I am 9 months clean from opiates. After years of being a functioning addict...the inevitable happened...I hit rock bottom ended up in jail, lost my car, lost my house, and had my kids taken...I went to rehab and this time after many failed attempts I stuck with it and within 9 months... I am back in college I have completed my AA degree, got my kids back, got a good professional job, got a car and I have a savings account again!!! It feels great to be able to own nice things again... and not have to pawn my things to get a fix!! Therapy is a key and a good support system! Never give up!
Freaking amazing!!!! I’m 4 year off opiates, a year of no drinking but I like MJ!!! But 4 years off the hard Opiates and Suboxone! Congrats and keep pushing
This just gave me chills! I've been on methadone for almost 9 years. It helped me get sober. Not everyone looks at methadone that way but, opinions are like assholes n well, u know the rest. The line she said at the end "who the hell would choose this?". Shit hit me hard.
I been on methadone for about 16 months now and its def helped me get off opiates to the point that now I have 14 months clean and so does my girlfriend. We both went to rehab when our son was born and we went from being homeless (me 5 years , her 7 years) , no vehicle , stealing food from stores to living in an apartment , just bought a Kia Soul a couple days ago , she's taking college courses for cyber security , I'm looking for a job , our fridge and cupboards are full of food we paid for , and we take great care of our 15 month old son. All I know is that I never thought my life would turn around like it has and I'm so glad that we both are putting in the effort to get where we are and to further better our future and our son's also and without methadone I'm not sure how it would of been possible.
I love my methadone 🤷♀️ 5 plus years clean. Tapering off 1mg at a time. Hoping to be off one day, but I’m off of 4-5 psych meds and ONLY on methadone so I don’t feel guilty. My life has improved greatly! ❤
It’s such an honor to have my music featured in this film. What a powerful way to raise awareness. I’m so grateful to be apart of this project. See you at the IMAX premier 💜💪🏻
I was on Methadone for almost 7 years! It started out as just a back up plan! I was tired of being sick and a Methadone clinic was walking distance from my Englewood neighborhood! I was still using the first year I was on Methadone! Went all the way up to 100 mgs tryna get faded, but ended up staying at 90! Figured, it'd help me in the long run! For a while it was my little safety net! I would get all the way down to like 8 mgs and just stay there for a while! Cause, I was low-key scared to get off it completely! I'd heard too many horror stories! Eventually, I tapered all the way off! And, that shit was harder to kick than all the opiates I was doing put together lbvs! Will be 3 years off the liquid handcuffs on June 16th! One day at a time! 💯
@@eveningstar8581True! But, Methadone can be abused just like any other drug! Cause, people use it as a crutch instead of using it as a tool to get off and stay off! 💯
This looks crazy, I can’t wait to see it. Yeah, I hate when people say “ *just stop* using.” As if addicts could *just stop*. It physically changes the chemistry of your brain. Nobody wakes up one day like, “I know what I want to be! A dope addict!” It’s a long journey that most times starts out with an actual prescription from a doctor, one whom doesn’t explain to the patient what happens once they cut that prescription off and that withdrawal feels like you’re literally dying, while your skin crawls and you’re vomiting and shitting on yourself and feeling like your soul is climbing out through your pores…. From an innocent Rx to RiP is the sad destination for those on every block like this. I’m from Philly, and Kensington is like that. It looks like actual zombies. Canada has evidence that proves safe clinics for those chronically addicted where multiple rehabs haven’t worked, where users and get clean kits and needles (which stops spread of disease) and in some they even get pharmaceutical grade dope ( you know it’s dope, it’s not cut with something you’re unaware of like in the street). And clinics like that actually cut DOWN on the people’s tax dollars being spent on ambulances, food and shelter, and the crime rate goes way down because if chronic users aren’t worried about how they’re going to get money to get their fix (like stealing, robbing using violence, or prostitution ), then they can actually spend their day and time to begin their journey on rehabilitation and the entering society by getting jobs since they won’t be sick, going to doctors appointments and finding housing which is done by counselors helping with resources (usually mandated stipulations to coming in those clinics). For the community as a whole it’s a safer and cheaper option than hospital or jail. And NO, those clinics do NOT encourage drug use. If you put a needle of dope in the center of a room full of people who have never used before- the likelihood of anyone picking it up and trying it is probably zero. It’s meant for a safer society for all, drugs don’t discriminate!
You can just stop and I am living proof of it. The thing is…people with this victim mentality buy into their own sob story bullshit and use it as a crutch. Just bare down on the pain and discomfort and white knuckle it until you’re on the other side. Miles Davis locked himself in a cabin to kick heroin… it’s very possible. Stop perpetuating these lies. It reinforces the sickness
That's sure is some great liberal rhetoric you spew but as a Canadian myself I can assure you these lax policies when it comes to the addiction sector is not working. Death infections and use are all on the rise and giving out free smack and needles is not the answer. I'm sure nobody signs up to be a street junkie but there is a point where you have to know using drugs is bad especially IV drugs, and yes you definitely made a choice at that point so let's not kid ourselves anymore. Because of these lax policies Vancouver is turning into Philadelphia so stop trying to justify nonsense.
