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  • @corynnahardy3099
    @corynnahardy3099 3 роки тому +2320

    My husband and I are both 11 months 1 week and 4 days sober today 🖤 congrats to everyone who is sober today, today is all that matters.

    • @susanhopkinswarneke2335
      @susanhopkinswarneke2335 3 роки тому +43

      God bless you both!✝️

    • @adelafirme
      @adelafirme 3 роки тому +31

      Yes Sis! We're doing it. One day at a time🙌🏼✝️❤

    • @andreshopwood6657
      @andreshopwood6657 3 роки тому +26

      Don't give up life is great..

    • @XXxCHRISxXX
      @XXxCHRISxXX 3 роки тому +19

      Congratulations on your sobriety. God bless you both 🙏❤

    • @kyliesmith7903
      @kyliesmith7903 3 роки тому +16

      Congratulations to you both👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @karlwashere123
    @karlwashere123 3 роки тому +2067

    March 16th will be 5 years clean. Fentanyl. No one ever told me how fast you can turn your life around. I wish I knew how fast you got your life back. I probably would have sobered up a lot sooner. Things just kind of fall into place when you're doing the right thing.

    • @jalifritz8033
      @jalifritz8033 3 роки тому +48

      Congratulations I am so happy for you!

    • @karlwashere123
      @karlwashere123 3 роки тому +141

      @@jalifritz8033 Thanks. It was a freaking nightmare. And I do my best to put word out there that life can turn around really fast. If anybody's reading this and struggling with addiction my advice to you is Don't Look Back. All these psychologists and classes that have you sitting around telling war stories looking at all the stupid mistakes you made. This is detrimental. My advice is to not look back. Focus on what's in front of you and tomorrow. Don't live in the past. Baby steps. Think about what you can do today to make tomorrow slightly better. Even if you think it's insignificant.. It adds up really fast.

    • @zen9571
      @zen9571 3 роки тому +72

      Been there. I personally had to "reraise" myself, become my own cheerleader and isolate myself from just about everyone. I keep it simple, eat healthy, exercise and sleep well.
      Your right it is baby steps, and you have to "baby" yourself to stay well.
      No matter how much anyone screwed up there life they can do better.

    • @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem
      @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem 3 роки тому +25

      Congratulations. I don't know you but I'm so proud of you. May your story inspire millions to turn their lives around.

    • @zen9571
      @zen9571 3 роки тому +30

      @@karlwashere123 Wow, we have more in common than I knew. Many abused children go on to abuse themselves. They think they are less than. I just feels normal...ect.. but I think. God knows what we've been through and is forgiving.I have learned to love myself in spite of my flaws.Had to learn to let go of a lot of anger.

  • @DudeCapone
    @DudeCapone 3 роки тому +4332

    “Addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.”

    • @buzzlightyear1191
      @buzzlightyear1191 3 роки тому +40

      totally

    • @elliot1850
      @elliot1850 3 роки тому +72

      Unless you’re a poly drug abuser then it’s quite a lot of things

    • @nota7660
      @nota7660 3 роки тому +22

      And it NEVER WORKS ONCE A METH HEAD ALWAYS A METH HEADI have been around tons of methods and they never stop

    • @richjacob3072
      @richjacob3072 3 роки тому +23

      I like that very good saying I agree totally with

    • @cowtchkushin3294
      @cowtchkushin3294 3 роки тому +12

      @@elliot1850 That is really good advice.

  • @JennifeeSchroader
    @JennifeeSchroader 6 місяців тому +107

    I was on meth for over 20 years. But today I'm 76 days sober. I'm so Thankful to God. He can do it for anyone. ❤

    • @publicuser2534
      @publicuser2534 5 місяців тому +3

      Hope you are doing well. One day at a time

    • @arisaga822
      @arisaga822 4 місяці тому

      God bless you. Hope you are still on the straight and narrow.

    • @Duwhut
      @Duwhut 3 місяці тому

      Good stuff bless

    • @nanab0z0
      @nanab0z0 3 місяці тому

      Big deal, the pink cloud wears offe.

    • @mandykitson7039
      @mandykitson7039 2 місяці тому

      please please keep showing up for yourself , be strong and know how much you're worth looking after ❤

  • @robjohnson5833
    @robjohnson5833 3 роки тому +3808

    I smoked the stuff for ten years, I thought I was hiding it from people until I saw my first mug shot.... Now I am 3 years clean, the body and mind heal in time, the teeth do not

    • @rcknrdnk
      @rcknrdnk 3 роки тому +331

      Congratulations on your recovery. 2+ years off opiates/benzos myself. I wish you many more brother

    • @andreasaylor6831
      @andreasaylor6831 3 роки тому +105

      Best of Everything to you !!!!

    • @loisroos6874
      @loisroos6874 3 роки тому +145

      Truth about the teeth.

    • @lynngilliss7108
      @lynngilliss7108 3 роки тому +92

      Congrats on 3 years sober!

    • @Lioness1499
      @Lioness1499 3 роки тому +143

      Congrats. You can get implants, partials or dentures. Just life your best life.

  • @mckaylaaelisee
    @mckaylaaelisee 3 роки тому +2852

    Grew up with a mother who was addicted. In Oregon as well actually. She has been clean since I was about 10, so over 13 years now. I just want to say, all those people who have overcome addiction, your current and future families thank you. I thank you. And if you haven’t yet, I love you, you can get better.

    • @Guidancewithgrace777
      @Guidancewithgrace777 3 роки тому +44

      Love this!

    • @gypsonny2
      @gypsonny2 3 роки тому +1

      I was gonna say you look 30 in your thumbnail pic, do you smoke meth?

    • @russellcox3299
      @russellcox3299 3 роки тому +23

      U look great from wa

    • @mckaylaaelisee
      @mckaylaaelisee 3 роки тому +94

      @@gypsonny2 I’m 23, I’m not sure what your comment was trying to achieve there but I actually look really young for my age! And I have never been addicted to any drugs but again, thank you for that comment you were clearly trying to bring me down to your level. I hope you can find some happiness today!

    • @realityhurts8697
      @realityhurts8697 3 роки тому +38

      My mom was meth head and horse junkie, the first 12 yrs if my life, what a shit show. Then she cleaned up got and stayed sober... to this day I have tried Lotta of drugs, luckily for me I don't like feeling out of my head. So I guess I'm a teetotaler, I don't use drugs, don't even take prescription pain pills, and rarely drunk.

  • @paulpetersen9603
    @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +687

    I'm so glad I quit using this drug. It was some of the darkest moments in my life. Life is so good now. Thank you Jesus

    • @davidlynch9049
      @davidlynch9049 3 роки тому +8

      Going from one drug to another is not the answer. At least Jesus won't kill you unless you join a weirdo cult.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +18

      @@davidlynch9049 I didn't go from on drug to another. Where did you get that idea ?

    • @forestdweller5581
      @forestdweller5581 3 роки тому +10

      You sustituted drugs for religion? Wow that puts you in a worse place. If you truly get over addiction you won't need no religion at all. You'll be standing on your own two feet not needing any messiah.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +45

      At least I have peace. More than I. Can say for you. You sound like an angry person. Don't bother texting if you have nothing positive to say.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +8

      @@forestdweller5581 also. Learn how to spell.

  • @ticamatthews76
    @ticamatthews76 Рік тому +138

    I'm a 47 year old woman and I'm a grateful recovering meth addict and I've got 8 years clean, much love for those still struggling, one day at a time!!!!!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

    • @JimHugg-gl9bs
      @JimHugg-gl9bs 8 місяців тому +5

      Stay clean❤

    • @nacholibreri
      @nacholibreri 7 місяців тому +4

      oh wow, that’s a real success story!
      Good luck 🍀 😊

    • @bekahmartin3217
      @bekahmartin3217 7 місяців тому +3

      I'm 47 also. I quit in 2012❤

    • @OmegaRedLotus619
      @OmegaRedLotus619 6 місяців тому +3

      Keep it goin 🙏🏽 yall got it!!!

    • @mydnytmover
      @mydnytmover 5 місяців тому

      Looser

  • @imalright2837
    @imalright2837 3 роки тому +2346

    My dad lost his mind on that stuff. Pulled a gun on me and mom causing us to flee for our life from ID to WA over night.
    One of the most difficult times in my life even just adjusting to the culture shock. Fortunately my dad was arrested 2 years later and forced to stay clean on probation or risk losing everything including his house.
    Long story short he stuck with it and my parents got remarried and I got to actually have a great father for the last 6 years of his life.

    • @happygilmore1844
      @happygilmore1844 3 роки тому +117

      good story man, glad it turned out for the better bro

    • @coshyno
      @coshyno 3 роки тому +14

      did he passed away ">? what happened ?

    • @elbinx760
      @elbinx760 3 роки тому +12

      @@happygilmore1844
      same here man.... 🙏🏼

    • @organenthusiast5803
      @organenthusiast5803 3 роки тому +34

      Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad it ended well for you. I know people who have lost their lives to drugs. It's a sad and empty end.

    • @cameronmcglade2941
      @cameronmcglade2941 3 роки тому +56

      I have sent myself to hell n back a thousand times on meth it is the devils drug

  • @daviddntait
    @daviddntait 3 роки тому +1386

    I beat Meth addiction 16 years ago. Haven't looked back since. It is a battle I will fight till the day I die. The addiction lies in wait, just hoping for the day you get weak and run back to the drug. It tried to steal my life and soul. But I fought back...and have been winning the battle. Don't let your guard down. Remember where you came from...don't forget the misery and heartache you caused yourself and those who cared about you.

    • @cherylthomas1268
      @cherylthomas1268 3 роки тому +37

      Stay strong my friend. Keep fighting.

    • @MichelleRad333
      @MichelleRad333 3 роки тому +7

      Amen!!

    • @geroldminhofer3295
      @geroldminhofer3295 3 роки тому +18

      I‘m proud of you and i‘m happy you got clean. You Made it. 🙂. You are strong and will do good. ☺️

    • @cris102178
      @cris102178 3 роки тому +8

      Congratulations

    • @daviddntait
      @daviddntait 3 роки тому +37

      @Shell m well, I was a normal teenager that did well in school. After graduating, alot of us started partying alot drinking and doing blow. I knew it's reputation of course and swore I'd never touch that stuff. Well one night while waiting for a friend to pick me up to go get more blow...I was hanging with a security guard I knew who worked in a building at the end of my street for years. He smoked meth. He laughed when I said I was waiting for coke and said to "try this instead" so like a dumbass, I tried it and LOVED it! The rest was history. That night was the beginning of the end for me. I eventually ended up getting locked up a few times and all kinds of drama came into my life. That stuff is GUARANTEED to destroy you and whatever sense of normalcy you had in your life. It doesn't care if you are rich or poor or what race, religion or whatever you are. Meth WILL destroy you. Stay the hell away from it and anyone who does it.

  • @chopper1168
    @chopper1168 3 роки тому +788

    14 years sober I have all my belongings back and have savings now. It’s has been a long road. Anybody out there struggling don’t give up you can do it.

    • @buddyrebel_Garcia
      @buddyrebel_Garcia 3 роки тому +7

      Let’s do one more for the road!

    • @KRACKERJACK6913
      @KRACKERJACK6913 3 роки тому +1

      @@buddyrebel_Garcia 😁

    • @rawforreel3384
      @rawforreel3384 3 роки тому +3

      Right on!

    • @Ken_Mags
      @Ken_Mags 3 роки тому +3

      you got any advice for me my friend? been smoking shit since 1996, I'm 41 years old now 😬

    • @chopper1168
      @chopper1168 3 роки тому +5

      @@Ken_Mags I got myself into rehab back in 2008. I had relapsed 10 times before this final time. I’m on a low dose of subs. Most people don’t like that but it keeps me on track. It also helps to find a hobby to keep you busy.

