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HEROIN: This is how you Spread Heroin Awareness.

ADDICTS LIVES MATTER Is not, in any way promoting Drug use of any kind. This channel is about Awareness, Education, Breaking the stigma and Helping those who struggle with Addiction. Parents publicly share daughter's losing battle with heroin addiction. Heroin use is on a dramatic rise and so has the face of addiction. The number of people being treated for addiction has more than doubled in the past decade and potentially deadly habit seems to currently affect young people ages 18-25 the most. Jessica Williams is one such person. She battled her addiction with heroin and lost. Her parents are sharing her story in a very public way in hopes of making a difference. “I’m thinking there's no way this is my baby. This is more than anyone should have to take,” said Wayne Williams, Jessica’s father. The grieving father says this as he sits on a bed in one of the family’s bedrooms. It’s the same bedroom Jessica Williams, a Blue Springs high school graduate, lost her battle to heroin in. “As strong and as stubborn and as smart as Jessica was, heroin was stronger,” Wayne Williams said. Jessica’s mother was notified of her death at work. “I knew. They all had tears in their eyes. I just slid down the wall and I just sat there and I just kept saying ‘no,’” Debbie Williams said. Most families keep addictions and grief behind closed doors, but the Williams family took it outside. Anyone who drives down West Broadway Boulevard, or U.S. Highway 50, in Sedalia sees a sign. “I was proud of it,” Wayne Williams said. “It makes a point. She died here.” It has a picture of Jessica on it, looking very beautiful with her makeup and hair perfectly in place. Next to the photo is text that says. “Jessica Williams, 22 died HERE Feb. 10th, 2016 of a HEROIN OVERDOSE. Heroin is here in Sedalia, and your silence may kill others. TALK ABOUT IT!” “Heroin is bad and everyone needs to know how bad it is,” Debbie Williams said. “You can buy a hit of heroin cheaper than you can buy a six-pack of beer,” Wayne Williams said. Jessica Williams was an excellent student, she went to college and planned on law school. Her parents never dreamed heroin would destroy their youngest daughter. “Is she going to be in jail? Is she going to be dead? I never knew when I’d get a phone call. Every time my phone rang I didn't even want to answer it,” Debbie Williams said. The family tried everything - three rounds of rehab, constant counseling. Matching tattoos of a compass were meant Jessica Williams to keep going in the right direction. But in the end heroin destroyed everything. “I don’t want any parent to go through this. I don’t want any parent to ever, ever feel this hurt. It’s an abyss you can't climb out of,” Wayne Williams said. He plans to keep the sign up in front of the house though the summer. He said thousands of people pass his house on the way to the Lake of the Ozarks. Published on Apr 2, 2016 ADDICTS LIVES MATTER WATCH MORE VIDEOS    • ADDICTS LIVES MATTER   Category People & Blogs License Standard YouTube License