It's a life choice that you let slip away it isn't a disease it isn't a wound its a self inflicted addiction. Of course it alters your brain but you should have used one in the first place and never started. We don't need to clean up your mess, YOU DO, Addicts want to blame everyone but themselves and want all the help with zero effort from them. My Brother died because he was too weak to handle his problems and I loved him but I could not fix him, he had to want to stop and want to get clean and he didn't. I tried and the last words I spoke to my brother was "I love you talk to you later". That night he died and there was nothing we could do. I won't allow the addictions of others ever affect me again. I can't be your savior you have to be your own. Also I was born and raised in Philly in Kensington at Lehigh and Collins, Kensington avenue always had its share of addictions from needle point park or what is actually named McPhearson Sqaure where a once great Library was and then became a junkie paradise, to Kensington and Somerset and all the Huffers back in the day. This is nothing new destroy our neighborhood with the trash of society. I give them no safe haven and no quarter at some point you need to except some people will never get help and as long as these drugs flood our streets this will always be the case.
@@Rahim1969 im glad someone else said it. the whole "its a disease" argument is a fucking cop-out. Yes there are people that get hooked on prescribed meds, but I easily know more people who just started bc they were chasing a high and partying. disease my ass. you arent born with a condition that says you will inherently do heroine or meth without any way to control your decisions. there are a ton of people that have addictive personality traits but that doesnt mean they go out and try hardcore drugs. everyone these days knows the outcome of living that lifestyle. its rampant. everyone knows someone who is effected by this yet they still choose to go down that path. have some fucking accountability. to the minority who actually got hooked from prescribed meds, i hope you find solace and get clean and turn your life around. to the rest of them, you made your bed. stop expecting everyone else to lay in it with you. shit is exhausting. they didnt make the choice to end up on the streets, homeless, with a raging addiction, but they made the choice to get high. GTFO of here with that mess...
I’ve been on methadone for years, now I’ve switched to Suboxone and trying to come off that, I’m told it’s easier to come off… I made so many mistakes in my life I wouldn’t want my worst enemy to go down the path of being addicted to pills/heroin. It truly is a mess of a life if you choose to go down that path, please kids today do not even try drugs it will take over your life :/
Have you tried kratom? I went from 9 years of methadone to a few months of suboxe right to kratom and have been wonderful for 5 years. Maybe give it a shot. They sell it at just about every smoke shop in the country or you could order it online for a little savings.
I've been on Methadone for 10 years this March. I don't recommend it, and am not a huge fan, but I also will be off Heroin for 10 years this March. So, my life isn't perfect, but I'm STILL ALIVE!
That’s just really hard, being on methadone for 10 years or 1 year is hard. And the withdrawal from that is 3x longer and 5x harder than dope. I just hope the best for you and anyone in recovery. It’s a life long battle.
I can't wait to see this I'm in Massachusetts myself this is made in Boston and it's the same in Western Massachusetts. I've been on Methadone for 4 years now 135mg. Just starting to taper. I don't wish any addiction on anyone. I lost everything that was important to me at one point in my life and it hurts everyday. I would love to see this.
@@mattlol163someone on my clinic was at 650. Everyone is different and everyone's use before getting on is different. I am on 110 and my husband is on 165. There is no right or wrong dose. That's like saying someone's insulin is ridiculous lol
@@mattlol163 I knew a woman in Durham that got 350 mg a day. I'm not kidding either. I saw her bottles. They had to split her daily dose into two separate bottles because one wasn't enough.
I been clean from IV heroin for 10+ years, from Hartford, CT area. Methadone helped me get my life back though. Whatever works for you, keep it up. Godspeed to those still struggling. I've lost alot of friends along the way but I still have my life. Bless♥
I caught hep c and received a liver transplant almost 4 years ago. Even after the hep c diagnosis I continued drinking and doing coke. It's been 5 years clean now and it feels great!
@@justinavalentine I'm confused Justina is this a new movie you are working on yourself or someone else is working on it and you are going to be an actress in the movie or is this a new music video that you are working on or a new TV show what and where can you watch it and when is it coming out.
@@justinavalentineand I was kinda scared when I saw you getting badly beaten up and the paramedics where working on you and then you kept getting kicked in the stomach and I was like how dare someone do that to you Justina you are my role model and I never want to see that happen to you Justina.
Been down there for YEARS! 😊 Im pumped for this this. I have started writing a lot of shit about my experience down there. I can't believe no ones done this. I'm 5 months clean now. I never thought I would get off it.
@@SnowyDotonewell I was on 130 mgs daily and got arrested and couldn't get my medicine in jail so let me tell u I couldn't sleep for 3 months. I would have rather died then go through the DTs
I been on methadone for 8 yrs now…I come from doing pills from 12-19 heroin from 19-24…and I wasn’t just a junky I sold work…100 bricks every 2 days me and my homie brought in im from a small town hr from Pittsburgh and I’ll tell you what methadone saved my life 💯🤞🏻 I’d never look back but never judge anyone love is love
I’ve been on Methadone since 2006 😳 My addiction stems from self medicating my social anxiety (people seem to love me, but I don’t love myself). That’s part of the reason I’ve been on it for so long (fear keeps me stuck & isolated). I work a regular job & all that, I’d much rather be in the clinic than in active addiction (no question). I have insurance, but they will get you on Medicaid if you’re broke, & treatment is basically free 💟
I am so happy for you but treatment is definitely not always free. Someone close to me has insurance that doesn’t cover methadone has to pay out of pocket 18 a day. Some people don’t qualify for Medicare/Medicare or state insurance. It’s sickening honestly. The clinic kicked them off because he couldn’t keep up with the payments.
I grew up near a similar environment, In Philadelphia, Kensington section, they called it Emerald City. Lost a little Sister out there in 18' Although I never did Heroin, it effected our community. Movies like this are needed to raise awareness, salute to everyone involved I ln the making. 💯
What is this? A movie? It’s a movie we need! I’m 6 years sober with the help from methadone,it gave me my life back and my son his mother,it has given me sobriety,as long as it’s taken correctly,you are sober❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Methadone has given me my life back 200ml’s and clean for a year. Finally living a normal life… for the most part. Glad justina is doing this. She’s a dope rapper and hot AF too! 🙏♥️
What doctor is giving you 200? That is an insanely high dose. Glad you’re off dope, but a dose that high you will never get off of. Maybe you’re cool with that, but methadone is horrible for bones and teeth.