  • @MissyManx
    @MissyManx 5 місяців тому +57

    My sister and her ex-husband would use and make meth around my 2-3 year old at the time niece. My family went to have an intervention with my sister when we found my niece with blue lips, she had gotten pneumonia from the meth use in and around the house. We took her to the hospital and contacted CPS while she was still there. While it was the hardest thing in my life to have my niece taken away from my sister and away from our family. It was better for her. She would have died if we left it alone.
    I'm happy to say because of that, my sister got clean. She worked hard and has been drug free for years now. And she got my niece back.
    One of the few happy endings around meth.

    • @johndoe-qg2kd
      @johndoe-qg2kd 3 місяці тому

      Thats so badass

    • @RougeMaster
      @RougeMaster 3 місяці тому +2

      Instead of calling CPS you should have taken ur niece in. Ur even worse

    • @MissyManx
      @MissyManx 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@RougeMaster being a child myself at the time. 15 years old to be exact. I couldnt make those choices. But knowing now what i didn't then, my family could not afford to take in another child. So having her in foster care where she could actually be taken care of versus with us where wed all struggle to keep a roof over our heads or food on the table. No i don't think thats worse.

    • @jusdeorange
      @jusdeorange 2 місяці тому +1

      @@RougeMaster It's very easy to pick and judge a complete stranger on a platform like UA-cam of all places when you know absolutely nothing about what would have been a very difficult and devastating situation.

    • @chriscarter1177
      @chriscarter1177 23 години тому

      Cudos for you. You did really good. That's probably the worst feeling in the world to do.

  • @Nanoscape30
    @Nanoscape30 3 роки тому +518

    Im 2years sober and still lack pleasure, feel gray and off, through the grace of God i stay clean.. God helped me go through 18months of rehab and has been with me through everything im so grateful for that...

    • @medinasalazar8014
      @medinasalazar8014 3 роки тому +11

      Blessings bro I'm still struggling

    • @liverbirdxoxo1984
      @liverbirdxoxo1984 3 роки тому +14

      It can be hard but stick with it one day at a time.. you can do this… I still struggle with depression daily.. 8 years sober, 9 years clean but things are still better than they were x

    • @e.v.8949
      @e.v.8949 3 роки тому +3

      I'm sorry you're feeling that way. It's great to know you've been working hard to get better. Your fish tanks are really cool, too.

    • @peacockhorsepower3181
      @peacockhorsepower3181 3 роки тому +6

      Meth is soul poison. It takes a lifetime of feelings snd emotions and squeezes it out of your soul then there is little left for life.

    • @jonathanvamos8636
      @jonathanvamos8636 3 роки тому +6

      Stay strong, buddy. the longer you stay away from that shit, the better.

  • @jamesstreet856
    @jamesstreet856 3 роки тому +404

    A woman I knew tried to get me to try some meth. I refused and she said "Try it, you might like it." I said "I know, that's why I'm not trying it."

    • @barefootarts737
      @barefootarts737 3 роки тому +24

      So right

    • @stephenc2481
      @stephenc2481 3 роки тому +19

      Besides, the teeth look nice..

    • @magical8013
      @magical8013 3 роки тому +29

      Misery loves company and you will understand that everybody will try to get you the use drugs to come on their level because their f****** miserable

    • @margotdourand2507
      @margotdourand2507 3 роки тому +8

      Smart. So did Trump because his brother had an addiction. H e was smart enough to not even try anything

    • @rickp3753
      @rickp3753 3 роки тому +10

      I've never tried it either. Thank God. I'd probably love it. 🤣

  • @aTruster
    @aTruster 3 роки тому +307

    I was an addict for 30 years. On July 17th, 1999 at 10:30am I was set free from addiction. I've been free since and I now know what addiction is and how and why it works.

    • @robbzooi
      @robbzooi 3 роки тому +4

      ok

    • @wobu5361
      @wobu5361 3 роки тому +5

      did you get a free set of new teeth?

    • @aTruster
      @aTruster 3 роки тому +18

      @@wobu5361 Yes.

    • @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem
      @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem 3 роки тому +14

      Congratulations on turning your life around. A friend of mine says the rest of our lives can be the best of our lives only if we make it so God Willing. You may or may not believe in God but just know that even though I don't know you, I'm proud of you. Have a wonderful life.

    • @aTruster
      @aTruster 3 роки тому +20

      @@slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem I didn't turn my life around. I was turned from darkness to light, for death unto life.

  • @Mfalme254_
    @Mfalme254_ 3 місяці тому +20

    I don't care about the other people who are involved but seeing CHILDREN involved makes my heart bleed. Keep them safe.

  • @jennifercastaneda4593
    @jennifercastaneda4593 3 роки тому +329

    Oct 16th ill be 3 years clean. Saved by Gods grace and living a life I've always hoped for. My fiancé and I are expecting our first baby Jan 1st. ❤

    • @echointhenight2125
      @echointhenight2125 3 роки тому +7

      Im proud of you for not doing this death of a drug. Stay strong cuz you belong to the sober life.

    • @mysticmeg111
      @mysticmeg111 3 роки тому +6

      Congrats you deserve a medal as well as a lovely baby coming into this world! May you continue to thrive!

    • @earlenebussey9143
      @earlenebussey9143 3 роки тому +4

      Praise God good need

    • @lizbueno6327
      @lizbueno6327 3 роки тому +2

      Proud of you! God bless you and your little family

    • @rodneyhickman598
      @rodneyhickman598 3 роки тому +1

      Congratulations to you for doing your best to be safe and sober and Congratulations to you and your fiance on the new addition to the family. 🙏

  • @teresabotts3987
    @teresabotts3987 3 роки тому +198

    My youngest son is a meth addict. I cry a lot and I pray for his sake. GOD HELP US.

    • @MelModica
      @MelModica 3 роки тому +11

      I’m so sorry! I have two people in my family addicted to this poison! God bless our families and friends I hope they can find the strength to quit ASAP! 🙏🙏🙏

    • @alexcajiao7489
      @alexcajiao7489 3 роки тому +10

      Continue to pray to GOD. Plead with the Lord Jesus to set your son free from the bondage he is in. And fast as well! And if you have any problems in your life as well then repent of them as well. And don’t give up! GOD bless you and yours! And I will pray for you as well!

    • @teresabotts3987
      @teresabotts3987 3 роки тому +7

      Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement. I will never give up and I'll never stop praying.

    • @laurafleming7408
      @laurafleming7408 3 роки тому +10

      There is hope. Both my grandkids beat it.

    • @jamesstauffer6427
      @jamesstauffer6427 3 роки тому +6

      My faith in God is strong but if prayer isn't working my suggestion would be to slowly integrate yourself back into his life. I'm not your son but I might as well be and can tell you from firsthand experience there is a difference between tough love and abandonment. Helping someone with a ride or food or a place to sleep does not make you an enabler, it lessons the chance of that person turning to alternative methods when faced with those obstacles. If you can cross that bridge it's in these moments that you may gain a little influence. Combine your influence with specific prayers for best results. Of course trust being an issue in all situations not just drug-related I would only give enough rope to trip oneself and not to hang. May God be with you and grant you all that is needed from within. Expect and believe in miracles.

  • @Irate_Beau
    @Irate_Beau 2 роки тому +292

    I was on meth for 3 years. Been clean since '17.
    I will _never be able to forget_ both how amazing it felt, and how the comedown made me want to dive out of the window.
    The only thing stopping me was that any movement was impossibly painful. Not in my muscles, but in my head.
    It's a small miracle that I'm here to say this, and I'm even luckier that I didn't need any help to quit.

    • @yespls6260
      @yespls6260 2 роки тому +5

      I'm glad that you were able to lock the addiction. My boyfriend's brother is dealing with it and it's scary

    • @rabbit3212010
      @rabbit3212010 2 роки тому +5

      My heart feels fuller because of you.
      That's an amazing feeling to be able to love a stranger. The internet really is good.

    • @Irate_Beau
      @Irate_Beau 2 роки тому +6

      I was just curious honestly. Always being told not to do something makes one want to do it.

    • @Shurmstick
      @Shurmstick 2 роки тому +1

      💯

    • @cambell9
      @cambell9 2 роки тому +2

      The comedown is horrible

  • @amylynnithepooh5260
    @amylynnithepooh5260 4 місяці тому +28

    I was addicted to meth for over 5 years, I lost my job, my car, my kids, my family, my teeth, EVERYTHING! Even my freedom, went to jail twice, on probation for years. Thank God, I got myself into a rehab, worked the program, now I am 3.5 years clean! Never, ever again! We do recover!❤

    • @passionfruitprincess
      @passionfruitprincess 3 місяці тому

      SOOO PROUD OF YOU!

    • @IntegrityMeansAll
      @IntegrityMeansAll 3 місяці тому +1

      Why the teeth? Asking bcuz I don’t know anything/much about what it causes

    • @IntegrityMeansAll
      @IntegrityMeansAll 3 місяці тому +1

      @@passionfruitprincess I believe all that, I’m just curious about the process how or why exactly it ruins teeth and skin?

    • @johndoe-qg2kd
      @johndoe-qg2kd 3 місяці тому

      are u single?

    • @jkyleowens
      @jkyleowens 2 місяці тому

      @@IntegrityMeansAllIt’s an HCl salt which erodes teeth when vaporized, also the tons of chemicals don’t help

  • @wendylott6920
    @wendylott6920 3 роки тому +629

    Congratulations to anyone whose gotten clean from any addiction! Welcome Back!

    • @user-sh2mk8ew4c
      @user-sh2mk8ew4c 3 роки тому +3

      @LIQUID FX i mean if you have chronic pain a person is addicted to opiates. But as long as a person lives a productive life, has quality of life, then they are fine.
      There is nothing wrong with that addiction.
      However, if it was me I would move to a state that has Medical marijuana vs. living off opiates every day.
      But I do not judge a person who has to rely on opiates to live a productive life.

    • @TheGripMuse
      @TheGripMuse 3 роки тому

      Let's get it 💪

    • @ArKritz84
      @ArKritz84 3 роки тому +2

      @Repent! stop shaming people, instead congratulate them on their achievements. Don't you have any empathy?

    • @takecareofyrshoes
      @takecareofyrshoes 3 роки тому +4

      1.5 years sober.
      i did it without religion or AA/NA

    • @julienpillonca6686
      @julienpillonca6686 3 роки тому

      @@user-sh2mk8ew4c i am a huge fan of marijuana.
      But this can t nothing against real phisic pain. It s even worst under thc.

  • @randomguy4116
    @randomguy4116 3 роки тому +454

    Nothing is more soothing the the tune in the beginning of a PBS documentary

    • @desertdetroiter428
      @desertdetroiter428 3 роки тому +8

      Absolutely true. Love FL.

    • @desertdetroiter428
      @desertdetroiter428 3 роки тому +14

      @LTrain45 45 Lol…it’s “fake news,” huh?🙄🙄🙄🙄

    • @lauraj9874
      @lauraj9874 3 роки тому +12

      The narrator’s voice is so soothing to me, also.

    • @kiturselassie813
      @kiturselassie813 3 роки тому +7

      Pbs always the best .grassroots

    • @tanjimpurno2560
      @tanjimpurno2560 3 роки тому +3

      @LTrain45 45 you're right. We must double check everything. Because just like every human being (including you and me) the media people have a bias too. So, we mustn't make a decision based on just one source, I agree with you.

  • @antoliimayra1356
    @antoliimayra1356 3 роки тому +345

    It's absolutely heart-breaking to see those "before and after" photos.

