I was sitting here watching this. I’ve been battling a pill addiction. I never thought in a million years I would be here. I’ve tried so many times to get clean and failed and tonight I cried my heart out to God for help and I watched this video and her clean date is my birthday and I felt like that in itself is God’s way of giving me one big hug saying it’s going to be okay. I won’t give up.
You never know what someone is going through regardless of their social or financial status. Trauma isn't always visible & many are silently suffering. Now more than ever we need compassion with one another. 💙
I so much needed to see this. I'm 8 days clean from opiate and now I'm trying to get over this and try help my sister. I can't loose her. Ty for your story
I love your reaction to being put in jail...it says volumes about you. It tells me that wise part of you was still in there, screaming to be heard. I am so impressed by you! And so glad you made it out! The world needs you! Welcome back! God bless you! I have no doubt you are an amazing recovery mentor! Thank you for making this amazing video!
Great story! I am a former opiate addict as well. Clean since March of 2012. Now I'm going to school to be a counselor for people struggling with addiction. It is so possible to better your life, you just have to want it and be strong!
Please, how are you doing? Please don’t relapse. Please help us all. All we have to keep from being permanently lost in this is the light of those like you who have gone before us. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Pain meds do have their place and the saddest thing that I feel comes out of this Opioid Epidemic, is that legitimate pain patients are being neglected and cut off.
@@SirApexTV-official 8 years ago i had a accident at work and broke both wrist, and scrambled some bones in one hand. I was home about a week and decided to stop the pain medication. It was horrible, pain to the bone, very little sleep. Hour by the hour wrestling. The hardest was the first week. My body was healing the wound. Im so glad I stopped before i had to fight something even bigger.
My niece did everything Randi did, instead of jail and a awakening. She told her kids to go now and get the neighbors. She locked the bedroom door and got the gun. She was similarly age as Randi. I just had knee surgery they gave me pills. I see how it starts, seems doctors have alot to do with addiction. I don't think I needed such pills it put me in another world. If there was more then 14 pills I could have been in big trouble. Just because a doctor gives you drugs doesn't mean it's safe. I'd say strong pain pills are never safe... it's like driving really fast it's never safe....many things can happen.
@@pursedelighted because I liked them. ...duh. if they gave me refills...I would of dam sure took those too. If they kept giving me re fills I would never stop...see that's the doctors that makes that possible.
Your story is so similar to hundreds of people that went through and experienced almost identical circumstances and many, like yourself, were able to dig down deep in their soul and pull themselves out of the pit of addiction. Then you have the others who can't seem to get out of their own way and they end up in jail ( prison) or dead. Congratulations Randi for having the courage to make a decision that saved your life and now your doing the best thing one who's gone through what you have to pay forward and share with others what it took for you to turn your life around. They call that hope! God Bless! Richard J
Wow ! Beautiful story. Im a heroin addict I was walking home last night and a homeless man asked me for a dollar. Of course I didnt have it. But I looked him in the eye with compassion like a person and told him I had no money. He saw that I was for real and there was a connection to another human being. He said Ok thank you and have a good night. I said thanks you too. It was a clear and honest moment. And it felt great. I cant even help myself right now. But I would love to help people if and when I get sober
Telling your story is helping people, regardless of where you are in your addiction. Thank you for sharing that moment. We're all flawed. Doesn't matter how many wins or losses any single person has in life, or how imperfect or perfect we may seem. We are all flawed, beautiful individuals.
Your a legend !!!you get it !! there a re multiple sides to you beyond being just a recovering addict for the entirety of your life !!!! Hoorah time too move on !!! .
Rochelle123ist your not an addict and used the drugs as prescribed. Shouldn't have any regrets and shouldn't feel the need to shame others for their faults. My dad died of cancer and he used pain pills to help him. My wife on the other hand is an addict and struggled with pain pills. They arnt for everyone.
I live in pain every day with many back and neck surgeries. I took my pain meds as prescribed. I never abused them. Now they have been taken away because to many people abused them. I took them for 30 years and NEVER abused them. I'm 58 years old with my whole spine deteriorated. Why do I have to pay for a crime you committed. Now I sit here waiting to die in pain because of people like you. The opioid crisis has caused over 50 million people living in chronic pain to suffer just like myself. This is wrong and inhumane allowing over 50 million suffer in sever pain.
Addicts suffer too stop feeling sorry for yourself its hard to quit when you are using to many you want others to understand u well understand them then
@@kingjack9036 Addicts do it to themselves, that is the difference. Chronic pain patients deal with way worse pain than a 5-7 day withdrawal. Addicts are running away from life, pain patients are trying to live life. I am sorry for her suffering but at the same time when she says she should have just been given ibuprofen for her back is a dangerous thing to say. Pain patients are killing themselves every day from a lack of analgesia. Seriously, it's not the doctors fault that she became a heroin addict, and then meth too? Pain patients have it a million times worse than addicts.
She too felt pain.. and the doctor prescribed her the opioids and she became addicted. I don’t think it was ever her plan to become addicted to something that would literally ruin her life. People don’t just wake up and decide to become drug addicts. When someone struggles with addiction it’s usually due to other traumas they are coping with through the use of drugs. This woman shared her story so that she can potentially help others struggling with addiction. There’s an opioid epidemic and she’s doing a part to help by sharing her experiences.
I was that way too and still fear it but part of it I tell myself don't let it control you. I am on a pain contract with doctor due to spinal stenosis and bulging discs from car wreck. took me almost a year for a doctor to find out what was causing so much pain afterwords and so i went without any pain med after my wreck until i found a doctor that went the extra mile to see what was going on and so i am on norcos and just only use them when my pain is super bad.
I think story's like this are amazing. But I think 8 mins does not give her story justice. 8 mins makes it sound too easy. It took her so much more wrk then I'm just done.
From back pain to feeling happy and free in jail. That's what Opioid's did to this wonderful woman. You lose your soul, your joy, your identity. If I knew what I was being prescribed back at day one, I would have begged to keep the back pain.
It’s not that I don’t feel bad for her and other young people in her predicament but I also get angry at people like her because I’m 64 with stage 4 cancer in the bones The pain can be unbearable at times and getting relief from pain medication can be a problem because people like her abuse pain medication and people like me with cancer can have problems at times trying to get our medication
Yip defo They know what drugs do they do it for the thrill , prescribed meds should be taken moderatly even those in pain but no they continue to use knowingly. No sympathy for them
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Hope ur still sober. I wish the doctors and rehab doctors were forced to go thru withdrawals. I think they would have a better grasp on what we dealt with. By the end of it, I lost my car to repo, lied to get money, lost my apartment, got busted buying from a dealer the feds were watching him thru surveillance. Felony. Tried to get clean. Tried everything. My brain doesnt work that way. Suboxone is the life saver for me. Sorry for the loss of your brother. If you see this
@@randialldritt3102 i am age 64 trying to atop mines got legal way short and long acting. .. its scary.. bern on them since my mid 30's.. never done anything illegal.. i hate the numbing. Stuff. I am in pain mgmt.. .
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You are also a beautiful person and thanks for sharing such a wonderful and inspiring story about your life, I’m so sorry for the loss of your brother 💕
“ I was getting 90 Percocet a week ...and then I found out if I didn’t take it I’d get sick, not from the Tylenol but the Percocet “....really? 90 Percocet a week? The withdrawal would be absolutely brutal with those doses! It’s all about the fear of the withdrawal...the physical symptoms of withdrawal from taking 90 Percocet a week would be the scariest and most horrible 10 days of someone’s life and go thru it once you’ll never take a painkiller again....what doctor would prescribe someone that amount of pills if they weren’t dying of cancer? No injury requires 90 percs a week...