@@rich2583I was looking for a comment like this. The amount of people in the comments about having to take it are insane. My brother is an addict and he says this is something else to get addicted on.
Don’t listen to any of these buffoons in these comments - do you, focus on yourself and your own recovery. If you’re not faded at 200mg and your life has improved and you’re not doing anything and everything for that next high, then that sounds like harm reduction to me. And for the commenters - trust me people, in order for people to get up to 200mgs it takes steps and tests and they check your blood and then again in 24 hours to see how fast you’re metabolizing it, you have to get EKG’s… it’s not easy to go above 120mg - well at least in maryland and Virginia - spend as much time on your own life and/or recovery as you do trying to tear others down and it might get you somewhere. Admittedly, 200mgs sounds like a lot, but again, everyone’s different and if it’s working for this person and they’re not a walking zombie and have a happy, free and functioning life, then so fkn be it! Kudos for you!
It’s crazy that they made a movie I remember in 2004 I use to go with my mom to the clinic so she could get her dose crazy to see how much worse it’s become since then so many stories and lives ruined crazy 😢
This seems dope..no pun intended...Justina is becoming a real heroine 😂 ok let me relax before someone comes around and shoot up th...ok seriously this looks like this will be very informative and cool to watch.
@Justina Valentine I am hoping you realize that as you get the public eye, more and more, people going to throw shade and BS at you. Please stay true to yourself, please don’t fixate on comments. Nobody paying attention, and is honest, can’t deny your talents. Keep your passion. Do best for yourself, and true fans will be there for you. 👊🏻😊
I got off heavy coke/aderal usage, drinking, pot, and cigs (20 years smoking)! Been two years sober and I couldn’t be happier. You can do anything you want
Im 58 from CINCINNASTI. Going to the methadone clinic in the a.m. scared to death. The only thing in the streets is FENTYNAL and Xylazine. Fuckin elephant tranquilizer. Who in the hell would choose that! Ive had knee replacements, back surgeries, cysts on my sciatica. Just mass shit. The Dr.'s made me an addict. One Dr. Told me i was gonna wake up dead. He gave me 100 mg. Fentynal patches in '06. Oxy 80's 30's for breakthrough. I mean wtf. That was WAY TOO MUCH. The Saklers had to make their money! May GOD bless every one of us and see us through this storm!
I’m 3 years 2 months totally clean. Haven’t had one drink or one drug , but I amon methadone maintenance. I’m getting married on Saturday to my lovely drug free fiancé who thank God has never known the me on dope and other drugs plus alcohol. Methadone can be a useful tool if you use it properly and also have a plan to come off eventually with gradual steps down. I’ve dropped my dose drastically since I’ve started . But at the rate I’ve dropped I’m looking at being on another 2 to 2.5 years.
I've been on methadone for 11 years consistently. 15 on and off. It saved my life and I met my husband at the methadone clinic. We've been together 9 years, have a daughter together, bought a house and own our vehicles. It can work for those that want it.
jey just i used to record with yasi baby at shy boogies this was back in like 04 i just wanna give you props you have been grinding non stop for as long as i knew bout you and its awesome to have watched you achieve fame the way you have. keep doing your thing. i know you will blow up even more!! jersey all day
Where can I watch this? I haven’t been able to get a straight answer from google. It said Netflix, but it’s not on there… then it said Amazon, but I want to know for sure before I buy an Amazon subscription lol. Thanks for doing this work, it’s so important to spread awareness! ❤❤❤
Yeah, this shit seen in this clip is definitely not them doing Methadone. Methadone users do not act this way. These are meth, and fentanyl users and meth and Methadone are two different things. I been on Methadone for 14 yrs and no i didn't plan on being on it this long but I am unfortunately. It may be a life saver but its truly just as addictive. No you don't look like these folks in the trailer but i wouldn't suggest anyone to use Methadone to get off of opiates for the simple fact that its obviously just as hard if not harder to get off of. So please kids DONT DO ANY DRUGS AT ALL!!!
I had 8 years clean and caught myself back on mass ave coping for a whole summer it was terrible and wanted to kill myself. Forgot where i came from so i went back to a halfway house graduated the gavin in south boston now im back home clean with my kids where i belong. Coming up on another year. This time staying connected.
I used to clean the mile when I was in the bay. Every morning Mon thru Fri,every one in CWP would follow the sheriff van and they be waking people up making them move and wed come thru and clean the area and move on I hated watching them get harassed by the cops I hated cleaning up the fish ,needles,cookers all the usual addict shit. I Never ran the mile tho. I didn't need to. It's super dangerous one week you can be the bully robbing everyone and doing whatever the next week in a hospital bed all stabbed up ,shot, pipes whatever. Rip someone off you can get stabbed by infected needles all kinds of shit. It's a funky ass shit show down there. Basically like the last resort for a addict from Massachusetts. My cousin died there it's bad. Idk I'm not gonna judge the movie til I see it. You know I gotta see it tho!
I just made 11 months 2 weeks ago and went to Boston to get clean. And avoided that area because stories I’ve heard of people going there and never leaving. Its sad to see they get no help and they just let them use out in the open like its nothing. Im just glad after fighting this disease my entire adult life finally at 37 i can say im clean and getting my life back. But its still a daily fight you cant lose track of it or you will slip back fast. God bless all that made it out keep fighting cuz the fight never ends.