  • @carlybowers-smith8088
    @carlybowers-smith8088 8 місяців тому +37

    I started using that year and I was on and off until I was 26. Today I can proudly say I am 17 years clean from meth.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 6 місяців тому +1

      Awesome. Keep it up with 12 step work

    • @TsukasaElkKite
      @TsukasaElkKite 5 місяців тому +1

      PROUD OF YOU! One day at a time.

  • @kendrajohnson2520
    @kendrajohnson2520 3 роки тому +413

    I'm a recovering meth addict I lost everything in the 6 years that I lost in my meth use including my child my family my self respect and my will to live but now I'm almost three months clean and 18 weeks pregnant and changing my life little by little every day

    • @rahnuma11
      @rahnuma11 3 роки тому +13

      You can do it!!!! God bless you.

    • @jeffhammond7499
      @jeffhammond7499 2 роки тому +18

      That's GREAT Kendra,,I was shooting heroin for years,,,now on 5 years clean SUBOXONE SAVED ME ☠️

    • @donnamariewilliams8261
      @donnamariewilliams8261 2 роки тому +7

      I am very happy for you!! Keep the faith!!

    • @Noneck1999
      @Noneck1999 2 роки тому +10

      Keep it going girl! Think of that beautiful baby and you!

    • @dorelyherrera5872
      @dorelyherrera5872 2 роки тому +7

      Congratulations God Bless you

  • @lindsayc1567
    @lindsayc1567 2 роки тому +1107

    Imagine if we as a nation addressed the underlying problems that drive people to turn to drugs for escape in the first place, in addition to treating addicts like people who need help, not criminals.

    • @ryanmaddeaux357
      @ryanmaddeaux357 2 роки тому +83

      Thank you, at least one other individual has a clue regarding what is going on. Thank you.

    • @janiceslay6883
      @janiceslay6883 2 роки тому +62

      Exactly .Why is this not addressed?Start at the root.

    • @dreaminez472
      @dreaminez472 2 роки тому +77

      Like outsourcing quality jobs and smashing unions so every working person makes bare minimum wage and is enslaved to the corporate hell machine. Workers at Amazon and Starbucks are rising up though. We may indeed see an age where working people are treated with respect. Drugs are often a disease of despair, its not hard to wonder why when you look at what middle class people have been through.

    • @ryanmaddeaux357
      @ryanmaddeaux357 2 роки тому +34

      @@dreaminez472 Imagine what lower class people have been through.

    • @sweetielady7710
      @sweetielady7710 2 роки тому +7

      👏👏👏

  • @Anonymous-pm7jf
    @Anonymous-pm7jf 3 роки тому +1900

    Funny how we elected politicians to represent us. Instead the politicians represent the corporations.
    Meanwhile we peasants fight each other defending politicians.

    • @eyasulegesse6208
      @eyasulegesse6208 3 роки тому +30

      not really we pay them an average of 179,000 a year but corporations given them up to 20 mil a year depending on their level of cooperation. Who would you serve?

    • @OhioFootHills
      @OhioFootHills 3 роки тому +47

      @@eyasulegesse6208 My country.

    • @topcat365
      @topcat365 3 роки тому +36

      Facts. One of the biggest forms of distraction, is entertainment.

    • @mallorihaze3016
      @mallorihaze3016 3 роки тому +22

      I've never heard more truth!

    • @keelyevans7692
      @keelyevans7692 3 роки тому +6

      May we do both and remove the fuse of military subversive control?

  • @DonnDenisse
    @DonnDenisse Рік тому +91

    Meth addiction actually destroyed my life for over 26 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 4 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

    • @JohnGeorge-pw2xo
      @JohnGeorge-pw2xo Рік тому +3

      they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus.

    • @CathieGomez-mp8sk
      @CathieGomez-mp8sk Рік тому +7

      I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice!

    • @laurj09
      @laurj09 Рік тому

      Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without meth, alcohol and cigarettes.And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to meth, alcohol and cigarettes etc that can cause so much damage to health.

    • @Owemruther-hk4zn
      @Owemruther-hk4zn Рік тому

      Yes he's Dr.benshrooms.Lsd and psilocybin are amazing teachers along its dmt mah dudes have safe trips all. Shrooms are blessings from nature.

    • @rosemary8305
      @rosemary8305 Рік тому +1

      Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episode, enough to start working on my mental health.

  • @blackicex1622
    @blackicex1622 3 роки тому +591

    I was an addict for 5yrs and been clean for 16yrs now. Meth will make you turn on those you love, even yourself. One day I just took a good long look at myself and those I was associating with and said I can’t do this anymore. I realized I was losing myself and heading straight to prison or hell for no reason. Now I’m a successful business owner, shareholder, and live for my two little nephews who mean the world to me.

    • @babe1er
      @babe1er 3 роки тому +10

      i hate the ppl associated with it i am trying to cut them all off

    • @33Cigarettes
      @33Cigarettes 3 роки тому +10

      @@babe1er I don’t hate them I pity them, addiction is a disease. They’re fellow human beings caught in a terrible spot the last thing they’d need is ppl hating them, if everyone did they’d all be doomed to a short, miserable life with a lonely and probably agonizing death.

    • @redkelson1845
      @redkelson1845 3 роки тому +5

      Explain to me how doctors and lawyers use the shit and keep outa trouble and there mind .??? And don’t tell me that is doesn’t happen

    • @ACasualNPC
      @ACasualNPC 3 роки тому +4

      Great to hear :) congratulations on fixing your life.

    • @beckyrockwell7964
      @beckyrockwell7964 3 роки тому +5

      @@babe1er That's what my husband and I did. We moved across the state and nobody knows where we live.

  • @valeniusthekat
    @valeniusthekat 2 роки тому +457

    As a former user, (clean from meth since 1997, I'm 50 ), I had to move from my childhood home in Los Angeles to central Indiana to get away from it all and start over. It was one of the hardest things I've had to do to save myself

    • @foreignuser_
      @foreignuser_ 2 роки тому

      this is a romantic and ultimately unrealistic success story that has basically zero statistical backing. i'm glad you overcame yourself by moving your self to a new location, but i really struggle to believe someone who says this type of shit. there must be more to the story, or you would have just brought your old self with you to the new location. you provide here a success story with absolutely zero indication that "doing something really hard" actually means hard commitments to the self and doing things we know are right even when it might feel wrong to the twisted self.
      in other words: your comment is clearly designed to garner support and upshits from people who don't even know what the fuck they are looking at, while giving those actually in trouble a false idea of what lies ahead should they decide to run away and think it will fix everything

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 роки тому +22

      If you have no access to it, it helps. I would have no idea where to get it.

    • @sharonmclean2647
      @sharonmclean2647 2 роки тому +4

      🕊

    • @cpb.
      @cpb. 2 роки тому +13

      its all around me. but nothing to me. amen

    • @debrahaymons76
      @debrahaymons76 2 роки тому +10

      Amen. I know what you mean. Giving up people you care about to save yourself is/ was the hardest thing. It. Had. To. Be. Done.

  • @mariejohnson2993
    @mariejohnson2993 3 роки тому +471

    15 months sober!!
    We do recover 💜

    • @dannyshepherd7142
      @dannyshepherd7142 3 роки тому +11

      Don't give up!

    • @maureen8930
      @maureen8930 3 роки тому +11

      Please focus on you and good people around you. God Bless 🙏🙏🥰🥰

    • @87clits
      @87clits 3 роки тому +9

      You made a choice to do something different. Everyone has the power to change.

    • @randyrqbbins9931
      @randyrqbbins9931 3 роки тому +11

      🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Congratulations. I’ve been off opioids 26 months.

    • @steveissexy
      @steveissexy 3 роки тому +3

      Great to hear I mean that it was it very smart to go telling the cops and the rest of the world . Your whole body tingles all over the place yeah that's a heart attack

  • @APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU
    @APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU 2 місяці тому +71

    As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help

    • @steceymorgan814
      @steceymorgan814 2 місяці тому

      People need to realise that people with anxiety disorders have oversensitised nerves, it's not a simple case of manning up and getting over it.

    • @Jennifer-bw7ku
      @Jennifer-bw7ku 2 місяці тому

      Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about how mushrooms and psychedelics treats anxiety, but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

    • @elizabethwilliams6651
      @elizabethwilliams6651 2 місяці тому

      Yes, Doctor Greg Mushrooms he is a great man of God who has the great insight on psychedelic and mushroom. He will guide you on how to use mushrooms to get good trip.

    • @Jennifer-bw7ku
      @Jennifer-bw7ku 2 місяці тому

      Please, how do I reach doctor Greg?

    • @AnjeloValeriano
      @AnjeloValeriano 2 місяці тому

      He’s on the internet

  • @mackbecker4031
    @mackbecker4031 3 роки тому +365

    As a recovering addict watching this show brings back tears and sadness

    • @elskankhunt42
      @elskankhunt42 3 роки тому +3

      You'll be back

    • @parkerswaxmuseum3746
      @parkerswaxmuseum3746 3 роки тому

      Yeah man...i usually only watch these types of vids, while I'm high, and telling myself to get clean. In some cases, one drug may be more import than the other, so I don't wanna second guess any other people's opinions about me, at the time of whichever inebriation....heh. 7 years clean...(soap wise)

    • @mackbecker4031
      @mackbecker4031 3 роки тому +3

      Doubt that but you never know

    • @karibennett5847
      @karibennett5847 3 роки тому +1

      How long have you been HEALTHY(prefer this instead of 'clean' because it relates more to the physiological disease process)?

    • @parkerswaxmuseum3746
      @parkerswaxmuseum3746 3 роки тому +1

      Clean in the sense of not pawning possesions to get drugs... Not spending rent money on drugs type... Getting over the hump to where you're "over" it style... Rock bottom 44 times over fed up... Life is worth it, when you can swim out of the muck and see the horizon...life can be beautiful to the sickest of minds, once you give yourself a chance☝. Word up!

  • @markdoe353
    @markdoe353 3 роки тому +400

    What really hurts is when your kids follow you in your foot steps
    No matter how much we as parents don't want them to turn out like us .
    Change your life. So our kids have a chance...

    • @MrStaybrown
      @MrStaybrown 3 роки тому +7

      I've got a friend who turned his kids onto it to normalize it.

    • @markdoe353
      @markdoe353 3 роки тому +5

      That hurts pray for them is all we can do1

    • @sarahlouise6507
      @sarahlouise6507 3 роки тому +10

      My dad normalized his alchaolism untill it bit him in the ass he laughs at junkies but cant laugh at himself he sucks lol

    • @markdoe353
      @markdoe353 3 роки тому +7

      @@sarahlouise6507 its always easier to tell some else how dirty there backyard is...when there back yard is twice as dirty!
      I agree with you it Sucks!

    • @brendabaker3953
      @brendabaker3953 3 роки тому +15

      I’m A Momma Of A Child Who Passed Away From An Accidental Overdose And Of 3 Children Who Have Served Time In Jail & Prison Because Of Drugs💔💔💔 I Didn’t Do Drugs….. The Only Drug I Was Addicted To Was Tobacco!! My Firstborn Died Mar 21, 2011💔
      I HAVE HELPED My Children With Rehab, NO JUDGING, LOVING KINDNESS & MANY MANY PRAYERS!!!!!!! I Am Currently Living In A Nursing Home(I Am Disabled Due To Being Bedridden(11yrs)) & This IS Where I Will GO HOME TO BE WITH GOD From!!!!! IF ANYONE NEEDS TO TALK(Texting) I AM HERE FOR YOU…..NO JUDGING OR STRINGS JUST LOVING KINDNESS And I AM PRAYING FOR YOU & YOUR FAMILIES🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻🕊🙏🏻
      ♥️💕♥️

  • @McGullicutty
    @McGullicutty 2 роки тому +834

    I just want to say how proud I am of each and everyone of you that have overcome your addiction. To the ones still struggling, hang in there… you CAN get clean. Keep fighting for your sobriety, your life, your family and children.

