Actress Tonto Dikeh reflects on her battle with drugs as she sends message to addicts

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh is reflecting on her struggle with drugs.

In a lengthy post on her Instagram page, she admonished the public not to hate drugs or hate the addiction. She told them to pray for those stuck in it because behind the chaos is a soul hurting, lost, and desperate for a way out.

Using herself as an example, Tonto noted that she was judged, became a nuisance, a mess, and made bad decisions, but many didn’t know that she was a soul screaming for help, not attention.

She said she wasn’t lost because she loved the darkness, hurting, or desperate for relief, she saw addiction to drugs as her identity and escape from pain. Luckily for her, God heard her cries and rewrote her comeback.

“Hate the drugs.
Hate the addiction
But don’t ever stop praying for the one stuck in t.
Cause behind that chaos is a soul that’s hurting, lost, and desperate for a way out.

I was once the chaos that people judged.
The noise. The mess. The broken decisions.

But what many didn’t see was the truth behind it all.
Behind the anger, the addiction, the self-destruction,
was a soul screaming for help, not attention.

I wasn’t lost because I loved the darkness.
I was lost because I was hurting.
I was desperate for relief, for peace, for someone to see past my actions and hear my cry.

Drugs weren’t the problem; they were the symptom.
Addiction wasn’t my identity; it was my escape from pain I didn’t know how to name.

And yet, God heard the cries I couldn’t articulate.
When people saw chaos, Heaven saw a wounded soul worth rescuing.
When I was written off, God was writing a comeback.

So hate the drugs.
Hate the addiction.
But never stop praying for the person trapped inside it.
because that person is not weak, not worthless, not beyond redemption.

I am living proof that behind the chaos can be a destiny waiting for healing.
And if God could pull me out, restore me, and give me a voice.
Then no soul is too far gone.

Never stop praying.
Somebody’s life depends on it”.