This is what people should be watching instead of trashy "reality" programs centered around egocentric, self entitled, unappreciative, brats. People need to see with their own eyes what goes on in the world, how others live, the struggles, the pain.
My brother lived in a wet house in Minnesota. 40 residents and each had his/ her own room with bathroom. They could drink in their rooms only. Very nice clean facility. He died at age 54 of alcoholic complications. I loved him so. I was 12 when he was born. He suffered two traumatic brain injuries at age 3 and 12. He was a sweet loving person who married two very abusive women. When he died I was with him and part of my heart went with him. He was in treatment 8 times.
Aye, RIP & not 1 to judge either way if living in a 'Wethouse' = better or worse, but compared to other options surely better if was determined to Drink. Empathise so much, but do wish more Wethouse's like this about as seen many die from Booze with 0 SUPPORT. Sadly a reliable Family isn't even enough. Bless.😳
Raw and truthful? They don’t represent the majority of people with issues regarding drugs or alcohol but a smaller minority with an extreme pole of said issue.
and we need more of this content to show others how bad things can get! im currently struggling with an alcohol addiction right now and have finally seeked out help. so wish me luck :)
@@dagre1839 that's what I was thinking about. They were once innocent, babies being nursed by their mother. Never would a parent look at their baby and think of them ending up like this. It's very, very sad.
Veterans break my heart. Trained to kill, desensitized to death and then expected to just come back and reintegrate as if nothing happened. Governments will never know the harm they have done.
And sadly they dont care. Over 2020 Boris states he will put soldiers on the street.....they already are. How sad and emotionally broken must these poor people be to have to reduce themselves to what we just watched in order to shut out their pain. No human being should need to go through this to learn lessons So sad.
My grandad fought in WWII, he was injured with shrapnel at Dunkirk was patched up given 2 weeks leave after getting out of hospital and ended up in north Africa and was landed on sword beech at 8:25am on D day and was one of the first to liberate Dora-Mitelbua concentration camp. He had nightmares right up until 1988 and that's when i got him to try cannabis as i knew it is a dream suppressant. He went from having nightmares 3 or 4 times a week to 1 every couple of month. The only time i ever saw him drunk he had to be tied to the bed by my uncles because he got an axe and was going to kill them bastard SS. God knows what he went through because he never spoke about it but my gran said he was a different man all together after he was demobbed in 47. He was kept until 47 because he was tasked with recovering the bodies of dead airmen. They arent wrong about them been the greatest generation.
and on top of that, the wives and the children that feel the effects of the trauma and are abused one way or another by traumatized veterans of war, as the ripple effects of the war get passed on from one generation to the next, long after the war officially ended. All told, the cost of war is too great for humanity to bear, the real cost is too great.
5 years ago I was living on the streets of the worst and dangerous parts of Dayton ohio. I seen things that still haunt me today. I was strung out on drugs very bad. I ended up getting a bad MRSA infection in my knee that caused me to flat line for over 8 minutes. I saw the afterlife and talked to loved ones I’ve lost. I was revived and sent to a nursing home. I was in a wheelchair and had to re learn to walk and everything. It was a very difficult three years but I over came it. I’m very successful and have my own place and a beautiful girlfriend and got my son back into my life and see him almost every weekend, also I lost over 100lbs from all the weight I gained being in a wheelchair and have been told I’m 100 times better looking now that I’m sober. I wish you all the best of luck that are struggling. I am living proof that change can happen, you just have to plug at it and want to change. Much love
I come back to this doc every couple of years as it reminds me where i was headed and how far ive come since sobering up. Addiction is a disease and needs to be treated with compassion and understanding.
Same here. And yes, it requires patience and compassion. It's definitely not a choice at a certain point and people should be less judgemental and more supportive while looking at potential underlying issues that may be contributing to the problem. Well done for pulling it together. Hope you continue to stay in control and you live a happy and fulfilling life. Nice one!
I think it was Jane Goodall who said you shouldn't judge the level of advancement a society has achieved purely by technology but rather on its ability to rehabilitate or take care of those who are sick. That is our strength as humans and it is always painful to see the results of those who have been alienated due to things they may have no control over.
Having just been detoxed this really hit home. I live very close to that hostel and we used to tease the little guy as kids because he used to sleep in my friend's shed. He would chase us and go beserk. He actually comes across as really sweet in this doc but we never bothered to get to know him. Little did I know I would be in a similar position 21 years later. I hope he's still alive and at peace.
Yeah he never said he tormented the man just they were kids who ran away from him probably scared because alcoholics are really scary to sober people especially children so you keep all empathy for the afflicted and none for those around them whose lives are also devastated…
That guy serving the dinner is such a good guy. He doesn't get offended by their behaviour because he knows it's not the real person. He's just been called a c**t by the guy then steps in to help him straight away. People like him don't get the credit they deserve for the jobs they do. If you're reading this mate, I have 100% respect for the way you treat those people. It's sad to watch but also heartwarming that these people aren't just forgotten and left out on the street. Even something as basic as a bit of food, healthcare and shelter. Actually that's not even basic really, they're being looked after and I would hope no one would deny them that whatever their bad life choices and mistakes.
They unironically are only doing that for the camera. I've been committed multiple times. This sounds unbelievable but I've watched a nurse torture guy with a catheter. I also saw them give less-than-optimal care to some dude with a social disability to the point where they literally carted him off to die the second time I was committed. The nurses gaslighting me and other patients was not even in the same league as the other two incidents. This was all in a state hospital with Federal funding as well. Everytime I see nurses post on social media praising themselves or complaining about their job I think about those experiences and realize they are probably not very different from the people I watched commit torture and malpractice.
@@icecreamfromhell666there are some bad nurses out there, they take it for granted and take their feelings out on the residents, not good, there are some good ones though, you can be pretty sure who is good and who is just there for the money.
@JohnJohn-zn8ib it's definitely all nurses. Every single person I know who became a nurse is a complete narcissist. It's the same situation with the people who studied medicine. I would not trust anybody I know who is a doctor to treat me after seeing how much money and personal politics are involved to even become a doctor.
@@icecreamfromhell666Wow, sorry you had to go through that. I've never been treated that badly, but I, fully aware that jobs like this don't just attract caring people, they attract bullies and control freaks too: I went to a school for autistic kids, so I know. All that place taught me was how to hide drugs and manipulate people......not all that useless skills.....
@robinc6288 I realize it’s been a couple of years since you commented on this video, but I just wanted to say your words are very moving and empathetic. Not all heroes wear capes. ♥️
I came out of the army and drank myself into oblivion for so long. I’ve been dry now for 18 years thanks to the support of my wife. I’m very lucky. My heart goes out to these people. It’s a tough situation to get out of. Much harder than people think. Peace.
@@joeybeann You CAN. ....but YOU have to really want to. Nobody can make you, or do it for you. Seek help, friend. It is available at no financial cost. God Be With You.
I used to be a support worker for a homeless agency who managed satellite properties one of which was a wet house. I went there twice. These people were in some cases weeks away from death and at the point there was no hope for them. The feeling was of overwhelming sorrow for these people whose lives were completely and utterly destroyed by a drug they couldn't stop taking, and they knew they were beyond help. They were completely and utterly broken spirits. Never underestimate any drug. Legal or otherwise.
DMT, Ketamine, Mushrooms.. all these things are viable medicine for a lot of these cases, talking from personal experience... do not wait for the government to say its ok... source for yourself, help your loved ones.. and read up online safe and easy ways... you really going to trust any gov with something as personal as your own mental health?
The social care budget is inadequate, having worked on ambulances in Manchester the social issues are everywhere and the patience of people like yourself is impressive. 🙏
I had a great friend who was an alcoholic and a addict..I never ever held that against him..he was clean for 12 years and on the list for a liver transplant and died shortly before he was offered it..he was on the streets for 9 years before he got clean..we miss him everyday..what I’m trying to say is that good people make bad choices we are all human..God bless them
@@growmiezhomiez8760 congratulations on 3 years man. 1 day at a time my friend thats how i do it and support from other addicts who arent using. Ive been clean since 99 off of heroin.
I came to the comments expecting to see judgement, criticism, and hatred, my faith in humanity has been completely restored. See beyond the alcoholism and drug abuse, look instead to the societal decay that lead to people seeing this as their only option. It's heartbreaking. I'm thankful that the staff are clearly kind, compassionate people who really don't get the payment or recognition they deserve for doing such a difficult job, true angels! The guy singing 'Beautiful Dreamer' at the end broke me, I'm a sobbing mess.
Alcoholism is also genetically caused. Some of us--I'm incredibly lucky, haven't had a drink since 1971, live independently, have friends, etc.--never drank normally. It's not all cused by either societal decay, as you say, or by personal trauma. it's very complicted, and mostly a combinatuib of all those things.
I wonder what she went through. The pain & sadness in her eyes is unreal. Damn shame for her & for all of these lost souls. I have so much patience & understanding for these ppl, bc I have dealt with it all of my life. (myself & others)
There was a sadness in her eyes....she suffered a lot I’m sure....was somebody’s pretty little baby girl at one time.......I would like to think that some people remember her with fondness...in different circumstances she could have lived a nice life as seemed to be a kind person
that dude made me cry with the way he talked about his family and how he kept those cards perfect, they introduced him being this hard-assed old fuk, then when they sat down in his room and he spoke about his daughter i melted.....
The days before they recognised PTSD. The guy was going to be executed so he had to stab someone to death.. then finds pictures of the guy's family in his pockets. How the fuck does anyone deal with that without professional help? Poor guy.
@@simoningram8081 from an accent pov iv seen that or similar pronunciation in Scottish/Irish accents. He looks about the right age to have been out in Africa and the West did send the Irish there. We messed up REALLY badly there. A group in one region asked the Dutch to stay rather than pull out during the shift to majority rule. That region knew that they were going to get FUCKED as they would be a minority in the new nation. So to give native rule the UN ordered a minority group in to go and machine gun a bunch of natives to ensure that they accepted the native rule the white western UN demanded they do. The Irish Army were used to do a fuckton of the UN's shitty jobs in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Machinegunning natives for not accepting majority rule the way the West wanted them to as well as cannon fodder during the Proxy Wars fought against the communists Malay, Burma, Korea, Vietnam. The West did a lot of damage in its enforcement of native rule, drawing borders based on land not on tribes and they used what was considered a disposable people to do it. Young working class Irish and British men. Sent out across the world to enforce rules that didn't make sense and borders that had no relation to the socio-political situation and the warring tribes. The Army was an escape from the fact there were bugger all jobs for the working class, pisspoor education for the ones who weren't uni bound and the slow death of the factories, Mills and Mines. We dumped so much into Germany and so.much was spent on Japan and we in the UK and the Irish, through governments that didn't think long term, unions that were essentially a weaponised tool of the USSR run by socialists and management that didn't listen to either the workers or the market ensured there was fuck all work and people disappeared into drink and drugs. The Irish had two problems 1. The fucking zealots meaning that the place had to be filled with an occupying army in N.I and the R.O.I was run by religious zealots. troops on the ground, sectarian violence as a way of life and organised crime shifting to drugs. The army was an escape from the shit, a guaranteed wage and we sent them out to do the shitfy jobs with fuck all support when they came back so they left with no more qualifications than when they left, employers that viewed them as worthless because of as Kipling said, 'it's dogs and soldiers keep off the grass' so they left back to the same shitty existence. There were ENDEMIC problems in the working class environment, what we would call today child abuse, sexual violence, domestic violence, alcoholism and people unable to cope escaping into a bottle. Oh and since the 1950's society utterly destroyed the historic support networks implicit in community and things like the Working Mens Clubs, the factory social clubs, bands, sports teams died as we shifted away from one job from 16-pension age and we got rid of long term mental health housing and support units. Its not surprising we have people of that era who are lifelong alcoholics and ended up like this. Family moving away for work, the state of the care system and the cuts to social housing and adult social support. Remember the 'drinking schools' are probably made up of people who met in the 'Job Clubs' of the 1970's and 80's Are they blameless, fuck no most are there because they've burned every bridge they have but society did play a part in the why. REASONS are NOT Excuses BUT they are useful to know.