    • @richardvandenbosch9683
      @richardvandenbosch9683 2 роки тому +17

      Its so darn human we just break down! Broke hearts Broken lives Families......

    • @Mrs.Robinsons
      @Mrs.Robinsons 2 роки тому +21

      If the USA had decent mental health help, medical help & affordable food fewer would turn to meth

    • @lenny6118
      @lenny6118 2 роки тому +6

      Thank you 😔🙏

    • @bigthunder2860
      @bigthunder2860 2 роки тому +10

      @@richardvandenbosch9683 You are right ,but remember it's not your fault that happened,and there are many broken hearts club members across the country,I'm one different drug but same results my father tried to kill me with a extention cord around my neck,I was 12yrs old,I was on my own at 15yrs old,and it wasn't easy to go to school and go to work for 12hours,no friends,no life

    • @vickicarnes6860
      @vickicarnes6860 2 роки тому +2

      @@bigthunder2860 was your mom addicted too? No other family to turn to?

  • @exoticone42
    @exoticone42 8 місяців тому +39

    Watching this documentary now in 2024 while living in Portland OR is wild!! They had no idea how bad it was actually going to get. It’s so heartbreaking.

    • @CatroiOz
      @CatroiOz 8 місяців тому

      Is it that bad ? In my country people are only exposed to MJ, I've never even seen someone on harder drugs. It's incredible to see what's happening in the US from a foreigner's pov

    • @KevBotM
      @KevBotM 7 місяців тому +2

      The issue with Oregon's solution is that it worked on the assumption that drug cartels wouldn't move production into Mexico. This assumption ultimately proved incorrect. Turns out it was just a bandaid solution. I'm glad I don't live in Oregon and can get pseudoephedrine behind the counter.

    • @KevBotM
      @KevBotM 7 місяців тому +1

      @@CatroiOz It kind of depends on where you live. Where I live I almost never see people strung out on meth but I know it happens. When I recently visited Los Angeles for a few days I saw at least 2 or 3 people on something making them tweak out. The US is a huge and very diverse country, so this is the case for pretty much everything.
      What's your country if you don't mind me asking?

    • @CompSciSchool-ew9ze
      @CompSciSchool-ew9ze 4 місяці тому

      Good

    • @azlanbinismail
      @azlanbinismail 3 місяці тому

      Now they have graduated to fentanyl which is 10 000x worse.

  • @vinnieravioli4653
    @vinnieravioli4653 2 роки тому +139

    Sober since I went to Jail in 2019, this stuff really does take over your life completely. It took a felony to sober me up, but jail knocked some sense into me

    • @eigleenalegri2664
      @eigleenalegri2664 2 роки тому +6

      The financial and emotional damage done is seldom restored

  • @midnightblues5931
    @midnightblues5931 3 роки тому +229

    I’m still battling my meth addiction please pray for me

    • @tiffanyprestwich2676
      @tiffanyprestwich2676 3 роки тому +15

      You are a Beautiful soul. Love yourself for where you are right now in this moment. You are not bad, evil disgusting,"worthless, ugly or any less Of a human being. You are a strong and beautiful person who not only is fighting an addiction but is doing so with zero dignity. The battle is much easier when you love what you are fighting for. Love your self and be kind to your self. I personally think that the way this drug is and has been portrayed has played a huge part in an already broken system. Shame has never been a good or healthy motivator for one to want to get sober. Much love to you and all my fellow beings. Love is the answer folks. The kind of radical love that breaks down the stigmas and judgements the we humans are placing and allowing to be placed on our fellow human beings. You who are down need to stand up and hold your head up high with honor and dignity regardless of where you are in your journey sober or not because you are NOT defined by that in which keeps you down. instead identify with the strength inside of you that keeps you going. There is much love for you here. Nameste

    • @AmyJoJoo
      @AmyJoJoo 3 роки тому +13

      Getting clean is SO hard, but you got this! I used to be horribly addicted to heroin and the needle.. There is life in recovery tho 🙏 and don't be discouraged or give up when you relapse. Everyone does. Relapsing is a part of the process to getting sober. It will happen, and when it does, don't allow it to consume you. Pick yourself back up and keep going. Go to N/A, work the 12 steps, reach out to your loved ones and/or your higher power for strength. I believe in you.

    • @gasparsanchez3530
      @gasparsanchez3530 3 роки тому

      God and his universe filled with so much that we can't fathom be always with you, give your suffering to God, or anything you feel is your rock, I have struggled with the same demons and I can understand, plus COVID did not help, but I can say this, the feeling is amazing and it's not easy, but the path of positive and good is difficult, but rewarding in a way that is impossible to describe, it isn't a promise of a ridiculous number of virgins or anything unrealistic like that, I can only say it's an inner peace and harmony that you will feel, n after I only wanted to evolve more to do more, and I love the labor now.. you can do it and you will I promise. It's not easy like I said, and it is really easy to get into the shit again, it literally just comes to your feet and still does for me.. probably always will. I prefer not to go back.. and I'm grateful for being able to say this after 20+ years of being a zombie.. not everyone gets to live... I send you only positive vibes and I pray for you to see and hear clear that you can make the best of choices for you and the ones that love you.💪🙏💯

    • @ashotofmercury
      @ashotofmercury 2 роки тому +4

      You can do it! 👌🏻🙌🏻🖤

    • @embrosia6219
      @embrosia6219 2 роки тому +2

      you’re never truly alone in this world, i assure you. if you’re a believer, let the lord guide you through this difficult time. he has not given up on you yet, and never will. when everything else fails, he stays the same. find your refuge in his unfailing love, and know that you have many people rooting for you. we believe in you :)

  • @eeyorelover32
    @eeyorelover32 3 роки тому +814

    They should do a update on this documentary, especially now that Oregon has decriminalized the possession of all drugs. I’m honestly interested in knowing how it’s going.

    • @landrec2
      @landrec2 3 роки тому +51

      That's what I wanted to know too. I'm guessing not good.

    • @alecwerme739
      @alecwerme739 3 роки тому +167

      In every country that decriminalized drugs, use went down. They spent the funding for prisons and incarcerations on getting people substance abuse treatment. So, I suspect it will follow suit here as well.

    • @aurorab9727
      @aurorab9727 3 роки тому +106

      Seattle is dying documentary is probably as good an update as you’ll get

    • @jaimejimenez4223
      @jaimejimenez4223 3 роки тому +45

      @@alecwerme739 bahahahaha not in the US when you’re dealing with the Mexican cartels

    • @ponolovefarms3926
      @ponolovefarms3926 3 роки тому +120

      My town in southern Oregon is being overrun with it. I can’t believe people voted for it, and I’m headed back to Alabama the first chance I get. These folks are crazy.

  • @runawaylostmymind
    @runawaylostmymind 7 місяців тому +8

    PBS always publishes the most interesting things. the stuff i seek out on social media now is very akin to the docs i used to watch on public tv.

  • @Rakel6784
    @Rakel6784 Рік тому +379

    This hit me hard..I divorced my husband because he was a meth user and abused me...I left with my 3 sons and never looked back

    • @maryshoemaker5781
      @maryshoemaker5781 Рік тому +5

      Amen gf 📖

    • @danrook5757
      @danrook5757 Рік тому +1

      Wheres hubby now

    • @tommandich4648
      @tommandich4648 Рік тому +12

      He's with me now.We are in a homosexual relationship.We share our meth pipes and our other pipes.

    • @markfisher5628
      @markfisher5628 Рік тому +11

      Crazy how people will lose everything for meth

    • @Rakel6784
      @Rakel6784 Рік тому +7

      @@markfisher5628 You're right.. It's sad that they rather have the drug than their own family

  • @mhauser9457
    @mhauser9457 3 роки тому +208

    I’m so happy I got off that shit. 2 years clean! I’ll never go back. That nasty shit made me a shell of my former self

    • @vvolfbelorven7084
      @vvolfbelorven7084 3 роки тому +19

      I'm very happy for you. I dont know you and I dont think we will ever meet, but knowing that your life has taken a path for the better is something in which I can also rejoice because a life well lived is something we could all want for each other. I do hope all goes well. Stay safe, my friend.

    • @victoriastone2975
      @victoriastone2975 3 роки тому +12

      Well done! I don’t know you but I’m proud of you & wish you well for a great future! Take care, everyone.

    • @dvandeun
      @dvandeun 3 роки тому +6

      bless you

    • @billcox8870
      @billcox8870 3 роки тому +5

      Welcome back to real life ☺️. I raise my daily cup of coffee to you for breaking the cycle of addiction☕

    • @aaronc4724
      @aaronc4724 3 роки тому +4

      Praise the Lord you are clean my friend.

  • @nto5gb239
    @nto5gb239 2 роки тому +353

    I absolutely love to hear about an addict recovering from drug addiction. My son was not so lucky and I miss him terribly now he is not alive anymore. Please people, get help before it takes your life like it did my sons life. He was one of those that had no money, no insurance and we did all we could do. He fell thru the insurance crack and died.

    • @heidiroy1784
      @heidiroy1784 2 роки тому +20

      My son is 36 living in another state addicted to meth and homeless..

    • @patriciacook3981
      @patriciacook3981 2 роки тому +10

      Damn I'm sorry

    • @badbeezzy8122
      @badbeezzy8122 2 роки тому +22

      I understand what you are going thru. I lost my husband n 2012 from one line of heroin. I lost my best friend.

    • @katiecioccio6535
      @katiecioccio6535 2 роки тому +15

      I'm so sorry mama 😞

    • @mhamedlimam6934
      @mhamedlimam6934 2 роки тому +13

      my condolences may he rest in peace

  • @Youtuber5775-
    @Youtuber5775- 7 місяців тому +9

    My sister used meth and she had a stroke so she had to stop using it. She had a heart attack in church and she crawled out of the building to vomit on the grass. She struggled to get to her car, and then she called some family members who called 911. She was airlifted to a hospital for a brain injury and she struggled so much. This awful drug stole my sister from my life and I hate it so much! She died of a heart attack and she had open heart surgery and she was so weak that the machines were keeping her alive. She lived to be 69 years old. The drug literally eats you alive and it’s so toxic that you can’t even help yourself from using it. Don’t start it and stop using it! God bless you all! ❤

  • @huntercrissup8766
    @huntercrissup8766 2 роки тому +722

    I only did it for a couple of years, but the way it took me over and changed me entirely was scarey. I eventually sold or traded everything of value that I owned and then started stealing from my family to get more. Never understood beforehand when I'd hear that the drug would turn you into a different person. That drug took me to the lowest point of my life. Ive been clean for years but still dream about it and wake up tasting it. That stuff is the devil.

    • @joy.13
      @joy.13 Рік тому +23

      How long does it take to get out of the fog and become yourself again?

    • @ramsees9518
      @ramsees9518 Рік тому +31

      it is the devil! So glad you’re better

    • @Moonewitch
      @Moonewitch Рік тому +5

      What do you mean you can taste it? It has a taste?

    • @joy.13
      @joy.13 Рік тому +20

      @@Moonewitch yes, it doesn't taste good at all.

    • @huntercrissup8766
      @huntercrissup8766 Рік тому +29

      @@Moonewitch Hell yea ya can, Specially after a good line or two and ya get the drip. It's so good and so bad at the same time 😅

  • @Lisa-zj9dd
    @Lisa-zj9dd 3 роки тому +69

    February 12 will be 3 years clean from meth. After being up for 4 days, I had a stroke and have heart failure from using. I was very lucky for I fully recovered, however not everyone does. My life is completely different now and I’m so blessed. Never thought being clean would make me feel so happy. Thank you Jesus!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @braulionico
      @braulionico 3 роки тому

      Thats what you get for putting drug shit in your mouth

    • @33Cigarettes
      @33Cigarettes 3 роки тому +2

      Amen, my mother is a former addict and though I don’t know what it’s like I empathize with how hard it is to get clean and stay clean from that specific substance, I commend you deeply for doing that for yourself, for those that love you and for God.

