A nationwide anti-drug campaign is everyone’s responsibility. On the occasion of the International Anti-Drug Day on June 26, today (June 18), an anti-drug and anti-drug publicity event was held at the Chengdu Compulsory Isolated Drug Rehabilitation Center, with the theme of "Preventing Youth Drug Abuse, Cherishing Life and Staying Away from Drugs". Some representatives of drug rehabilitation students were invited to talk about their own experiences - a resident singer whose vocal cords were damaged due to drug abuse and could no longer stand on the stage to sing; a hard-working programmer who was fired by the company because of drug abuse...
In addition, there were on-site exhibitions Simulate drug models, distribute anti-drug promotional materials, and set up anti-drug knowledge display boards.
The resident singer's vocal cords were damaged due to drug abuse.
Her acting career was forced to be interrupted.
At the event, 37-year-old resident singer Xiao Hong (pseudonym), a drug rehabilitation student, talked about her career that was affected by drugs.
Xiaohong, who has short hair and a beautiful face, graduated from a prestigious university. She has always loved singing. She also participated in Super Girl and once won the honor of being among the top 50 in the Chengdu Division.
Thanks to her singing talent, Xiaohong became a bar singer and once sang in a well-known bar in Chengdu. As her fame grew, Xiaohong received more and more opportunities to perform and participate in competitions. "The most expensive performance at that time was about 1,500 yuan, and she sang three songs in one performance."
2006 , Xiaohong was only 19 years old at the time. "Because I came into contact with drugs during the performance, I have been taking drugs, detoxifying, taking drugs, and detoxifying (in a cycle)." Xiaohong revealed, "I first started taking drugs because I was curious. I was young at that time. She didn't know enough about drugs, and she slowly became dependent on them. "
Xiaohong's singing career was hampered by excessive drug use. "Drugging has damaged my vocal cords and I will never be able to sing again." Xiaohong hopes that she will never be able to sing again. , you can live a normal life as soon as possible, get married and have children. She also wants to say to her future children, "I hope they will never go down the road I have walked, and they will never make the mistakes I have made."
Programmers lost their jobs due to drug abuse
There is a huge income gap, and people have become negative
Another person who also had his career destroyed because of drug abuse is Xiaolan (pseudonym), a drug rehabilitation student and programmer. Xiaolan is from Chongqing. After graduating from university, she worked in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou through her own efforts. "At the beginning, my major was not suitable for me, so I relied on myself to learn and struggle step by step, and slowly became a programmer. When the income was at its highest, it could be 600,000 to 800,000 a year." Xiaolan recalled.
From graduating from college in 2010 to 2017, it was Xiaolan’s career struggle period, and then entered a bottleneck period. “It can be said that it has reached the ‘ceiling’ of many people. At that time, I didn’t have much breakthrough professionally, so I started to contact Drugs. "
At that time, Xiaolan, who loved traveling, would set aside one month for herself every year to live abroad. It was also abroad that Xiaolan started to get involved with drugs. "At that time, when I watched foreign TV series, I thought these drugs (harms) were not that serious."
Because of drugs, Xiaolan's mentality towards work has also undergone a huge change. "The biggest negative impact is that I pay less and less attention to work. I used to try my best to find some projects to do every month, set goals, and push myself. After getting addicted to drugs, people become special. She was passive and only wanted to go out with friends on the weekends, and she felt unmotivated. "Gradually, Xiaolan got used to dancing and singing in the bar with her friends, playing all night long.
Xiao Lan was also fired from the company because of his drug addiction. "No company is willing to use someone like me."
"For the family, being addicted to drugs also made my mother particularly sad and even depressed. He passed away the year before last, which is also my biggest regret." Xiaolan regretted it.
Red Star News reporter Yan Xue intern Gong Jingtong
editor Li Yuyi