It depends on the dosage honestly. If it were 5mg or 30mg tabs is a different story. The amount she was taking would kill a normal human but honestly once you build a tolerance to them the first 70 probably did nothing for her. Also this attitude is a huge part of the problem, it can't be simplified like this. I'm guessing you haven't ever suffered severe chronic pain and taken them? I have used them for legit pain so many times and right now am on a huge dose again because I am 4 months post knee operation and I just blew my shoulder. I am terrified of getting off these pills due to withdrawals, my doctor wants to taper slowly off which is the best way but it's also hard because your pain goes up as the dose goes down. Without these pills I would be in bed everyday doing nothing, Instead I am present, I play with my kids, I have fun with my wife BUT they also are horrible in many ways and not a long term solution. If you were put in my position, you could be a normal person, albeit a fake normal person by taking these pills or a genuine person who is in bed and can't talk or move and most likely will lose marriage as a result. I think my response is a little more generalize and not totally directed at your comment by itself, it's just such a complicated issue and needs conversations not black or white statements. I face so much shame that I am on these pills, almost all of which comes from people who have never been injured in their lives.
this is the same for me if i dont take this med i get really ill nervos anxity and sick mine dependcy started in hosiptal heart sergery they gave me loratabs then my friend saw i had alot backpain so got percocerts i dont want to stop now cause they help me i just hate so much the after running out
@@garethkalber7236 i do actually suffer from chronic pain… i am just saying the problem with the addiction is the fear of withdrawal… partly…. I’ve been through it and finally learned to limit the meds if I wanted to stay alive … but even with a tolerance 90 5 mg pills a week is too much…
My story is very similar to hers as it was 2007 and I had bent over to pick something up and it felt as though someone had shot me in the back with a shotgun. Luckily I was with a friend of mine at the time and she drove me to a local after hours clinic where they prescribed me oxycodone. I couldn't even stand straight up and had to walk hunched over. I immediately scheduled an appointment with my chiropractor for the next day thinking I'd thrown my back out or something as I'd just had a 10 lb baby 7 months earlier. I arrived thinking it would be a simple as getting an adjustment and that's when he was testing my reflexes and noticed I had what's called drop foot. Immediately he told me I had probably herniated a disc in my back. He prescribed me more pain meds to get me through to my appointment with the spine doctor. It was during that time that I realized just how much I liked how the pills made me feel. I felt like Supermom. It just seemed to make everything so much more enjoyable and I became a lot more social whenever I would be around people as though I had no fear of but what they would think of me as I'd had SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER really bad prior to getting on the pain meds. I could talk to ANYONE and EVERYONE and actually even ENJOYED IT. I remember I would take a couple pain meds and head out for a walk with my kids and my dog and while walking I would be looking at the trees and the flowers and it was as though I just appreciated things so much more and thought everything was so beautiful......which I later learned was because of the EUPHORIA the pills were making me feel. I just never wanted the feeling to go away and wanted to feel like that all the time which was when I started abusing the meds because the longer I took them the less effect my prescribed dose had on me so I would take an extra pill when I was only a supposed to take 2.... I'd take 3 or 4 and so on. Later on I learned they call that "Chasing the Dragon".... You're basically trying to reach that same level of euphoria that you felt when you 1st started taking them. That roller coaster went on for 5 yrs. I eventually got back surgery in 2013 Which resulted in the pain meds being stopped.
Our Government is certainly going to get rid of this Opioid Epidemic Problem... How? It will campaign exceedingly large to *help the drug addicts* while seeing that true Severe Chronic Pain Sufferers are left with little to no help until they die from suicide or heart attacks --- of which the government will reap the financial rewards by being able to stop disability checks for dead Chronic Pain Sufferers.
Maybe because, you know, that’s not true? Be careful of what you say, otherwise what’s to stop a codeine addict saying, “screw it, may as well use heroin!?!”. Is an addiction to ephedrine the same as an addiction to meth?
K Leigh want to blame anyone.... blame the government..... they make it easy for people to be prescribed them. It is not the fault of patients who trust their doctor when they prescribe them with highly addictive, life changing drugs. It’s very complex, but wise to direct your frustration towards the real people at fault. 👍
@@fernandapartridge5174 It's nearly impossible to be prescribed them, what are you talking about??? Do you know how many pain patients are killing themselves because they were cut off their meds? You won't hear about it, because 1 pretty young junkies death is worth 1,000 pain patients deaths when it comes to the media. Less than 1% of people get addicted to opiates when they are prescribed them. If you decide to pop 5 of them or put them up your nose, you're playing with fire, and you might get burned. That's on you. It is the government's fault for the war on drugs, but where are you getting this information that it's easy to be prescribed these drugs? Prescriptions are down every single year since 2010.
Zachary Hamm yeah they may be NOW, but the whole reason for the opioid crisis was because they were being prescribed on a ridiculous scale... as an example, I was handed 100 tramadol 4 years ago, as a ‘back up’ for an issue with my back.... fortunately I didn’t become hooked, but many people do; there are so many anecdotal stories of soccer mums, turning into addicts because they were previously overly prescribed pain meds. What are YOU talking about??? Your comments suggests you have no clue about addiction... opiates literally change the structure of your brain, making it impossible to stop... this is why we are in the situation that we are in... cannot stand people like you judging others, who somehow seem to think addiction is some sort of moral failing... compassion and understanding costs nothing... it’s precisely people like you standing on your moral high ground, judging others and looking down your nose at people that the world is in the mess it’s in.
@@fernandapartridge5174 Tramadol is an extremely, weak opioid. And again, nobody is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to take pills. You try having your femurs sawed in half and being denied pain meds. I had to lay screaming in a hospital bed for 3 days until they gave me something. I was on crutches for a year, I took dilaudid for 2 months during this time, not an addict. Keep blaming doctors though for people abusing pills. If you're not abusing your pills, you aren't getting high on them. Dependency is completely different from addiction and you can taper down. Those "soccer moms" were putting oxy up their nose or popping 5+ at a time. Again, that's on them for becoming addicted. I support their recovery, but it is in no way the doctors fault, and just remember that compassion you have for addicts if you are ever in a horrific car accident and doctors are too scared to treat you because they don't want the feds kicking in their door.
Zachary Hamm Ha! I hadn’t realised that we were in competition over who can take the most pain or the weakest painkillers... I see now. Well done on resisting and putting up with that pain... that really does impress me. I can see that totally makes you an awesome human being. I did not say ‘doctors’ were to blame... I said the government.... you’re picking your imaginary online fights with the wrong person for the wrong reason.
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Sometimes you've to go to the deep darkness to find the sunshine!!! 😇🌹😇🌹🌹🌹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏼🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹I've been there,too only my path was different plus I keep it offline)
Jackie I hope that u recover completely.Keep your spirits high.Your life matters and be brave.All the best.Please tell us further about your recovery process.please don't give up.
Its when the withdrawal hits that you truly know you're screwed unless of course you find or get more and ignore it for the meantime. At a point you find yourself unable or with tough luck then you're screwed and scared. My advice is take it as prescribed or in lesser doses. If your pain is very bad especially at night find a sleep aid to take it with so that you find some rest that night. When you're without or in withdrawal and you feel critically ill go get some loperamide take some in moderation its a legal opioid sold OTC not to give you the same pain relieving effects but to calm your cns and stomach issues. Learn and notice how your body works day by day and stay positive for you will get better. If you relapse just remember you will have to do this all over again.
What sort of doctor would prescribe 90 percoset per week ? Could not be true !! ? I’m a true person that suffers from real pain from failed spine surgery , I have to live with nasty pain every day and nobody understands how it feels .I take medicine now because I have to so I can get out of bed and walk . I have never raised the amount I am on in 5 years . So how does it work ? Seems like people just are not being real about why they take meds in the first place .