    • @sandysheltonwoods8759
      @sandysheltonwoods8759 3 роки тому +4

      So good you found the right road ,when you did ,I'm proud of you ,never look back ,keep up the good work and reach for the sky

    • @carlawilliams5-26-27
      @carlawilliams5-26-27 3 роки тому +3

      @@braulionico i pray you never have a downfall, problem, heartache, disappointment, sorrow, pain, back against the wall, abuse..in your path of life & your able to walk through life on a bed of roses.....

    • @sadyoshhours2769
      @sadyoshhours2769 3 роки тому

      @@carlawilliams5-26-27 incorrect response. Pee on them instead to assert dominance.

  • @relaxingtones2031
    @relaxingtones2031 3 роки тому +149

    13 years this October , never go back.

    • @stephenc2481
      @stephenc2481 3 роки тому +3

      Good.
      First, you gotta help yourself. You can't make a mess of yourself and wait for someone to bring you back. You have to make the decision to stop. Else, no amount of help will work.

    • @echointhenight2125
      @echointhenight2125 3 роки тому

      Awesome. Im proud of you for making the decision to stop the death drug. Stay strong for another day my friend.

  • @constantelev8tion1
    @constantelev8tion1 Рік тому +31

    Here in Hawaii it’s very bad, my mom and dad both died young due to their addiction to meth. It’s kind of a double edged sword, on one side it ripped our family apart, on the other it also made me despise anything and everything about drugs.
    Instead of using my bad childhood upbringing as an excuse, I use it as motivation and vowed to be the best parent I can be to my daughter. It’s just sad my parents couldn’t kick their addiction and watch her grow up. Dad died a few years before she was born and mom died a couple months after she was born.

  • @susanadam6094
    @susanadam6094 3 роки тому +622

    Congratulations to everyone who has gotten clean from any addictions 👏👏👏 you did it well done 🥰🥰🥰

    • @pamwawrzyniec3920
      @pamwawrzyniec3920 3 роки тому +4

      Yes sir I seen it in the place I live by nice aera doesn’t matter that house went up in blaze

    • @jhemnes1
      @jhemnes1 3 роки тому +4

      I survived the spin of 95. Never touched it again since but it left lingering effects.

    • @bldos5362
      @bldos5362 3 роки тому +13

      I'm a heroin addict but I have been clean now for nearly 650 days. I'm much much happier now.

    • @thagodwecreate5179
      @thagodwecreate5179 3 роки тому

      I smoke cigs and weed everyday. Caffeine 5x a week. Cocaine once every 2 weeks. Opiates (usually oxycodone or hydromorphone or rarely heroin if I can find it w/o fentanyl) once a month. MDMA once every 3 months. Mushrooms/acid 2-4x a year. PCP once a year every mid-June and alcohol - NEVER. 2 decades...No issues, never OD'd, good credit score, money, house, car, family, we eat well. Life is good. I'm an addict but moderation is 🔑

    • @susanadam6094
      @susanadam6094 3 роки тому +2

      @@thagodwecreate5179 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 moderation .....

  • @Dabby724
    @Dabby724 2 роки тому +120

    Was nearly a decade on meth, this drug is really the "Devil's Drug". Sober for 2 years now. To people who haven't yet kick this deadly addiction I believe in you. If I could do it, trust me, you can too.

    • @Dabby724
      @Dabby724 2 роки тому +10

      @@alienno.9 Bro, I FEEL you! I was in the same boat, well sorta. The first Year, every once in a while I would dream about it as well, but In my dreams I only dream of picking up the piece but never smoke from it. And in reality I've picked up the dick pipe on a few occasions and I felt no urge to smoke it. In fact, the opposite occurred. I felt completely repulsed by holding it bc it reminded me of all the anxiety, psychosis, delusions, hallucinations and isolation from when I was high off my mind.
      I will note that, doing a large dose of magic mushrooms after 2 months of sobriety, helped me completely to rid of my addiction and thoughts of meth. However I don't recommend this to anyone bc a bad trip is more likely than not. Although, If they truly want to quit from it for good, I think magic mushrooms can be one of the most useful tools in doing so.
      Anyway, Alien, hang in there brother. I've known people who quit and get back on it immediately. Its a vicious cycle. So you're doing great, A year and a half is quite is a HUGE milestone. Be proud of that.
      Lastly, One of the best natural methods is to Incorporate some type of daily physical exercise into your life and things will get easier, I promise you. By the 2 year mark you won't have any lingering thoughts of the Devil's Drug.
      You got this ! 💪

    • @judithvela4274
      @judithvela4274 2 роки тому +1

      @@Dabby724 Congratulations on your great and fast recovery GOD bless you! Someone very special that I know has been on meth for over a decade and I have tried to help him but he gives up easily the most he sober was for two weeks then later, he relapsed. He goes thru everything you used to go thru including anger issues when he is sober. He was trying to be sober for me but I don't think it was ever from his own will. If I ever talk to him again I will show him your advice on how you started recovering maybe there is still hope for him but again it has to be from his own will not from mine and I had to learn that the hard way. Did you have to go thru rehab? He doesn't want to go thru rehab which makes me think is another sign that is against his will. Stay safe, strong, healthy, and happy! Thank you for your comment.

    • @dellingson4833
      @dellingson4833 2 роки тому +2

      @@alienno.9 Sure does my 2nd. year has become my 7th.

    • @margaretyoung2666
      @margaretyoung2666 2 роки тому

      What is it is it smoking crack

    • @johndoe-qg2kd
      @johndoe-qg2kd 3 місяці тому

      Why the devils drug?

  • @Ironmurs
    @Ironmurs 3 роки тому +410

    Love all the sobriety post. I’m always rooting for the come clean story, the story my father didn’t achieve…lost him when I was 12yrs old. RIP Louie

    • @peacockhorsepower3181
      @peacockhorsepower3181 3 роки тому +3

      The corporate pharmacy is profit before people. Your father was used. Sorry.

    • @Ironmurs
      @Ironmurs 3 роки тому +17

      @@peacockhorsepower3181 my dad died because of his substance abuse. You are speaking on something you have no knowledge of.

    • @wichitarick
      @wichitarick 3 роки тому +3

      Yes despite this being a wholly outdated story about meth or any "dope" your finding that knowledge in those "sober" posts and unfortunately the passing of your own DAD :( r.i.p. it shows how it doesn't matter the drug or even the country how deep the scar from this life style:( cuts!Your right and you or rather MY OWN daughter are one of reasons I have lived sober/drug free for 27 yrs & I can just hope you know the lessons from your own dad's passing and stay clean also.But also your msg. IS THE one people NEED to hear,you put a face on their addictions and give hope,to often we won't believe in ourselves but will do anything for others .Your life and your msg. are worth passing on. thx."Peace Takes Practice" Rick

    • @mikimclean3159
      @mikimclean3159 3 роки тому +7

      Been clean for 6 years , got loads of health problems but even so life is so much better than what it was and knowing that I would have been dead if I'd not stopped , so I make the most of every day now ,
      Well done to everyone else who has also beaten addiction 😁

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 3 роки тому +4

      I’m very sorry for your loss. RIP Louie

  • @Eitner100
    @Eitner100 6 місяців тому +11

    I worked in an extremely harsh detox camp. We cut the hair of the junkies military style. They were not allowed to smoke, drink coffee, tea or soda. All they were allowed to drink was water or milk. Lots of water. Three good meals per day. No music, no posters of rock stars.
    They had to work 8 hours per day, six days per week in the fields of the camp to grow their own food. They got paid for that work and the money went into a saving account with interest. That money was for them after a year of very intense treatment, sports, work and therapy.
    Aggression meant exclusion form the treatment. Any way of not following rules, meant the same. Worked quite okay.

    • @jkyleowens
      @jkyleowens 2 місяці тому +1

      That sounds more hellish than the prospect of quitting itself.. my dad broke out of a place like that because of the rules and ended up back on the stuff

  • @yunowhatitis6783
    @yunowhatitis6783 3 роки тому +424

    Big pharma concerned about "cost to consumer" if changed to prescription only? That's rich. I think they meant cost to their sales.

    • @adrianabonitaaziz
      @adrianabonitaaziz 3 роки тому +11

      Big pharma are making these Damn drugs !

    • @kellyfehr3719
      @kellyfehr3719 3 роки тому +13

      Listening to the fellah compare it to the Pickle Industry was rich. Pickles don't kill people. It's more like Dynamite. Used for it's intended purpose it's perfectly safe. When not... it's not.

    • @perrypresley9630
      @perrypresley9630 3 роки тому +10

      I use Sudafed in the spring and fall because it works. I should not have to get a prescription. Sudafed is no longer a problem because there isn't alot being made in this country anymore. The Mexican cartels are now making super meth and shipping it across the border

    • @Tential1
      @Tential1 3 роки тому +5

      @@perrypresley9630 it was going to be over-the-counter not prescription. And because you're not willing to go over the counter to get this, it's easier for people to get Sudafed and turn it into meth. It's easier to be a shareholder of these Pharma companies knowing full well that you have demand of drug addict. That's why I got into investing in companies in the first place, it's easier than anything else, because companies are selling things that are essentially addictions and people cannot help themselves. Unless you are a massive shareholder of these companies making yourself a lot of money off their profits, if all you want is to pick up your Sudafed from a store and you're unwilling to do that because you want to make sure that people like myself making extra 10% more money a year be my guest.
      I see now that they actually wanted to make it a prescription drug, but again I don't see the harm in that

    • @skuzapo9365
      @skuzapo9365 3 роки тому +6

      Unfortunately the big Execs little boy or girl gets taken down from time to time. Then they care.

  • @DQridesbikes
    @DQridesbikes 3 роки тому +189

    Lost everything including teeth , thanks to loved ones I'm now 7 years sober life is beautiful.

    • @friedchickenspecificallyca439
      @friedchickenspecificallyca439 3 роки тому +2

      Listen to lil peep life is beautiful I have a feeling you will enjoy it

    • @maxsomerjoki8147
      @maxsomerjoki8147 3 роки тому +1

      @@friedchickenspecificallyca439 Some people enjoy lil peeps "music"?

    • @friedchickenspecificallyca439
      @friedchickenspecificallyca439 3 роки тому

      @@maxsomerjoki8147 some of his music isn’t the best but that’s okay I don’t have to like every song to be a fan. And I already know your some old man who thinks peep isn’t “real music”

    • @friedchickenspecificallyca439
      @friedchickenspecificallyca439 3 роки тому

      @@maxsomerjoki8147 do the world a favor and just don’t answer the world doesn’t need your opinion on music.

    • @Number1FanProductions
      @Number1FanProductions 3 роки тому

      @@friedchickenspecificallyca439 legit why that song is fucking depression fuel, I love lil peep but there’s a lot I just can’t listen to after pulling myself from a darker place, if I do I just get sucked right back in and especially post mortem songs about hard core drug addictions n shit they just don’t have any cathartic release

  • @bronxandrosie8015
    @bronxandrosie8015 3 роки тому +267

    Words to live by or die...”Never pick up anything that you can’t put down again” -Kidd Rock.

    • @mattydread8148
      @mattydread8148 3 роки тому +21

      Also kid rock- ‘here is to all my heros at the methadone clinics’

    • @sarahbaker1048
      @sarahbaker1048 3 роки тому +10

      Also a raging alcoholic....

    • @mazrio128
      @mazrio128 3 роки тому +3

      Also you can pick up a meth pipe....
      ...you can put down a meth pipe.

