Rachel Struggle on Kensington's Streets
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2025
- In this video, we caught up with Rachel on June 19, 2024, in Kensington, Philadelphia.
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I lived in kennsington for years and left just before covid. I've been clean for 7 years after being an addict for almost my whole life ( I'm 43) I was able to find a place to stay outside philly. I pray for everyone there that they find peace and sobriety in their lives 🙏
Congratulations on your sobriety. I'm so very proud of you. 💜 🫶 💜
That’s so awesome so proud of you. That is not an easy thing to do. I’ve watched my sister struggle with an opioid addiction for years. Watched her OD thank God she survived. She is clean now. May you have a blessed life. You deserve it❤
🙌🏼 God speed Sweetheart! I’m happy to hear you are clean! Virtual hug 🥰
Good for you! What a huge obstacle to overcome! ❤
Why are you asking her what she needs You are saying what can the people do ,the answer is nothing !!! A Dr .and rehab and these people have want this . If they don't want it,it will never happen.
This video should be shown in every school to every kid....
Very awesome idea.💯🙏🏼
I agree great idea
It should be yeah. When I was I school they talked about it when I was in 5th grade with the dare officer, but they didn't really explain it enough. If they showed a video I would have understood it better as a young kid. I was still very naive about drugs, what they do, and the dangers. I really think showing more things like this would stop just people in general from using drugs.
Wish I'd seen it, instead of wasting my youth to H
@@Cat-ej6ji 🙏🏼💯
Man this was hard to watch. I felt like I was suffocating. God help her
imagine how she feels 😥
It was so bad and it effected me so much 😢
Same! I feel like i couldn't breathe
Xylazine and the 4 hour gotta do it again effect?
WOW 😮....
I feel for this woman.
She's going to Rehab in an hour...
That's what is going to save her life 😢.
I am crying 😭.
Sending prayers for healing.
Woah. THIS is a tough one to watch. This poor girl. Going thru ALL she is going thru and STILL out there on the streets of Kensington. Shows how addictive and tough it is to get off of. Very powerful. I literally feel like IM having a hard time catching my breath. Praying for you Rachel! YOU DESERVE A GOOD LIFE! ❤✌🏼
I don’t feel bad for her. It’s called hospital and treatment
@@SandrasLuxuries well that’s your opinion she def needs healing for her sister who died in a car crash so sad
@@SandrasLuxuries it's called empathy and a heart. Get one 🤡
Omg this is the worst one i have watched.. why would the hospital let her out in this condition. The breathing, the holez i her leg.
@@SandrasLuxuries why even say anything? But fyi...the hospital will wrap the wound and basically kick em out. There was an Interview w a nurse who said they do this unfortunately without giving them proper care bc the smell from the wounds are unbearable. A VERY sad thing to do.
Oh Rachel… I remember 15 years ago you were a beautiful bubbly person. You poor family has suffered so so long. Your mom cried endless nights. Do this for you! I pray for u.
She needs 🙏 I pray she gets the help she needs!!!
Do you know HER ??
Mal, this is so beautiful. Thank you! I also have a disability. I cried when you asked what she needs, and she said, “kindness,” because she clearly needs so many things. Yet, she is right. People with Substance Use Disorders are put down and mocked all day, everyday. Without someone treating me like I was a human being, deserving of respect, I could not have recovered. For me, that was my 4th treatment counselor. I could not have made it to that treatment center without the people who showed me some small kindness, along the way. If you know, or cross paths with someone with an addiction, please be kind! It matters so much to us! Compassion, understanding, and support does a lot more to fight addiction than judgment ever did. We know that people judge us. We need to know that we are still people, and we matter, like other people do.
I am speechless. 😢
😢😢
@@cjs216 fentanyl is got to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to this country
Me too 😮😢😢😢😢🙏🏻
Wow this poor girl is going to die out in those streets this summer. The germs, not being clean especially w/ her medical issue. Legs are swollen infected she will die…
True😢😢
Exactly
She has died and just hasn't laid down yet. As I type with a cigarette in my hand...
@@victoriareinhart1108, I smoke too but have no business doing so breathing is getting bad lol that Nicotine is a Real Addiction too!
@@jerseygirl5771 After 39 years heavy smoking I thought I could never, ever stop. I'm now 7 years 5 months without one. If I can do it, believe me, anyone can. The nicotine replacement gum was what I used.
That was the hardest interview to watch. Those that brought tranq to the streets wont even care what it has done, Rachel i wish you the very best
Addiction is a terrible disease but one must, at some point, want to get clean and make the hard decision about being honest with oneself to ask for help. I hope some youngsters see and can learn from this. It’s a different world now in the drug game from when I was in addiction. 17 years clean and sober.