Multnomah County Health Department and I'm also reaching out to the woman who told her story...I am working full time and caring for my kids and getting ready for my sons bday n graduation party and my daughter's 8th grade graduation party. One thing about me that I cant feel bad about or my self worth would crumble n jeopardize my sobriety is that I'm on a low dose of methadone. I seem to need it. I have tried 28 days off of it and still hadn't eaten and had to be helped up. I felt horrible. I drug myself to dr and he said some ppl like me who have been on methadone awhile it kind of hijacks your brain and it's not an easy trip back. I had to care for my 2 kids, pay my Bill's and go to work so they suggested I head back to clinic n take the lowest dose I could to function n make it through day on my 2 feet. I bawled my eyes out knowing how I damaged my brain. Drugs really do cause brain damage. You are no longer making the chemicals you need to feel normal. So I'm on a low dose I get in my work line 3 days a week n get 4 take home bottles on Wednesday. It's just for now just for today. I dont go to meetings bc I hear they judge ppl on methadone and that's not helpful. Everyone is different n I just wasnt bouncing back after a month on nothing n had many responsibilities. It does help if u use it properly n I do not get a high from it. I know u could if u took a bunch but if u just take ur dose once every 24 hrs like any other med then that's what it feels like...any other med. Thank you and I pray u all get well no matter what way works for you. You deserve it and have much to offer. Addicts are some of the wisest ppl I've met in my 36 years. Share what u have to offer.
Your story is very eye opening. I am 33 yrs old, and technically going on 4 yrs sober. I say technically because I am on suboxone. I have not used an opiate is almost 4 years, but because of the suboxone some people wouldn't view me as "sober." Therefore, almost no ones knows. My husband and sister do, but they are sooo supportive and never make me feel any less than accomplished! So, I may not know exactly how you feel because we are all different with different circumstances. But I can empathize with your situation. Best of luck! And f@#$ those who view us any other way. We are doing what we can to better our lives. Remember to give yourself ALOT of credit for that. Happy holidays to you and your family!!
@@ashleycapps1720 thank you I appreciate that because I am made to feel very bad about myself. Last month I finally decided to find strength in myself and cut myself off from the people who kept rolling their eyes at me, whispering to each other every time I got home from the clinic and ridiculing me every time I said something I thought was something to be proud of. Example....I said to my mom and sister " I went down another 10 mg today so as long as I feel ok I can keep going down" . They both look at each other then say...that's ridiculous if you wanted to stop taking it you would just stop. I don't care about your situation at the clinic. My mother said that. So I stopped telling her anything. They just don't talk to me. But last month I decided to strengthen myself and decide that I am enough and I am okay and I'm not doing anything wrong so I'm going to the side on my own to stop shaming myself and look at them as the ones who have something wrong with them. Because I am a mother also and I could never not support my child I have two children and I love them for their wrongs and for their rights and for their faults and for everything else about them. So I've chosen to stop feeling bad about myself for being on methadone because no one knows or they don't know what it feels like and anyone educated knows I can't just stop going I would be in hell. I wouldn't even be able to work and doctors don't even recommend you just walk away from a clinic without a taper so I had to realize I was talking to uneducated people. And if they dont Like me then that's okay. I didn't choose this life and I didn't know we would end up here. 13 years ago I was a nurse and I was a damn good one. N I hurt myself Lifting a patient off of the toilet and I started getting shots in my back and I woke up to a prescription of 90 Percocet. I started taking them for the back pain and I had trouble getting off of them I never even used heroin. But I was taking a lot a lot of pain pills. I was very sick and they ran out and I was advised to go to the clinic and Here we are three years later. I dont want to be on methadone but everytime I try to stop i dont feel normal. It's going to take a lot for my brain to go back to normal and to produce the chemicals that it used to and that's very sad but it is the reality of what I'm dealing with. and it's the reality of what millions of people are dealing with. I just am not going to feel bad about it anymore I don't get high I don't go out and party I don't drink I don't smoke and I can't help at this stage that things are the way they are. So I advise everyone on here to lift ourselves up and strengthen themselves and not let anyone put you down or belittle you because all that means is that they are very uneducated and you can't speak on things that you are non educated on. I hope everything goes well for you also and I congratulate you on your four years of sobriety. I'm very glad you have support to that's very important. your husband and sister sound like good people. God bless
I’m the girl in this video and I want to encourage you to keep pushing girl! No matter what your recovery looks like just keep going! Forget what other people say. This is your life and your in charge of what it looks like! You sounds like such a beautiful person 😍
@@randialldritt3102 you are the kind of person that is one in a million. Believe it or not I have some friends who get clean and after going through that journey chose to look down at the ppl they once were. I'm always shocked by that. I love what you are doing. I use my journey to be wiser and kinder also. Some ppl in my life I will never be able to talk to bc they say no addiction is a choice bottom line and they don't want to hear anything else. I just put them in a group that just chose not to educate themselves. Even if its hurting the bond w certain family members they want nothing to do with knowing anything about it but that's ok. We just dont talk about it. But I think ppl like you are exceptional. I'm so happy about your success story. I'm just learning now not to live in shame. I work 60 hrs a week, I have a home of my own, a car, my son is in the military and has a savings account and brand new car at 19 yrs old and good head on his shoulders, my daughter gets honor roll, I live a normal life. I made the decision about a yr ago that I'm not living with my head down just bc I take a small dose of medication every morning. I'm 37 and I've lived in shame way too long. Yes I take a small dose of methadone each morning and I only go to the clinic now 2x a month to pick up 13 bottles. My life is full. I have a savings account. I go on vacations. I've tried multiple times to get off of it and I cant function or even get up. Its upsetting but I cant live thinking about that daily. In the end it's such a small detail of my life. I help ppl...I'm generous and I do the best I can every day. And Randi you are such a blessing to ppl everywhere that can hear your story.
So many people are getting addicted and it’s sad pain killers are what kids are using now to get high people think they caint get addicted I just feel it’s so easy so don’t take unless you need them
I agree about reaching your hand to someone in need, but, still, that person has TO WANT to get help. You can’t just force it on someone. It begins with them. And, I’ve been there and can tell you it’s a great way to get big time ripped off.
My name is Emmanuel. I'm a born again Christian who has been abusing pain pills. I would laugh at the fact that people got hooked on pills. Now I'm fighting to keep my life,marriage,and faith. Norco has become the thorn on my side. Please pray for me I hate the hurt and dread the depression that comes with not having the pills. I want to stop but don't know how.
Thank you for sharing and being so honest. This was wonderful and shocking at the same time. I’m so happy for you and how you found true happiness and peace. Loved how you listed all the things you are and there are many. Many blessings, love and light to you and yours.
*What you are witnessing here is theatrics.* I was completely disabled in the latter 70's. I had so much damage I was never supposed to get off a gurney... If I survived. Severe Chronic Pain should have been an easy issue to overcome if what she was saying was true. Severe Chronic Pain Medication showed itself as being a huge problem that would be with me for the rest of my life, even though living in many states and getting many Doctors. My Severe Chronic Pain Issues were easily revealed. Yet getting proper medical treatment for pain was tremendously difficult to achieve. Even by the early 90's Pain Clinics were already up and running and getting proper treatment already nearly impossible. The first time I got out of the hospital I was immediately introduced to this, the world of torture. Getting high doses like even Percocet 5 was even worse. My multitude of Severe Chronic Pain types and Issues was a no brainer for even a mediocre Doctor to find. And yet she was getting ten times the relief for a couple injuries than I was getting for a multitude of easily revealed and very severe pain issues. *Ibprophen and Advil and Motrim* did not exist at that time and so her reference to it also kind of time-stamps her injury period. The differences between her issues causing pain and my issues causing pain, is simply way to great for her video to be anything but threactics by her. The above, makes this video an utter fraud put out by governmental agencies producing propaganda to enhance torturing Severe Chronic Pain Sufferers even more. For her everything was so very gloomy... Sure. Just a couple minor back problems she stated that could have been controlled by... *I take 2 advil and I am good all day.* lies and hype.
