrs ago. I've lost many wonderful friends od. We need to keep getting the message out how bad these drugs are. I pray for this family and all other families n addicts and pray the get help before its too late......God Bless everyone

    • @Travel_Cebu222
      @Travel_Cebu222 4 года назад +2

      Are you still on methadone?

    • @jackieboyle8106
      @jackieboyle8106 4 года назад

      God bless you I think you are very strong person and I wish you all the best

    • @krissy7342
      @krissy7342 4 года назад

      Gina Marie Methadone can be even worse than heroin considering addiction. But glad you're alive.

  • @ninasherbet1190
    @ninasherbet1190 6 лет назад +22

    God bless this family, words can not describe their tragic loss.

  • @chrissmith8166
    @chrissmith8166 5 лет назад +12

    Thank you for sharing this story. It is very hard for me right now...my story of a close family member is soooo similar. I had a cousin who died today due to an heroin overdose. It just breaks my heart😥

  • @natalieluders378
    @natalieluders378 5 лет назад +4

    I have overdosed once in the 30years of heroin addiction only problem was I was 3 months pregnant but I didn't know from that day I stopped using but unfortunately started again after I had my children I'm clean now it's nice to breath

  • @jadev225
    @jadev225 3 года назад +3

    Poor girl didnt even know. So heartbreaking. When you overdose you have no idea, you just nod off, pass out and stop breathing. You have no idea. That's why overdoses are so tragic in my eyes, to anybody it happens to, because they're just trying to feel better about something, then all of a sudden they're just gone.

  • @sunshinewildfire7087
    @sunshinewildfire7087 5 лет назад +9

    Heartbreaking. I feel so sad for these grieving parents.

  • @melaniepayne5619
    @melaniepayne5619 3 года назад +3

    I'm so sorry for your loss...I've lost about 6 people this year alone to heroin overdose .....ppl that haven't even had the chance to have kids yet or marry yet...so so so sad...I hate this drug so much..

  • @danchinoloves7804
    @danchinoloves7804 5 лет назад +6

    I love what her dad said "its ok to be afraid" its so true we have to admit that to ourselves and our love ones the people around us who are willing to help thats the truth specially with addiction

  • @chrism6904
    @chrism6904 5 лет назад +3

    Beautiful girl... Addiction doesn't discriminate. Ive been addicted to opiates for years (been taking on and off). I recently got clean about a week ago from IV heroin. Two of the main reasons why I used was pain (4 herniated discs and sacroiliitis in both of my SI joints) and boredom. There's this saying ... "idle hands are the devil's playground". And its 100% true. I originally started taking opiates because of a surgery I had in high school. I had a ruptured appendix, which almost killed me and needed emergency surgery. I spent 9 days in the hospital and the amount of pain medication I was on, was insane. After I got a taste of it, I was hooked. I really didn't start using till after High School, but it kinda tumbled from there. Nobody on this planet would ever think I'm an addict (esp. to IV heroin). I live a completely normal life. I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic, living in a moderately upscale neighborhood, I have a family, etc. etc. pretty much living the "American dream". Unfortunately, I relapsed about 2 months ago because of another surgery I had... The pain medication the doctor prescribed didn't do a single thing. I was taking anywhere from 6-10 pills at a time, but it still hardly worked. Anyways, I ended up buying heroin, and that helped me immensely. I originally planned to take it for only a week or so, till I got all healed up... but being an addict, you cant simply stop. For everyone out there, please don't judge addicts and look down upon us. We are humans too. For anyone out there that's trying to get clean, you can do it. I recommend Kratom to help get off of it. I cant tell you how much it helped me. It literally changed my life.

  • @vibinwpsilocybin1424
    @vibinwpsilocybin1424 4 года назад +4

    I love what the father said. He learned it’s ok to be scared which is such a pride for men smh

  • @raphaelmeccachiuli2001
    @raphaelmeccachiuli2001 5 лет назад +1

    Perfectly imperfect, thats a new one. So nicely put, so honest!