    • @chosen666sert
      @chosen666sert 3 роки тому +11

      shallow advice. you don't know in advance that you won't be able to put it down again

    • @heatherkline3048
      @heatherkline3048 3 роки тому +10

      @Thou Swell - I know that you did not just call Kid Rock one of the best rappers 🤡

  • @kaylalong2929
    @kaylalong2929 8 місяців тому +8

    I hope my mom can get clean from meth. My children don’t even know her. I miss her so much she’s been an addict my whole life but the meth addiction got bad about 9 years ago when she moved away. I just wish she would come home so I could help her somehow

  • @stevewarren5913
    @stevewarren5913 3 роки тому +302

    Addition is giving up everything for one thing.
    Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.

    • @kaydog890
      @kaydog890 3 роки тому +28

      Subtraction is taking away the thing for less.
      Multiplication is giving one thing or other quantities under specific rules to obtain their product.
      Equality; a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal.

    • @sousay2000
      @sousay2000 3 роки тому +1

      Nice

    • @decimal1156
      @decimal1156 3 роки тому +7

      As a recovering addict, this made a lot of sense to me. Thank you

    • @fccgrnp2968
      @fccgrnp2968 3 роки тому +8

      dunno mate
      sounds way to simple to me
      worlds not only black and white

    • @annetteyoutube742
      @annetteyoutube742 3 роки тому +6

      Steve Warren... Addiction?

  • @therealjacobtv
    @therealjacobtv 3 роки тому +100

    Y’all got this🙏🏾 the grass is greener on the sober side. Be strong

  • @eeeeemeeee9047
    @eeeeemeeee9047 3 роки тому +201

    This was filmed 10 years ago. Things were bad then.....Oh man it's so much worse now😭 The world is terrifying and I thank God every day I turned my life around.

    • @Zerpersande
      @Zerpersande 3 роки тому +9

      Imaginary deities had nothing to do with your change. Look in the mirror and congratulate the person responsible for the turn-around.

    • @larrythorn4715
      @larrythorn4715 3 роки тому +5

      But at least DEA cracked down on cold and allergy medicine? They were successful in f***ing with law abiding citizens lmfao

    • @lofturhjalmarsson9896
      @lofturhjalmarsson9896 3 роки тому +1

      so meth is strong again or

    • @larrythorn4715
      @larrythorn4715 3 роки тому +2

      @@lofturhjalmarsson9896 law didn't make it go away.

    • @neily9961
      @neily9961 3 роки тому +3

      Due to mental health issues I am ever so slowly losing my grip on reality. It is a slow and painful descent into my eventual death.

  • @AutumnRyan713
    @AutumnRyan713 Рік тому +10

    I can't explain how terrible this drug is in text. There are no words. As a person in recovery, it is the black pit of hell.

    • @JenniferNewLife144
      @JenniferNewLife144 7 місяців тому +1

      It is, the drug took several years of my life and I hate it!!!

    • @publicuser2534
      @publicuser2534 5 місяців тому

      I think my roommate might be doing it. He lies for no reason. He’s up at all hours of the night. Blames that on night terrors from the military. Starts a project and never finishes it. Takes offense to me asking for him to do his dishes. And we live in a three-quarters way house.

  • @armandoreyna9228
    @armandoreyna9228 3 роки тому +144

    I've been clean for four days now. I have to report to probation in a few days. Oh God help me.

    • @outinthesticks1035
      @outinthesticks1035 3 роки тому +13

      How are you doing ? You can do it . I was never an addict , but only because I recognized I could be at a very young age . Am a alcoholic , but with support from family been dry for 45 years . My wife is a crack addict , ( never refers to herself as a " ex addict") been off for 20 years , she turned to alcohol , but been sober for 7 years now . She uses weed to substitute but says it's not the answer . Life will get better . Every time she thinks about it, she says she thinks of her husband,home, grandchildren. She has had to change all her friends , but her family has all come back to her. Stay strong

    • @ecuadorexpat8558
      @ecuadorexpat8558 3 роки тому +11

      YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!

    • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
      @goatpepperherbaltea7895 3 роки тому +2

      Gang

    • @Senaihh
      @Senaihh 3 роки тому +3

      Good luck!!! Do well.

    • @rinaelsayed901
      @rinaelsayed901 3 роки тому +8

      Make it four weeks, then four months, then four years…then forever. Blessings 🐶

  • @astral_limits
    @astral_limits 2 роки тому +144

    One of my best mates and brothers in arms were addicted to meth after coming back from active duty in Afghanistan
    We were desperate for help
    Something to calm the PTSD
    I found spirituality
    He chose drugs..
    But we got there in the end
    He is now 2 years sober
    Couldn't be more proud

    • @rpmlinz86
      @rpmlinz86 2 роки тому +6

      My brother, now 33, went into war at 17. He became a expert jump sniper by 19. While in Afghanistan, his convoy was attacked over 9 times. His best friend was killed in action and my brother was awarded a purple heart for his friend. My brother had to have a metal plate put in his face. While at home in Georgia, he couldn't cope, started drinking and wrapped his brand new charger around a tree, got locked up and dishonorably discharged. From then, he started using and selling meth. Then began going to jail and prison. Both his parents were addicts, but our mom didn't raise him as her and I stayed in Cali. He finally got clean after almost 10 years of active addiction. It blows my mind how little our armed forces get for help if they mess up

    • @pierrepiea3279
      @pierrepiea3279 2 роки тому +5

      I'll bet you stood alongside him, too. The things you guys have witnessed? Seeing people at their most evil coming at you? Yeah, living with PTSD successfully can't be done alone. We aren't here on earth to be addicts. You have that gift from God now, I'll bet, you're a Wounded Healer. PTSD here too. Yelled, screamed at God many, many times - Why??? Once I shut up, he said, go and absorb whatever pain you can from someone who just got to where you once were. The gift of suffering is the grace you now have to remove even a molecule of another's pain by just being there silently and without judgement.

    • @trafficjon400
      @trafficjon400 2 роки тому

      @@rpmlinz86 God thats horrible Hell for him and your family including you. today ADDERALL A Methamphetamine i been on and hard to get off having PTSD ADHD. it help a year slowly not working and they now don't care IT SEEMS AND NOW TELL ME THAT MANY ARE HAVING A VERY BAD TIME WITH IT. its legal now and if i knew what i was in for i would have not taken it. I quit drinking 15 years ago and now this. i don't get it for it will sell ten times better being legal Feeding the Pharma for our lives. Still Sheep for the suffering slow as if God allows it.

    • @lisacox8400
      @lisacox8400 2 роки тому

      Congratulations to all of you!

    • @JoDo777
      @JoDo777 2 роки тому

      EMDR therapy has a high success rate

  • @dannysunay4386
    @dannysunay4386 2 роки тому +86

    I was an addict, for ten years, I never thought I would see the end of it. The effects of my previous lifestyle will haunt me for the rest of my days. Do not do drugs.

    • @samshitboxcoonz
      @samshitboxcoonz Рік тому +1

      Any crazy stories?

    • @jessicalynnkinsleyfaith
      @jessicalynnkinsleyfaith 11 місяців тому +4

      Same here, almost 8 years sober for me. Mine was H though, I always heard the withdrawals and come down from meth were horrific and that scared me enough to never try it but only one time ever. It’s been almost 8 years for me sober too, and I totally agree with you about the memories of being in active addiction. My god there’s things out there that I did that I would never tell anyone. I’ll take a lot of that to my grave lol it would be enough to give anyone nightmares. Good job also on being sober and congratulations. We got this🤍

    • @PooFace-qn4xb
      @PooFace-qn4xb 11 місяців тому

      @@jessicalynnkinsleyfaith Good on you. That's so great.

    • @ronthorn3
      @ronthorn3 10 місяців тому

      @@jessicalynnkinsleyfaithso hear yah sister, right there with yah. 3.5 years clean myself. I forget how transfix that life was, reading comments like this remind me of the dark corners I used to reside in, I’m so thankful I’m in a safe place now and have my health and family, I forget how scared I used to be.

    • @TigerBoyX15
      @TigerBoyX15 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@ronthorn3it's Dancing with the Devil...that's what it is .🌼🏹🏹

  • @diannalazan2846
    @diannalazan2846 Рік тому +4

    I grew up in Portland but left in 1978. My husband still works in Portland several months out of the year. It’s so tragic to see this!

  • @mackenziekarsonovich1073
    @mackenziekarsonovich1073 2 роки тому +144

    My sister was addicted. It completely changes you as a person and makes you into the worst version of yourself. She’s been clean for years now but we’re still working on fixing our relationship.

    • @fumarate1
      @fumarate1 Рік тому

      did it damage her brain at all.

    • @iplantseeds4639
      @iplantseeds4639 Рік тому +4

      I know how this goes. It’s like someone breaking your trust over and over once that trust the piece of paper has been crumpled up, they can never be flattened out again the same.
      This whole thing is extremely heartbreaking and actually soul wrenching watching it

  • @stupidusername3292
    @stupidusername3292 2 роки тому +381

    Lets give a moment of silence to all those who lost their fight to mental illness and addiction…

    • @bigthd2044
      @bigthd2044 Рік тому +5

      I'm one of them but don't use "passifiers" to cope. My Buddy Bear 🐕 is my best friend and savior.

    • @tonyateat5704
      @tonyateat5704 Рік тому

      There's monsters out there that's pushing people to suicide. God bless the people that tries to help people overcome mental illness suicide and drug addiction.

    • @redriddler1231
      @redriddler1231 Рік тому +1

      Amen too Jesus Christos

    • @tinazivk
      @tinazivk Рік тому +1

      @@bigthd2044 fight still goes on !!! !

    • @mikeypiros6647
      @mikeypiros6647 Рік тому +1

      NO...

  • @trinibarbie2161
    @trinibarbie2161 2 роки тому +89

    This wasn't my drug of choice but im thankfully going on 8 years of sobriety this year. If anyone is on this road as well keep up the great work and if no one has told you today I LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE WORTH IT 🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @mariestreeting4213
      @mariestreeting4213 2 роки тому +3

      Well done sweetheart. Sending big hugs ❤️

    • @stevenspitzer3829
      @stevenspitzer3829 2 роки тому

      So what was your drug of choice? Why did you choose meth? What did it make you do that was so deplorable ? Did your drug of choice make you do those same things?

    • @JervyCurtis845
      @JervyCurtis845 Рік тому

      ​@@stevenspitzer3829 🎉 ,. Vb🤭

  • @sallyrose9507
    @sallyrose9507 Рік тому +6

    I’m the mother grandmother of a ice addicted daughter it’s devastating and hard to comprehend why my daughter has disowned her own daughters, just breaks my heart I can honestly say if I was asked to transport meth for $5,000000 I wouldn’t even flinch to do so after seeing the devastating effects of my daughter and grandchildren.
    Remember when you play a part you enabled this devastation of many.
    Think be for you act.
    Heart brake from
    Australia
    Australia

  • @simply_a_human
    @simply_a_human 2 роки тому +304

    Both of my parents have used and been addicted to meth. I watched it destroy my mom’s life and it got to the point that I moved out of my dad’s house at 17 with virtually no knowledge of the real world. Being in college now, I really hope one day that there’ll be a point where meth isn’t such a huge problem. Children don’t deserve to lose their parents to this drug.
    My mom is currently sober, and I have no clue what my dad’s doing, but they both seem to be bettering their lives and getting back into work that’ll provide them a steady income. I hope they stay on the right path and that other meth addicts will also be able to do the same as them.