I'm a man off 44 years of age and I've been a heroin/methadone addict for over 24 of those so I can relate to this very much and I love to see old documentaries about England/Britain back when it was the place I knew... I know this is alcohol and it's different from drugs but us addicts are all the same at heart and I've been in rehabs with alcoholics and they get ill and withdraw and suffer the same as all us addicts do.. God Bless them all.
Damn right. It's your body's withdrawals from whatever substance it's been accustomed to. You are right, though. That's why some ppl get the shakes & delusions, as well. It ain't no picnic. I get mad when ppl say that these ppl are just drunks & junkies, that they don't want to help themselves, when most of them are self-medicating bc that's all they know & can do to cope with life & the trials & tribulations of everyday survival. Keep your head up, stay safe & take care. ☮️💜☯️
As legal as it is alcohol is a drug and it's one of the worst ones out there. Keep your head up babe. I hope you get well. I know they say the disease is always in you but it's better than the hell you're currently in.
i was an alcoholic for 18 years , hits home this , it shocked me how many people died in recovey, 20ish people from all walks of life were in my group when we started there is 2 of us left now
Have my own issues with alcohol can't let it get to this.. And think it should be shown to 16 or 17 year olds in school.. Much more an education than king Henry
@@Iwoasasaned yeah shocking as it is, when we are young we feel invincible and this happens to weak people and not us.. Even stronger people can have their world turned upside down in a heart beat and unfortunately drink and drugs seem a way to cope but ultimately dancing with the devil and only tragic consequences
I agree, they warn people about getting too drunk and having alcohol poisoning but that's it. I'm only 26 and have had Delerium Tremens so bad I was on an IV in the hospital for a week. There are far worse things than a hangover or alcohol poisoning.
@@aislingjanuary1557 oh man you are so right a lot worse things indeed, spent few too many days in hospital myself due to Blackouts and some nasty falls have a bad enough scar over my right eye and could have lost it..but that wasn't enough to stop me, such is the hold of this satanic juice
Totally agree 👍. I have lost my Mum to alcohol and my older brother died of heroin overdose. I've said before that people would be mortified to find out if I took heroin after losing my brother. On the other hand, people can't understand why I no longer drink after watching it slowly kill my mother.
Amazing documentary. My pop was a rare first time winner and successfully got sober (much threatening from my mother helped) and has been clean forty years now. He even stayed sober a year into his program after I suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury as a sophomore in high school. I remember lying in bed paralyzed and praying that he didn’t fall off the wagon because of me. I was never more proud of my pop than after that tough year. I see a lot of him in these guys and I pray for all of them ❤
The thing about prayers is it lulls believers into a false sense of accomplishment. We cannot solve our problems or anybody else's problems through prayer. People often pray for victims or their families in the wake of a tragedy. But prayers are useless without action and those actions make the prayer irrelevant. Prayer only benefits believers who see or hear them. It gives them comfort and it makes them think they have some type of control over a situation that is out of their hands. If God has a plan it is senseless to try and thwart it. If God can be swayed by prayers what kind of merciful god would allow the horrors we see in the world? If God is perfect and all knowing it would be impossible for God to have created such flawed, evil and sinful human beings. When it comes down to it prayer is illogical even in religious terms.
@@BorBajzeljTomicSin isn't real. It's something delusional brainwashed fanatics believe because it came from their book of bronzed aged fairytales with their magical sky daddy wizard. 🤡
I am a pretty extreme alcoholic myself. I was arrested last night and spent the night in a cell without any drink. I was withdrawing really badly. The nurse in the custody suite was amazingly caring and kept giving me medication to help with my withdrawal symptoms. The officers were also great with me they treated like a patient not a criminal and were all very kind. So thank you to all of those people. It's time to turn things around I have started seeking the help and treatment I need. Please treat alcoholism with compassion and care, not judgement and stigmatism. To anyone else who is struggling with alcohol or is affected by it just stick by your loved ones support them. We need your love and support. I hope you will all get on your road to recovery.
I watched this when I was in my late teens. I was already an alcoholic. I cried not knowing that I would end up living in a place like this. I'm 41 now and I work in a place like this. I am 13 years clean and sober. These places still exist. They are not called wet houses anymore, but they still exists, as do the people, who literally go there to die from their addictions; not everyone though. Some do make it out and get into recovery.
@@caligulite homeless hostels. Same thing is happening, but now it's behind closed doors because of policies and procedures forbidding people from drinking or taking drugs openly.
@@caligulite Brave of you to share, I hope you get well before something ugly happens. It's sickening to watch yourself drunk; have a friend film you & watch it sober. It might really shake you up. I'm one too, yes. Sober, yes. Don't give up on wanting better for your life. Love helps too.
Real people with real lives who have found themselves in a tough situation. Infinitely more interesting than anything I could find on TV or in a library these days
Totally agree. These people are the true definition of survivor. Wounded, yes but still fighting each day with more courage than many of us could ever hope to have. Brilliant documentary. That's how you make 'em! So moving and humbling. ❤
@ESP Music he takes people we're they are not were he thinks they should be they are not well people and he knows this. Let's just forget about them and leave them on the street to die. They are as unwell as a person with terminal cancer they deserve some kind of care.
Congratulation my friend 😘,been of heroin etc for two years now in january...life is GOOD 😎,lots of love and light from faraway Norway coming your way 🌈
Not only is this a fantastic documentary, but I’ve even been pleasantly surprised by a lot of the comments - baring in mind how much of a stigma there is towards alcoholism, drug addiction and homelessness, it’s so reassuring to see lots of people showing compassion, empathy and understanding towards the people featured I this film and their various issues. RUclips can be a very horrible place so thanks to all those who have posted positive and compassionate comments on this video. Restores my faith in people - not everyone out there a sadistic maniac who sets fire to homeless veterans for fun.
Yeah the RUclips comment section is one of the worst places on the internet imo. It's just full of so much negativity, hate, disgust, brutality, hostility, and everyone is a hypocrite lol, including me of course. Anyway, I agree that it's nice to see some compassion, but my point here, is that YOU refrain from fulfilling your faith in humanity from places like RUclips. People shouldn't let places like this sway their opinion of humanity in ANY direction, it's just not a good source for that. If people can learn to retrain their eyes, to refocus them, they would see so much decency and compassion all around them. From someone simply holding a door for someone else, to helping with their groceries, you name it, we're out there helping each other. Don't let any form of media gain control over your emotions or perspectives, because then you're nothing but a passenger in life, with someone else driving you everywhere, responsible for how you feel about everything, the choices you make even reflect what your media is telling you, if you let it. This place has A LOT of great things to offer, no mistaking that, but we ALL need to be on our toes when it comes to the level of control we surrender to media, all media.... My apologies, rant over.
@@devilsolution9781 but the smug piety of the people running housing projects motivated by their skywizard that demands they check for track marks or piss test people ensures that these people die on the streets of frostbite or hypothermia. Ensure they are at risk of violent assault just because they are there. Demanding a person stop drinking or you won't help them is just spite and cruelty and a sense of superiority. Especially in the case of alcohol where coming off too quickly kills people. I'm fed up of the smug self centred pricks that offer 'help with so many conditions its worthless. Go to their church, get clean before we help rehouse you with no support to get clean. Believe what they believe. Its garbage. This place encouragingnself managed drink reduction is going to help more people than the places that demand people stop
@@jediknight1294 Casting judgment on people you are trying to help just has the opposite impact. It makes people struggling with addiction feel like they aren't worthy of assistance, and when they are finally at a point when they need it most they might not get it for that reason. Recovery requires absolute acceptance of self. By accepting addicts as they are it helps validate the problems that precipitated the addiction, decreases guilt and shame, and increases the likelihood that someone will seek long-term sobriety. Thank you for your comment :)
@@mattryan2489 the trick is embedding reasons are not excuses and analysing and dealing with the dickhead behaviour that went with the addiction and spiral burning support networks and not simply replacing the substance with a programme AA/NA doesn't fix the issue it merely redirects the addiction.
Irish & Scots washed up on the streets of England. Very sad indeed. Some couldn't go home with the shame of amounting to nothing, some had nothing to go back to.
Life in a plastic bag, is the best you've ever had. There is nothing left for you, so you go back to your glue. You promise your mum, and your friends, you'll never go back to that glue again. But times got rough, and things got bad. All you wanted was that plastic bag. RIP Jamie Blue 💙
Sad to think that most of them are likely dead. At least their incredible stories live on through this documentary, still being watched 20 years later. Hope they all found some peace in their lives.
@dindunuffin? promise I'm sorry to hear about your situation and truly truly wish the best for you. Everyone has different struggles and challenges in life in all different forms. You're never alone. Life is precious. So precious that someone who has never met you living on the other side of the world to you, cares about you and your well-being. Keep strong my friend.
Curiosity, thanks for printing Jamie’s poem. I just did an art piece about her. I sketched the little sweetheart and added the poem. She moves me to tears, still. 💔
@dindunuffin? promise it's giving in to your brain. Tell it to FuckOff and stay sober. I don't do anything anymore but the thoughts come daily FUCKOFF is my reply to my brain when it wants to drink or smoke or get high👍 Good luck
After surviving addiction myself I've realized addicts are just sensitive souls who couldn't deal with the harsh realities of their sober reality...I will always have love and compassion in my heart towards an addict of any substance...
It's an absolutely heartbreaking documentary , my dad passed away at 55 through years of drinking ( he died of severe malnutrition and liver failure, in the end he refused meds,food ) so watching this brings it all back . God bless to each and everyone of them .
God bless . My old man east ham dave blasted his bones to dust on carling, fosters and stella. We miss him . Filthy booze. Worse than any class A. Nothing but love to these souls in the wethouse
@@DTM93 Not quite you need to do your research. In anycase the two people you've replied too are remembering a tragic time in their life not in some compition of your irrelevent comment
@@Superfandangoo It's a fact they're Class A for a reason they kill much quicker than alcohol does. You can overdose far easier and be killed off over a shorter time frame than alcohol. If you don't know that i highly suggest you look into what knowledge you seem to think you have as it's very much lacking. The only irrelevant comment is your own it has about as much use to this topic as a Boeing 767 has to the world trade center.