  • @kayjay5552
    @kayjay5552 4 года назад +3

    Yesterday i injected half gram of something accidentally thinking it to be heroin and this is what lead me hear... And just after injection within 10 minutes i was experiencing hell on earth. I just thought this was my last injection. I was just shooked.. Blurry everything. Not able to walk not able to think... And i was just fighting for my life... I thought its an heroin overdose... After half an hour of struggle i came back to a little normal... But my withdrawal was started again for heroin... As i am cutting my dose regularly to quit heroin i thought i overdosed on heroin as my tolerance is now a little decreased but when i started feeling withdrawal i came to know that the dealer gave me something else... And after reaserching a lot i get to a point that it was mdma crystal cut with something else... I took again my dose of heroin but i was very afraid that mixing heroin with previous substance or substances can be more dangerous... But i was having a severe withdrawal... So i took a small dose first and then i felt better.... Then i took the whole dose...
    I will quit everything now after yesterday's experience.... Its a new life that is given to me maybe for a reason .. Durgs are not worth a life... And those who sell Durgs don't care about a life but only money...
    I have already lost my everything with my addiction but it's on me if i have the courage i can bring back everything.

    • @sergiorobles7169
      @sergiorobles7169 3 года назад

      how u doing brother? Have u managed to quit for good? i was never addicted to heroin but i was to cocaine and a little meth now and then. I have 4 months sober after many visits to the ICU thinking i was gonna die of a heart attack. Do u drink alcohol? for me alcohol was the trigger to do other drugs so i quit that and also the other drugs. Also it can be a life trauma an event that has changed u in ur life, get help. I just hope u quit for good because these drugs are nothing but lies. Many times the morning after when the drug wore off and i had not slept thats when all regrets came and i felt really bad. Anyway God bless

  • @KristineMarieTxSPI
    @KristineMarieTxSPI 4 года назад +12

    So many comments about her outward appearance, when I'm sure she was truly beautiful on the inside as well.
    This is an insidious affliction that touches so many lives. I pray for each and every one who is tormented by this drug to somehow find a way to heal. R.I.P.

  • @arachnidfingers
    @arachnidfingers 2 года назад +1

    IMPORTANT PSA: if you know anyone struggling with heroin addiction, PLEASE carry Narcan with you.

  • @lindasansone3345
    @lindasansone3345 2 года назад +1

    Prayers are being sent 🙏♥️

  • @Tina-kw2yn
    @Tina-kw2yn 3 года назад +3

    So sorry for your loss. You have it in your hearts💔🌹she is beautiful.

  • @supremeforever1794
    @supremeforever1794 3 года назад +1

    My bestie was 22 years old and she passed away from an overdose and I hate life now I hate it :(

  • @shena1256
    @shena1256 2 года назад +1

    Her mother is so correct. We need to get this out in the open. Instead of being embarrassed. Instead of letting the justice system handle addiction it needs to be medical. The system is so overwhelmed. It's not working!! Addiction isn't a crime and addicts don't benefit from being incarcerated. This monster affects all kinds of people. Rich, poor, black, white, brown. Addiction does not care! The more we talk about this the more motivated people become. As a addict who is going on my 10th year sober I wouldn't wish addiction on the devil himself. It is pure hell. You feel helpless because there isn't enough places to turn to if you don't you are have insurance. Places are jammed packed that will take you if you don't. The system we are using is not working. We will keep losing people until we address it. This should have been addressed and a system in place during the crack epidemic. We keep doing the same thing and expect different results. Get out and vote for people who want to fix the problem. Make your voices heard! I could ramble on forever about this! I tend to be passionate about it especially since I experienced it myself.

  • @caffeineaddict5124
    @caffeineaddict5124 5 лет назад +2

    Your gorgeous little girl died the day I turned 41. I can vividly remember the events of that too. So profoundly sorry for your loss.

  • @josimpson7999
    @josimpson7999 3 года назад +3

    What a beautiful young lady.
    I am so very sorry for your tragic loss 🙏🇬🇧

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 5 лет назад +4

    I was raised with educated parents but they never talked to me about drugs and the dangers of it. Why?? I was fortunate to be strong enough and not cave to peer pressure but I sure could have! Parents MUST warn their kids about drugs often. Show them videos like this one also.