The biggest problem is not the moralisation or rationalization that you need help, it's finding the values that will sustain you through life.Addicts have been scientfically associated with pain and/or boredom that continues to drive the addiction. Cure your pain and you cure your addiction. That's the theory atleast
I was addicted to norcal same story dew to a injury i realy never got high or stoned off norcal they just made me fill good as hell i could focus better take care of important things in life like paying bills keeping up on everything it wasnt a high i used them to focus and take care of business !!! I know when somebody is high and i bet you cant tell if someone just ate 2 norcal
I recently got prescribed oxys for a skin infection, just the lowest dose and when I took them (just one pill) I was on cloud 9 and I see why people can get addicted to pain meds. I just kept telling myself don’t get addicted but I was like I’ll stick to weed and beer 👍👍✌️✌️✌️
@@pursedelighted9020 yes the high from weed is something else and sometimes can put you in such a different place that you want to chase that high. I am guilty of that. i use it once in awhile and just only a tiny bit now.
What a terrible cycle to be in...the biggest take away for me here is that if it feels that good, STOP TAKING IT and go see the doc and let thme know. Then get something else.
I was getting surgery and I told the doctor not to prescribe me an opioid. He looked at me like I was asking something ridiculous. I told him that I didn’t want to put myself at risk of addiction. He argued with me that I might really need them for pain and that I should buy some anyway just in case. I said isn’t there something not addictive? I requested Toredol. Dr’s are the real drug pushers!
@@nocnacztery5926 Just curious though, what other comment is bullshit? They won't even give opiates for surgeries that require a week in the hospital anymore. If your life isn't pains and surgeries you really need to shut your fucking mouth on this topic. All these super strong people not taking opiates for their "surgeries" (wisdom teeth and meniscus repairs, lmfao) Imagine being such a weak person that you let a pill ruin your life... or let me rephrase, having such an easy life that your worst problem in life is that you take too many pills lmfao
UnknownEffectVids Hi, I’m very happy to say I got off them. I did it by tapering. Took me 3 months and some rocky days but I’m so happy I managed to get off them.
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I broke my back, collarbone, n 3 ribs they gave me lortab 7.5 since they didn't work I totally healed with no pain meds. I wasn't going to beg the stinking doctor for anything stronger since he felt that was enough. Breaking the collarbone was worse than childbirth
I've broke my collarbone 3x, it doesn't hurt that bad, don't rebreak it patting yourself on the back too hard for being such a trooper not taking pain meds. I've had 7 surgeries all 1000x more painful than that. I promise you there is pain you'd be begging for pain meds.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between a DRUG ADDICT.. and a LEGITIMATE CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT... SHE IS AN ADDICT AND ALWAYS WILL BE.. SHE DID IT BY CHOICE.. A CANCER PATIENT with Pain is NOT A CHOICE... IT'S A NEED... people like her, are making thousands of REAL PATIENTS in need of their PAIN MEDICATION....
Truth Seekers No! It’s the government threatening to charge Doctors with drug trafficking making it difficult for chronic pain patients to get pain meds. Randi was a victim of lacks regulation where drug companies were enabled to make thousands of addicts out of ppl who didn’t need pain meds, and now the government is trying to deprive people who need pain meds of the medications they need. If you must blame someone please place the blame in the proper place.
As the girl in this video, I am sorry that it’s difficult for cancer patients, or people in extreme chronic pain to get pain medication. It was not my intention when I got addicted to the medication. What started out as a back injury turned into a chapter of my life that I didn’t see coming. If you are one of those people that has difficulty getting the medication you need I am sorry your going through that. I cannot take back what is in the past but I am able to make living amends by my everyday actions. I just took 9 years of clean time and am not repeating my past. Not all addicts or recovering addicts are bad people. We just went through a dark chapter and can now feel deeper in life. God bless ❤️
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This is Randi- from the video. And 4 years after this video was filmed and my life is better than it ever has been. I am coming up on 8 years clean. My life has surpassed any dream I could of ever had and this is only the beginning! I continue to help people getting off of drugs and show them the path. I try to encourage those going through what I went through that there is hope!
I have a friend that moved from vicodin to fentnyl and she od'd twice in a year this last time she about died. I am currently on norco for bulging discs in neck and back and only take them when prescribed and when needed. but I'm glad you got clean many I knew died of heroin overdose. pain pills are ok in some circumstance its when you take them when its not needed that can also get you in trouble. I'm happy to see you are clean. I was doing the street stuff too and got sober on my own. part of me using the street drugs is I ddin't want to depend on doctor pills.
I was sitting here watching this. I’ve been battling a pill addiction. I never thought in a million years I would be here. I’ve tried so many times to get clean and failed and tonight I cried my heart out to God for help and I watched this video and her clean date is my birthday and I felt like that in itself is God’s way of giving me one big hug saying it’s going to be okay. I won’t give up.
Ok starting recovery tommorow I’m so scared
@@ghostgamingxd7881 me too bro addicted to activan 2mg and painkiller,it hard
@@albertjesuschrist4442 hi can I ask how you're doing
@@ghostgamingxd7881 hi can I ask how you're doing
@@gerik.oliveras9739 yep 👍
You never know what someone is going through regardless of their social or financial status. Trauma isn't always visible & many are silently suffering. Now more than ever we need compassion with one another. 💙
Very well stated thank you for that
Yessssss😢 heartbreaking some are just great people no criminal background just had a health crisis that prescribed them pain killers. Heartbreaking
Her story is heartbreaking. Glad she recognized she had a problem and made a positive change.
I so much needed to see this. I'm 8 days clean from opiate and now I'm trying to get over this and try help my sister. I can't loose her. Ty for your story
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I love your reaction to being put in jail...it says volumes about you. It tells me that wise part of you was still in there, screaming to be heard. I am so impressed by you! And so glad you made it out! The world needs you! Welcome back! God bless you! I have no doubt you are an amazing recovery mentor! Thank you for making this amazing video!
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Great story! I am a former opiate addict as well. Clean since March of 2012. Now I'm going to school to be a counselor for people struggling with addiction. It is so possible to better your life, you just have to want it and be strong!
Keep going friend!
Please, how are you doing? Please don’t relapse. Please help us all. All we have to keep from being permanently lost in this is the light of those like you who have gone before us. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
This humbles me about my problems, the way she looked at her rock bottom as it had purpose. She gives me so much hope!
I need to see this everyday
that's pretty depressing
Groundhog Day
thus is so sad, such a beautiful lady. she is so strong
Thing is its not sad its truth and that is the most beautiful thing in the world
This
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Pain meds do have their place and the saddest thing that I feel comes out of this Opioid Epidemic, is that legitimate pain patients are being neglected and cut off.
Your an addict get help and stop blaming others!! This is what u are doing I can see it and so can everyone else!!
@@SirApexTV-official 8 years ago i had a accident at work and broke both wrist, and scrambled some bones in one hand. I was home about a week and decided to stop the pain medication. It was horrible, pain to the bone, very little sleep. Hour by the hour wrestling. The hardest was the first week. My body was healing the wound. Im so glad I stopped before i had to fight something even bigger.
It's terrible that these young crazy people are so dam selfish, I know where your coming from, I'm the same way.
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@@SirApexTV-official lies
My niece did everything Randi did, instead of jail and a awakening. She told her kids to go now and get the neighbors. She locked the bedroom door and got the gun. She was similarly age as Randi.
I just had knee surgery they gave me pills. I see how it starts, seems doctors have alot to do with addiction. I don't think I needed such pills it put me in another world. If there was more then 14 pills I could have been in big trouble.
Just because a doctor gives you drugs doesn't mean it's safe. I'd say strong pain pills are never safe... it's like driving really fast it's never safe....many things can happen.
If you didn't think you needed them why didn't you tell the doctor😮
@@pursedelighted because I liked them. ...duh. if they gave me refills...I would of dam sure took those too. If they kept giving me re fills I would never stop...see that's the doctors that makes that possible.
you go girl! good for you, you look beautiful and free!
@@TITO-218 I don't get what you're asking
I wish my mom was this understanding
Your story is so similar to hundreds of people that went through and experienced almost identical circumstances and many, like yourself, were able to dig down deep in their soul and pull themselves out of the pit of addiction. Then you have the others who can't seem to get out of their own way and they end up in jail ( prison) or dead. Congratulations Randi for having the courage to make a decision that saved your life and now your doing the best thing one who's gone through what you have to pay forward and share with others what it took for you to turn your life around. They call that hope!