I'm 61, and I've seen this story repeated since I was a child living in the heart of Glasgow, it is never ending, we don't look after each other well, alcoholism and drug addiction and mental health is a pandemic , has been for decades
I work in the NHS and our mental health facility which had about seven wards, it had an in house rehab facility, it had everything to help mental illness, is now due to be knocked down and in its place three wards within another hospital. Hospital bosses don't care about mental health as much as physical health and with this pandemic, their going to realise they've made a grave mistake. The next time a politician knocks on your door and asks if you'll be voting for them, ask them "what are you going to do about the shocking budget cuts to mental health when young people are killing themselves, getting hooked on drugs, what are you as a politician going to do to reverse that", if the first words out their mouth are "we'll that's not really within my remit", shut the door in their face And try And find someone who gives a damn to vote for. And it's not just younger people, mental health can hit at any age. It's shocking that so called intelligent people don't see the damage they've caused by cutting mental health services but we had to pay back the banks somehow. This is all where it leads from, us bailing out the banks and the politicians thinking "quick what do we cut now that won't be noticed til ten years down the line and unfortunately mental health was one of them. David Cameron and George Osborne should be ashamed of themselves for overseeing that raid on the public and plunging us all into austerity to sav e the FECKING banks. How many bankers were jailed over the financial crisis, oh that's right, none!!!
I suffer mental health issues (I'm female using my partners account)....but I think we have moved on so much in society in the last 40 years its caused alot of depression etc to grow....technology saved us time but left us room to dwell more...my nanna bless her...shes now deceased... used to say...we didnt have time to feel depressed back in our day because we had so much to do.....not said to pull us sufferers down...she meant the washing taking hours not minutes to load a machine...kept our minds focused on other things which helped us mentally....
I feel like in 2020 this is important to see. Alot of us are developing drug/alcohol use problems including myself. Dont let boredom and isolation be your reasoning because it will grip you very fast. To anyone reading this, I hope you find your way
The highest truth, click below on the link. Good luck on your journey. Peace love, light and blessings. David. Xxxx x docs.google.com/document/d/1ef0mUnSPN_PVWY8fW9mVX6MS_OJfAqsBBQJr5KyH1cA is the /edit?usp=drivesdk Fear, anger and hatred essentially come from a lack of perspective as to what life is all about. Being is not only beyond but also deep within. The future, the worry, the regret, the anxiety. These are all mental events that do not have to be part of the difficulty of life. These can be transcended here and now. =========== Eternal love =========== It cannot be that, Anybody, anywhere Is not my very own. -I am with you at all times. I release my grip, from illusions of permanence and drift in the freedom, of the ever changing winds. ruclips.net/p/PL0VQTrI4kRy3gnSp34ibNBxI7p5xqvV5T
@@joejimenez114 use that same energy to fight it, change it to 4 days strong. People also fail to mention after getting clean it is okay and healthy to indulge from time to time. Just when it's a habitual type of thing you needa re evaluate
The Scottish man the carer. Is amazing he’s so patient, caring & non judgmental . We need more people like him in this world . I wonder where he is now is he still in the same line of work
Just hit my 2 year sober mark 6 days ago. But booze is a constant reminder of losing my wife step daughter house dogs basically everything I cared about.
Thank you, some days I don’t feel like I’m doing so well. I don’t know I just miss her n my step daughter so much. People say time is the only thing that helps but it hasn’t helped me. I’ve tried dating 4 different times/girls and I always find myself comparing them to her. My ex wife was my dream girl, like if someone said write down on a piece of paper what you want in a wife it was legit her. I don’t know sorry for my rant this is the hardest time of the year for me. Holidays suck
By Christ, I don't think I've ever wept at a piece of television but listening to Michael's story brought me to tears. No matter how much he drinks, the memory of killing that man in the Congo is as clear as day. I can't begin to imagine what that feels like.
Not being funny but he used the American pronunciation of lieutenant. I would have thought he would know how to say it correctly if he was a professional soldier. He might not even be telling the truth. Doesn’t really matter either way he is obviously a troubled man and it’s very sad.
I remember watching this a few years ago devastating documentary. My grandma died from alcoholism and my dad had a heart attack and died in his 40s (he was an alcoholic) I enjoy a drink but I am becoming more aware and cautious recently.
Even in a state of complete degenerate rock bottom the men still have their inherent need to protect the vulnerable proof indeed the soul is indestructible God bless them all with mercy and peace health and happiness Amen 💫✝️✨
I could cry watching this. Im not a drinker but I am a drug addict and I know they are all covering up a world of pain that nobody can even imagine or fathom. God bless them all x
The thing about alcoholics is- they're often severely malnourished, because they just don't eat. Their bodies have lost the ability to process, or even desire, proper food.
My name is John and i have been sober for 15 years. The Irish soldier at the start was part of a tragic ambush in the Congo, in Niemba province. Another incident is detailed in the Netflix drama, “The Seige of Jadotville”.
The Baluba has long been associated with acts of cannibalism.[10] Lurid stories circulated in the Irish popular press that the bodies of the victims had been mutilated and that their hearts had been removed to be eaten by the Baluba.[11] As a result the word "baluba" became a synonym in Ireland for an "unruly or wild person".
Three Irish soldiers managed to escape the initial fighting. One of them, Anthony Browne, reached a nearby village and gave all the money he had to the village women, hoping they would get him help, but was instead mobbed and beaten to death by the village men. His body was recovered two years later. The two surviving soldiers managed to hide and were found by other UN troops the following day
I used to work in one of the other wet houses in London back in the 90's. It was exactly like this place with similar characters and sad stories. This film took me right back, thank you.
I always think the most depressing thing about any kind of overwhelming addiction like this is that you just end up only in the company of other erratic, broken people none of whom are really your friends. You're just bound up by the same affliction. Must feel awful whenever you're sober enough to notice.
@@karenmcclure7191 Don’t take this the wrong way but that’s the point, while you are drinking that’s how it feels. If and when you stop ( your choice, no judgment here) I’m pretty sure you would feel differently. When I was drinking I thought I had the best circle of people around me, when I stopped I realised they really weren’t.
Rebecca, I've been sober a while and I bought a house in a affluent area and I hate it, my social worker even said to me you miss living among druggies and alchies, and it's true, I feel lonely and despite having worked as a solicitor feel like I don't fit in here.
Really feel for these lost souls, I was drinker for 28 years and started to feel it getting a hold of me 17 years ago, had a bad scare and gave up completely overnight, it can be done folks.
I quit just over a year ago, best thing I ever did. This documentary broke me, could have been me in a few years. Personally I would play this in schools, might save lives.
Watching the girl inhale the glue through the bag I couldn’t help thinking how the bag looked like a human heart operating and how much actual strain it’s putting on her! Heart breaking....literally
She seemed young but if she kept this no way she is alive now. My heart really hurt for her, she seems so small and vulberable. She must have suffered from severe anxiety and the only help she had to deal with it was the glue sadly.
@@pajguitar Thank you, and yes, that's precisely what I do. I'm lucky for all the support I'm getting, even though the most horrible struggle is the one you have to make all alone, by your very own self, and for yourself only. Even when of course I constantly worry of the burden I put my loved ones through but still, I remind myself constantly that now I focus all my energy to get better. And start truly loving myself like I love those around me. And btw thank you for uploading this documentary film. It has made a huge impact on me needless to say. I feel so, so much for the people seen in it. Many remind me of my dying grandfather, whom I remember just barely, and all the memories are basically of him lying on the couch, looking like a bloated pale corpse and shouting awful things to me, my sisters (just a few years old we were) and mom, and grandma... Her own wife. I remember one particular thing he once shouted when we played outside in the rain with my sisters, "I will kill you all" is what he yelled at that time.. Just horrid. But there's also warm memories, he took me once in his arms and I remember he didn't seem threatening or yell, and was very kind to me. He explained about his thumbnail and how he lost it doing woodwork long time ago, and I was so curious to hear... I believe he wasn't a bad person in his soul, and that war, poverty and hard times had made this impact on him that he just had to drink and drink away those horrible memories. Goddamn, now I'm bawling here over my dead grandpa and writing a novel about it :'D but dang, that's just the power this movie has, like I said.. Long story short I wish love, strength and courage for everyone trying to get rid of the booze devil. And may those who lost the battle after bravely living through hell now finally rest in peace.
The guy crying at 24:22 is my uncle Doyle. This was recorded in 2001. This show saved his life! After this he sobered up for a few days and watched the video. He was disgusted with himself. Fortunately he turned his life around and now is married with 4 kids and has a successful business in the heart of Edinburgh with a net turn over of 4 million a year. We always knew he was good at maths but to come from this to running his own business that helps solve scientific mathematician equations is mind blowing. Uncle Doyle, we love you all the Campbell clan do.
When the man was asked do you miss them His face literally went sober n lit up for a sec ❤️ Everybody has struggles man Hope everyone can beat whatever there battling in life👍
Where i am in my life im not a million miles away from the people in this doc , middle aged man failed marriage drink and drug addiction as well as mental health issues , not close to family ,bills piling up , fucked up my job because i chose drink and drugs over it , burnt so many bridges that cant be repaired and i can see myself homeless fairly soon if i don't get help . this is a harsh wake up call . im reading the comments of people being sober for 5 10 20 + years and even a few months and i admire you all and want to be there also .......
It can be done. Look up Paul Venis K1 channel - hes a serious addict but beat it. Gives lots of good advice and does lives you can comment on for an answer - or even talk in video chat. you dont have to show your face and can stay anon
‘Every day I look out and that chimney stack is still stacked and he’s still buried below because I killed him’. The pain of guilt consumes his sober mind that he drinks to forget it. So sad!
He killed a person who was gonna kill him. Sure, it's trauma. But i think his "guilt" is just to justify his drinking. Addiction doesn't need a reason, you create reasons to propagate your addiction.
The guy who carried every letter he got with him was amazing. Imagine the amount shit he’s gone through in 20+ years and he still managed to keep those letters in perfect condition.
@@anthonyparedes4800 I mean realistically even if a normal person had to carry them on thier person for 20 years, they wouldn't look perfect. Let alone him. Likely kept at a family members or something and he got them to drop them off so he can show them and it looks like he has made some kind of effort, then decided to lie on the spot about it. I have known extreme alcoholics and they tell lies constantly like this 😔
I'm 4 years sober this October! Completely rebuilt my life! I know how these lot felt believe me it's horrible! I'm 32 next month and I've had cirhossis since I was 24 years old! it only took me 10 years to completely sabotage my liver! Most people it takes about 20-30 years to get that bad but I was seriously flat out! Thank God I was saved! It was prison that changed me for the best!
People like the gentlemen in charge are quiet heros. The rest of society cross the road from these people, they turn up day after day, to abuse, low or no pay and violence. My mum works with people like this. Proud of her.