I’m on Methadone in Baltimore and we have never acted this way! We duck in and out! Now that’s definitely not everyone! We have plenty of of what you are showing here! It’s sad and our city is being destroyed and unfortunately we can’t wait to leave. And I hate that because I love my city! I Love the Baltimore Orioles and love that I live 15 minutes away from the stadium! And that it was one of my first jobs out of high school before my whole life changed and my addiction took over my life and my double life began 😢.
Unless you helping,. Please don't touch or judge, California is a whole nohta breed. MOst of our homeless go to work every day and have nothing to come home to. It's not all drugs. Please be compassionate♥
I found out about methadone almost 9 years ago after a few surgeries I got hooked on percs I was able to get off them but I stayed on methadone after realizing it helps me with my IBS its like when I am on methadone I don't have IBS and I can live my life without those awful excruciating cramps followed by a bout of diarrhea
Unfortunately I’m 3 years on suboxone after 5 years on methadone. I hate being medicated but i don’t think I’d be alive otherwise, let alone have a wife, decent job and my kids….it sucks but it definitely beats the alternative
I went to a methadone clinic for 9 years. Saved my life. I have nothing but love for the place, and in some ways I miss the scene lol But now I just buy kratom from the smoke shop. Life is great.
I’m 8 yrs clean from heroin I was bringing in 100 bricks every 2 days to my city never had any ods everything was always good but I couldn’t stay in that life and 8 yrs later I’m clean and sober on methadone it saved my life I can’t wait to see this
I ran the ave I'm literally shocked to see this I was out there for a few weeks straight and then off and on i know people that have been out there for a while. Im from Massachusetts living in taunton now mass ave is one of those places that once you go you never leave unless you're lucky get out somehow I've got three months clean 🙏 Grateful as fuck not to be living that lifestyle anymore
It is a choice. I grew up there, I've walked all of those neighborhoods. I was friends with many addicts, almost all of them have died. I chose not to use that crap because I saw first hand what it did to people.
I'm from Maine and I've been on the phone for 16 years , will be very weird to see a movie that's anything like my life. I'm a methadone and I'm from the East coast
I legitimately do work on the mile with the addicts!!! I made it out of there and try to lead by example showing my peers there’s a way out!!! Shits wild down there!!!!
I didnt know justina was a recovering addict or that ahe was ever on ever on methadone im on methadone 13 years nd it saved my life almost dying i been 6 & half months after almost dying from endocarditis so im very grateful 🙏
I been on methadone for 8 years now I get called a people still look at me as if I’m still using drugs but I know that I’m not haven’t done anything only my drink I take every day
Glad to see hickey is still making movies n money after putting so many from my town behind bars smh .. if anyone else was involved in this id watch it
I am 9 months clean from opiates. After years of being a functioning addict...the inevitable happened...I hit rock bottom ended up in jail, lost my car, lost my house, and had my kids taken...I went to rehab and this time after many failed attempts I stuck with it and within 9 months... I am back in college I have completed my AA degree, got my kids back, got a good professional job, got a car and I have a savings account again!!! It feels great to be able to own nice things again... and not have to pawn my things to get a fix!! Therapy is a key and a good support system! Never give up!
Well done! And congratulations on 9 months. Keep going you're doing great!!❤
Freaking amazing!!!! I’m 4 year off opiates, a year of no drinking but I like MJ!!! But 4 years off the hard Opiates and Suboxone! Congrats and keep pushing
Keep it up bro. I have a similar story, only I needed up in prison. Stay strong my friend.
Lean into Jesus and he will guide you on this journey. Keep up the good work and God Bless.
Suboxone?
This just gave me chills! I've been on methadone for almost 9 years. It helped me get sober. Not everyone looks at methadone that way but, opinions are like assholes n well, u know the rest. The line she said at the end "who the hell would choose this?". Shit hit me hard.
God bless you and keep going please ❗️🙏🏼🙏🏼
You aren't clean if you use methadone. Period. These people got yall all fucked up in the head. You are not sober if you are using methadone
I been on methadone for about 16 months now and its def helped me get off opiates to the point that now I have 14 months clean and so does my girlfriend. We both went to rehab when our son was born and we went from being homeless (me 5 years , her 7 years) , no vehicle , stealing food from stores to living in an apartment , just bought a Kia Soul a couple days ago , she's taking college courses for cyber security , I'm looking for a job , our fridge and cupboards are full of food we paid for , and we take great care of our 15 month old son. All I know is that I never thought my life would turn around like it has and I'm so glad that we both are putting in the effort to get where we are and to further better our future and our son's also and without methadone I'm not sure how it would of been possible.
That is such an amazing story im so proud of y’all!!! Keep going !!! 🏆🙏🏼❤️
I love my methadone 🤷♀️ 5 plus years clean. Tapering off 1mg at a time. Hoping to be off one day, but I’m off of 4-5 psych meds and ONLY on methadone so I don’t feel guilty. My life has improved greatly! ❤
Your not clean your on methadone ..you took the cowards way out 😂😂😂😂
It’s such an honor to have my music featured in this film. What a powerful way to raise awareness. I’m so grateful to be apart of this project. See you at the IMAX premier 💜💪🏻
You’re song is amazing!! 🔥Cant wait, see ya there !
