Poppa G aka G made a phone call to his high school buddy he has not seen in years. G was going to visit his friend to see how he was doing with his family and work life. Normally, G doesn’t talk or hang out with anyone from high school years mainly due to his decision to cut ties with almost everyone after what happened during the housing market collapse of 2008 – 2011. So G was really going out of his way to make this happen.
Once G got to see his friend’s 2 children in elementary or middle school, he couldn’t stop thinking about parenting, school education and so many high school acquaintances who passed away due to drug overdose and those who are still stuck in a cubicle with that “thug life” & “scarface” wannabe lifestyle of heading nowhere fast in life. This event definitely took G down to a painful memory lane and made him reminisce about his high school years and after.
There are countless rehab centers and programs in North America and all aroud the world. Then there are countless counselors. And yet, nevertheless, G has witnessed aand watched countless and neverending tragedies of drug epidemics over the years. If one of G’s buddy’s kids somehow finds his or her way to that environment, how is G’s friend as a parent going to prevent or save his kid from a doomed scenario that his kids cannot easily escape from? If parents talking to their kids about saying no to drugs was the solution, then every one of G’s high school acquaintances should be alive right now.
G indeed could’ve been a victim of drug epidemic and the lifestyle that came with the territory if he failed to evaluate every event objectively that lead up to his visit to the ER and an operating table. G was not overdosing on drugs, but it was an attempt to kill him with tainted drugs by someone who was suppose to be his partner at the time. G is not rich nor famous, but he is one of very few survivors, if not the only survivor, who actually made it out alive from drug epidemic in Port Crack full of rats and snakes and living his life to the fullest when the majority ended up dead or still stuck in a broke Wanksta trap with pipe dreams and fantasizing of becoming a movie character, Scarface.
People have different motivations and goals in life as humans. That’s why some people live their lives and measure their life goals or accomplishments by how much money they have or what kind of position or title they hold in organizations. However, Poppa G is different in that regard. His biggest accomplishment that he cares about in his life so far is that he lived and did everything without ruining lives of others ever since he woke up from an operating table during the housing market collapse. He never made stupid decisions that led to layoffs of thousands of employees. He never slept with anyone to rob promotions and money of others. He never traded stocks or intentionally misled anyone and cause companies to go bankrupt while laying off workers. He never scammed anyone with crypto nor any other fraudulent schemes. He never used job security or quota as excuses to lie and cheat others.
While Poppa G was no saint all his life by any means, he realized that helping others can save one’s soul from his past sins. And after talking to numerous parents with teenagers and college students, G found out that they are all concerned with their kids regarding drug overdose and etc. With all this in mind, G decided to share his story to help parents and others to prevent from their kids going the wrong path during teenage years and after and end up dead or homeless drug addicts. There are clear reasons and factors why G was able to escape a deadly trap that is extremely tough to get out of. By sharing his story of how G went from laying on a hospital bed with 20K debt with no job to watching a NHL playoff game behind the rink shield in the desert, he hopes he can save someone’s life from drugs and never have to experience what G had to see and overcome during the darkest time of his life when corporate greed mixed with incompetentcy plus corrupt politicians and drugs shattered so many lives.