God Bless! Richard J
Wow ! Beautiful story. Im a heroin addict I was walking home last night and a homeless man asked me for a dollar. Of course I didnt have it. But I looked him in the eye with compassion like a person and told him I had no money. He saw that I was for real and there was a connection to another human being. He said Ok thank you and have a good night. I said thanks you too. It was a clear and honest moment. And it felt great. I cant even help myself right now. But I would love to help people if and when I get sober
Thats beutiful man
Telling your story is helping people, regardless of where you are in your addiction. Thank you for sharing that moment. We're all flawed. Doesn't matter how many wins or losses any single person has in life, or how imperfect or perfect we may seem. We are all flawed, beautiful individuals.
I'm so proud of you. This is amazing.
Your a legend !!!you get it !! there a re multiple sides to you beyond being just a recovering addict for the entirety of your life !!!! Hoorah time too move on !!! .
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I'm sorry you lost your brother and so happy you made it
Wow, hats off to you girl....well done and thank you for giving back and sharing your story♥️✌️
I have no regrets using oxycodone and morphine when I had cancer 4 years ago.
Rochelle123ist your not an addict and used the drugs as prescribed. Shouldn't have any regrets and shouldn't feel the need to shame others for their faults. My dad died of cancer and he used pain pills to help him. My wife on the other hand is an addict and struggled with pain pills. They arnt for everyone.
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It's hard for me to feel emotions but this video touched me. Thanks for being brave and telling your story.
Love what she said about reaching out to people that are hurting 💓🙏🏽
I live in pain every day with many back and neck surgeries. I took my pain meds as prescribed. I never abused them. Now they have been taken away because to many people abused them. I took them for 30 years and NEVER abused them. I'm 58 years old with my whole spine deteriorated. Why do I have to pay for a crime you committed. Now I sit here waiting to die in pain because of people like you. The opioid crisis has caused over 50 million people living in chronic pain to suffer just like myself. This is wrong and inhumane allowing over 50 million suffer in sever pain.
Addicts suffer too stop feeling sorry for yourself its hard to quit when you are using to many you want others to understand u well understand them then
John Schoellman kratom... is the answer
@@kingjack9036 Addicts do it to themselves, that is the difference. Chronic pain patients deal with way worse pain than a 5-7 day withdrawal. Addicts are running away from life, pain patients are trying to live life.
I am sorry for her suffering but at the same time when she says she should have just been given ibuprofen for her back is a dangerous thing to say. Pain patients are killing themselves every day from a lack of analgesia. Seriously, it's not the doctors fault that she became a heroin addict, and then meth too? Pain patients have it a million times worse than addicts.
John if you're still on these boards I second kratom, feds trying to ban it because it's saving lives.
She too felt pain.. and the doctor prescribed her the opioids and she became addicted. I don’t think it was ever her plan to become addicted to something that would literally ruin her life. People don’t just wake up and decide to become drug addicts. When someone struggles with addiction it’s usually due to other traumas they are coping with through the use of drugs. This woman shared her story so that she can potentially help others struggling with addiction. There’s an opioid epidemic and she’s doing a part to help by sharing her experiences.
I am scared of being in so much pain that I get addicted to these drugs.
I was that way too and still fear it but part of it I tell myself don't let it control you. I am on a pain contract with doctor due to spinal stenosis and bulging discs from car wreck. took me almost a year for a doctor to find out what was causing so much pain afterwords and so i went without any pain med after my wreck until i found a doctor that went the extra mile to see what was going on and so i am on norcos and just only use them when my pain is super bad.
I think story's like this are amazing. But I think 8 mins does not give her story justice. 8 mins makes it sound too easy. It took her so much more wrk then I'm just done.
yeah i agree. she didn't say how she got to be clean off drugs. i wanted to know
Your right that it's a seemingly endless list of what one goes through especially long when your the one going through it!
@@silvana8246 she went to jail
You need to take your prescriptions as they were prescribed to be safe. Its your responsibility.
What a beautiful person she is both inside and out. I wish the best for her.
I know so many people including a cousin who is addicted-he snorts percs now and hes living in his car -very sad
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From back pain to feeling happy and free in jail. That's what Opioid's did to this wonderful woman. You lose your soul, your joy, your identity. If I knew what I was being prescribed back at day one, I would have begged to keep the back pain.
My whole life I had to grow up with my mom like this, so I know it can be hard.
It’s not that I don’t feel bad for her and other young people in her predicament but I also get angry at people like her because I’m 64 with stage 4 cancer in the bones
The pain can be unbearable at times and getting relief from pain medication can be a problem because people like her abuse pain medication and people like me with cancer can have problems at times trying to get our medication
Yip defo
They know what drugs do they do it for the thrill , prescribed meds should be taken moderatly even those in pain but no they continue to use knowingly. No sympathy for them
Wow this is an amazing story such an inspiration I myself am 6 and a half months clean
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thanks for sharing. God bless you and keep up the wonderful work
Hope ur still sober. I wish the doctors and rehab doctors were forced to go thru withdrawals. I think they would have a better grasp on what we dealt with. By the end of it, I lost my car to repo, lied to get money, lost my apartment, got busted buying from a dealer the feds were watching him thru surveillance. Felony. Tried to get clean. Tried everything. My brain doesnt work that way. Suboxone is the life saver for me. Sorry for the loss of your brother. If you see this
I actually am still clean! I just took 9 years of clean time. 😍
@@randialldritt3102 I have some questions, would you mind messaging me if you get this?
@@randialldritt3102 i am age 64 trying to atop mines got legal way short and long acting. .. its scary.. bern on them since my mid 30's.. never done anything illegal.. i hate the numbing. Stuff. I am in pain mgmt.. .
Glad that you are now helping others. Good luck and god bless you! Very proud of you!
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AMAZING STORY THANKS FOR SHARING
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God bless you and im dealing with that 🙏
She would've made a hell of an RN! Everything happens for a reason! Beautiful soul!
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You are also a beautiful person and thanks for sharing such a wonderful and inspiring story about your life, I’m so sorry for the loss of your brother 💕
“ I was getting 90 Percocet a week ...and then I found out if I didn’t take it I’d get sick, not from the Tylenol but the Percocet “....really? 90 Percocet a week? The withdrawal would be absolutely brutal with those doses! It’s all about the fear of the withdrawal...the physical symptoms of withdrawal from taking 90 Percocet a week would be the scariest and most horrible 10 days of someone’s life and go thru it once you’ll never take a painkiller again....what doctor would prescribe someone that amount of pills if they weren’t dying of cancer? No injury requires 90 percs a week...
It depends on the dosage honestly. If it were 5mg or 30mg tabs is a different story. The amount she was taking would kill a normal human but honestly once you build a tolerance to them the first 70 probably did nothing for her.
Also this attitude is a huge part of the problem, it can't be simplified like this. I'm guessing you haven't ever suffered severe chronic pain and taken them? I have used them for legit pain so many times and right now am on a huge dose again because I am 4 months post knee operation and I just blew my shoulder. I am terrified of getting off these pills due to withdrawals, my doctor wants to taper slowly off which is the best way but it's also hard because your pain goes up as the dose goes down.
Without these pills I would be in bed everyday doing nothing, Instead I am present, I play with my kids, I have fun with my wife BUT they also are horrible in many ways and not a long term solution. If you were put in my position, you could be a normal person, albeit a fake normal person by taking these pills or a genuine person who is in bed and can't talk or move and most likely will lose marriage as a result.
I think my response is a little more generalize and not totally directed at your comment by itself, it's just such a complicated issue and needs conversations not black or white statements. I face so much shame that I am on these pills, almost all of which comes from people who have never been injured in their lives.
this is the same for me if i dont take this med i get really ill nervos anxity and sick mine dependcy started in hosiptal heart sergery they gave me loratabs then my friend saw i had alot backpain so got percocerts i dont want to stop now cause they help me i just hate so much the after running out
wow i take 2 everyday a month i couldnt do that id be asleep always do they put ypu too sleep all the time
U were taking 90 a week with Tylenol in it are was it oxy ... If u were taking the tlynol ones than for how long did u take it
@@garethkalber7236 i do actually suffer from chronic pain… i am just saying the problem with the addiction is the fear of withdrawal… partly…. I’ve been through it and finally learned to limit the meds if I wanted to stay alive … but even with a tolerance 90 5 mg pills a week is too much…
What an amazing story - such a beautiful soul...