@@justinavalentine Thank you so much!! See You Soon!! 🔥🚀
I was on Methadone for almost 7 years! It started out as just a back up plan! I was tired of being sick and a Methadone clinic was walking distance from my Englewood neighborhood! I was still using the first year I was on Methadone! Went all the way up to 100 mgs tryna get faded, but ended up staying at 90! Figured, it'd help me in the long run! For a while it was my little safety net! I would get all the way down to like 8 mgs and just stay there for a while! Cause, I was low-key scared to get off it completely! I'd heard too many horror stories! Eventually, I tapered all the way off! And, that shit was harder to kick than all the opiates I was doing put together lbvs! Will be 3 years off the liquid handcuffs on June 16th! One day at a time! 💯
May your strength continue always! Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉
Congrats. But those liquid handcuffs as you say, saves lives every single day
@@eveningstar8581But, like anything else; If they abuse it and use it as a crutch it can be very harmful in the long run! 💯
@@SenseiSinSemilla26Preciate it! 💯
@@eveningstar8581True! But, Methadone can be abused just like any other drug! Cause, people use it as a crutch instead of using it as a tool to get off and stay off! 💯
This looks crazy, I can’t wait to see it. Yeah, I hate when people say “ *just stop* using.” As if addicts could *just stop*. It physically changes the chemistry of your brain.
Nobody wakes up one day like, “I know what I want to be! A dope addict!”
It’s a long journey that most times starts out with an actual prescription from a doctor, one whom doesn’t explain to the patient what happens once they cut that prescription off and that withdrawal feels like you’re literally dying, while your skin crawls and you’re vomiting and shitting on yourself and feeling like your soul is climbing out through your pores…. From an innocent Rx to RiP is the sad destination for those on every block like this. I’m from Philly, and Kensington is like that. It looks like actual zombies.
Canada has evidence that proves safe clinics for those chronically addicted where multiple rehabs haven’t worked, where users and get clean kits and needles (which stops spread of disease) and in some they even get pharmaceutical grade dope ( you know it’s dope, it’s not cut with something you’re unaware of like in the street). And clinics like that actually cut DOWN on the people’s tax dollars being spent on ambulances, food and shelter, and the crime rate goes way down because if chronic users aren’t worried about how they’re going to get money to get their fix (like stealing, robbing using violence, or prostitution ), then they can actually spend their day and time to begin their journey on rehabilitation and the entering society by getting jobs since they won’t be sick, going to doctors appointments and finding housing which is done by counselors helping with resources (usually mandated stipulations to coming in those clinics). For the community as a whole it’s a safer and cheaper option than hospital or jail.
And NO, those clinics do NOT encourage drug use. If you put a needle of dope in the center of a room full of people who have never used before- the likelihood of anyone picking it up and trying it is probably zero.
It’s meant for a safer society for all, drugs don’t discriminate!
You can just stop and I am living proof of it. The thing is…people with this victim mentality buy into their own sob story bullshit and use it as a crutch. Just bare down on the pain and discomfort and white knuckle it until you’re on the other side. Miles Davis locked himself in a cabin to kick heroin… it’s very possible. Stop perpetuating these lies. It reinforces the sickness
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That's sure is some great liberal rhetoric you spew but as a Canadian myself I can assure you these lax policies when it comes to the addiction sector is not working. Death infections and use are all on the rise and giving out free smack and needles is not the answer. I'm sure nobody signs up to be a street junkie but there is a point where you have to know using drugs is bad especially IV drugs, and yes you definitely made a choice at that point so let's not kid ourselves anymore. Because of these lax policies Vancouver is turning into Philadelphia so stop trying to justify nonsense.
It's a life choice that you let slip away it isn't a disease it isn't a wound its a self inflicted addiction. Of course it alters your brain but you should have used one in the first place and never started. We don't need to clean up your mess, YOU DO, Addicts want to blame everyone but themselves and want all the help with zero effort from them. My Brother died because he was too weak to handle his problems and I loved him but I could not fix him, he had to want to stop and want to get clean and he didn't. I tried and the last words I spoke to my brother was "I love you talk to you later". That night he died and there was nothing we could do. I won't allow the addictions of others ever affect me again. I can't be your savior you have to be your own. Also I was born and raised in Philly in Kensington at Lehigh and Collins, Kensington avenue always had its share of addictions from needle point park or what is actually named McPhearson Sqaure where a once great Library was and then became a junkie paradise, to Kensington and Somerset and all the Huffers back in the day. This is nothing new destroy our neighborhood with the trash of society. I give them no safe haven and no quarter at some point you need to except some people will never get help and as long as these drugs flood our streets this will always be the case.
@@Rahim1969 im glad someone else said it. the whole "its a disease" argument is a fucking cop-out. Yes there are people that get hooked on prescribed meds, but I easily know more people who just started bc they were chasing a high and partying. disease my ass. you arent born with a condition that says you will inherently do heroine or meth without any way to control your decisions. there are a ton of people that have addictive personality traits but that doesnt mean they go out and try hardcore drugs. everyone these days knows the outcome of living that lifestyle. its rampant. everyone knows someone who is effected by this yet they still choose to go down that path. have some fucking accountability. to the minority who actually got hooked from prescribed meds, i hope you find solace and get clean and turn your life around. to the rest of them, you made your bed. stop expecting everyone else to lay in it with you. shit is exhausting. they didnt make the choice to end up on the streets, homeless, with a raging addiction, but they made the choice to get high. GTFO of here with that mess...
I’ve been on methadone for years, now I’ve switched to Suboxone and trying to come off that, I’m told it’s easier to come off… I made so many mistakes in my life I wouldn’t want my worst enemy to go down the path of being addicted to pills/heroin. It truly is a mess of a life if you choose to go down that path, please kids today do not even try drugs it will take over your life :/
Have you tried kratom? I went from 9 years of methadone to a few months of suboxe right to kratom and have been wonderful for 5 years. Maybe give it a shot. They sell it at just about every smoke shop in the country or you could order it online for a little savings.
