‘It all seems like fun and games and a cheap $25 pill but it’s not worth it’

JORDY Hurdes thought it was just another night of partying. But this extraordinary video shows how his life changed forever.

JORDY Hurdes stares into the camera and bravely shows the world how taking ecstasy has destroyed his life.

The 20-year-old from Victoria almost died and now lives with a stutter and spasms that could stay with him forever after a reaction to party drugs — and admits “doctors can’t believe I’m still alive”.

“The party scene’s pretty big these days in Australia and so is ecstasy — also known as ‘pingas’ — as most of you would know it as,” he says in the shocking three minute video.

“I wanted to share my story about what happened. Look guys this isn’t for sympathy or anything its for awareness, it’s played a huge part in my life and affected my family and friends,” he struggles to say in the video.

Doctors treating him weren’t sure that he would survive.

“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 go or get better any time soon.”

Thank you so much for the love and support from everyone. I honestly can not believe how much the post has gone viral. Please share this video. The more that can see this. The more lives can be saved

Posted by Jordy Hurdes on Sunday, November 22, 2015

The spasms were exhausting and left him shattered at the end of each day.

Mr Hurdes message to the many Australians who use drugs like ecstasy each weekend was clear — this could happen to you too.

“Guys don’t get sucked in. It all seems like fun and games and a cheap $25 pill but it’s not worth it, if I have to live like this it will be a struggle for the rest of my life. Be the stronger person and say no to drugs.”

The video had been shared widely since this morning and drawn hundreds of comments from people who applauded his bravery.

Before he posted the video Mr Hurdes broke the news about what had happened to him in an emotional post alongside pictures of him in hospital.

Jordy Hurdes doesn’t want anyone else to suffer what he has gone through. Picture: Facebook

Jordy Hurdes.

Jordy Hurdes has been left with muscle spasms and a stutter.

“So as some of you may have seen I have been in hospital for the past few days. This isn’t a sympathy post, but a post of awareness,” he wrote.

“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. Please please please don’t take the “cheaper fun” option, because you never know if it could happened to you.”

As confronting as his message was he was sharing “not for sympathy” but awareness and to save lives.

“If I can get this into at least a couple of people’s heads then I could have saved someone’s life.

I would also like to thank my amazing gorgeous friends for all the gifts and support to not only my self but my family, and for coming to visit me today and make the most of it. I love you all.

Feel free to share this post as I want as many people to see how a simple party drug can change someone’s life.”

Mr Hurdes believed he took ecstasy, although his post doesn’t say if this was confirmed by tests or not.

Ecstasy use among 20-to-39-year-old Australians has reached almost nearly one in four, while it appears the purity and availability of the drug are increasing.

In 2014, 89 per cent of ecstasy users surveyed in NSW said the drug was easy or very easy to obtain, up three per cent from the previous year.

Government campaigns have tried to warn the effects and toxicity of each pill are unpredictable, making overdose a real possibility

In November 2014 19-year-old Georgina Bartter died after an adverse reaction to ecstasy pill at the Harbourlife music festival.

At her funeral her uncle Scott Braid said it was a “split second” decision that sealed her fate.

“She did not take risks, this was not her character. A split-second decision has left us broken-hearted, devastated and bewildered.

“She did not want this. She did not deserve this.”

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Originally published as ‘It all seems like fun and games and a cheap $25 pill but it’s not worth it’