My story is very similar to hers as it was 2007 and I had bent over to pick something up and it felt as though someone had shot me in the back with a shotgun. Luckily I was with a friend of mine at the time and she drove me to a local after hours clinic where they prescribed me oxycodone. I couldn't even stand straight up and had to walk hunched over. I immediately scheduled an appointment with my chiropractor for the next day thinking I'd thrown my back out or something as I'd just had a 10 lb baby 7 months earlier. I arrived thinking it would be a simple as getting an adjustment and that's when he was testing my reflexes and noticed I had what's called drop foot. Immediately he told me I had probably herniated a disc in my back. He prescribed me more pain meds to get me through to my appointment with the spine doctor. It was during that time that I realized just how much I liked how the pills made me feel. I felt like Supermom. It just seemed to make everything so much more enjoyable and I became a lot more social whenever I would be around people as though I had no fear of but what they would think of me as I'd had SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER really bad prior to getting on the pain meds. I could talk to ANYONE and EVERYONE and actually even ENJOYED IT. I remember I would take a couple pain meds and head out for a walk with my kids and my dog and while walking I would be looking at the trees and the flowers and it was as though I just appreciated things so much more and thought everything was so beautiful......which I later learned was because of the EUPHORIA the pills were making me feel. I just never wanted the feeling to go away and wanted to feel like that all the time which was when I started abusing the meds because the longer I took them the less effect my prescribed dose had on me so I would take an extra pill when I was only a supposed to take 2.... I'd take 3 or 4 and so on. Later on I learned they call that "Chasing the Dragon".... You're basically trying to reach that same level of euphoria that you felt when you 1st started taking them. That roller coaster went on for 5 yrs. I eventually got back surgery in 2013 Which resulted in the pain meds being stopped.
When did chiropractor start writing precription s.psychologist can't write precription either.
Our Government is certainly going to get rid of this Opioid Epidemic Problem... How? It will campaign exceedingly large to *help the drug addicts* while seeing that true Severe Chronic Pain Sufferers are left with little to no help until they die from suicide or heart attacks --- of which the government will reap the financial rewards by being able to stop disability checks for dead Chronic Pain Sufferers.
Not many people are aware that withdrawing from the painkiller Codeine Phosphate is just as horrifying as withdrawing from Heroine.
not even close,,,not in same ballpark. yes same family of drug to degree but codeine way less potent.
Roy C Horton your absolutely right, codeine converts to morphine in the body
Maybe because, you know, that’s not true? Be careful of what you say, otherwise what’s to stop a codeine addict saying, “screw it, may as well use heroin!?!”. Is an addiction to ephedrine the same as an addiction to meth?
Beautiful story, beautiful person, thanks Randi!!
So sorry for your loss my luv! 😍🙏🏼😇🌷🌷🌷🌷🌼🌼🌼🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😥😥😥😥😥😥😥🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😥😥😥 your smile is angelic by the way!!!
Guys, good luck to you all. You deserve an amazing joy filled life. Be positive and strong. Get the life you're entitled to xxx
nicola parkes thank you
Thank you
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Wow! What a great recovery story! Thank you for paying it forward.. God bless you!
To be really honest, people that have abused their pain meds have made it impossible for REAL pain sufferers to get any help!
K Leigh want to blame anyone.... blame the government..... they make it easy for people to be prescribed them. It is not the fault of patients who trust their doctor when they prescribe them with highly addictive, life changing drugs. It’s very complex, but wise to direct your frustration towards the real people at fault. 👍
@@fernandapartridge5174 It's nearly impossible to be prescribed them, what are you talking about??? Do you know how many pain patients are killing themselves because they were cut off their meds? You won't hear about it, because 1 pretty young junkies death is worth 1,000 pain patients deaths when it comes to the media. Less than 1% of people get addicted to opiates when they are prescribed them. If you decide to pop 5 of them or put them up your nose, you're playing with fire, and you might get burned. That's on you.
It is the government's fault for the war on drugs, but where are you getting this information that it's easy to be prescribed these drugs? Prescriptions are down every single year since 2010.
Zachary Hamm yeah they may be NOW, but the whole reason for the opioid crisis was because they were being prescribed on a ridiculous scale... as an example, I was handed 100 tramadol 4 years ago, as a ‘back up’ for an issue with my back.... fortunately I didn’t become hooked, but many people do; there are so many anecdotal stories of soccer mums, turning into addicts because they were previously overly prescribed pain meds.
What are YOU talking about??? Your comments suggests you have no clue about addiction... opiates literally change the structure of your brain, making it impossible to stop... this is why we are in the situation that we are in... cannot stand people like you judging others, who somehow seem to think addiction is some sort of moral failing... compassion and understanding costs nothing... it’s precisely people like you standing on your moral high ground, judging others and looking down your nose at people that the world is in the mess it’s in.
@@fernandapartridge5174 Tramadol is an extremely, weak opioid. And again, nobody is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to take pills.
You try having your femurs sawed in half and being denied pain meds. I had to lay screaming in a hospital bed for 3 days until they gave me something. I was on crutches for a year, I took dilaudid for 2 months during this time, not an addict. Keep blaming doctors though for people abusing pills. If you're not abusing your pills, you aren't getting high on them. Dependency is completely different from addiction and you can taper down. Those "soccer moms" were putting oxy up their nose or popping 5+ at a time. Again, that's on them for becoming addicted. I support their recovery, but it is in no way the doctors fault, and just remember that compassion you have for addicts if you are ever in a horrific car accident and doctors are too scared to treat you because they don't want the feds kicking in their door.
Zachary Hamm Ha! I hadn’t realised that we were in competition over who can take the most pain or the weakest painkillers... I see now. Well done on resisting and putting up with that pain... that really does impress me. I can see that totally makes you an awesome human being.
I did not say ‘doctors’ were to blame... I said the government.... you’re picking your imaginary online fights with the wrong person for the wrong reason.
She is seriously absolutely gorgeous...... I love her story, but I can’t help but find her to be incredibly attractive 💕 girl to girl, YOU GOT THIS!
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Bless you Randi, hugs and love to you. Very happy for you. Your an inspiration, thank you.
God bless you! It's a long road but the victory is yours if you claim it!
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It's scary that anyone can be just one sports injury or one painful surgery away from addiction, homelessness, crime, etc.
Your really luck to have escaped addiction,well done you seem a beautiful human, hope your still clean
Sometimes you've to go to the deep darkness to find the sunshine!!! 😇🌹😇🌹🌹🌹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏼🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹I've been there,too only my path was different plus I keep it offline)
Jackie I hope that u recover completely.Keep your spirits high.Your life matters and be brave.All the best.Please tell us further about your recovery process.please don't give up.
Its when the withdrawal hits that you truly know you're screwed unless of course you find or get more and ignore it for the meantime. At a point you find yourself unable or with tough luck then you're screwed and scared. My advice is take it as prescribed or in lesser doses. If your pain is very bad especially at night find a sleep aid to take it with so that you find some rest that night. When you're without or in withdrawal and you feel critically ill go get some loperamide take some in moderation its a legal opioid sold OTC not to give you the same pain relieving effects but to calm your cns and stomach issues. Learn and notice how your body works day by day and stay positive for you will get better. If you relapse just remember you will have to do this all over again.
so very true,
Going through withdraw today not sure ill make it thank u your wordz
Congratulations you are awesome 👏
Best thing that could happened to someone, God bless her and All that’s Gone through or is Going Through This man . it’s hard but it’s POSSIBLE!