I've been on Methadone for 10 years this March. I don't recommend it, and am not a huge fan, but I also will be off Heroin for 10 years this March. So, my life isn't perfect, but I'm STILL ALIVE!
God bless 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Better than being a junkie! You can have a real life!
That’s just really hard, being on methadone for 10 years or 1 year is hard. And the withdrawal from that is 3x longer and 5x harder than dope. I just hope the best for you and anyone in recovery. It’s a life long battle.
I can't wait to see this I'm in Massachusetts myself this is made in Boston and it's the same in Western Massachusetts. I've been on Methadone for 4 years now 135mg. Just starting to taper. I don't wish any addiction on anyone. I lost everything that was important to me at one point in my life and it hurts everyday. I would love to see this.
God bless u on your journey Good luck 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
holy fuck.... it should be fucking illegal to be on a dose THAT fucking high.... ZERO reason for it...
unbelievable
@@mattlol163someone on my clinic was at 650. Everyone is different and everyone's use before getting on is different. I am on 110 and my husband is on 165. There is no right or wrong dose. That's like saying someone's insulin is ridiculous lol
That's the exact dose I'm on
@@mattlol163 I knew a woman in Durham that got 350 mg a day. I'm not kidding either. I saw her bottles. They had to split her daily dose into two separate bottles because one wasn't enough.
I been clean from IV heroin for 10+ years, from Hartford, CT area. Methadone helped me get my life back though. Whatever works for you, keep it up. Godspeed to those still struggling. I've lost alot of friends along the way but I still have my life. Bless♥
I caught hep c and received a liver transplant almost 4 years ago. Even after the hep c diagnosis I continued drinking and doing coke. It's been 5 years clean now and it feels great!
Can't wait!!!! I've been on methadone for well on march23 will be 6years. 6years I'm still alive.thank you Jesus foe saving me.
God bless u! 🙏🏼
@@justinavalentine I'm confused Justina is this a new movie you are working on yourself or someone else is working on it and you are going to be an actress in the movie or is this a new music video that you are working on or a new TV show what and where can you watch it and when is it coming out.
@@justinavalentineand I was kinda scared when I saw you getting badly beaten up and the paramedics where working on you and then you kept getting kicked in the stomach and I was like how dare someone do that to you Justina you are my role model and I never want to see that happen to you Justina.
Struggle is real, sharing is an important part much love and strength going your way💪💪❤️❤️
6 years is a not long long enough obviously but i know people 20years plus ive been off and on it more times than i care to say
Yess this is really intriguing to me, this is my 4th time on methadone and I'm a new Christian I hope and pray this is the last time
Praying for you Ash 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
STAY ON! You got this❤
Good luck, I hope you’re doing well still
Been down there for YEARS! 😊 Im pumped for this this. I have started writing a lot of shit about my experience down there. I can't believe no ones done this. I'm 5 months clean now. I never thought I would get off it.
CONGRATULATIONS!! Keep going 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
How long does the sickness last?
@@SnowyDotonewell I was on 130 mgs daily and got arrested and couldn't get my medicine in jail so let me tell u I couldn't sleep for 3 months. I would have rather died then go through the DTs
Methadone saved my life. I’ve got 13 years clean thanks to it❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks amazing !! keep going !! 🙏🏼❤️
Proud of you Justina.
I been on methadone for 8 yrs now…I come from doing pills from 12-19 heroin from 19-24…and I wasn’t just a junky I sold work…100 bricks every 2 days me and my homie brought in im from a small town hr from Pittsburgh and I’ll tell you what methadone saved my life 💯🤞🏻 I’d never look back but never judge anyone love is love
you sir are the worst liar on youtube
I’ve been on Methadone since 2006 😳 My addiction stems from self medicating my social anxiety (people seem to love me, but I don’t love myself). That’s part of the reason I’ve been on it for so long (fear keeps me stuck & isolated). I work a regular job & all that, I’d much rather be in the clinic than in active addiction (no question). I have insurance, but they will get you on Medicaid if you’re broke, & treatment is basically free 💟
I am so happy for you but treatment is definitely not always free. Someone close to me has insurance that doesn’t cover methadone has to pay out of pocket 18 a day. Some people don’t qualify for Medicare/Medicare or state insurance. It’s sickening honestly. The clinic kicked them off because he couldn’t keep up with the payments.
I grew up near a similar environment, In Philadelphia, Kensington section, they called it Emerald City. Lost a little Sister out there in 18'
Although I never did Heroin, it effected our community. Movies like this are needed to raise awareness, salute to everyone involved I ln the making. 💯
❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼
What is this? A movie? It’s a movie we need! I’m 6 years sober with the help from methadone,it gave me my life back and my son his mother,it has given me sobriety,as long as it’s taken correctly,you are sober❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
God bless Keep going !! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@justinavalentineWhen is this coming out???
Hell yeah! Get it girl, it looks great!!
Yo! I see Jordan in there as well. Let's go!
Wow I live right around the area. Welcome to Boston
#justinavalentine keep it up u an inspiration .......miami Dade county.....305
That's a good fucken roll you played Justin, my props to you and the others with you. My name is Eduardo Saverin
thank uu sm 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Methadone has given me my life back 200ml’s and clean for a year. Finally living a normal life… for the most part. Glad justina is doing this. She’s a dope rapper and hot AF too! 🙏♥️
What doctor is giving you 200? That is an insanely high dose. Glad you’re off dope, but a dose that high you will never get off of. Maybe you’re cool with that, but methadone is horrible for bones and teeth.