    • @cainmathewson1857
      @cainmathewson1857 2 роки тому +3

      That's honestly an interesting story. It's scary to see how widespread this epidemic is

    • @lesliehilesgardener6959
      @lesliehilesgardener6959 2 роки тому +7

      Children raised by individuals both users ...ashamed ruined children lost confused damaged 💔

    • @Greg-yu4ij
      @Greg-yu4ij Рік тому +7

      My generation was fortunate enough to have “master of puppets” very effectively teach us that these drugs make a promise of heaven, and leave you stuck in a painful hell, a slave to them. Meth, crack and heroin are so harmful they should remain banned and kids should be educated about them. Everything else should be decriminalized and the war on drugs ended.

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 Рік тому

      get a passport, nobody fucks with meth outside murica, its the drug of the homeless

    • @ronniewilliz153
      @ronniewilliz153 Рік тому +2

      Yeah my son's mother didn't want the party to stop but I couldn't just leave my son like that I stuck around and got sober. She's locked up again. I can't buy him too of the line stuff but we talk and hangout everyday after school

  • @truthmatters5170
    @truthmatters5170 2 роки тому +55

    The fact that we get free documentaries on UA-cam by FRONTLINE PBS is truly a gift. 👍

    • @jennier9122
      @jennier9122 2 роки тому +1

      When did you have to pay to watch Frontline PBS

    • @Killmaisy
      @Killmaisy 2 роки тому

      No commercials yay!

  • @MeMe-py6bb
    @MeMe-py6bb 3 роки тому +499

    I hope the narrator lives forever…nothing better than hearing his intro’s.

    • @llark313
      @llark313 3 роки тому +8

      He's a hologram.

    • @roytschaefer3518
      @roytschaefer3518 3 роки тому +16

      Will Lyman the god 🌟🌟🌟

    • @MeMe-py6bb
      @MeMe-py6bb 3 роки тому +8

      @@joeadams1463 Will Lyman! That’s it…thank u!

    • @friendformationbot
      @friendformationbot 3 роки тому +3

      not a dig at you, im just wondering: why did you put an apostrophe in "intros"?

    • @archlich4489
      @archlich4489 3 роки тому +7

      Will Lyman. The best narrator in all the World!

  • @roosternm6830
    @roosternm6830 4 місяці тому +4

    Im over 7 years clean and sober. I had only been on meth and Adderall for about a year. One year of amphetamine abuse has cost me as if it were ten years of abuse. I did not get off easy at all. Almost 8 years sober and I still have no sex drive, no desire at all, depression, anxiety, issues with lucid dreams and flashbacks. I already have PTSD and my drug abuse compounded it. I spent 11 years prior to meth abusing opiates and benzos. I even became an alcoholic. Im in recovery and doing really well. I dont have to consiously choose not to do drugs anymore. I just dont want to. I dont miss being a junky. Im no longer on the hunt, the chase, the desire for drugs. That alone is worth choosing recovery. No. I dont magically feel amazing. It doesnt work like that. Im paying the price and that means I am having to deal with everything drugs pushed to the back.

  • @angelwings1888
    @angelwings1888 3 роки тому +259

    The best way and the only way to get off meth and staying away from meth is losing all of the friends that do it....misery loves company. Start hanging out with friends that do not use drugs.

    • @jnb756
      @jnb756 3 роки тому +32

      there are no friends on meth - only acquaintances, co-conspirators, fuck buddies and marks - once you leave meth those people don't matter anymore even if you want them to

    • @naomih4885
      @naomih4885 3 роки тому +13

      @@jnb756 that is the whole truth in a nutshell , well said .

    • @ghettocountry8678
      @ghettocountry8678 3 роки тому +5

      exactly

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap 3 роки тому +8

      That's what saved me 😁

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap 3 роки тому

      @@mhp0810 Well you're young and free and you want to live a little 😁 not saying it's the best choice

  • @LadyLoriBeautyOver50
    @LadyLoriBeautyOver50 3 роки тому +383

    A lot of times people don’t care about these types of issues (across our nation) until it hits home! Like mine…my 29 year-old daughter has been in recovery now coming up on 3 years and she looks amazing. She didn’t use for too long (a couple years); nonetheless, it cost her everything! Living in her car under a bridge on the same street I live on (in the homeless camps) and she would come by just to shower, get a bite to eat or rest. Now, she has her AA and got accepted to a University to finish and achieve her Bachelor’s degree. It took jail to stop her and she always says it saved her life!! There is Hope and getting them into Treatment centers is crucial. However, you can’t help a person until the person is “ready”…

    • @user-oz5xb9ed3w
      @user-oz5xb9ed3w 3 роки тому +5

      that’s really great, for you and her, glad she decided to give it up and get back to real life, seems a lot don’t choose to do that and stay in that scenario

    • @LadyLoriBeautyOver50
      @LadyLoriBeautyOver50 3 роки тому +11

      @@user-oz5xb9ed3w That’s very true. Her counselor told us that if a person has a support system (family & friends), they have a better chance of staying in recovery then those who don’t…bc there’s nothing to gain back, no incentive.
      MOST IMPORTANT, and I mean an eye opener for me, was learning the truth behind addiction. I used to think like most and blamed her for trying it to begin with. Little did I know, IT (the addiction) was there years before we ever saw it surface. The addict doesn’t even know it was there.
      Nowadays, it angers me to hear people bash them and blame them. Yes, they too, need to take responsibility but it’s how it ends that’s the key. Support from loved ones, understanding where it came from and lastly, fighting your trigger EVERY DAY!!

    • @mscandycane400
      @mscandycane400 3 роки тому +11

      Wow sounds like my story with my daughter! Living under a bridge across the street. She been in jail. She says shes " done " . I guess I'll see. I'm hopin.

    • @LadyLoriBeautyOver50
      @LadyLoriBeautyOver50 3 роки тому +6

      @@mscandycane400 Get her into a Recovery home for women, if you can. State pays if it’s court ordered. And leave them in jail to serve their entire term because that’s where they “kick” and the recovery begins. Best of luck & hope to your daughter - and you and her family! 🖤💜✝️ SUPPORT HER…

    • @olglory4648
      @olglory4648 3 роки тому

      How long have you lived in California?

  • @louisedost8476
    @louisedost8476 3 роки тому +172

    ❤️🙏Anyone who reads this please pray for Jordan O. In Texas..🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 his Aunt!!!!!

    • @MarionMarie27
      @MarionMarie27 3 роки тому +3

      🙏🏽 💕

    • @kinseycompass
      @kinseycompass 3 роки тому +9

      Praying right now for Jordan. For Jesus to heal him completely and that no weapon formed against him will prosper in the mighty name of Jesus!!!🕊🕊🕊🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤ Thank you for being such a wonderful Aunt!!💙

    • @annie_xo
      @annie_xo 3 роки тому +2

      I said a little prayer for Jordan ❤️

    • @johnnyssik
      @johnnyssik 3 роки тому +1

      God bless🕯

    • @capricethomas8149
      @capricethomas8149 3 роки тому +1

      Who is Jordan?

  • @kasiestockdall2954
    @kasiestockdall2954 Рік тому +3

    My little brother died after going on a binge. He had been sober for a year and a half. He didn't get sober willingly and after he was released from his program he relapsed. He was so ate up and he really wanted to be better. After we lost my sister and mom we both went crazy. I moved away and stayed away from all my old friends. I begged him to do the same. I miss my family and I'm so grateful I didn't lose my kid's from the drug use. It's been 7 years since I have used. I would never go back to that miserable existence.

  • @hellobaby9018
    @hellobaby9018 3 роки тому +21

    I'm an ex addict- this is my motto and I wrote it: I never try new drugs and I never use old drugs in new ways.

  • @catgiles3268
    @catgiles3268 3 роки тому +208

    I absolutely love seeing comments from recovering addicts, more than the videos themselves! I get so excited and I’m so proud of everyone who’s staying clean one day at a time. And those who are still struggling, know that you aren’t alone. You can do it and YOU ARE WORTH IT! Sending much ✌🏻❤️ to everyone.

    • @mariaolden640
      @mariaolden640 2 роки тому +2

      I came to the comments to say the exact same thing 💙❤ x

  • @kennamartin8225
    @kennamartin8225 2 роки тому +91

    It's not the treatment that works, it's the person. I went to detox and treatment sooo many times over the years. The last time I went to treatment, worked. And it's not due to the treatment, it was my mindset and the fact that it was ME who decided to admit myself.
    Clean & Sober since Nov. 8th 2018

    • @judithvela4274
      @judithvela4274 2 роки тому +5

      Congratulations please never give up you can do it!

    • @lynamor2959
      @lynamor2959 2 роки тому +5

      Amen Amen and Amen. Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉. So proud of you!!! 🙌

    • @weaverdreams
      @weaverdreams 2 роки тому +2

      Congrats!

    • @jamesmclean4495
      @jamesmclean4495 2 роки тому +2

      You can never be clean until you really want or have a reason to

    • @josetapia9605
      @josetapia9605 Рік тому +3

      I agree if you don't want to quit and and experience the beauty of life with out drugs the treatment is not going to work. I was in rehab 17 years ago when I was 25 im 45 years old , my first treatment and from there just fighting one day at the time.I have the opportunity to see my mom so happy because she knows what she doesn't have be looking for me on the streets anymore , she's my real heroe 🙏 just tried to stay clean for 24hrs and the next day the same I know you can do this 🙏

  • @Francie315
    @Francie315 12 днів тому

    Excellent reporting! From a mother who has dealt with addiction of meth in my own family! Good stuff Frontline!

  • @mlcs179
    @mlcs179 3 роки тому +197

    Hearing the stories of the children I find the most disturbing. I have no words to express how sad it makes me feel, thinking of the children who were born with no choice in living this lifestyle.

    • @freakinElvis
      @freakinElvis 3 роки тому +11

      My job is to care for these kids after they have been removed from their homes. They are completely shattered and broken. I could tell you upbeat positive things about their progress and healing but I would be lying to you.

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 2 роки тому +5

      Yes, it is. In our area, one little 3 year old had bite marks and cigarette burns due to his father who was convicted for that and meth use.

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 2 роки тому +7

      @@freakinElvis- God give you abundant strength for trying to help those poor children. You are so needed in their lives and I'm sure you are making a difference for them though progress is slow. If they know they are loved that's half the battle. You are a hero for them.

    • @patrickmcpartland1398
      @patrickmcpartland1398 2 роки тому +1

      Had a friend who was smoking weed at 10, doing meth by 13. Saw it all the time

    • @blackrooster455
      @blackrooster455 2 роки тому

      @@patrickmcpartland1398 your friend sound cool unlike you lame

  • @JohnGalt1960
    @JohnGalt1960 2 роки тому +130

    I have s 35 year old son and a 40 year old daughter that have struggled with meth addiction for years now. I love them and it hurts my heart to see them go through this. I never did use meth but I struggled with alcohol and other drugs. I have been clean for over 25 years now. I love my kids.

    • @louisfrank6918
      @louisfrank6918 2 роки тому +1

      Who doesn't like coffee should be the ones who could vilify meth users

    • @kathleenperez3154
      @kathleenperez3154 2 роки тому +6

      Even though you got clean ( Thats awesome, Imhappy to read you made it out) there are attachment wounds and emotional neglect they experienced as children. Im not saying you're a bad mother by any means I know you did the best you to your ability at the time, nonetheless, it could have effect them and maybe if that relationship gets worked on you'll be able to pull them out of the funk too. That's all I asked of my mother, and she has been drinking since I can remember she recently got into to treatment and all the treatment do was add to her contemptuous perception of me. And when I asked for support in tears she mocked me. I pray that you're able to see their unmet needs and have the strength to acknowledge it for them. good luck

    • @sciencewins8798
      @sciencewins8798 2 роки тому +1

      God bless you and your children 🌺

    • @Miakitty4233
      @Miakitty4233 Рік тому +1

      Remind them that you weren't strong enough to handle all the responsibilities of a good parent. That you were learning and growing with them but your decisions were the wrong ones. But because of your decisions you know now the strength that is needed to maintain sobriety. Never show weakness because you made the wrong choices. Stay strong for yourself and stronger for your children. Never let them make you feel guilty or weak. They're adults making their own choices now.

