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“I saw a female captain from the Salvation Army, her name was Saint Lot and she asked me if I wanted to join the recovery programme, and quick as lightning I said yes. I don’t know why I responded so quickly, but I did. Immediately I felt like all the weight was lifted; I didn’t feel the urge to smoke anymore, I felt a transformation within myself and I wanted to be better.” – Sheikh ShamshudeenBy Suraj NarineAs most of the world celebrates Christmas today; the sharing of love, laughter and the sweet indulgence of wine, rumcake and ginger beer, two men – two survivors – will be reminiscing of harsh times passed.Though self-inflicted, these once addicted men who claimed to have seen the underbelly of this world; its darkness, its dangerous temptations and its condemnation of all things ugly, have somehow managed to emerge from the darkness with their souls intact.Social Life Issues on Charlotte Street ,where Jeff and Sheikh would offer counselling.Therefore, their stories should not be condemned but rather, are to be marvelled at and held close to heart as the jingling of bells echoes in the background.“I used to be a junkie, a full-blown junkie! I was stink and nobody wanted me around. I use to live in Bourda Market from 1991 to 2009 as a full-out junkie. I’ve walked from Berbice to Charity just working, doing all kinds of odd jobs; cleaning drains and thing. Soon as I get my money I would buy cocaine. Walk and smoke, walk and smoke. I would sleep in the rain and people would pass by and would stare at me. I was fully addicted but deep down inside I wanted to be normal, but I was helpless…” said Sheikh Shamshudeen.Shamshudeen is a Recruiting Sergeant and Councillor of the Salvation Army Citadel Court and Executive Member and Councillor of Social Life Issues (SLI).He was born in Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, on February 6, 1968. When he was six-months- old, his mother and father separated, resulting in him moving in with his grandparents. He went to Secondary School but recalls never having everything; no proper books or footwear. Like most boys in Cane Grove during that time, he would have to pick and sell fruits in order to buy his own little things.‘I WAS ALONE’What started out as “kicks” evolved into a stone that he would eventually trip on. While just nine years old, Sheikh would frequent rum shops with his friends, purchase high wine and smoke cigarettes. By the time he got married and moved to Nevis,Jerseys From China, he was a “complete alcoholic”. It was a few years after, when he visited Guyana,Cheap NFL Jerseys, that he would hit rock bottom.“I came to Guyana to visit and I met up with some old friends that I use to smoke weed with, and we went to this place and we sat down and began to smoke. I observed one of my friends crushing something and putting it in the weed. After I finished smoking I felt this kind of high that I never felt before, so I started to chase it, always looking to find it, but I never did. I lost my wife, my dignity, I lost everything. I began living on the streets, I was homeless. My family; mother, brother; was so ashamed of me that they migrated. I was alone,” he recounted.Sheikh’s father who resided in the United States made contact with him after many years and offered to help him. His father promised to get him a car, house and someone to marry if he agreed to get professional help. Of course he agreed, and days before he would have completed his treatment at the Salvation Army, he left because someone had stolen his Walkman (small portable audio player), which held some sentimental value to him.“He (his father) promised to buy me a car, house, to get a nice girl for me to marry if I agreed to get help and I did. I agreed and I walked into the rehab. He asked me what I wanted and I told him that I wanted a Walkman and some gospel CDs, but someone broke into my drawer and stole my Walkman.It was the first gift my father had given to me and it meant a lot to me. I went to the administrator and I told him, and he said that he couldn’t help me, so I was angry. I packed my bags and I left the Salvation Army four days before completing my treatment. I then started to work at a place on the East Bank and with my first salary, I went straight into the drugs yard and again I was back on the streets.I saw a family friend one day and I called out to him and I said, ‘lef something man’, and he told me that all my family had migrated, but they left something for me and it was something really nice. So I asked him what it was and he said that it’s not something that I could see, it was something to be heard; from his lips to my ear. So I ask him again what it was and he said to me, your family say that they left a casket for you so that they can push you in the ground. That thing hurt me to my core…,”he related.TRANSFORMATIONBut Sheik continued to live on

The Guyana Police Force yesterday refuted suggestions in a Kaieteur News article that the recent execution of cambio dealer Totaram Mootoo and his spouse was linked to a vendetta between Brazilians and Guyanese over a soured transaction.Police sources had told Kaieteur News that from information they had received, the individuals who targeted Mootoo also executed two of his close associates, Intaz Roopnarine and JasonWills earlier this year. The sources had said that from information gathered, a group of Brazilians was blaming Mootoo and some of his associates for the loss of a cache said to be worth several million dollars.But in a press release issued yesterday, the police Public Relations Department described the report, which appeared in this newspaper’s Sunday Edition,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, as being “totally false.”“From the outset the police are advising the public that information stated in the article purportedly coming from “police sources” is totally false, and the Police Force wishes to express grave concern over these falsehoods and speculations which are likely to incite violence against persons of a particular nationality who reside and are working in Guyana,” the release said.“While some facts concerning the murder of Jason Wills and the Mootoos are still unknown, the police have a lot of intelligence and evidence surrounding the murder of Intaz Roopnarine which led to arrest and charge in the matter. The public will be made aware as the trial progresses that the circumstances surrounding the death of Roopnarine are quite contrary to the speculations stated by the Kaieteur News in the article,” it added.Roopnarine was shot dead on January 24 in the compound of the Cool Square Hotel,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, while 33-year-old Wills was riddled with bullets a few days later in a Meadowbrook residence. Wills was reportedly watching television in the living room when gunmen armed with high-powered weapons entered via the open front door and shot him dead.Totaram and Bhagmattie MootooRoopnarine,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, Wills and Mootoo are said to have been business partners as well as close friends.Kaieteur News had received reports about the feud months before Mootoo’s execution, around the time that Wills was slain.Police sources had told Kaieteur News that Mootoo had been attempting to make amends for his part in the soured deal. He reportedly recently sold a plot of land for some $40M, allegedly with the intention of paying his debt.However, the individual to whom he sold the property failed to pay him immediately. The businessman was still waiting for payment when he was executed.Close associates of the couple had confirmed that he had complained of being owed large sums of money but they also said that he had not appeared to be worried or expressed fear for his safety.Police sources suggested that the foreigners became impatient and opted to kill Mootoo rather than collect their debt.Investigators believe that Mootoo’s killers arrived at his home around 23:00 hrs on Thursday. It is believed that the men were individuals that the businessman considered to be his close friend, so he let them in.Police sources say that from evidence at the crime scene,Wholesale Jerseys China, the men conversed at a table and even had refreshments.? “It looked like they had a decent conversation before they killed him.”Some sources believe that after that ‘decent conversation’, the men took Mootoo and his wife to their bedroom, where they used duct-tape to bind the businessman’s hands behind his back. The police sources believe that the men tortured Mootoo,Cheap Jerseys Online, before placing the couple on their bed and shooting them. It is also believed that the hit-men forced Mootoo to open a money-safe in his bedroom.From evidence at the scene, the killers then placed a 20-pound gas cylinder on the bed and caused it to ignite. The ensuing explosion blew a hole in the bedroom wall and the subsequent blaze destroyed the house.The charred bodies of 54-year-old Totaram Mootoo, called ‘Beer’, and 48-year-old Bhagmattie Mootoo, called ‘Dolly’, were discovered early Friday morning in their master bedroom.The couple was lying on a bed with the woman’s arm around her husband. Fragments of a gas cylinder were found at the head of the bed. Other fragments were also found in the yard,Jerseys From China, having blasted through a massive hole in the bedroom wall.? The blast also blew off the roof and several windows.