Don't let them make you believe you're no longer sick. That's what they want.. do it for real, and it will be 1000×s better. Good luck!
You are not sober if you are using methadone.
@@rich2583I was looking for a comment like this. The amount of people in the comments about having to take it are insane. My brother is an addict and he says this is something else to get addicted on.
Don’t listen to any of these buffoons in these comments - do you, focus on yourself and your own recovery. If you’re not faded at 200mg and your life has improved and you’re not doing anything and everything for that next high, then that sounds like harm reduction to me. And for the commenters - trust me people, in order for people to get up to 200mgs it takes steps and tests and they check your blood and then again in 24 hours to see how fast you’re metabolizing it, you have to get EKG’s… it’s not easy to go above 120mg - well at least in maryland and Virginia - spend as much time on your own life and/or recovery as you do trying to tear others down and it might get you somewhere. Admittedly, 200mgs sounds like a lot, but again, everyone’s different and if it’s working for this person and they’re not a walking zombie and have a happy, free and functioning life, then so fkn be it! Kudos for you!
As a resident of Kensington in Philadelphia this hits home.
When is this coming out? Can't wait to see you starring in it❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yo what the f*ck, I can’t wait to see this sh*t 🔥🔥
One love from London uk 🇬🇧 ❤
It’s crazy that they made a movie I remember in 2004 I use to go with my mom to the clinic so she could get her dose crazy to see how much worse it’s become since then so many stories and lives ruined crazy 😢
Hell Of A Job On The Trailer Guys! This Sent Chills Up My Spine. Your Films Are One Of A Kind Hickey!
let’s fuckin go, Justina !
This seems dope..no pun intended...Justina is becoming a real heroine 😂 ok let me relax before someone comes around and shoot up th...ok seriously this looks like this will be very informative and cool to watch.
So happy to see your career grow and your development as a triple threat artist will definitely keep an eye out for it❤❤❤
Yes!! And i'm so excited for this, Justina and i can't wait!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
When is this coming out? I can't wait to see that!
@Justina Valentine I am hoping you realize that as you get the public eye, more and more, people going to throw shade and BS at you.
Please stay true to yourself, please don’t fixate on comments. Nobody paying attention, and is honest, can’t deny your talents. Keep your passion. Do best for yourself, and true fans will be there for you. 👊🏻😊
thank uu sm Sly i appreciate you fr!! ❤️❤️🙏🏼
A movie? With a New Jersey accent? Girl we did not ask for this. Hate from Boston ♥️
can’t wait to see been on it for 4 years i been clean will be tapering down in a year not a forever thing for me
Good luck n God bless ! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you so much ☺️keep being great 💕
When can we expect this masterpiece??
I got off heavy coke/aderal usage, drinking, pot, and cigs (20 years smoking)! Been two years sober and I couldn’t be happier. You can do anything you want
Can’t wait for the release!
Im 58 from CINCINNASTI. Going to the methadone clinic in the a.m. scared to death. The only thing in the streets is FENTYNAL and Xylazine. Fuckin elephant tranquilizer. Who in the hell would choose that! Ive had knee replacements, back surgeries, cysts on my sciatica. Just mass shit. The Dr.'s made me an addict. One Dr. Told me i was gonna wake up dead. He gave me 100 mg. Fentynal patches in '06. Oxy 80's 30's for breakthrough. I mean wtf. That was WAY TOO MUCH. The Saklers had to make their money! May GOD bless every one of us and see us through this storm!
I’m 3 years 2 months totally clean. Haven’t had one drink or one drug , but I amon methadone maintenance. I’m getting married on Saturday to my lovely drug free fiancé who thank God has never known the me on dope and other drugs plus alcohol. Methadone can be a useful tool if you use it properly and also have a plan to come off eventually with gradual steps down. I’ve dropped my dose drastically since I’ve started . But at the rate I’ve dropped I’m looking at being on another 2 to 2.5 years.
Best of luck and Congrats!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've been on methadone for 11 years consistently. 15 on and off. It saved my life and I met my husband at the methadone clinic. We've been together 9 years, have a daughter together, bought a house and own our vehicles. It can work for those that want it.
I love Justine Valentine
jey just i used to record with yasi baby at shy boogies this was back in like 04 i just wanna give you props you have been grinding non stop for as long as i knew bout you and its awesome to have watched you achieve fame the way you have. keep doing your thing. i know you will blow up even more!! jersey all day
No way? You in a hickey film? I remember seeing oxymorons 10 years ago. Movie was phenomenal! Im going to have to find this one
🙏🏼❤️ Should be out soon and yes oxymorons was a great movie
Ok I’m really excited for this.
omg girl keeping notifications on and i MUST see finals !!
I think I missed the release date, when does this come out?
I can’t wait to watch it
I love you so much Justina ❤❤❤and I am excited to see it
She gives me Harley Quinn vibes yes girl so proud of u
Ok but why does this give me die hard vibes
Can't Wait 👍
Omg can't wait!!
Oh snap. Definitely need to watch this!! ❤
Is it a movie?
This looks good omg
WHERE AND WHEN CAN I SEE THIS?!? THEATERS?!? STREAMING PLATFORM?!? ANYONE?!?
there’s gonna be live viewing in april and may and should release soon after
@@justinavalentine you amaze me more & more w every project you do! I've been a fan for years! Thanks for the 411! Much Love!
Where can I watch this? I haven’t been able to get a straight answer from google. It said Netflix, but it’s not on there… then it said Amazon, but I want to know for sure before I buy an Amazon subscription lol.
