Source: Bored Panda
Kenyans have been moved by the story of Patrick Hinga, a man who was completely lost, homeless and drug-addicted, until a chance meeting with a former classmate, Wanja Mwaura, kicked off a major transformation and turned his life around.
Patrick had endured major problems with addiction for years, beginning with an expulsion from school for smoking cigarettes and marijuana.
This began a downward spiral, with his mother at her wits end trying to help him, eventually taking him to a mental hospital in an attempt to curb his habit. He became well known at the hospital, running away and being re-admitted several times. “He complained a lot and said all they did was give him medication and treat him like a mental patient and yet he was not mentally ill and that is why he kept running away,” Patrick’s mother, Nancy, told SDE. “But when he was out of the hospital, he would walk around the neighbourhood completely naked, or he would rummage through garbage.”While at the mental hospital, Patrick’s drug habit took a turn for the worse, he discovered a drug called Attain. “It isn’t supposed to be used daily, but because it got him high, he got addicted,” Nancy said. “It was only Sh2 (a few cents) per tablet. He even stole prescription papers and got them from chemists.”
With Patrick showing no signs of recovery, he finally ran away once and for all and began to roam the streets of Nairobi, dishevelled and out of control, getting drugs wherever he could. His mother still tried to help him by bringing him food. “We were always…
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