Geeze I’m 4 mins in and I’m desperate for her to go to rehab. Or back to the hospital. Please you matter! Take care of yourself. Go to the hospital now. I have severe lung problems and I know you are working so hard just to breath if you use again you have a high likelihood of not waking up. Praying for you
She will definitely die if she goes to sleep high. She shouldn't be sleeping at all of of at least bipap support. Her airway is not open with the speaking valve on which means her airway is dangerously compromised.
Dear Rachel, if you read this I’m Paul from the uk, I was so lucky to never get tied up with fentanyl and tranq like you guys have, however I was a heavy user of crack & heroin for 25 yrs, I got clean after 19 different rehabs etc. There is life after all the chaos, I feel your pain so very much. You must know that if you continue the way you are, you won’t be around much longer. For yourself look for the strength to hold your head high again, your a beautiful young woman and deserve so much more. I’m not religious but shall pray for you. Much love Rachel 💚
That’s a beautiful message. Good on you. May God bless you & Rachael🙏🏻🙏🏻❤❤
So sweet of you. Thank you for telling some of your struggle and Congratulations on you sobriety!!❤🎉😊
Hello Paul
Imm.from UK too.
I'm.53yr old..
H/crack/alcohol/pills addict or"recoverig adddict"
What part uk you from?
@@lucibee1163 north west mate you?
@@dollfactory thank you
Oh dear Lord...please someone help this girl get off the streets. She is suffering more that we can see...🙏🏼God bless her please find her help and the will to change what life she has left. 😢
She know what she needs to do...I applaud her when she said " Its not about what society can do for us it's about what we can do for ourselves" Thats so true its a big difference between HELP and ENABLING.
There is a popular saying among mental health practitioners - you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved.
Thank you for adding the subtitles.
This interview is probably the most painful one I’ve watched. Man I hope this woman gets off the streets ❤
Mal should win an award for this work.
She’s still trached for a reason. She may have required oxygen due to scar tissue, help while sleeping? Who knows. One thing is certain though, she won’t live long on the street with a trach and wounds that are attracting all sorts of parasites.
I have to think her body won't be able to handle being out there for long with her health. She'll need the hospital within week if she doesn't die first. I hope she gets help and is able to get through this very hard time.
She must be real careful from now on when getting high in order not to suffocate
Meh not really....she only need that in if she wants to talk.....otherwise she's fine
Hi Mal!! Prayers for Rachel and everyone else out there. 🙏🏻 Stay safe! great video.🙏🏻
It's often said that addicts have no willpower, however, she has a will of iron to subject herself to everything she's endured in Kensington.
She's got zero will aside from doing more drugs and serving up more bullshit excuses and sob stories.
Well getting off drugs has ZERO to do with willpower so there's THAT 🙄
I'd know I'm 8yrs clean off heroin ......
@@6Haunted-Days Good for you.
I couldn’t even watch the whole video, only made it 6 minutes and I’m in tears 😢
I’ll take you in ,if you would stay. Need to be out of that dirty environment with that trac. She needs treatment on her leg also. It looks terrible!
That is so awesome of you I hope 🤞🏼 she will go.
Rachel may the good Lord protect you & give you the strength & the will to take back your life the struggle is real its the most horrific horrible disease to deal with but you can do this you deserve to live your best life your beautiful inside and out your compassion for the ones suffering out there with you is obvious but you have to heal you first i know easier said than done but it can happen may god bless you❤
Amen sisters && brothers
I'm sorry but as a recovering heroin/crack addict who's been in her shoes (sort of) I would NEVER have let shit get this bad and STILL be on the streets. Reach out for help man this ain't no way to live this shit is wild u got a hole in ur neck rotted flesh and still out there why?! Get ur life together girl bc if I can do it ANYONE can literally.
Yes you would have. If you kept going. If you're in recovery then you know what they say :....."you never did that --- YET....."😢
Congratulations. You probably did actual heroin, just like Rachel started with. Dealers didn’t advertise to all their customers they were putting in fentanyl, or xylazine, or now metadomine. These people had no clue what it’d do to their bodies. I’d like to see you in her shoes and tell me again you’d stop bc you really have no legitimate opinion until you’ve been in that specific scenario.
@@HeyItsKayJayBae just so you know I know this girl personally, she was once clean and thriving. Her boyfriend who she met in the rooms was murdered, and she lost it from there. They did use together but I pray she can get through this and find her home again! Also you have no idea what you would do when you were once clean and now can’t stop relapsing. There is a lot of shame and survivors guilt I’m sure she goes though, so please never say never because you’re one bad mistake away from being right there with her.