Amazing documentary idea. I'm drunk watching this, contemplating my own life. This is fucking scary and urgent and so relevant. The greatest argument against drinking ever made
Hi. I used to drink spirits until I was in a terrible state. Just had no off switch. My uncle told me to get help. I went to aa meetings and met a lot of very interesting people. It helped a lot. Hope this helps x
Please please get help. I know you have to fight for it, I know giving up drinking is incredibly hard. But I also know my best friend is not just drinking away his life, he's drinking away his beautiful wife (who is frankly super-human) his adorable, kind, clever daughters and I can't do a thing, nothing gets traction. It's so fucking sad and makes me so fucking mad because he's so much better than this. We put so much time and energy into illegal drugs, so much focus on helping people stop smoking. But this most brutal of addictions we just coast alongside, never really acknowledging the danger because that might fuck up our enjoyment of the Friday pint of the glass of wine with dinner. We sleepwalk people into addiction then leave them there. But you are worth more than a lonely life spiralling toward a forgotten end. I'm just a Random Blob on the internets but just in writing this I'm putting a higher value than that you put on yourself. You're absolutely worth more than the next drink. Good luck. It takes courage to reach out but overcome the fear that no-one will take the hand because they will.
I was amazed to see this was shot in 2000 it felt early 90s. I imagine everyone in this is gone now. Died alone or in a hospital bed, not knowing where they were or in agony, buried with no one at their funerals. A sad hard dose of the negative side of life. They weren't born to live a life like that.
I'm not an addict but have alcoholics in my family. If you are worried about your drinking, don't look at not drinking as some kind of punishment, look at it as your prize or treat because you'll be better without it.
Proud of you! amazing accomplishment. You are so deserving. I'll have 11 years in may 2021. I'm also thankful I changed my ways. I wouldn't be here today if i had not.
My friend" I pray that you are making Jesus first in your life, because without Jesus Christ you'll never have your life together. and we are in the last crucial hour, my friend" please go to the honest News Network with Minister Brother Joseph Skinner in this last crucial hour for Living Water. may the good Lord God protect and bless you and your family and keep you all safe in these perilous times I pray Amen.
Heartbreaking doc. Most of these (if not all) are probably dead now. God bless people like the scots carer serving them the meals.People like him makin this world a slightly better place.
I was so nice to see the woman after a week in rehab able to speak coherently about what she wants for her future. It's like someone flipped a switch and her humanity just switched right back on.
@@autisticfitness176 It was several years after, according to the director. Its haunted her since because it was after seeing the film. She then fell of the wagon and died.
I’m 9 days away from 2 months sober from alcohol, for the first time in my life. I’m 29, drank heavy for 10 years straight, I would have ended up like one of these folks. This made me cry, drinking numbs the pain, there’s so much sadness in that place.
The 'poem' that Jamie Dodger recites are actually the lyrics to an old song called 'Life in a plastic bag' by a punk band called TDA(I think, could be wrong) circa 1981. There was a wet house 200 yards from where i live that closed down about 8 years ago and besides being drunk all the time they were never a problem, after they moved into sheltered housing they slowly ended up back on the streets as it was safer than hostelled with the more younger and at times very violent drug addicts.
I drank like this for 23 years, did my Pancreas in but apart from that i was lucky, t total now for over a year, its tough rough and dangerous that life.
They are broken people and it is sad for them but it doesnt change that they drag other people and their environment into their black hole of self destruction too. Living next door to them or being a family member (God forbid being the child of an alcoholic) is horrible. Alcohol turns you into a soulless demonically possessed husk of a person who doesnt give a shit about anybody or anything. I think equal parts sympathy and anger are appropriate.
It’s crazy to me the amount of pain these folks are dealing with, and just how blessed I am, very sad, I’m quite sure a very high percentage of these folks are no longer with us, I’d say 80% are gone….hope they found a bit of happiness before they passed away……..
I smelt glue getting my nails done yesterday's believe me i had to put mask on nearly past out hell no how she does that shit poor woman put her in rehab no way she should b living in a flat on her own
For most, they know this is the last stop. £20:00 is affordable. Their own private bedroom, communal living/dining room, warmth, good food, free medical / dental care that comes to them, counselling, access to treatment and safety from the scum of society.
I was where they are. Will be 21 years and 4 months clean and sober tomorrow.. Completely rebuilt my life. At peace. I thankfully found a way out.
How long are the physical withdrawals and did you just reduce or stop dead?
I bet you would love a beer then pal hahahah
@@jaymason9373 What a wanker you must be.
Well done mate Im glad you found the happiness you deserve.
@@CaptainGlennQuagmire.ohh mate lighten up abit relax have a beer no dont actually that would be a bad idea now wouldn't it ahahahah
This is what people should be watching instead of trashy "reality" programs centered around egocentric, self entitled, unappreciative, brats. People need to see with their own eyes what goes on in the world, how others live, the struggles, the pain.
Agree with you ✌🏻
Agree wit you
Facts. This was such a real and raw representation of what actually goes on even to this day. My heart genuinely hurt for these people 😔
Amen
Too busy toungef*cking identity politics to care about these folk.
My brother lived in a wet house in Minnesota. 40 residents and each had his/ her own room with bathroom. They could drink in their rooms only. Very nice clean facility. He died at age 54 of alcoholic complications. I loved him so. I was 12 when he was born. He suffered two traumatic brain injuries at age 3 and 12. He was a sweet loving person who married two very abusive women. When he died I was with him and part of my heart went with him. He was in treatment 8 times.
Aye, RIP & not 1 to judge either way if living in a 'Wethouse' = better or worse, but compared to other options surely better if was determined to Drink. Empathise so much, but do wish more Wethouse's like this about as seen many die from Booze with 0 SUPPORT. Sadly a reliable Family isn't even enough. Bless.😳
Awww that is a sad story.Thank you for sharing.
Where in Minnesota if you don’t mind me asking?
Incredibly depressing but the way you wrote this is awfully sweet. Sure theres a heaven for folks like you
Rest in peace 🙏
You would never get anything this raw and truthful on TV anymore, this is gold
Raw and truthful? They don’t represent the majority of people with issues regarding drugs or alcohol but a smaller minority with an extreme pole of said issue.
@@IvnValmont This is the indigenous population. That's why they let so many migrants in to replace these lowlifes...
@@IvnValmont... yes? and they're being raw and truthful about that minority.
@@loverobotsinc Yes. A point i never countered, which you know are layout out as if I ever opposed it.
and we need more of this content to show others how bad things can get! im currently struggling with an alcohol addiction right now and have finally seeked out help. so wish me luck :)
to think these people were once children with hopes and dreams...
A mother looked down on them and hoped they would find happiness
It's very sad to see. 🙁
So many pitfalls ;( we are destined to battle all the addictive pitfalls out there for all our lives
@@dagre1839 that's what I was thinking about. They were once innocent, babies being nursed by their mother. Never would a parent look at their baby and think of them ending up like this. It's very, very sad.
@@dagre1839 What does that mean ?
Veterans break my heart. Trained to kill, desensitized to death and then expected to just come back and reintegrate as if nothing happened. Governments will never know the harm they have done.
And sadly they dont care. Over 2020 Boris states he will put soldiers on the street.....they already are. How sad and emotionally broken must these poor people be to have to reduce themselves to what we just watched in order to shut out their pain. No human being should need to go through this to learn lessons So sad.
The story about b3ing in the Congo broke my heart, the fact the government dont care what these men have done for their country breaks it even more.
Erm...pretty sure they know EXACTLY what harm they’ve done...they just don’t give a shit!
“Cannon fodder”
☘️
My grandad fought in WWII, he was injured with shrapnel at Dunkirk was patched up given 2 weeks leave after getting out of hospital and ended up in north Africa and was landed on sword beech at 8:25am on D day and was one of the first to liberate Dora-Mitelbua concentration camp. He had nightmares right up until 1988 and that's when i got him to try cannabis as i knew it is a dream suppressant. He went from having nightmares 3 or 4 times a week to 1 every couple of month. The only time i ever saw him drunk he had to be tied to the bed by my uncles because he got an axe and was going to kill them bastard SS. God knows what he went through because he never spoke about it but my gran said he was a different man all together after he was demobbed in 47. He was kept until 47 because he was tasked with recovering the bodies of dead airmen. They arent wrong about them been the greatest generation.
and on top of that, the wives and the children that feel the effects of the trauma and are abused one way or another by traumatized veterans of war, as the ripple effects of the war get passed on from one generation to the next, long after the war officially ended. All told, the cost of war is too great for humanity to bear, the real cost is too great.
5 years ago I was living on the streets of the worst and dangerous parts of Dayton ohio. I seen things that still haunt me today. I was strung out on drugs very bad. I ended up getting a bad MRSA infection in my knee that caused me to flat line for over 8 minutes. I saw the afterlife and talked to loved ones I’ve lost. I was revived and sent to a nursing home. I was in a wheelchair and had to re learn to walk and everything. It was a very difficult three years but I over came it. I’m very successful and have my own place and a beautiful girlfriend and got my son back into my life and see him almost every weekend, also I lost over 100lbs from all the weight I gained being in a wheelchair and have been told I’m 100 times better looking now that I’m sober. I wish you all the best of luck that are struggling. I am living proof that change can happen, you just have to plug at it and want to change. Much love
I come back to this doc every couple of years as it reminds me where i was headed and how far ive come since sobering up. Addiction is a disease and needs to be treated with compassion and understanding.
Same here.
And yes, it requires patience and compassion.
It's definitely not a choice at a certain point and people should be less judgemental and more supportive while looking at potential underlying issues that may be contributing to the problem.
Well done for pulling it together. Hope you continue to stay in control and you live a happy and fulfilling life.
Nice one!
I sometimes worry this documentary could disappear from here, it's too useful not to be available!!
I don't think ive seen it anywhere else
This is why I stick with smack😮
Cancer is a disease addiction is a choice
@@quack437 Thank you! I hate this "disease" crap.
“Wait till I get up.”........”I’m up”
Best sentence I’ve ever heard before trying to start a fight 🤣
Haha the other guy was like you got no chance, while he walks totally shaking and unstable 😆
Hahahha
That’s the funniest bit 😂🤣
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I think it was Jane Goodall who said you shouldn't judge the level of advancement a society has achieved purely by technology but rather on its ability to rehabilitate or take care of those who are sick. That is our strength as humans and it is always painful to see the results of those who have been alienated due to things they may have no control over.
Well put. Sadly, some countries you still have to pay for halfway decent healthcare which is abysmal.
The volunteers have nerves of steel .. they're doing unbelievable work !
Like fk are they volunteers living in London. That’s practically impossible unless you’re a millionaire to start with.
Having just been detoxed this really hit home. I live very close to that hostel and we used to tease the little guy as kids because he used to sleep in my friend's shed. He would chase us and go beserk.
He actually comes across as really sweet in this doc but we never bothered to get to know him.
Little did I know I would be in a similar position 21 years later.
I hope he's still alive and at peace.
Doubt he’s still alive dude
You tormented a desperate alchoholic. The supreme irony that you, then became one, is not lost on me.
@@danawankinthewoods.5642 thats Karma but he was a kid and hes acknowledged his mistake, as human beings thats all we can do.
Yeah he never said he tormented the man just they were kids who ran away from him probably scared because alcoholics are really scary to sober people especially children so you keep all empathy for the afflicted and none for those around them whose lives are also devastated…
Why no punctuation?