  • @ladybug4408
    @ladybug4408 5 лет назад +1

    So, so sorry for your tremendous loss Mr. & Mrs. Tartz. She was absolutely beautiful.

  • @rendalee6168
    @rendalee6168 3 года назад

    Thank you for sharing Morgans Story. For her to strike up conversations with strangers shows the beautiful soul she was.

  • @jennianelli3016
    @jennianelli3016 4 года назад +6

    I am so sorry, there are no words. My prayers and condolences . RIP. GOD bless you all.

  • @shanghunter7697
    @shanghunter7697 5 лет назад +2

    Such a beautiful young lady, it's heartbreaking and a plague upon the world. God bless ALL parents who have to bury their child.

  • @krissy7342
    @krissy7342 4 года назад +3

    *Meet addicts where they are at without judgement! Get them help. Stop the stigma!*
    07/07/2017 R.I.P. beautiful angel Morgan Rose 🌹 🕊

  • @timbucktwo5929
    @timbucktwo5929 2 года назад +1

    May god bless this family it hurts my heart hearing Morgan’s story. I am one of the lucky and unlucky ones, I have been clean for eight years. My everything Beth passed away her mother also found her unconscious and unresponsive on her mother’s couch. She truly was a angel lifting me up when I was so far down. I am not one of the most handsome type but I have a good heart and she was beautiful and she had a humongous heart and she picked me up and gave me the love that I so desperately needed.There are so many Beths and Morgan’s out there now struggling against this terrible disease. May god bless them and there families and they get the love and treatment that they deserve. I don’t want to hear about one more tragedy because of this very evil drug.

  • @nikkidawson1788
    @nikkidawson1788 2 года назад

    Her parents look so young.
    Poor Morgan I feel so bad for them all... Poor Morgan.. You're an Angel..

  • @connieflores7362
    @connieflores7362 3 года назад +1

    Sorry for your loss.

  • @amberbranks4209
    @amberbranks4209 6 лет назад +81

    God help us! God help all addicts!
    God help us all!
    Thru Jesus Christ our LORD
    Christ

    • @coolblue1812
      @coolblue1812 6 лет назад +5

      Amber Branks The Only One Savior that heals and gives LOVE Eternal Living God. My Sweet Jesus.

    • @rachelstarkey4170
      @rachelstarkey4170 4 года назад +1

      Thank you I'm a addict wish had the strength to quit demon heroine v to weak minded v hey thank you please prayer for me god bless you to ))

    • @beautiful1539
      @beautiful1539 4 года назад +1

      Amen!

    • @k.de.3838
      @k.de.3838 4 года назад

      That's all we need, God's love and a good healthy love of life . 💝💝💝💝

    • @azamimido6972
      @azamimido6972 3 года назад

      Dumb

  • @taylorfrink1182
    @taylorfrink1182 3 года назад +2

    God this hurts my heart, I'm so lucky to be alive and try to show my gratitude for each day by trying to stay sober.. and it's been several months of being clean, you can do it to. love and light to you, may God heal us all and hold us safe in Her/His loving arms. may morgan rest in peace and may her family be blessed and offered healing

  • @jackieliz6809
    @jackieliz6809 Год назад

    I had 9 near fatal overdoses. My family prayed for me every night I wasn't home. I went to rehab and eventually jail. I was forced to get clean thru the law. I am now 31, pregnant with my first child, and finished my associates degree❤ doctors, nurses, EMT called me worthless. Laughed at me. People are very cruel. I am starting a medical assistant program after my baby is born. I wanna be the one to give addicts hope ❤ not shun and hurt people who are already emotionally suffering. I beat the most addictive substance known to man. You couldn't pay me to go back to being homeless, selling my mind , body and soul to the devil. Homelessness. Rehabs. Jails. No thank u. Get help or die. I'd love to help you ❤❤

  • @csc1641
    @csc1641 3 года назад +1

    I have never tried drugs. I am always fascinated on what makes people take that first hit of heroin. No one forces you to do it and knowing how insideous and evil this drug is, why do people take that first hit knowing the dire consequences of getting out alive.