I'm wàtching from Australia 🙏
I was a RN for 42 yrs, now retired.
I've seen some sad things in my time but I'm feeling absolutely heartbroken for Rachel 💔
What a beautiful girl she is.
Asking for nothing, just understanding 🙏
I wish I could bring you to QLD. To our acreage. With horses and our beautiful dog. Give you a room. Seek appropriate medical care. Dress your wounds daily.
Could you please follow Rachel and give us updates 🙏
Someone needs to help her 🙏
May I suggest if you interview her again, get a wheelchair and take her to somewhere quieter. She's struggling to breathe, let alone using oesophageal speech 💔
We need to know her outcome please 🙏
Please don't abandon her.
Of the thousands of needy in Kensington, she would have to be amongst the ones that need it most 🙏
I've subscribed to your channel so that I can follow Rachel's story 🙏
Praying to God that he extends his mercy and goodness to Rachel 🙏❤️
@@wolfgangwoldt1941 wow your comment made me cry.
Amen
I got cleaned up when tranq was JUST starting to hit my area. Positive I did it in at least one batch - felt horrible and weird. So grateful I got out before it flooded the supply. The wounds from tranq are absolutely horrifying.
I feel so bad for her and her sweet soul. I will pray for her. 🙏 #prayers #sendinglove
I have no words 😢
This is soooo disturbing.
Rachel needs to go back to the hospital now 🙏
Indeed. Living on the streets is not for someone with multiple health needs
🙏🙏🙏💔 Please Rachael go seek help ASAP ~ Pray and ask God for the courage to help you get yourself into treatment!! This is so heartbreaking!! You can do this!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
I cannot watch the entire video. This is absolutely heartbreaking!
She seems to have a death wish.
Flies are crawling all over her rotting exposed flesh on her leg. How sickening.
Ive been clean 6yrs+ now. There was no1 or nothing any1 could do for me that i wouldve stopped. (Until i made that choice myself) and with the help of God. I say again, Nothing, or no, but ME & GOD!
This hurts,god bless her.🙏🏼
Everyone thinking about using drugs should take a look at this, and then strongly reconsider. Thank you for posting this.
They never think it will happen to them.
Ohhhhhh my God 😮🥹they really need to start showing those videos in school , that’d be very beneficial.
I agree. It would be a powerful prevention tool ai would imagine.
do they ever... like they'd show us in dare program
No it wouldn't, the kids just think "pfff, I'd never end up like that" and back it up with "my buddy X has been doing drugs for years and is totally fine".
@@d-meth You start with showing it to younger kids. Not to older kids who have friends doing drugs. You need to get the point across at a young age, and really explain drugs and the dangers. The dare program doesn't do a great job at getting the point across.
@@billj4525 I'm not sure that's something you want to show to elementary school kids, they can be educated otherwise. But we 100% need substance addiction/abuse education in schools. Unfortunately many parents don't want their young kids to be taught that stuff.
This video made me cry. This is so sad. God bless this woman. Prayers
Sadly, she is not long for this world. 🙏🏻
So very heartbreaking and painful to even just watch. An excellent portrayal of the power of addiction, sadly. One of the most heartbreaking stories/videos related to addiction that I’ve seen. Addiction may not be a choice one makes, however, getting clean and living a life free of addiction is a choice (albeit one of the most difficult decisions one makes in their life). Wishing her the best possible until her life journey is complete~ 💔🙏🏼💜
Poor girl struggling witth addiction, serious health problems, losing her mum, her leg needs treatment. Everyday is a struggle for her. God bless i only pray she will get off her addiction and somewhere safe to live. God bless xx
Ughh this poor girl. She does not need to be on the mean streets of Kensington in this heat. Addiction is the devil.
Speechless 😢
Mal you are a real saint to the addicts in Kensington and the world.
God bless you my friend.
I couldn't watch it the whole way through 😢❤️🩹🙏🏼
I can't either.
Me either... Especially after she said she was in a coma for THREE MONTHS. She made a conscious choice to pick up again. I wish i could feel bad for her and i did until ahe said that. Like the person above said.... She's already dead, she just hasnt laid down yet. Freaking heartbreaking....