Thanks for doing this work, it’s so important to spread awareness! ❤❤❤
Yeah, this shit seen in this clip is definitely not them doing Methadone. Methadone users do not act this way. These are meth, and fentanyl users and meth and Methadone are two different things. I been on Methadone for 14 yrs and no i didn't plan on being on it this long but I am unfortunately. It may be a life saver but its truly just as addictive. No you don't look like these folks in the trailer but i wouldn't suggest anyone to use Methadone to get off of opiates for the simple fact that its obviously just as hard if not harder to get off of. So please kids DONT DO ANY DRUGS AT ALL!!!
Looks good can't wait
I had 8 years clean and caught myself back on mass ave coping for a whole summer it was terrible and wanted to kill myself. Forgot where i came from so i went back to a halfway house graduated the gavin in south boston now im back home clean with my kids where i belong. Coming up on another year. This time staying connected.
Bro u from Boston?
I used to clean the mile when I was in the bay. Every morning Mon thru Fri,every one in CWP would follow the sheriff van and they be waking people up making them move and wed come thru and clean the area and move on
I hated watching them get harassed by the cops I hated cleaning up the fish ,needles,cookers all the usual addict shit. I Never ran the mile tho. I didn't need to. It's super dangerous one week you can be the bully robbing everyone and doing whatever the next week in a hospital bed all stabbed up ,shot, pipes whatever. Rip someone off you can get stabbed by infected needles all kinds of shit. It's a funky ass shit show down there. Basically like the last resort for a addict from Massachusetts. My cousin died there it's bad. Idk I'm not gonna judge the movie til I see it. You know I gotta see it tho!
My movie is out now the omnicrom killer showing in bklyn and LA WE GOT STARS IN IT MARCH 2 GREEPOINT BKLYN AT the film noir cinema at 5 pm
I just made 11 months 2 weeks ago and went to Boston to get clean. And avoided that area because stories I’ve heard of people going there and never leaving. Its sad to see they get no help and they just let them use out in the open like its nothing. Im just glad after fighting this disease my entire adult life finally at 37 i can say im clean and getting my life back. But its still a daily fight you cant lose track of it or you will slip back fast. God bless all that made it out keep fighting cuz the fight never ends.
I’m on Methadone in Baltimore and we have never acted this way! We duck in and out! Now that’s definitely not everyone! We have plenty of of what you are showing here! It’s sad and our city is being destroyed and unfortunately we can’t wait to leave. And I hate that because I love my city! I Love the Baltimore Orioles and love that I live 15 minutes away from the stadium! And that it was one of my first jobs out of high school before my whole life changed and my addiction took over my life and my double life began 😢.
Unless you helping,. Please don't touch or judge, California is a whole nohta breed. MOst of our homeless go to work every day and have nothing to come home to. It's not all drugs. Please be compassionate♥
This will be a masterpiece!!!
Where can I watch the movie ?
Where can I watch the movie ?
I found out about methadone almost 9 years ago after a few surgeries I got hooked on percs I was able to get off them but I stayed on methadone after realizing it helps me with my IBS its like when I am on methadone I don't have IBS and I can live my life without those awful excruciating cramps followed by a bout of diarrhea
Stay away from drugs, folk. That sheesh ain't nothing to play with.
Unfortunately I’m 3 years on suboxone after 5 years on methadone. I hate being medicated but i don’t think I’d be alive otherwise, let alone have a wife, decent job and my kids….it sucks but it definitely beats the alternative
I went to a methadone clinic for 9 years. Saved my life. I have nothing but love for the place, and in some ways I miss the scene lol
But now I just buy kratom from the smoke shop. Life is great.
Where can I find this 🎥,From Mass Been off Methadone for 5 + Years … Repect💪🏻💯🙏🏻
I’m 8 yrs clean from heroin I was bringing in 100 bricks every 2 days to my city never had any ods everything was always good but I couldn’t stay in that life and 8 yrs later I’m clean and sober on methadone it saved my life I can’t wait to see this
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I ran the ave I'm literally shocked to see this I was out there for a few weeks straight and then off and on i know people that have been out there for a while. Im from Massachusetts living in taunton now mass ave is one of those places that once you go you never leave unless you're lucky get out somehow I've got three months clean 🙏 Grateful as fuck not to be living that lifestyle anymore
It is a choice. I grew up there, I've walked all of those neighborhoods. I was friends with many addicts, almost all of them have died. I chose not to use that crap because I saw first hand what it did to people.
I'm from Maine and I've been on the phone for 16 years , will be very weird to see a movie that's anything like my life. I'm a methadone and I'm from the East coast
I legitimately do work on the mile with the addicts!!! I made it out of there and try to lead by example showing my peers there’s a way out!!! Shits wild down there!!!!
I didnt know justina was a recovering addict or that ahe was ever on ever on methadone im on methadone 13 years nd it saved my life almost dying i been 6 & half months after almost dying from endocarditis so im very grateful 🙏
Consider me teased
I been on methadone for 8 years now I get called a people still look at me as if I’m still using drugs but I know that I’m not haven’t done anything only my drink I take every day
Love you Hardy ❤😊❤
I hold onto anything that sets me free. Sorry but losing all 3 of my sisters to Covid is a hurt I just can’t get past on my own. 😪💔
Yea look like good movies she loook like a girl from south boston …. Wish put me as a character in the movie black guy from Dorchester hmu 🤙
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Where can I watch this
When this coming out
LFG Justina!!!!!!
I was really outside there, South Hampton, Mass Ave, that place was crazy for real
Glad to see hickey is still making movies n money after putting so many from my town behind bars smh .. if anyone else was involved in this id watch it
I wanna watch this
Living in Boston I know this is a movie we definitely need so happy justina valentine is going to be in it she is going to be great. Love this so much