That guy serving the dinner is such a good guy. He doesn't get offended by their behaviour because he knows it's not the real person. He's just been called a c**t by the guy then steps in to help him straight away. People like him don't get the credit they deserve for the jobs they do. If you're reading this mate, I have 100% respect for the way you treat those people.
It's sad to watch but also heartwarming that these people aren't just forgotten and left out on the street. Even something as basic as a bit of food, healthcare and shelter. Actually that's not even basic really, they're being looked after and I would hope no one would deny them that whatever their bad life choices and mistakes.
They unironically are only doing that for the camera. I've been committed multiple times. This sounds unbelievable but I've watched a nurse torture guy with a catheter. I also saw them give less-than-optimal care to some dude with a social disability to the point where they literally carted him off to die the second time I was committed. The nurses gaslighting me and other patients was not even in the same league as the other two incidents. This was all in a state hospital with Federal funding as well.
Everytime I see nurses post on social media praising themselves or complaining about their job I think about those experiences and realize they are probably not very different from the people I watched commit torture and malpractice.
@@icecreamfromhell666there are some bad nurses out there, they take it for granted and take their feelings out on the residents, not good, there are some good ones though, you can be pretty sure who is good and who is just there for the money.
@JohnJohn-zn8ib it's definitely all nurses. Every single person I know who became a nurse is a complete narcissist. It's the same situation with the people who studied medicine.
I would not trust anybody I know who is a doctor to treat me after seeing how much money and personal politics are involved to even become a doctor.
@@icecreamfromhell666Wow, sorry you had to go through that. I've never been treated that badly, but I, fully aware that jobs like this don't just attract caring people, they attract bullies and control freaks too: I went to a school for autistic kids, so I know. All that place taught me was how to hide drugs and manipulate people......not all that useless skills.....
@robinc6288 I realize it’s been a couple of years since you commented on this video, but I just wanted to say your words are very moving and empathetic. Not all heroes wear capes. ♥️
I came out of the army and drank myself into oblivion for so long. I’ve been dry now for 18 years thanks to the support of my wife. I’m very lucky. My heart goes out to these people. It’s a tough situation to get out of. Much harder than people think. Peace.
Wish I could stay clean that long
Devils juice for wrong uns
@@joeybeann
You CAN.
....but YOU have to really want to.
Nobody can make you, or do it for you.
Seek help, friend.
It is available at no financial cost.
God Be With You.
@@skelter1153 it's OVER
@@joeybeannwhy? You giving up? ……💔💔…..
I'm in absolute awe of the people working here and helping these poor people. I cannot imagine being surrounded by that sort of chaos every day.
My thoughts exactly!! I think I'd go insane. But being in addiction myself, I'm aware of how it can be like..not with alcohol
Great, gritty REAL documentary. This was 24 years ago. It's sad to think they may all now have passed away
Was thinking the same. The documentary maker does do updates. Most passed within a few years of this programme
They are better off out of it to be honest
I used to be a support worker for a homeless agency who managed satellite properties one of which was a wet house. I went there twice. These people were in some cases weeks away from death and at the point there was no hope for them. The feeling was of overwhelming sorrow for these people whose lives were completely and utterly destroyed by a drug they couldn't stop taking, and they knew they were beyond help. They were completely and utterly broken spirits. Never underestimate any drug. Legal or otherwise.
Wow. That's harrowing
Once you start getting withdrawals, you have seen the monster for what it is. Many people never stop and never know... until it’s too late.
DMT, Ketamine, Mushrooms.. all these things are viable medicine for a lot of these cases, talking from personal experience... do not wait for the government to say its ok... source for yourself, help your loved ones.. and read up online safe and easy ways... you really going to trust any gov with something as personal as your own mental health?
Like a satellite in outer space is where they lived?
The social care budget is inadequate, having worked on ambulances in Manchester the social issues are everywhere and the patience of people like yourself is impressive. 🙏
I had a great friend who was an alcoholic and a addict..I never ever held that against him..he was clean for 12 years and on the list for a liver transplant and died shortly before he was offered it..he was on the streets for 9 years before he got clean..we miss him everyday..what I’m trying to say is that good people make bad choices we are all human..God bless them
Had you been childhood friends?
Well said!
Very true. We must remember to treat the dearly departed with dignity, regardless of how they left us. RIP to your mate.
I’ve been dealing with friemds holding my drug addictions against me my whole life. They don’t understand the struggle. Clean 3 years now...
@@growmiezhomiez8760 congratulations on 3 years man. 1 day at a time my friend thats how i do it and support from other addicts who arent using. Ive been clean since 99 off of heroin.
I came to the comments expecting to see judgement, criticism, and hatred, my faith in humanity has been completely restored. See beyond the alcoholism and drug abuse, look instead to the societal decay that lead to people seeing this as their only option. It's heartbreaking. I'm thankful that the staff are clearly kind, compassionate people who really don't get the payment or recognition they deserve for doing such a difficult job, true angels! The guy singing 'Beautiful Dreamer' at the end broke me, I'm a sobbing mess.
Alcoholism is also genetically caused. Some of us--I'm incredibly lucky, haven't had a drink since 1971, live independently, have friends, etc.--never drank normally. It's not all cused by either societal decay, as you say, or by personal trauma. it's very complicted, and mostly a combinatuib of all those things.
This is by far the saddest thing I've seen in a long time. That poor girl sniffing the glue broke my heart.
Mine too heart breaking, her eyes were lost , so sad 😢
I wonder what she went through. The pain & sadness in her eyes is unreal. Damn shame for her & for all of these lost souls. I have so much patience & understanding for these ppl, bc I have dealt with it all of my life.
(myself & others)
There was a sadness in her eyes....she suffered a lot I’m sure....was somebody’s pretty little baby girl at one time.......I would like to think that some people remember her with fondness...in different circumstances she could have lived a nice life as seemed to be a kind person
That man kept those cards in pristine condition, homeless, I will never forget this ...
The care with which he held and looked at each one. When he said he missed his family.
Can see the man took great affection and appreciation to the people carrying enough to right him a card. Through hell and high water he kept them safe
When he said that about the kisses all being for him that made me really sad for him, shows how important his family in Sweden love means to him 😕
@Zain staric Alcoholics can still love and miss their families ya knobhead
that dude made me cry with the way he talked about his family and how he kept those cards perfect, they introduced him being this hard-assed old fuk, then when they sat down in his room and he spoke about his daughter i melted.....
The UN soldier at the start telling his story broke my heart, he seemed absolutely broken.
The days before they recognised PTSD. The guy was going to be executed so he had to stab someone to death.. then finds pictures of the guy's family in his pockets. How the fuck does anyone deal with that without professional help? Poor guy.
Well unless he was in the American army... lieutenant isn't pronounced that way in the British army. Was probably a gunner
@Valkyries SS your full of shit he was in the Congo alright something you will never have the balls to do
@Valkyries SS you know nothing about war or the waffen SS dickhead run along mummy wants you inside her
@@simoningram8081 from an accent pov iv seen that or similar pronunciation in Scottish/Irish accents.
He looks about the right age to have been out in Africa and the West did send the Irish there. We messed up REALLY badly there. A group in one region asked the Dutch to stay rather than pull out during the shift to majority rule. That region knew that they were going to get FUCKED as they would be a minority in the new nation.
So to give native rule the UN ordered a minority group in to go and machine gun a bunch of natives to ensure that they accepted the native rule the white western UN demanded they do.
The Irish Army were used to do a fuckton of the UN's shitty jobs in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Machinegunning natives for not accepting majority rule the way the West wanted them to as well as cannon fodder during the Proxy Wars fought against the communists Malay, Burma, Korea, Vietnam.
The West did a lot of damage in its enforcement of native rule, drawing borders based on land not on tribes and they used what was considered a disposable people to do it.
Young working class Irish and British men. Sent out across the world to enforce rules that didn't make sense and borders that had no relation to the socio-political situation and the warring tribes. The Army was an escape from the fact there were bugger all jobs for the working class, pisspoor education for the ones who weren't uni bound and the slow death of the factories, Mills and Mines. We dumped so much into Germany and so.much was spent on Japan and we in the UK and the Irish, through governments that didn't think long term, unions that were essentially a weaponised tool of the USSR run by socialists and management that didn't listen to either the workers or the market ensured there was fuck all work and people disappeared into drink and drugs.
The Irish had two problems 1. The fucking zealots meaning that the place had to be filled with an occupying army in N.I and the R.O.I was run by religious zealots. troops on the ground, sectarian violence as a way of life and organised crime shifting to drugs. The army was an escape from the shit, a guaranteed wage and we sent them out to do the shitfy jobs with fuck all support when they came back so they left with no more qualifications than when they left, employers that viewed them as worthless because of as Kipling said, 'it's dogs and soldiers keep off the grass' so they left back to the same shitty existence.
There were ENDEMIC problems in the working class environment, what we would call today child abuse, sexual violence, domestic violence, alcoholism and people unable to cope escaping into a bottle.
Oh and since the 1950's society utterly destroyed the historic support networks implicit in community and things like the Working Mens Clubs, the factory social clubs, bands, sports teams died as we shifted away from one job from 16-pension age and we got rid of long term mental health housing and support units. Its not surprising we have people of that era who are lifelong alcoholics and ended up like this. Family moving away for work, the state of the care system and the cuts to social housing and adult social support.
Remember the 'drinking schools' are probably made up of people who met in the 'Job Clubs' of the 1970's and 80's
Are they blameless, fuck no most are there because they've burned every bridge they have but society did play a part in the why. REASONS are NOT Excuses BUT they are useful to know.
I'm a man off 44 years of age and I've been a heroin/methadone addict for over 24 of those so I can relate to this very much and I love to see old documentaries about England/Britain back when it was the place I knew... I know this is alcohol and it's different from drugs but us addicts are all the same at heart and I've been in rehabs with alcoholics and they get ill and withdraw and suffer the same as all us addicts do.. God Bless them all.
Damn right. It's your body's withdrawals from whatever substance it's been accustomed to. You are right, though. That's why some ppl get the shakes & delusions, as well. It ain't no picnic.
I get mad when ppl say that these ppl are just drunks & junkies, that they don't want to help themselves, when most of them are self-medicating bc that's all they know & can do to cope with life & the trials & tribulations of everyday survival.
Keep your head up, stay safe & take care.
☮️💜☯️
I’m a 44 year old heroin/methadone addict as well. Been an addict since I was 20 years old as well
@@citizenbeeswax7985holy crap me too lol, i think a lot of people start in their early 20s.
As legal as it is alcohol is a drug and it's one of the worst ones out there. Keep your head up babe. I hope you get well. I know they say the disease is always in you but it's better than the hell you're currently in.
i was an alcoholic for 18 years , hits home this , it shocked me how many people died in recovey, 20ish people from all walks of life were in my group when we started there is 2 of us left now
Well done mate.👍👍👍
12 years sober , thank you Jesus !
Congratulations on your sobriety! Keep going! Best wishes!
@@rachelg9873 Thank you !