  • @gloriapak8125
    @gloriapak8125 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful child.
    May her soul Rest In Peace.🕊
    May God continue to give this family strength and peace in their hearts.🎚🙏🏻

  • @taylormcgarry470
    @taylormcgarry470 3 года назад

    Man. I couldn't imagine losing a kid to drugs. I have trouble with drugs and some of my family members was addicts and all of my friends was but I've never really lost anybody that was close to me and I'm so thankful for that. I'm heart goes out to everyone who loses a loved one over addiction. Addiction really is one of hardest things to get away from.

  • @mursyidiyahaya1604
    @mursyidiyahaya1604 4 года назад +1

    Im so sorry sir .. May God bless his soul... Keep strong to family

  • @mgparis
    @mgparis 4 года назад +1

    I can't even imagine the pain for the parents...

  • @davinastanton3865
    @davinastanton3865 5 лет назад +3

    Gone to soon beautiful Morgan.
    My deepest condolences to your family and friends. 💗

  • @pamdavis5374
    @pamdavis5374 5 лет назад +1

    I'm so sorry... prayers

  • @zhaniahernandez7722
    @zhaniahernandez7722 5 лет назад +7

    She's so beautiful and lovely so sad.

  • @caliluv4244
    @caliluv4244 5 лет назад +1

    Heartbreaking.😔

  • @YTfancol
    @YTfancol 5 лет назад +1

    She was beautiful. Poor lost soul.

  • @normaarnold6196
    @normaarnold6196 4 года назад

    I am sorry for your loss
    Prayers for family

  • @MrCbschnell
    @MrCbschnell 5 лет назад +1

    Powerful. Amazing.

  • @pamdavis9550
    @pamdavis9550 5 лет назад +1

    Rip to her and prayers for her family...

  • @armandwise5985
    @armandwise5985 4 года назад +1

    Damn when will it stop....
    Beautiful young lady. My heart goes out to the family

  • @wrldtm5803
    @wrldtm5803 2 года назад

    I bursted into tears when i heard this story. I've started my opioid addiction at the young age of 9years old. I had so many times of running out of rehab scared crying and physically unable at the time to get through the intense with drawels. However by the time i reached 19 i was so beat from addiction i had a realization that b 4 my 20th Birthday i couldn't take this no more i felt like death i was 80pounds sick and defeated. I thought at one point maybe death was my only option left i couldn't take it anymore and i somehow got into a outpatient treatment and got clean! However years later with 4 kid's im still clean by the Grace of God and my father my hero my heart who i lost May 21st 2019 at 3am 😭😔Vietnam Veteran who would give the shirt off his back for anyone not just family! He loved me unconditionally no matter how many relapses he encouraged never put me down always picked me up when i was 💔 broken. Im so sorry to this family i dont know what your going through but your story hit my HEART ❤.... God protect your family and again im so sorry for your loss....😔😔😔😔😔😨❤ May your Angel R.I.P.😔😔😔 🙏.........

  • @B3_6
    @B3_6 4 года назад

    She was so gorgeous like wow, so sad. Rest in peace Morgan. The world lost a beautiful soul.

  • @rowanbowyer6560
    @rowanbowyer6560 3 года назад

    The fact is anyone can become addicted to an addictive substance , I’ve worked in the health industry and with addiction, it’s very difficult, one thing that stands out to me is the rehab experience is ok however rehab is a life long process, and programs need to be much much longer. Early education at ordinary schools so that young kid’s aren’t afraid to identify what drugs are, what they do and why people take them and that there are alternatives to cope. Teaching life skills , at an early age , teach our kids why others who are in emotional pain or perhaps have a mental illness try drugs as a means to cope, but also educated how it doesn’t help, teaching kids to ASK FOR HELP, when they don’t know how to cope. It’s so devastating because some people have to cope with terrible trauma, i can’t judge anyone, I’m very grateful I’ve never been addicted to anything, it’s been difficult for me to switch off when I’ve worked with people trying to turn their lives around , many are so intelligent, beautiful people many work jolly hard at getting sober and it’s wonderful to see their lives flourish

  • @inkedhigh
    @inkedhigh 5 лет назад +3

    the whole nature of the life of drugs is awful and it's scary.