@@ekquinn7059 i agree 💯 she's even got family to help her 😭 very sad indeed 😔 only she can change it!! Prayers she does. Soon!! 🙏🏼
@@ekquinn7059she said it herself, too. There is nothing anyone else can do until the addict decides to get help themselves. I've been clean 17yrs this month and I'll be the first to tell you, it is not easy for an addict to start a new life. Addiction is like having a room you really want to be in and never want to leave and recovery is finally learning how to live outside of that room. ❤ Praying for her.😮
@@ekquinn7059yea but she wasn't clean by choice! Massive MASSIVE difference!!! And can you count?! She was in a COMA for 2 months ....Dec-Jan....from Dec-April she was in the hospital then she said from April until 3 days before that interview she was in a nursing home! Sooooo 6 months give or take.
How in the hell you get only 3 months ? 🙄🤣🤷🏼♀️
This brought me to tears. I pray that she will break free from the shackles and chains of addiction and get the help she needs. God bless you for the kindness and love you give these people.
The flies feasting on her legs is sad it is a terrible place to be and I pray to Jesus for her to get to where she needs to be!
By far one of the hardest videos. I couldn't watch it all. Sending my prayers❤
Dude this is sad af! She literally has trouble even speaking 5 words. God bless her and get her away from all the pain and misery and let her live a sober,happy and healthy life going into her future. Ill pray for her. This is incredibly heartbreaking
Prayers said for Rachael Love Pia from Dublin Ireland.
My mind's officially blown! ✅️
Very sad.. Can’t see her living much longer. That Trach needs to stay clean. If she didn’t do it after being clean while in the hospital/ nursing home, it’s going to be hard. Add all these medical issues and she’s doomed.
God bless u sweet lady I will pray for u and the rest of the homeless people on these horrible drugs ❤❤❤❤
Such a heartbreak 😢
I’m shocked. This poor love. Bless her. Very important video.
😢bless her how heartbreaking
This is so hard to watch poor babygirl i truly pray for you sweetheart to get the help you need you can do it Rachel please ❤ sending my love to you xoxo
😢🙏❤️ praying for her
OMG. This is so so bad. I’ve never seen anything like this. Immediately made me realise that the cycle of addiction is a terrible disease , have to be completely ill to put yourself through something like this 😢
Im a recovering addict and i cant imagine letting things get this bad. I really cant and ive been in some dark places in my addiction. You have to want to get better. There is no way to force someone to get clean and want to live. Its very hard. Yes. Its also very worth it to get better. Im so happy that the hold is off me and i was able to get out before the xyzalizine made it out here like that and fent didn't kill me. You really do have to want it and it can seem so pointless and impossible but we can recover. I hope she makes it💯
this is giving me anxiety, just watching this poor girl struggle😢
I can't believe theres not more views on this
I'm not judging her but I'm judging her situation hard. She should not be out there like that. And I get that she's grown and she can make her own decisions but at the same time, I personally feel there should be a limit on rights. Nobody should have a "right" to be homeless and left to suffer like that. I think people who demonstrate a persistent inability to take care of themselves should be legally deemed a ward of the state and taken into care. It's not right.
I'm so glad I got clean 7 yrs ago before all this crap replaced heroin.god,you can see the flys crawling all over her wounds.that's how the maggots infest the sores from using tranq...
The flys bugging her and her leg is veryyyyy sad. 😔
Our homeless epidemic is extremely depressing. Everything is not enough, the disease of addiction can take one's soul
Omg this is terrible. No human should be like this
So so sad...😢
She better off, locked up or rehab.
God, Bless You Rachel such a sad way to live. 🙏❤️🙏
This is crazy. Like proper crazy to see someone out there on the streets in that condition. Still using, dear girl. You’re not going to last much longer. Go back to the hospital please. 🫣
The part where Rachel is wearing a tube while battling her addiction on the streets made me really sad and devastated. I want her to get clean because this is someone’s child and best friend. Y’all drugs don’t love you, they just suck the life and soul out of you while you still alive. Don’t start drugs ever.
is this the same Rachael that was in the hospital about a year ago -
I know, people don't want to hear The Truth. But I'm gonna say anyway, she's basically finished and by that I don't mean death. I mean finished in a sense. Any chance of getting a career a good job in that condition? It's not gonna happen anymore. She's solely gonna be dependent on the system. Now forever for her bad choices that you made in the past.
You speak truths but I will also pray for her.😢
That is not necessarily true. This happens to my friend. Cancer, and alcohol dependency, and homelessness. He is a specialist nurse. A bloody good one, with extra insight and first hand experience.