I love this girl
People who abuse pain meds.... ruin it for the ones who are at home in pain from surgery!
Betty Jo Hunter she got addicted from them being prescribed...after an accident...
Good. Shes probably saving your ass from becoming an addict. Count your blessings!
Betty Jo Hunter would you like cheese with that whine.
@@roofy2459 never thought of it that way but you're absolutely right.
@@ricktoombs9583 I wish someone would've told me it wasnt all fun and games
What sort of doctor would prescribe 90 percoset per week ? Could not be true !! ? I’m a true person that suffers from real pain from failed spine surgery , I have to live with nasty pain every day and nobody understands how it feels .I take medicine now because I have to so I can get out of bed and walk . I have never raised the amount I am on in 5 years . So how does it work ? Seems like people just are not being real about why they take meds in the first place .
Gorgeous girl!! Keep up the amazing work 🙌🏽❤️👏🏽
Multnomah County Health Department and I'm also reaching out to the woman who told her story...I am working full time and caring for my kids and getting ready for my sons bday n graduation party and my daughter's 8th grade graduation party. One thing about me that I cant feel bad about or my self worth would crumble n jeopardize my sobriety is that I'm on a low dose of methadone. I seem to need it. I have tried 28 days off of it and still hadn't eaten and had to be helped up. I felt horrible. I drug myself to dr and he said some ppl like me who have been on methadone awhile it kind of hijacks your brain and it's not an easy trip back. I had to care for my 2 kids, pay my Bill's and go to work so they suggested I head back to clinic n take the lowest dose I could to function n make it through day on my 2 feet. I bawled my eyes out knowing how I damaged my brain. Drugs really do cause brain damage. You are no longer making the chemicals you need to feel normal. So I'm on a low dose I get in my work line 3 days a week n get 4 take home bottles on Wednesday. It's just for now just for today. I dont go to meetings bc I hear they judge ppl on methadone and that's not helpful. Everyone is different n I just wasnt bouncing back after a month on nothing n had many responsibilities. It does help if u use it properly n I do not get a high from it. I know u could if u took a bunch but if u just take ur dose once every 24 hrs like any other med then that's what it feels like...any other med. Thank you and I pray u all get well no matter what way works for you. You deserve it and have much to offer. Addicts are some of the wisest ppl I've met in my 36 years. Share what u have to offer.
Your story is very eye opening. I am 33 yrs old, and technically going on 4 yrs sober. I say technically because I am on suboxone. I have not used an opiate is almost 4 years, but because of the suboxone some people wouldn't view me as "sober." Therefore, almost no ones knows. My husband and sister do, but they are sooo supportive and never make me feel any less than accomplished! So, I may not know exactly how you feel because we are all different with different circumstances. But I can empathize with your situation. Best of luck! And f@#$ those who view us any other way. We are doing what we can to better our lives. Remember to give yourself ALOT of credit for that. Happy holidays to you and your family!!
@@ashleycapps1720 thank you I appreciate that because I am made to feel very bad about myself. Last month I finally decided to find strength in myself and cut myself off from the people who kept rolling their eyes at me, whispering to each other every time I got home from the clinic and ridiculing me every time I said something I thought was something to be proud of. Example....I said to my mom and sister " I went down another 10 mg today so as long as I feel ok I can keep going down" . They both look at each other then say...that's ridiculous if you wanted to stop taking it you would just stop. I don't care about your situation at the clinic. My mother said that. So I stopped telling her anything. They just don't talk to me.
But last month I decided to strengthen myself and decide that I am enough and I am okay and I'm not doing anything wrong so I'm going to the side on my own to stop shaming myself and look at them as the ones who have something wrong with them. Because I am a mother also and I could never not support my child I have two children and I love them for their wrongs and for their rights and for their faults and for everything else about them. So I've chosen to stop feeling bad about myself for being on methadone because no one knows or they don't know what it feels like and anyone educated knows I can't just stop going I would be in hell.
I wouldn't even be able to work and doctors don't even recommend you just walk away from a clinic without a taper so I had to realize I was talking to uneducated people. And if they dont
Like me then that's okay. I didn't choose this life and I didn't know we would end up here. 13 years ago I was a nurse and I was a damn good one. N I hurt myself
Lifting a patient off of the toilet and I started getting shots in my back and I woke up to a prescription of 90 Percocet. I started taking them for the back pain and I had trouble getting off of them I never even used heroin. But I was taking a lot a lot of pain pills. I was very sick and they ran out and I was advised to go to the clinic and Here we are three years later. I dont want to be on methadone but everytime I try to stop i dont feel normal. It's going to take a lot for my brain to go back to normal and to produce the chemicals that it used to and that's very sad but it is the reality of what I'm dealing with. and it's the reality of what millions of people are dealing with. I just am not going to feel bad about it anymore I don't get high I don't go out and party I don't drink I don't smoke and I can't help at this stage that things are the way they are. So I advise everyone on here to lift ourselves up and strengthen themselves and not let anyone put you down or belittle you because all that means is that they are very uneducated and you can't speak on things that you are non educated on. I hope everything goes well for you also and I congratulate you on your four years of sobriety.
I'm very glad you have support to that's very important. your husband and sister sound like good people. God bless
I’m the girl in this video and I want to encourage you to keep pushing girl! No matter what your recovery looks like just keep going! Forget what other people say. This is your life and your in charge of what it looks like! You sounds like such a beautiful person 😍
@@randialldritt3102 you are the kind of person that is one in a million. Believe it or not I have some friends who get clean and after going through that journey chose to look down at the ppl they once were. I'm always shocked by that. I love what you are doing. I use my journey to be wiser and kinder also. Some ppl in my life I will never be able to talk to bc they say no addiction is a choice bottom line and they don't want to hear anything else. I just put them in a group that just chose not to educate themselves. Even if its hurting the bond w certain family members they want nothing to do with knowing anything about it but that's ok. We just dont talk about it. But I think ppl like you are exceptional. I'm so happy about your success story. I'm just learning now not to live in shame. I work 60 hrs a week, I have a home of my own, a car, my son is in the military and has a savings account and brand new car at 19 yrs old and good head on his shoulders, my daughter gets honor roll, I live a normal life. I made the decision about a yr ago that I'm not living with my head down just bc I take a small dose of medication every morning. I'm 37 and I've lived in shame way too long. Yes I take a small dose of methadone each morning and I only go to the clinic now 2x a month to pick up 13 bottles. My life is full. I have a savings account. I go on vacations. I've tried multiple times to get off of it and I cant function or even get up. Its upsetting but I cant live thinking about that daily. In the end it's such a small detail of my life. I help ppl...I'm generous and I do the best I can every day. And Randi you are such a blessing to ppl everywhere that can hear your story.
So many people are getting addicted and it’s sad pain killers are what kids are using now to get high people think they caint get addicted I just feel it’s so easy so don’t take unless you need them
People who want to get on those drugs are glad to whether they're addictive or not. They don't care.
Great message !!
I agree about reaching your hand to someone in need, but, still, that person has TO WANT to get help. You can’t just force it on someone. It begins with them. And, I’ve been there and can tell you it’s a great way to get big time ripped off.
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction! Nobody cannot help get off drugs and alcohol
My name is Emmanuel. I'm a born again Christian who has been abusing pain pills. I would laugh at the fact that people got hooked on pills. Now I'm fighting to keep my life,marriage,and faith. Norco has become the thorn on my side. Please pray for me I hate the hurt and dread the depression that comes with not having the pills. I want to stop but don't know how.
I'm n the same boat . How many u take a day . How long u been using loratab
How many a day
Don't give up.I know God will help you.Please keep your faith.God does deliver.
Thank you for sharing this story! I am currently working on a similar project featuring California residents who have been affected.
Thank you for sharing and being so honest. This was wonderful and shocking at the same time. I’m so happy for you and how you found true happiness and peace. Loved how you listed all the things you are and there are many. Many blessings, love and light to you and yours.
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction! Be super nice to animals if on ADHD medication
You have your integrity back.
You didn’t blame others.