  • @inhonorofmary6825
    @inhonorofmary6825 5 лет назад +1

    Beautiful girl! May she fly with the angels

  • @xwarx1000
    @xwarx1000 4 года назад +7

    Addiction is one of the most dangerous disease.

  • @littlekimmie4220
    @littlekimmie4220 2 года назад +1

    Morgan was a beautiful princess and a adorable beautiful girl Rip 🪦 miss you Morgan

  • @raquelamara4130
    @raquelamara4130 3 года назад +3

    I OVERDOSED FROM OPIATES 8 TIMES AND GOT 7 SEIZURES...I GOT HELP...I AM SO BLESSED TO BE ALIVE STILL...I HAVE NOW BEEN CLEAN FOR 10 YEARS

  • @luiscerda3460
    @luiscerda3460 2 года назад

    Its really sad especially when your the one going through it. I been on and off opiates for about 10 years it’s the hardest addiction to get over. I have 3 kids and for them I will overcome this disease I love you y’all God bless my family and everyone!!! Much love

  • @jeanniesherman3591
    @jeanniesherman3591 2 года назад +1

    Ya know, im a 68 yr old, female, by age 21 i was pregnant, but i carried it after it died, i couldnt have any babies, soo i rebelled like an idiot and used harder drugs...i eent from weed to heroin...in one jump. It wasnt a good life at all, i finally got away from heroin in my 40s, ive been on methadone for decades
    I always knew id not live a happy life, my family...no decent friends...i dont do funerals anymore,
    I think im the only one left..,,that i know.
    I go once a month to pick up my medicine.
    Each time...i hear somebody died
    Why anyone would want this lifestyle is beyond me...i know ill be dead in less then a few years...my bellys swollen, acute emphazema..copd...allby myself
    No way to live

  • @maggiekay9292
    @maggiekay9292 Год назад

    Our family has lost two 33 year olds due to drugs...it's horrible

  • @inkedhigh
    @inkedhigh 5 лет назад +2

    everyday should be awareness of everything day

  • @spongeblonde1309
    @spongeblonde1309 5 лет назад +3

    RIP Morgan Rose🌹🙏

  • @monikapeer7755
    @monikapeer7755 5 лет назад +2

    So sad about this beautiful young Lady....!!! So much of this beautiful, young people die away - its so heartbraking ... I am addicted by myshelf- i am from Europe and i start with 15 and stay clean from 21 until 25 ,dann relapsed ....now i am on Methadon for 17(!) Years now and i dont think that i came of ever any more...

  • @kennedythecosmetologist4787
    @kennedythecosmetologist4787 4 года назад

    Ugh. So sad. She’s absolutely beautiful.

  • @nikkidawson1788
    @nikkidawson1788 2 года назад +1

    Omg she died on my birthday... My gosh...I will celebrate my birthday to celebrate her life... I'm sorry.

  • @debbiemanzonie1323
    @debbiemanzonie1323 2 года назад

    I’m SOOOOO sorry.🙏🙏🙏

  • @gladysmohr9633
    @gladysmohr9633 5 лет назад +2

    Very sad. God bless

  • @BenKlassen1
    @BenKlassen1 2 года назад

    Condolences. Too many stories like this out there.

  • @cwb0051
    @cwb0051 5 лет назад +1

    she was so lovely..sad, very sad..

  • @maileevyne5000
    @maileevyne5000 Год назад

    So much demons and addiction. 💔 It's such a hard fight. 😔

  • @ostrovisky
    @ostrovisky 5 лет назад +3

    But what made her turn to heroin? Very sad.

    • @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
      @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order 4 года назад

      Opiates hug you, they numb you, you fall in love with them, also many ppl get addicted to pain meds which leads on to heroin.

  • @sel1hotmail
    @sel1hotmail 4 года назад

    heartbreaking and sad