@lnmemoryofjohnmordaunt7386 He's the exception, he's one of the lucky ones who's determined to get out of it. And yes, you're right. Some can't get out of it, but it's very, very red. There's most of how weak minded and they give up very easily, but your old friend was strong and decided to get out of it simple. And that's a good thing. Actually it's a good thing. We need more people like your friend. That is strong-minded, but too many people are weak. And that's why I have tons of people out there on the streets and they're making excuses for it.
@skapunkoialternativeliving6522 well I seem to meet an awful lot of people who do get out of it. Most people just mature out of it in their 30s and 40s, others need medical assistance, but I think it's a lot more than you realise. You see the worst cases on the streets, but the vast majority are very much hidden away.
@@lnmemoryofjohnmordaunt7386 True to what you say yes, I can agree with that. You know what the funny thing is. People always say we're gonna eradicate homelessness in this and that type of nonsense stuff that happens, that's replace them. It's just human nature or just some people are just weak minded. I don't know what the strong-minded people do get off the streets. I will agree with you or not, but you have to be strong to do it though. Not to mention how to write people in your corner. Which unfortunately I love these people, how bad people in their corner, which don't help them.
OH LORD - HAVE MERCY !!!
This is def the saddest video 😢 I pray for this woman
Mal, you really shouldn’t be asking these people to show you their open wounds/ sores. It is so bad for them. 1. They’re touching the bandages / infected areas with dirty hands 2. They don’t have clean bandages or antiseptic spray to clean these open wounds being exposed to dirty air 3. It’s extremely dehumanizing to these people 4. It’s very painful to take those bandages off. Those sores are veryyyy painful I’ve had them. 5. You’re not even buying them replacement supplies for them to put a new one on because they cannot have those wounds exposed at alllll …. Please don’t ask them to do this
Agree so harddd
He doesn’t ask. They offer.
Hé doesnt aks that?! Iam confused..😮
I know he gives out medical supplies in a lot of his videos and you don't know he didn't give her some after the interview is No bandages is better than dirty bandages at least it's breathing
I agree!
Rachel has a beautiful soul....may she reach out for help ..heart axhe and gearr break are real with loss..
Thank you
So sorry to hear of you’re Moms passing🙏❤️hugs
Oh absolutely no way I could be around this. Complete panic attack listening
How can we make sense of this ? Cmon girl NO HIGH is worth what you’re going through!! Get back to detox and a rehab facility ASAP
Omg I am sitting here in tears! My heart breaks for her! Mal is she going to rehab? I don’t know how she could live on the streets like that! My heart breaks for Rachel! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
I don't think any rehab would take her in this condition. Cellulitis in her legs and struggles to breathe with the trach. Needs medical care badly, but addicts always leave AMA
Dang this demon is so strong.. this sweet lady is in a very bad, bad shape... this break my 💔 please sweety leave Kensington a soon a possible and get help, please!🙏🙏
I don't even want to know how much bacteria is getting in her tracheostomy....how the hell does she manage to keep that clean!
This is SO dangerous. Not to mention when she is using. How does she manage to breath when shes nodding off
Not to mention all the flies on her open skin. Her leg should be covered. This is horrible and was hard to watch.
This is so sad. So bad. No words for how I feel seeing this 😭 no words can explain that.. but I Know one thing 👊🏻 one thing!!!….if she was living in Sweden she would be taken care of!!! They would force her into detox and then try to get her to get a chance into society again!!! And take care of her wounds and give her another chance in life But that is up to you of course so take that chance 🙏feel so bad about you I’m crying right now 😢
This is very hard to watch I pray she gets better I feel her struggling through the video god bless 😢😢😢😢😢😢
It’s so hard to watch this. These sores. The horrific sores. Omg
omg , tgis was a struggle to watch, this girl should never have come back to the streets, sges not going to make it
This was...She's not going to make it. You keep getting the g key confused for the h.
I'm praying for you Rachel 🙏 God sees your pain and wants to heal you and show his love for you .
Shes struggling to LIVE let alone her habit. 💔 So sad she left the nursing home with alll that infection.
I don’t understand how people can live on the avenue in those apartments next to the demon train it’s so loud all day everyday on them streets I would never pay to live there maybe for free but not pay
Prayers, Darling.Please reach out for help with your addiction..such suffering😢😢🙏🏼🙏🏼💯💯
🩷🙏🩷😢💯💯
Sending love and healing energy ❤❤❤😢😢😢 ##Wedorecover
Any previous videos of Rachel?
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Omg im crying watching this. God bless her. This breaks my heart
Oh my. This is hard to watch🥺 Wow.
She doesn’t want help, that’s the message I’m getting. Theres nothing anybody can do for her if she doesn’t want to help herself.
Praying for you Rachel 🙏🏻❤️