    • @claudenovak5977
      @claudenovak5977 Рік тому +1

      Really hope you can be there for them as much as you truly can be, as you definitely took part in their addiction. Sorry to say, but it’s the honest truth.. Glad you’re sober, probably time to focus and fix the fully grown children you raised as a bad mother instead of leaving comments on a meth doco .

  • @marthaaldridge5346
    @marthaaldridge5346 2 роки тому +59

    I have successfully struggled against meth addiction. Ex-husband murdered my bf coming down off meth. In 2019 my daughter that was a meth addict committed suicide because she was afraid "the demons" would make her kill her child or myself. So sad. She was college educated and very successful in her job as a medical professional. She did it (the death) in the wee hours of her daughter's 6th birthday. She had started using hard substances as a result of postpartum depression I believe, and the last six years of her life were largely spent in a psychosis. It was like watching a slow motion car crash every single day for six years. God rest her soul. ❤️ I will always miss her.
    Meth is the worst evil and precipitates awful crimes. People just want to party too much. Then it gets its hooks in them and stops being fun.

    • @mimim7026
      @mimim7026 Рік тому +6

      Very sorry for your tragic loss. I think you're on to something with the post-partum theory. It didn't result in me using meth, but postpartum depression AND also postpartum psychosis (very real, but much less popularly understood) are horrible. And they last FAR longer than most people think. My son just turned 8, and I feel like postpartum depression is just starting to subside.

    • @kellypearson-nu7lj
      @kellypearson-nu7lj Рік тому +1

      Meth wasn't my drug of choice but I used it off and on. I knew from the book meth=sorcery that it was demonic and I could see it was evil but when I got off my mental health meds I used and heard alot of evil accusations from an evil entity and fought for 2 1/2 yrs but finally I first felt Jesus in a jail cell and got Jesus back and then my meds thank u Jesus

    • @bobmiller7502
      @bobmiller7502 Рік тому +1

      feel your pain sister stay strong and focused, live your life for those lost lost to you, we can all change our world everyday we are given a new start/chance,xxxlove and contentment from liverpool UK,, xx

  • @AnnaThebodeau-vj4vg
    @AnnaThebodeau-vj4vg Рік тому +4

    Yep my son at 28 died from lethal doe of methamphetamine inches year of 2022 and have been grieving ever since.

  • @tracyconfair1
    @tracyconfair1 3 роки тому +66

    I've got 18 years off meth! Thank God!

  • @patriciawagstaff6302
    @patriciawagstaff6302 3 роки тому +166

    I have seen a person I knew in college , who was a runner-up as a college beauty queen. Years later I could not even believe it was her until I saw her name as she was admitted to the hospital where I worked .

    • @ShmuelWeintraub
      @ShmuelWeintraub 3 роки тому +17

      I have seen something quite similar to what you describe. It's just heartbreaking to see what happens to people who fall into this life. We can all argue about people making choices etc, but the damage done to the individuals and their families and friends is simply crushing.

    • @abdulraheem415
      @abdulraheem415 3 роки тому +19

      My 32 year old supervisor was an addict...even though he overdosed I would never say a bad word about him...He was an excellent supervisor and he taught me a lot about the floor trade..May he rest in peace!

    • @jessicajujubean5004
      @jessicajujubean5004 3 роки тому +10

      You just described several members of my graduating class. How sad

    • @bpg5591
      @bpg5591 3 роки тому +3

      It’s sad

    • @_A4A
      @_A4A 3 роки тому +11

      That is heartbreaking to hear. When the man said that there are Solvents, Lye, Liquid Drano, battery starters, etc., mixed into the Meth, my mouth dropped to the floor and I'm like people actually smoke, snort and inject that stuff into their bodies!... 🤯

  • @maple7432
    @maple7432 3 роки тому +170

    This documentary is heartbreaking.
    Drugs are horrible.

    • @JOHN----DOE
      @JOHN----DOE 2 роки тому

      Corporations which cause them, or enable them, or refuse to end them, are horrible.

    • @badad0166
      @badad0166 2 роки тому

      You are a poet and you don't even know it. xox

    • @waywardsoul4918
      @waywardsoul4918 2 роки тому +3

      @@JOHN----DOE stop blaming others for your own actions

    • @mariemerchel2508
      @mariemerchel2508 2 роки тому +3

      @@waywardsoul4918 Right? Last I knew pain medicine (opiates) was not the same as meth (or tide pods for that matter) nor is it the same as outright abusing medicine that actually helps other people whom now get to suffer because of it. :(

    • @gregoryross4240
      @gregoryross4240 2 роки тому

      Drugs are not inherently horrible. Plenty drugs are safe and beneficial with careful use. It's those who cannot regulate their use in a responsible manner who incur significant burden from them.

  • @katmcdaniel6840
    @katmcdaniel6840 5 місяців тому +3

    Same same lost every thing including my teeth,became disconnected from life,was in pain ,it made me forget my troubles,but I lost my sanity and my love of self, I'm sober and clean since 1996 ,& tobacco free since 4/20/ 2020,& I love me again, I love my new teeth,I love God,I love life,again ,it can get better,day by day, can be a blessing, keep your Faith, strong 💪 🙏🙏💓🙏 Amen

  • @lightbeingform
    @lightbeingform Рік тому +79

    Another Oregonian here…The personal stories in these comments are incredible, heartbreaking. My heart goes out to everyone directly affected by this. I have watched the ups and downs of it in my community, I have seen these stories play out in people’s lives and feel incredibly lucky not to have lost anyone near me to it.

  • @paulpetersen9603
    @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +143

    So sad. I'm studying to be a drug councillor in st Louis and it's heartbreaking. I've got 5 years clean and feel so blessed

    • @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem
      @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem 3 роки тому +8

      Congratulations. Your story is powerful.Let it be a raft to save those who are drowning in addiction. Congratulations Paul on turning your life around.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +3

      @@slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem thank you

    • @andretokayuk8100
      @andretokayuk8100 3 роки тому +2

      quit being a state tool and get a real job. Besides.. drug councelling is a paid through the nose lip service to the parasite state. Your state bosses are likely the ones importing the shit for the enslavement of their compatriots (for profit, of course).

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 3 роки тому +2

      @@JamesBrown-hs6vg typo. Why are you such a negative person. You need counciling. Anger mgmt maybe

    • @JamesBrown-hs6vg
      @JamesBrown-hs6vg 3 роки тому

      @@paulpetersen9603 sorry you’re right

  • @versiongrind
    @versiongrind 2 роки тому +112

    I feel so sorry for those who have fallen victim to the drug, and even more sorry for the kids all across the world who have to suffer from it as well, it's a heartbreaking thing for sure.

  • @DanielMartinez-pn4pz
    @DanielMartinez-pn4pz 3 місяці тому +4

    I did Meth for 3 months but I move out of the place I was and did not do it again 3 year clean

  • @neverthesame7887
    @neverthesame7887 3 роки тому +127

    This was an exceptionally well-researched and put together documentary where we actually learn something other than "this drug is bad for you"

    • @jeffbriggs1987
      @jeffbriggs1987 3 роки тому +2

      there's actually quite of bit of misinformation in this.

    • @liveonthesun3368
      @liveonthesun3368 3 роки тому +3

      Yea like how to make it 😬. I think they shouldn't ve done that.

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 3 роки тому +1

      @@liveonthesun3368 anyone with an iPhone or computer can find the method.

  • @Durgenheim
    @Durgenheim 3 роки тому +119

    Really makes me wonder how many lives could have been saved if we had a functioning healthcare system with support for mental health & addiction services.

    • @matthewbutler6420
      @matthewbutler6420 3 роки тому +17

      When does personal accountability come into play?

    • @julialane6645
      @julialane6645 3 роки тому +10

      Biden has opened the borders and the Mexican Cartel is making a fortune bringing Meth and Fentanyl across the border from China. Blame China and the Mexican Cartel and all of the gangs from south of the border bringing drugs into America. Reason why the southern border should be secured. Trump secured the border and Biden came into office and opened the border. Our Democrats Mayors in cities across America have defunded the Police and no bail for criminals and release criminals back on the street and majority are drug dealers and gang related crimes. Gangs sell drugs for the Mexican Cartel. China is destroying America with Meth and Fentanyl made in China. Wake up America!!!

    • @julialane6645
      @julialane6645 3 роки тому +8

      We have a excellent healthcare system, the majority of Meth and Fentanyl users refuses rehab and mental health services. The homeless living on the streets in America are Fentanyl and Meth addicts and want to live on the streets so they can feed their addiction.

    • @matthewbutler6420
      @matthewbutler6420 3 роки тому +3

      @@julialane6645 so every homeless person is either a fentanyl or meth user?

    • @matthewbutler6420
      @matthewbutler6420 3 роки тому +2

      @Anthony Callahan spoken like a true methhead.

  • @helenheard3512
    @helenheard3512 3 роки тому +112

    Wow, I'm proud and happy for all of you that has recovered from this bomb shell, keep up the good work and let us pray for those that still out there.

  • @lauralei7678
    @lauralei7678 Рік тому +2

    35 years on anything i could get my hands on. 3.5 years clean. Absolutely the hardest thing I've ever accomplished.

  • @isabellam1936
    @isabellam1936 3 роки тому +259

    This documentary is over seventeen years old but still a well done one.

    • @granknutterbutter3472
      @granknutterbutter3472 3 роки тому +4

      How so? You mean when they say "rigid laws didn't work, so we made more rigid laws"? Despite this idea being against what every behavioral psychologist and/or specialist on addiction would suggest?
      Is it good because it goes against all modern scientific research on the subject? I'd love to know.

    • @christhrower8427
      @christhrower8427 3 роки тому +9

      And like the movie Team America, it's almost more relevant today than the day it was released.

    • @keyworksales6241
      @keyworksales6241 3 роки тому

      @@christhrower8427 true

    • @KissChanel
      @KissChanel 3 роки тому +24

      It’s 10 years old, it literally said it in the beginning. 😹

    • @christhrower8427
      @christhrower8427 3 роки тому +1

      @@granknutterbutter3472 Nice rant, you aren't wrong.

  • @KatieNicolexx
    @KatieNicolexx 2 роки тому +149

    So proud of all the people who got clean or who are working to get clean. My best friend passed 8 months ago from his addiction and not a day goes by that i wish he could be here with us. Keep fighting for yourselves we are rooting for you!!!

    • @scottclute9910
      @scottclute9910 Рік тому

      How and where would one sign on to help?????

  • @cashiskingCineLover
    @cashiskingCineLover 3 роки тому +189

    It's an old saying...difference between medicine and poison is dosage

    • @francisphillips53
      @francisphillips53 3 роки тому +5

      Very true.. scary.

    • @vivigesso3756
      @vivigesso3756 3 роки тому +1

      8:20 is the difference between red and blue. Why hasn't Biden done anything?

    • @RogueTravel
      @RogueTravel 3 роки тому +7

      @@vivigesso3756 The only President that combats drug use in a serious way is Duterte in the Philippines. He kills drug users and dealers in the streets without a trial. Don't expect that to happen in the US no matter who the President is.

    • @lzkrishmom
      @lzkrishmom 3 роки тому +6

      @@vivigesso3756 I think Biden is busy making sure the entire country won't collapse rightnow. Unfortunately, in life, we cannot depend on anyone (especially politicians) except God and ourselves.

    • @user-zp9br7jk9k
      @user-zp9br7jk9k 3 роки тому +3

      and graphene oxide

  • @karenjensen2345
    @karenjensen2345 11 місяців тому +4

    Is there a new update for 2023? My daughter is hooked.