@@robbie8085 you're very welcome! You've earned a little celebration and well wishes from a stranger, and so much more. :)
14 years this December for me.
@@RichAlderson Good job bud! Keep up the good work!
Have my own issues with alcohol can't let it get to this.. And think it should be shown to 16 or 17 year olds in school.. Much more an education than king Henry
I fear, they would not believe that that could be them in a couple of years
@@Iwoasasaned yeah shocking as it is, when we are young we feel invincible and this happens to weak people and not us.. Even stronger people can have their world turned upside down in a heart beat and unfortunately drink and drugs seem a way to cope but ultimately dancing with the devil and only tragic consequences
I agree, they warn people about getting too drunk and having alcohol poisoning but that's it. I'm only 26 and have had Delerium Tremens so bad I was on an IV in the hospital for a week. There are far worse things than a hangover or alcohol poisoning.
@@aislingjanuary1557 oh man you are so right a lot worse things indeed, spent few too many days in hospital myself due to Blackouts and some nasty falls have a bad enough scar over my right eye and could have lost it..but that wasn't enough to stop me, such is the hold of this satanic juice
Totally agree 👍. I have lost my Mum to alcohol and my older brother died of heroin overdose. I've said before that people would be mortified to find out if I took heroin after losing my brother. On the other hand, people can't understand why I no longer drink after watching it slowly kill my mother.
Amazing documentary. My pop was a rare first time winner and successfully got sober (much threatening from my mother helped) and has been clean forty years now. He even stayed sober a year into his program after I suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury as a sophomore in high school. I remember lying in bed paralyzed and praying that he didn’t fall off the wagon because of me. I was never more proud of my pop than after that tough year. I see a lot of him in these guys and I pray for all of them ❤
Pride is sin. Peace and love to everyone..
The thing about prayers is it lulls believers into a false sense of accomplishment. We cannot solve our problems or anybody else's problems through prayer. People often pray for victims or their families in the wake of a tragedy. But prayers are useless without action and those actions make the prayer irrelevant. Prayer only benefits believers who see or hear them. It gives them comfort and it makes them think they have some type of control over a situation that is out of their hands. If God has a plan it is senseless to try and thwart it. If God can be swayed by prayers what kind of merciful god would allow the horrors we see in the world? If God is perfect and all knowing it would be impossible for God to have created such flawed, evil and sinful human beings. When it comes down to it prayer is illogical even in religious terms.
@@BorBajzeljTomicSin isn't real. It's something delusional brainwashed fanatics believe because it came from their book of bronzed aged fairytales with their magical sky daddy wizard. 🤡
@@BorBajzeljTomicthat’s what you picked up from that good Christ
You get healed back up and walking after your accident?
The glue sniffer is so sad, it's absolutely terrible. Her leaving had me in tears.
Sadly, the director said she visited in her flat over the years, the flat ended up in a real bad state, eventually she lost contact.
@@TheStevenWhiting where did you hear that?
@@bushratbeachbum There is a link in the video description
Do you know what ever became of her? I would assume she’s dead now?
That old man at 12:05 "wait till I get up " ..... Ten seconds later "I'm up" lol I love him
He's so cute lol
That was my favorite part too!
I am a pretty extreme alcoholic myself. I was arrested last night and spent the night in a cell without any drink. I was withdrawing really badly. The nurse in the custody suite was amazingly caring and kept giving me medication to help with my withdrawal symptoms. The officers were also great with me they treated like a patient not a criminal and were all very kind. So thank you to all of those people. It's time to turn things around I have started seeking the help and treatment I need.
Please treat alcoholism with compassion and care, not judgement and stigmatism.
To anyone else who is struggling with alcohol or is affected by it just stick by your loved ones support them. We need your love and support. I hope you will all get on your road to recovery.
Best of luck Tom
I hope your recovery is going well Tom x
I will always offer support and love and help. In 14 years, it has never been accepted. It has been met with aggressive and violence.
God bless
The cops are alcoholics too
I watched this when I was in my late teens. I was already an alcoholic. I cried not knowing that I would end up living in a place like this. I'm 41 now and I work in a place like this. I am 13 years clean and sober. These places still exist. They are not called wet houses anymore, but they still exists, as do the people, who literally go there to die from their addictions; not everyone though. Some do make it out and get into recovery.
Well done dude.
What are they called now? I am an alcoholic
@@caligulite homeless hostels. Same thing is happening, but now it's behind closed doors because of policies and procedures forbidding people from drinking or taking drugs openly.
thank you for that@@SurvivorofHorror
@@caligulite Brave of you to share, I hope you get well before something ugly happens. It's sickening to watch yourself drunk; have a friend film you & watch it sober. It might really shake you up. I'm one too, yes. Sober, yes. Don't give up on wanting better for your life. Love helps too.
Real people with real lives who have found themselves in a tough situation. Infinitely more interesting than anything I could find on TV or in a library these days
They still have the same book as before, you know? But more
You tried it? It's no joke.
Real lives ?
ONG ❤❤
Totally agree. These people are the true definition of survivor. Wounded, yes but still fighting each day with more courage than many of us could ever hope to have.
Brilliant documentary. That's how you make 'em! So moving and humbling. ❤
The guy serving the dinners and checking up on em is a legend 🙌 respect
Patience of a Saint
lol he kisses their ass and they spit on him and act like spoiled children. not a legend, just an enabler sending them all to an early grave
@ESP Music he takes people we're they are not were he thinks they should be they are not well people and he knows this. Let's just forget about them and leave them on the street to die. They are as unwell as a person with terminal cancer they deserve some kind of care.
That term is thrown about all the time nowadays for nothing. In his case it is well earned.
He is getting paid and probably getting decent pay working for the council. So not so much a saint. Just a person helping the community as his job.
They say just 2% of alcoholics get sober and achieve long term sobriety I’m in that 2% and so grateful for it
Congratulation my friend 😘,been of heroin etc for two years now in january...life is GOOD 😎,lots of love and light from faraway Norway coming your way 🌈
me to and it takes a strong person to keep sober keep strong :)
Same! 8 years and 7 months 💛
11 months gratefully...
Where did you hear that from?
Not only is this a fantastic documentary, but I’ve even been pleasantly surprised by a lot of the comments - baring in mind how much of a stigma there is towards alcoholism, drug addiction and homelessness, it’s so reassuring to see lots of people showing compassion, empathy and understanding towards the people featured I this film and their various issues. RUclips can be a very horrible place so thanks to all those who have posted positive and compassionate comments on this video. Restores my faith in people - not everyone out there a sadistic maniac who sets fire to homeless veterans for fun.
Very well said I think the same any of us could end In a bad way in Life
Same, this is probably the kindest comment section I've ever seen on any video dealing with addiction
Yeah the RUclips comment section is one of the worst places on the internet imo. It's just full of so much negativity, hate, disgust, brutality, hostility, and everyone is a hypocrite lol, including me of course. Anyway, I agree that it's nice to see some compassion, but my point here, is that YOU refrain from fulfilling your faith in humanity from places like RUclips. People shouldn't let places like this sway their opinion of humanity in ANY direction, it's just not a good source for that. If people can learn to retrain their eyes, to refocus them, they would see so much decency and compassion all around them. From someone simply holding a door for someone else, to helping with their groceries, you name it, we're out there helping each other. Don't let any form of media gain control over your emotions or perspectives, because then you're nothing but a passenger in life, with someone else driving you everywhere, responsible for how you feel about everything, the choices you make even reflect what your media is telling you, if you let it. This place has A LOT of great things to offer, no mistaking that, but we ALL need to be on our toes when it comes to the level of control we surrender to media, all media.... My apologies, rant over.
Total respect to the ppl who work in that unit, they all deserve medals.
Refusing people help unless they stop drinking/drugs etc is killing people.
Ironically theyre killing themselves
@@devilsolution9781 but the smug piety of the people running housing projects motivated by their skywizard that demands they check for track marks or piss test people ensures that these people die on the streets of frostbite or hypothermia. Ensure they are at risk of violent assault just because they are there.
Demanding a person stop drinking or you won't help them is just spite and cruelty and a sense of superiority. Especially in the case of alcohol where coming off too quickly kills people.
I'm fed up of the smug self centred pricks that offer 'help with so many conditions its worthless. Go to their church, get clean before we help rehouse you with no support to get clean. Believe what they believe. Its garbage.
This place encouragingnself managed drink reduction is going to help more people than the places that demand people stop
@@jediknight1294 Casting judgment on people you are trying to help just has the opposite impact. It makes people struggling with addiction feel like they aren't worthy of assistance, and when they are finally at a point when they need it most they might not get it for that reason. Recovery requires absolute acceptance of self. By accepting addicts as they are it helps validate the problems that precipitated the addiction, decreases guilt and shame, and increases the likelihood that someone will seek long-term sobriety.
Thank you for your comment :)
@@mattryan2489 the trick is embedding reasons are not excuses and analysing and dealing with the dickhead behaviour that went with the addiction and spiral burning support networks and not simply replacing the substance with a programme AA/NA doesn't fix the issue it merely redirects the addiction.
i wish i could open up a place like this where i live, so many hurting people--housing restrictions and liability claims make it almost impossible
Irish & Scots washed up on the streets of England. Very sad indeed. Some couldn't go home with the shame of amounting to nothing, some had nothing to go back to.
I used to work next door to this hostel for about 10 years. Remember some of the residents.
The Scottish guy taking care of everyone and going through what he does is an absolute angel. I hope he knows it xx
@@GrimGrumBalls what?
He’s really lovely
@@adammarshall4245 I think he thought he was talking about the Northern Irish guy.
Yes he is. A very kind man ❤️
@@philbecker4676Northern Irish? Why don’t you just call him Irish? 🤣
Life in a plastic bag, is the best you've ever had.
There is nothing left for you, so you go back to your glue.
You promise your mum, and your friends, you'll never go back to that glue again.
But times got rough, and things got bad.
All you wanted was that plastic bag.
RIP Jamie Blue 💙
Is she dead
Sad to think that most of them are likely dead. At least their incredible stories live on through this documentary, still being watched 20 years later. Hope they all found some peace in their lives.
@dindunuffin? promise I'm sorry to hear about your situation and truly truly wish the best for you. Everyone has different struggles and challenges in life in all different forms. You're never alone. Life is precious. So precious that someone who has never met you living on the other side of the world to you, cares about you and your well-being. Keep strong my friend.
Curiosity, thanks for printing Jamie’s poem. I just did an art piece about her. I sketched the little sweetheart and added the poem. She moves me to tears, still. 💔
@dindunuffin? promise it's giving in to your brain. Tell it to FuckOff and stay sober. I don't do anything anymore but the thoughts come daily FUCKOFF is my reply to my brain when it wants to drink or smoke or get high👍 Good luck
After surviving addiction myself I've realized addicts are just sensitive souls who couldn't deal with the harsh realities of their sober reality...I will always have love and compassion in my heart towards an addict of any substance...
There are other ways!
It's an absolutely heartbreaking documentary , my dad passed away at 55 through years of drinking ( he died of severe malnutrition and liver failure, in the end he refused meds,food ) so watching this brings it all back . God bless to each and everyone of them .