*What you are witnessing here is theatrics.* I was completely disabled in the latter 70's. I had so much damage I was never supposed to get off a gurney... If I survived.
Severe Chronic Pain should have been an easy issue to overcome if what she was saying was true. Severe Chronic Pain Medication showed itself as being a huge problem that would be with me for the rest of my life, even though living in many states and getting many Doctors. My Severe Chronic Pain Issues were easily revealed. Yet getting proper medical treatment for pain was tremendously difficult to achieve. Even by the early 90's Pain Clinics were already up and running and getting proper treatment already nearly impossible.
The first time I got out of the hospital I was immediately introduced to this, the world of torture. Getting high doses like even Percocet 5 was even worse. My multitude of Severe Chronic Pain types and Issues was a no brainer for even a mediocre Doctor to find. And yet she was getting ten times the relief for a couple injuries than I was getting for a multitude of easily revealed and very severe pain issues.
*Ibprophen and Advil and Motrim* did not exist at that time and so her reference to it also kind of time-stamps her injury period.
The differences between her issues causing pain and my issues causing pain, is simply way to great for her video to be anything but threactics by her.
The above, makes this video an utter fraud put out by governmental agencies producing propaganda to enhance torturing Severe Chronic Pain Sufferers even more.
For her everything was so very gloomy... Sure.
Just a couple minor back problems she stated that could have been controlled by... *I take 2 advil and I am good all day.* lies and hype.
So that is all you take yeah right. I do not believe that for someone who was injured that severely. Sorry.
Absolutely beautiful, so many good stories, there’s hope and help for everyone ❤️💫🙏god bless you
Its very sad but she looks like she is doing great now
I WISH IWAS YOU
BECAUSE THE THOUGHT OF LOOSING ONES KIDS STOPS MANY FROM LOOKING FOR HELP
U go girl!
The beginning of your story, is my story. I'am so fortunate that my husband stuck by me. I don't think I would've stuck by me.
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction! Next time you become addicted, ask your doctor
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 Nope. No next time here. 14 years this Spring I've been clean.
Very sad but true.
The biggest problem is not the moralisation or rationalization that you need help, it's finding the values that will sustain you through life.Addicts have been scientfically associated with pain and/or boredom that continues to drive the addiction. Cure your pain and you cure your addiction. That's the theory atleast
I was addicted to norcal same story dew to a injury i realy never got high or stoned off norcal they just made me fill good as hell i could focus better take care of important things in life like paying bills keeping up on everything it wasnt a high i used them to focus and take care of business !!! I know when somebody is high and i bet you cant tell if someone just ate 2 norcal
So it makes you feel good. Ha I wonder if this is addiction? To have to change your mindset. You is a then to get through your day. 👌
Norco
How many Norco u took a day
Ate 2 norcos??? You mean swallow??
I recently got prescribed oxys for a skin infection, just the lowest dose and when I took them (just one pill) I was on cloud 9 and I see why people can get addicted to pain meds. I just kept telling myself don’t get addicted but I was like I’ll stick to weed and beer 👍👍✌️✌️✌️
I think weed can become addictive I know people that.smoke that stuff everyday and it isn't the medical kind.jmho
their going to put weed back on as addicting, you should stay away from weed and alcohol, good luck getting off,
@@pursedelighted9020 yes the high from weed is something else and sometimes can put you in such a different place that you want to chase that high. I am guilty of that. i use it once in awhile and just only a tiny bit now.
I’m dealing with Marihuana and sleeping meds addictions
Please pray for me I’m getting sick and I’m desperate
What a terrible cycle to be in...the biggest take away for me here is that if it feels that good, STOP TAKING IT and go see the doc and let thme know. Then get something else.
Pharmaceutical companies should start putting caffeine in some of these sedatives to lessen the affects of passing out
Good for you!!
Sad...
I was getting surgery and I told the doctor not to prescribe me an opioid. He looked at me like I was asking something ridiculous. I told him that I didn’t want to put myself at risk of addiction. He argued with me that I might really need them for pain and that I should buy some anyway just in case. I said isn’t there something not addictive? I requested Toredol. Dr’s are the real drug pushers!
Shut up
@@zacharyhamm4766 You better shut up, idiot. I saw Your stupid comments in the other section. Bullshit!
@@nocnacztery5926 okay junkie
@@nocnacztery5926 Just curious though, what other comment is bullshit? They won't even give opiates for surgeries that require a week in the hospital anymore. If your life isn't pains and surgeries you really need to shut your fucking mouth on this topic. All these super strong people not taking opiates for their "surgeries" (wisdom teeth and meniscus repairs, lmfao)
Imagine being such a weak person that you let a pill ruin your life... or let me rephrase, having such an easy life that your worst problem in life is that you take too many pills lmfao
@@zacharyhamm4766 ok maybe U right...
Did she say 90 a WEEK???
I do more or the same to me thats not much because you get immune
I was doing 20/30 tabs a day. Needed more than 90 a week
My mother is a CANCER PATIENT and not even doing that much.., how.............
snedgers did you get off or are you still on
UnknownEffectVids Hi, I’m very happy to say I got off them. I did it by tapering. Took me 3 months and some rocky days but I’m so happy I managed to get off them.
Thank you
Too bad and sad , that Acupuncture is not readily available and payable by insurance . As it is a possible solution to many cases of physical pain .
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I broke my back, collarbone, n 3 ribs they gave me lortab 7.5 since they didn't work I totally healed with no pain meds. I wasn't going to beg the stinking doctor for anything stronger since he felt that was enough. Breaking the collarbone was worse than childbirth
I've broke my collarbone 3x, it doesn't hurt that bad, don't rebreak it patting yourself on the back too hard for being such a trooper not taking pain meds. I've had 7 surgeries all 1000x more painful than that. I promise you there is pain you'd be begging for pain meds.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between a DRUG ADDICT.. and a LEGITIMATE CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT... SHE IS AN ADDICT AND ALWAYS WILL BE.. SHE DID IT BY CHOICE.. A CANCER PATIENT with Pain is NOT A CHOICE... IT'S A NEED... people like her, are making thousands of REAL PATIENTS in need of their PAIN MEDICATION....
Truth Seekers No! It’s the government threatening to charge Doctors with drug trafficking making it difficult for chronic pain patients to get pain meds. Randi was a victim of lacks regulation where drug companies were enabled to make thousands of addicts out of ppl who didn’t need pain meds, and now the government is trying to deprive people who need pain meds of the medications they need. If you must blame someone please place the blame in the proper place.
As the girl in this video, I am sorry that it’s difficult for cancer patients, or people in extreme chronic pain to get pain medication. It was not my intention when I got addicted to the medication. What started out as a back injury turned into a chapter of my life that I didn’t see coming. If you are one of those people that has difficulty getting the medication you need I am sorry your going through that. I cannot take back what is in the past but I am able to make living amends by my everyday actions. I just took 9 years of clean time and am not repeating my past. Not all addicts or recovering addicts are bad people. We just went through a dark chapter and can now feel deeper in life. God bless ❤️
I enjoyed your Video.
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Any update on how Randi is doing, four years later?
This is Randi- from the video. And 4 years after this video was filmed and my life is better than it ever has been. I am coming up on 8 years clean. My life has surpassed any dream I could of ever had and this is only the beginning! I continue to help people getting off of drugs and show them the path. I try to encourage those going through what I went through that there is hope!
@@randialldritt3102 God bless you. So happy to see and update.
I have a friend that moved from vicodin to fentnyl and she od'd twice in a year this last time she about died. I am currently on norco for bulging discs in neck and back and only take them when prescribed and when needed. but I'm glad you got clean many I knew died of heroin overdose. pain pills are ok in some circumstance its when you take them when its not needed that can also get you in trouble. I'm happy to see you are clean. I was doing the street stuff too and got sober on my own. part of me using the street drugs is I ddin't want to depend on doctor pills.
Back injuries are very common for this.
I am a pain killer of for a reason of an addict in terms of knowing the gust that pain medication