She opened a laundry to support her hotline: Recovery from addiction

Wu Xuemin, a 40-year-old woman in Baotou City, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was sent to a local agency to have treatment for her drug addiction.

Three years later, she has been successfully running a special hotline to help other addicts.

"When I was first in the anti-addiction clinic, my whole body ached, and I seemed to have a thousands ants crawling over me," she recalled.

Wu conquered her addiction with the help of the police officers and her roommates at the center. Afterward, she pledged to start a new life by helping other drug addicts to cure their habit.

The former addict opened a hotline called "Xuemin Chat Room" to talk with addicts and their relatives. The hotline received hundreds of calls in the first year.

When the local authorities heard that Wu had run into financial difficulties in running the hotline, they helped her by providing a new office and a computer. Wu has also opened a laundry to support her hotline and to give former addicts a job.

"I hope more and more brothers and sisters who want to give up their addiction will get in touch with me," she said, "I will spare no effort to help them."

Advice: Spare no effort to help your friends struggling with addiction, like Wu Xuemin has.

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