God bless . My old man east ham dave blasted his bones to dust on carling, fosters and stella. We miss him . Filthy booze. Worse than any class A. Nothing but love to these souls in the wethouse
@@discodroidz429 Class A drugs kill people alot quicker at a much higher rate.
@@DTM93 Not quite you need to do your research. In anycase the two people you've replied too are remembering a tragic time in their life not in some compition of your irrelevent comment
Peace and love to you
@@Superfandangoo It's a fact they're Class A for a reason they kill much quicker than alcohol does.
You can overdose far easier and be killed off over a shorter time frame than alcohol.
If you don't know that i highly suggest you look into what knowledge you seem to think you have as it's very much lacking.
The only irrelevant comment is your own it has about as much use to this topic as a Boeing 767 has to the world trade center.
Little Jamie and how they all love her and protect her is heartbreaking. She’s probably never felt that kind of love before 💔
Aye, must've been hell of a 'character' when they were all Boozing outdoors. Bless....
Be nice to see how she is now bless her?
I'm 61, and I've seen this story repeated since I was a child living in the heart of Glasgow, it is never ending, we don't look after each other well, alcoholism and drug addiction and mental health is a pandemic , has been for decades
Same in Salford, the mental health and social care system is not fit for purpose, even today.
good comment mate.
A combination of our drinking culture/drinking industry and capitalist selfish society.
I work in the NHS and our mental health facility which had about seven wards, it had an in house rehab facility, it had everything to help mental illness, is now due to be knocked down and in its place three wards within another hospital. Hospital bosses don't care about mental health as much as physical health and with this pandemic, their going to realise they've made a grave mistake. The next time a politician knocks on your door and asks if you'll be voting for them, ask them "what are you going to do about the shocking budget cuts to mental health when young people are killing themselves, getting hooked on drugs, what are you as a politician going to do to reverse that", if the first words out their mouth are "we'll that's not really within my remit", shut the door in their face And try And find someone who gives a damn to vote for. And it's not just younger people, mental health can hit at any age. It's shocking that so called intelligent people don't see the damage they've caused by cutting mental health services but we had to pay back the banks somehow. This is all where it leads from, us bailing out the banks and the politicians thinking "quick what do we cut now that won't be noticed til ten years down the line and unfortunately mental health was one of them. David Cameron and George Osborne should be ashamed of themselves for overseeing that raid on the public and plunging us all into austerity to sav e the FECKING banks. How many bankers were jailed over the financial crisis, oh that's right, none!!!
I suffer mental health issues (I'm female using my partners account)....but I think we have moved on so much in society in the last 40 years its caused alot of depression etc to grow....technology saved us time but left us room to dwell more...my nanna bless her...shes now deceased... used to say...we didnt have time to feel depressed back in our day because we had so much to do.....not said to pull us sufferers down...she meant the washing taking hours not minutes to load a machine...kept our minds focused on other things which helped us mentally....
I feel like in 2020 this is important to see. Alot of us are developing drug/alcohol use problems including myself. Dont let boredom and isolation be your reasoning because it will grip you very fast. To anyone reading this, I hope you find your way
The highest truth, click below on the link. Good luck on your journey. Peace love, light and blessings.
David. Xxxx x
docs.google.com/document/d/1ef0mUnSPN_PVWY8fW9mVX6MS_OJfAqsBBQJr5KyH1cA is the /edit?usp=drivesdk
Fear, anger and hatred essentially come from a lack of perspective as to what life is all about.
Being is not only beyond but also deep within.
The future, the worry, the regret, the anxiety. These are all mental events that do not have to be part of the difficulty of life. These can be transcended here and now.
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Eternal love
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It cannot be that,
Anybody, anywhere
Is not my very own.
-I am with you at all times.
I release my grip, from illusions of permanence and drift in the freedom, of the ever changing winds.
ruclips.net/p/PL0VQTrI4kRy3gnSp34ibNBxI7p5xqvV5T
Working on it buddy; thanks.
@@kilgoretrout8896 stay at it man, I believe in you
With time first 72 hours are bad yet still find myself going 4 days on a bender
@@joejimenez114 use that same energy to fight it, change it to 4 days strong. People also fail to mention after getting clean it is okay and healthy to indulge from time to time. Just when it's a habitual type of thing you needa re evaluate
The difference in her just two weeks into detox is insane. It was actually nice to hear her talk
The Scottish man the carer. Is amazing he’s so patient, caring & non judgmental . We need more people like him in this world . I wonder where he is now is he still in the same line of work
Let’s hope so, he’s definitely the kind of guy you’d want looking after your loved one in a similar situation. What a star
The scots are legends, from an irish cousin
Dennis is irish
You mean the guy works there? Be an old man now if still alive
Just hit my 2 year sober mark 6 days ago. But booze is a constant reminder of losing my wife step daughter house dogs basically everything I cared about.
Well done , was it something you did while drunk or just because your were constantly drinking ?
@@ronniekray1984 While drunk. Hard liquor made me a nasty drunk.
You’re doing well. Keep strong brother.
Thank you, some days I don’t feel like I’m doing so well. I don’t know I just miss her n my step daughter so much. People say time is the only thing that helps but it hasn’t helped me. I’ve tried dating 4 different times/girls and I always find myself comparing them to her. My ex wife was my dream girl, like if someone said write down on a piece of paper what you want in a wife it was legit her. I don’t know sorry for my rant this is the hardest time of the year for me. Holidays suck
By Christ, I don't think I've ever wept at a piece of television but listening to Michael's story brought me to tears. No matter how much he drinks, the memory of killing that man in the Congo is as clear as day. I can't begin to imagine what that feels like.
Not being funny but he used the American pronunciation of lieutenant. I would have thought he would know how to say it correctly if he was a professional soldier. He might not even be telling the truth. Doesn’t really matter either way he is obviously a troubled man and it’s very sad.
@@trevorpepper1996 Maybe the standard pronunciation of lieutenant in the U.N. forces was American English? But I'm only guessing really.
He was probably in the Irish army , has a southern Irish accent and we pronounce it the same way Americans do
It’s the N. Irish pronunciation
@@trevorpepper1996 not being funny??
You think that gives you the right to question the poor fella?
Shut your pie hole.
I remember watching this a few years ago devastating documentary. My grandma died from alcoholism and my dad had a heart attack and died in his 40s (he was an alcoholic) I enjoy a drink but I am becoming more aware and cautious recently.
Even in a state of complete degenerate rock bottom the men still have their inherent need to protect the vulnerable proof indeed the soul is indestructible God bless them all with mercy and peace health and happiness Amen 💫✝️✨
I could cry watching this. Im not a drinker but I am a drug addict and I know they are all covering up a world of pain that nobody can even imagine or fathom. God bless them all x
I'm in the same boat as you
I hope you are doing ok
I pray you beat your demons of drug abuse Amen xxxxxxx on Father Jesus name you will become clean of substance abuse Amen xxxxxxx
What drugs are you addicted too ?
Coke head I reckon
The thing about alcoholics is- they're often severely malnourished, because they just don't eat. Their bodies have lost the ability to process, or even desire, proper food.
My name is John and i have been sober for 15 years. The Irish soldier at the start was part of a tragic ambush in the Congo, in Niemba province. Another incident is detailed in the Netflix drama, “The Seige of Jadotville”.
The Baluba has long been associated with acts of cannibalism.[10] Lurid stories circulated in the Irish popular press that the bodies of the victims had been mutilated and that their hearts had been removed to be eaten by the Baluba.[11] As a result the word "baluba" became a synonym in Ireland for an "unruly or wild person".
Three Irish soldiers managed to escape the initial fighting. One of them, Anthony Browne, reached a nearby village and gave all the money he had to the village women, hoping they would get him help, but was instead mobbed and beaten to death by the village men. His body was recovered two years later. The two surviving soldiers managed to hide and were found by other UN troops the following day
Thank you for naming the conflict Sir I wanted to look into what conflict he was referring to
I used to work in one of the other wet houses in London back in the 90's. It was exactly like this place with similar characters and sad stories. This film took me right back, thank you.
Bet you have some stories
God bless you
I always think the most depressing thing about any kind of overwhelming addiction like this is that you just end up only in the company of other erratic, broken people none of whom are really your friends. You're just bound up by the same affliction. Must feel awful whenever you're sober enough to notice.
Very true
That's not true, I'm alcohol dependent and I always find that everyone looks out for each other .
@@karenmcclure7191 Don’t take this the wrong way but that’s the point, while you are drinking that’s how it feels. If and when you stop ( your choice, no judgment here) I’m pretty sure you would feel differently. When I was drinking I thought I had the best circle of people around me, when I stopped I realised they really weren’t.
Rebecca, I've been sober a while and I bought a house in a affluent area and I hate it, my social worker even said to me you miss living among druggies and alchies, and it's true, I feel lonely and despite having worked as a solicitor feel like I don't fit in here.
Sounds like a most people’s jobs
All I can say is the ppl who work there are saints and must be very, very patient. Couldn't do it myself.
Respect to them for being so gentle and patient
Angels.
Yeah. They amaze me.
Really feel for these lost souls, I was drinker for 28 years and started to feel it getting a hold of me 17 years ago, had a bad scare and gave up completely overnight, it can be done folks.
I quit just over a year ago, best thing I ever did. This documentary broke me, could have been me in a few years. Personally I would play this in schools, might save lives.
100%
The dreams we had as children fade away..! God Bless one and all.
Watching the girl inhale the glue through the bag I couldn’t help thinking how the bag looked like a human heart operating and how much actual strain it’s putting on her! Heart breaking....literally
She seemed young but if she kept this no way she is alive now. My heart really hurt for her, she seems so small and vulberable. She must have suffered from severe anxiety and the only help she had to deal with it was the glue sadly.
Yeah that's not how a heart works but a lung didn't work with your pun did it
@Great White it’s easy to judge others, it’s difficult to recognise your own mistakes.
@Great White You can still feel sorry and sad for someone even if they're in a hell of their own choosing.
Guy who checks on the residents, sweeps up and cooks is a sweetheart...
3:53 On day 3 without drinking today. Remembered this document today and had to come see Michael tell his story, now I'm crying like a baby.
One day at a time
@@pajguitar Thank you, and yes, that's precisely what I do. I'm lucky for all the support I'm getting, even though the most horrible struggle is the one you have to make all alone, by your very own self, and for yourself only. Even when of course I constantly worry of the burden I put my loved ones through but still, I remind myself constantly that now I focus all my energy to get better. And start truly loving myself like I love those around me.
And btw thank you for uploading this documentary film. It has made a huge impact on me needless to say.
I feel so, so much for the people seen in it. Many remind me of my dying grandfather, whom I remember just barely, and all the memories are basically of him lying on the couch, looking like a bloated pale corpse and shouting awful things to me, my sisters (just a few years old we were) and mom, and grandma... Her own wife. I remember one particular thing he once shouted when we played outside in the rain with my sisters, "I will kill you all" is what he yelled at that time.. Just horrid.
But there's also warm memories, he took me once in his arms and I remember he didn't seem threatening or yell, and was very kind to me. He explained about his thumbnail and how he lost it doing woodwork long time ago, and I was so curious to hear...
