'Doctors can't believe I'm still alive': Young man posts confronting video of the severe stutter and spasms he was left with after a bad reaction to the drug ECSTASY - as he pleads with others to stop taking pills
- Jordy Hurdes, from Wangaratta Victoria, posted the video on Monday
- Shows the young man stuttering and twitching through the clip
- Urges people to stay away from party drugs such as ecstasy pills
- Could be left with permanent brain and nerve damage due to drug use
A young man has shared a confronting and heart-wrenching video showing the devastating and potentially permanent damage party drugs had on his body.
Jordy Hurdes, 20, from Wangaratta in rural Victoria, posted the 3-minute clip to Facebook on Monday, which shows him stuttering and spasming his way through a heartfelt plea for people to stop taking party drugs.
After introducing himself in the video, Jordy makes it clear: 'This isn't for sympathy... this is for awareness'.
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Jordy Hurdes has shared a confronting plea for young people to stop taking party drugs
'The party scene's pretty big these days in Australia and so is ecstacy - also known as 'pingas' as most of you would know it as.
'Doctors can't believe I'm still alive - (I'm) so grateful I'm still here.
'It's a waiting game at the moment to see whether I'll have a permanent jerking like I have now as you can see and with my stutter I'm not sure whether it will get better any time soon,' he says in the footage.
The young man goes on to talk about the impact the event has had on his family and friends, and urges people to stay away from cheap thrills.
'Just please guys don't get sucked in, it all seems like fun and games for a cheap $25 pill but it's not worth it if I have to live like this it's going to be a struggle for the rest of my life,' Jordy says.
'Be the stronger person and say no to the drugs... do it for me please guys.
The young man (pictured) stuttered and twitched his way through a harrowing three-minute video
The young man revealed he may have permanent brain or nerve damage after taking ecstasy. He is pictured in hospital (left) and in the video (right)
In an earlier post the young man revealed that he had spent the last few days in hospital after taking the drug
'Feel free to share this as I want as many people to see this as possible.
'Don't do it, it's not worth it',' he ends the video.
In an earlier post the young man revealed that he had spent the last few days in hospital after taking an ecstasy pill, and may be left with permanent brain or nerve damage as a result.
'Going out and having fun is all good and well. And taking party drugs (pills, pingas, googs) seems like a fun option and you don't think anything life changing could happen to you,' he posted at the weekend.
Jordy said doctors were astonished he was still alive and tells others 'it's not worth it'
'I myself am lucky to be alive now, I now have the possibility of a permanent stutter and twitch due to nerve or brain damage.
'Please please please don't take the "cheaper fun" option, because you never know if it could happened to you.
'If I can get this into at least a couple of people's heads then I could have saved someone's life,' Jordy wrote.
Since being uploaded his video has been viewed almost 400,000 times, shared over 16,000 times and has garnered over 13,000 likes and 1200 comments.
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