I believe he wasn't a bad person in his soul, and that war, poverty and hard times had made this impact on him that he just had to drink and drink away those horrible memories.
Goddamn, now I'm bawling here over my dead grandpa and writing a novel about it :'D but dang, that's just the power this movie has, like I said..
Long story short I wish love, strength and courage for everyone trying to get rid of the booze devil.
And may those who lost the battle after bravely living through hell now finally rest in peace.
Hope your still sober bro
I wonder if after watching this, people still think of drinking as glamorous. So grateful for 20 years sobriety.
Omg the change in Annette just after a week without drink!! Unrecognisable!
She died shortly after. pennywoolcock.com/thewethouse
@@mccarthy5825 Ah. Right then.
The guy crying at 24:22 is my uncle Doyle. This was recorded in 2001. This show saved his life! After this he sobered up for a few days and watched the video. He was disgusted with himself. Fortunately he turned his life around and now is married with 4 kids and has a successful business in the heart of Edinburgh with a net turn over of 4 million a year. We always knew he was good at maths but to come from this to running his own business that helps solve scientific mathematician equations is mind blowing. Uncle Doyle, we love you all the Campbell clan do.
What a fantastic story mate. Proud of him.
That’s cool
How wonderful, wishing him all the very best
Wow, how old is Mr Doyle?
A major turn around over the course of 20 years!! Amazing!
That is such a good story, glad to hear he has turned himself around
When the man was asked do you miss them
His face literally went sober n lit up for a sec
❤️
Everybody has struggles man
Hope everyone can beat whatever there battling in life👍
Where i am in my life im not a million miles away from the people in this doc , middle aged man failed marriage drink and drug addiction as well as mental health issues , not close to family ,bills piling up , fucked up my job because i chose drink and drugs over it , burnt so many bridges that cant be repaired and i can see myself homeless fairly soon if i don't get help . this is a harsh wake up call . im reading the comments of people being sober for 5 10 20 + years and even a few months and i admire you all and want to be there also .......
It can be done. Look up Paul Venis K1 channel - hes a serious addict but beat it. Gives lots of good advice and does lives you can comment on for an answer - or even talk in video chat. you dont have to show your face and can stay anon
Find an aa meeting
‘Every day I look out and that chimney stack is still stacked and he’s still buried below because I killed him’.
The pain of guilt consumes his sober mind that he drinks to forget it. So sad!
He killed a person who was gonna kill him. Sure, it's trauma. But i think his "guilt" is just to justify his drinking. Addiction doesn't need a reason, you create reasons to propagate your addiction.
The guy who carried every letter he got with him was amazing. Imagine the amount shit he’s gone through in 20+ years and he still managed to keep those letters in perfect condition.
I lose phones, bank cards, keys god knows what else when I'm drinking, multiple times a year! He's incredible!
You realise he's clearly a liar and it's obviously not true, that guy isn't capable of looking after anything for 2 hours let alone 20 years
@@Sam-yr8ls Lol
@@anthonyparedes4800 😆
@@anthonyparedes4800 I mean realistically even if a normal person had to carry them on thier person for 20 years, they wouldn't look perfect. Let alone him. Likely kept at a family members or something and he got them to drop them off so he can show them and it looks like he has made some kind of effort, then decided to lie on the spot about it. I have known extreme alcoholics and they tell lies constantly like this 😔
I'm 4 years sober this October! Completely rebuilt my life! I know how these lot felt believe me it's horrible! I'm 32 next month and I've had cirhossis since I was 24 years old! it only took me 10 years to completely sabotage my liver! Most people it takes about 20-30 years to get that bad but I was seriously flat out! Thank God I was saved! It was prison that changed me for the best!
My mum told me I was a "mistake" and I've never forgotten those words either, I can relate with the Canadian girl...how sobering this documentary was!
Same here...
Also a drunk!
People like the gentlemen in charge are quiet heros.
The rest of society cross the road from these people, they turn up day after day, to abuse, low or no pay and violence.
My mum works with people like this. Proud of her.
Amazing documentary idea. I'm drunk watching this, contemplating my own life. This is fucking scary and urgent and so relevant. The greatest argument against drinking ever made
Have you seen 'Rain in my heart'? I feel more harrowing than this.
Hi. I used to drink spirits until I was in a terrible state. Just had no off switch. My uncle told me to get help. I went to aa meetings and met a lot of very interesting people. It helped a lot. Hope this helps x
@@Quincycle YES, watch Rain in my Heart - amazing documentary.
get sober man you can do it!
Please please get help. I know you have to fight for it, I know giving up drinking is incredibly hard. But I also know my best friend is not just drinking away his life, he's drinking away his beautiful wife (who is frankly super-human) his adorable, kind, clever daughters and I can't do a thing, nothing gets traction. It's so fucking sad and makes me so fucking mad because he's so much better than this.
We put so much time and energy into illegal drugs, so much focus on helping people stop smoking. But this most brutal of addictions we just coast alongside, never really acknowledging the danger because that might fuck up our enjoyment of the Friday pint of the glass of wine with dinner. We sleepwalk people into addiction then leave them there.
But you are worth more than a lonely life spiralling toward a forgotten end. I'm just a Random Blob on the internets but just in writing this I'm putting a higher value than that you put on yourself. You're absolutely worth more than the next drink.
Good luck. It takes courage to reach out but overcome the fear that no-one will take the hand because they will.
This incredible, brave piece
of work made me see past
the alcoholism
and glue sniffing and see
the humanity & character
in every actor . ❤
Only they are not actors.. they're not playing a part in a drama or show. This is their real life.
TH you talking about "actors"
These people are not actors, some of these unfortunate people have most likely passed away.
@hobouk3871 yes they probably have. Could have been me but happily alive and 19 years sober now.
Proud of you. No two days are the same.
I was amazed to see this was shot in 2000 it felt early 90s.
I imagine everyone in this is gone now. Died alone or in a hospital bed, not knowing where they were or in agony, buried with no one at their funerals.
A sad hard dose of the negative side of life. They weren't born to live a life like that.
They have all long passed on
Yes absolutely passed away…20 odd years
If it werent for the key cards, this could have been from the 70s, easily.
The compassion in the comments here, gives me a renewed faith in people.
Yeah. Iv been on twitter alot during lockdown and the people who are 'normal' and haven't encountered issues like this are ..not so compassionate.
No happy person drinks like this. I got scared watching this as I have my own alcohol issues
White wine every night?
These guys are so much worse than me.
@@jeremyboughtono2 it’s a long slippery slope
@beentheredonethat Not everyone who isn't happy drinks though.
I'm not an addict but have alcoholics in my family. If you are worried about your drinking, don't look at not drinking as some kind of punishment, look at it as your prize or treat because you'll be better without it.
4months 14days sober after Binge Drinking almost daily for 18+years.
I feel their pain.
The way those men loved and looked after ‘Jamie’ 😢❤️
This is like Christmas at my house.
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That's funny shit bruh!..
I'll have 8 years clean in March. So glad I decided to get away from everything, and work on getting my life together.
Proud of you! amazing accomplishment. You are so deserving.
I'll have 11 years in may 2021. I'm also thankful I changed my ways. I wouldn't be here today if i had not.
@Spin Onnit dick
Well done mate fair play to you
Nice one 👍
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Heartbreaking doc. Most of these (if not all) are probably dead now. God bless people like the scots carer serving them the meals.People like him makin this world a slightly better place.
They’re all somebody child , somebody’s brother , somebody’s father , they have lived lives and worked and had families
I was so nice to see the woman after a week in rehab able to speak coherently about what she wants for her future. It's like someone flipped a switch and her humanity just switched right back on.
She died shortly after 😪
Yeah. *RIP* Annette, but true just after a week seemed SO different. Bless.😳
@autisticfitness176 aw no that's so sad😢
@@autisticfitness176 It was several years after, according to the director. Its haunted her since because it was after seeing the film. She then fell of the wagon and died.
@@TheStevenWhiting where did you hear that?
I’m 9 days away from 2 months sober from alcohol, for the first time in my life. I’m 29, drank heavy for 10 years straight, I would have ended up like one of these folks. This made me cry, drinking numbs the pain, there’s so much sadness in that place.
keep up the good work, this is a horrible reminder of what can happen.
Keep it up!
Are you still clean?
just fuckin keep goin best of luck to ya mate
2 years on i hope your still staying strong ❤
The 'poem' that Jamie Dodger recites are actually the lyrics to an old song called 'Life in a plastic bag' by a punk band called TDA(I think, could be wrong) circa 1981. There was a wet house 200 yards from where i live that closed down about 8 years ago and besides being drunk all the time they were never a problem, after they moved into sheltered housing they slowly ended up back on the streets as it was safer than hostelled with the more younger and at times very violent drug addicts.
I'd never heard of them but i just listened to the song and you're correct. Well spotted.
we need more of these places in 2023
I drank like this for 23 years, did my Pancreas in but apart from that i was lucky, t total now for over a year, its tough rough and dangerous that life.
Wu Wei i was same. Pancreatitis is the most pain I’ve ever felt. Best detox programme ever!
@mickyj Jackson Thank you 😘
I know I don’t know you mate but well done keep it going....
@@yeehofook3152 we're all brothers and sisters in this disease, thanks chap.
@@jakethedude100 you're not wrong jeez it hurts.
All I see is A LOT of broken souls
Yea arseholes
And many more with these restrictions ...
@Frank Serpico eloquently said..I like this.
They are broken people and it is sad for them but it doesnt change that they drag other people and their environment into their black hole of self destruction too. Living next door to them or being a family member (God forbid being the child of an alcoholic) is horrible. Alcohol turns you into a soulless demonically possessed husk of a person who doesnt give a shit about anybody or anything. I think equal parts sympathy and anger are appropriate.
not many unbroken people drink like these blokes :(
Really need an update on this facility. It is so humbling.
It’s crazy to me the amount of pain these folks are dealing with, and just how blessed I am, very sad, I’m quite sure a very high percentage of these folks are no longer with us, I’d say 80% are gone….hope they found a bit of happiness before they passed away……..
I love this comments section, so kind, supportive with happy endings for the people who have fought alcoholism and won.Much love.
That poor lassie huffing on the glue was heartbreaking. Her head must be a mess.
Agree . She upset me the most.
I smelt glue getting my nails done yesterday's believe me i had to put mask on nearly past out hell no how she does that shit poor woman put her in rehab no way she should b living in a flat on her own
Definatly hard to process.
i did meth for 7 years my heart is done now
but i dont know about glue
As a person who drinks to much beer,I watch this documentary from time to time to keep me in check 😊
From the very end of the era in which TV mattered. Thank you for sharing.
For most, they know this is the last stop.
£20:00 is affordable. Their own private bedroom, communal living/dining room, warmth, good food, free medical / dental care that comes to them, counselling, access to treatment and safety from the scum of society.
Everyone has a story .. who are we to judge !
Well said
The difference in Annette during detox! So sharp, well spoken and insightful! The alcohol was clearly rotting a wonderful, intelligent mind.
Alcohol is the most dangerous drug ever created