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Yeah I never bought into the disease concept of addiction. To me as I grew older it seems to me that any one addicted to anything is having a problem with not feeling connected to the world around them and a purpose for living.
That’s deep. And true. I’m an alcoholic and you just nailed it. There’s little bits and pieces of my personal life that could add on to it but you encapsulated it in only a few words.
Alcoholism is a disease for which going back 2,000 years there is only one solution with a track record responsible for getting millions permanently sober. It’s called the 12 steps. Addiction is not a disease. Many addicts can detox and never use again. No true alcoholic can. Hard drinker yes. Alcoholic no. That’s what seperates the two. Take alcohol away from a hard drinker their life gets better. Take alcohol away from an alcoholic and their life gets much worse and you wouldn’t wanna be around them. Two different animals. Wish they would keep addicts out of AA unless they’re also alcoholics they simply do not belong there. If they’re strait addicts they don’t have the personality of an alcoholic. AA has a singleness of purpose to help the alcoholic. Not the drug addict. The food addict. The gambling addict. Not anything but the alcoholic. The treatment industry rehab centers and everyone making $ is responsible 4 it. AA is free. So are the 12 steps. If you can stop drinking and stay stopped you don’t have the disease of alcoholism and this info is useless. If you can’t stop or stay stopped when you want to, you probably are one, and if that’s the case I challenge you to find anything beside the 12 steps that’s got a track record of success getting millions sober permanently going back 2000 years. You won’t find anything bc there isn’t anything. Just a side note, I said the 12 steps. Not meetings. People always seem to get that part twisted.
I definitely felt like that. It took me a couple months of using and really wanting to stop. I got 3 and a half months clean from drugs and alcohol. Today is my first day with out suboxone. Hopefully i dont have to take and suboxone again. Thank you i love your videos
@joeyferguson840 hey I know that methadone is a bitch to get off. But as long as you keep making progress you are moving towards the goal. You can do it just believe in yourself
I relate with your dope story. I hated that I used herion, when I smoked weed it made it really feel like such a nasty drug habit. I used for 10+ years, and have been clean for about 10 years now. To ua3 again would be going backwards. Congrats on your sobriety! Like 49 of my friends didn't make it out and are dead, I turned 40 this year. Keep up the good work!
You’re the man Joey. I’ve been watching you since the original live in your CRV vids. I was addicted to heroin for years and years. I spent time on the street as well. Not years but one winter in upstate NY was enough to get the picture I think.. I got off subs the same way as you. The thought came like a lightning bolt and it became clear as day what I needed to do. If your struggling out there, take it one thing at a time.
I remember when i was addicted to pain meds like hydros and oxys,i would run out of my script then id call my dealer, and the things i had to deal with ,looking back it was stupid the things i would do just for a couple of pills just plain stupid , but yeah ive been sober now for 4yrs im like you someone could do some pills in front of me i doesnt bother me anymore, ive come way to far to do that shit again, everything you said is 100% correct ,anyway great video stay safe and god bless
I'm psychiatrist. And I'm one of the few, who knows the dark side. And you're just on point. But you are a strong person. There are many others, they are just not strong enough to escape the matrix. What so ever, your channel is great and is helping a lot!
I needed this today. So many times lately I am drawn to listen to you speak. Something about your voice calms me and helps me deal with life. Thank you
As of right now I’m in active addiction as an alcoholic. Thank you for this video and your channel. You’re helping others with this content. Again, thank you 🙏
Alcoholism and addiction are two completely different things. Don’t let the “for profit” confuse you. Strait addicts don’t need the 12 steps. True Alcoholics do. The first thing you need to figure out is which one you are.
Haha go to AA to meet chicks 🐥😂 yes some of my mates have a social life from meetings, al-anon is good for family or friends embroiled in addiction cycles with loved ones. Good on you for keeping up the positivity that life’s presenting you, staying wise to opportunities. Cheers for another another helpful post ☘️✌🏻
Been clean for over 5 yrs now aftera 15 yr addiction and I came a long way! It took a lot to get to this point in my life to where I HATE IT! I REM PPL TELLING ME THAT EARLY ON BUT I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT BUT YES I HATE IT! IT HURTS ME TO SEE THESE PPL WRECKED BC THERES ONLY A 3PERCENT CHANCE! IT COMES FROM URSELF, INSIDE UR SOUL U KNOW UR LIVING A HORRIBLE LIFE AND IT TAKES MORALS VALUES PRINCIPLES AND MOST OF ALL JESUS🙏❤️ P.s. it took me yrs to get to this point in my life, the first yrs of trying I didn't do it right but I didn't give up and my family thank God forgave me. Yes omg Jojo I never have had a drink sense 23 or some crap I hate drinking exactly bc of those reasons. I want to wake up CRISP AND FRESH AND I DO
Disease is a loose term. Dis-ease. I tend to agree with what you say in the video. Adicts need to own their shit to overcome, and stop blaming external things, as real as they may be.
Addiction and dependence are two different things. Is dependence a disease? I would say maybe, because you can't get off Benzos or extreme alcohol dependence without medical help. Addiction is all about will power. Some have a lot, and some don't.
I’m in AA and it saved my life. At first the thought of it being a disease and being powerless over alcahol seemed wrong to me at first also but the whole point of that is realizing that a higher power is the only thing that can remove this obsession from you, and giving all control over to God instead of trying to control things yourself
If you’re an alcoholic AA is the right place for you as the 12 steps are the only solution w a track record going back 2,000 years. Alcoholism is a disease. Drug addiction is not. Two completely different animals. The reason 4 the confusion is that treatment centers only have 1 van so they ship everyone (alcoholic or not) to AA. Many (strait addicts that aren’t alcohols) don’t need it and all it does is confuse people which defeats the purpose of AA which has one primary purpose - to help the alcoholic. Not the addict or lonely or the homeless or anything else.
It aint been good for years.but i just keep on.i had 2years clean bout 5 or so years ago.wish i could get it back.im crippled by the anxiety of scoring,then trying to get a vein.
The subs worked for me. After about a year on subs I realized I didn't care about heroin anymore. I was just over it. Whole time I was on subs whenever I'd think of heroin I knew buying it would just be a waste of time and money so my mind would move on pretty quick. Eventually I stopped even thinking about it. Then I weened down on the subs and never looked back.
Tanx Joey! I think youre right here. No disease in my mind either. Joey has a point when he says that its a escape from this society, and its totaly normal to sometimes wana get away from it. What people need to remember is that after you been addicted to drugs it cant compere to the feeling of being clean and in control over youre body and soul as much as possible. Becouse in the begining of use you feel like you are in control, and maybe you are. But sadly that will not last my friend, trust me. Take care of that one day that comes and goes when you feel that sorbriety is a possibility and that enough is enough and start from there. And i strongly belive that you should take it slow when you come down, you know youre old "friend" by now and maybe its better to say goodbye in a calm way.
Glad I watched this and kept my own opinion from actually hearing what you said. It's a disease in the sense that anxiety and depression are a "disease" but they're normal reactions to an abnormal world, THAT makes sense! I think there's a lot too it, way too many people can't even comprehend the difference between between mental and physical dependency. I feel like the majority of opioid addicts have more of a problem with the physical aspect than the mental ones, physical is relatively easy to beat with things like sub, tapering, etc but it's when people just can't deal with the world sober that their mental addiction comes into play. I've known addicts that got on sub and everything was fine then I've known others who got on it so they just started drinking, eating benzos and taking whatever else they could. To me that's a pretty clear sign that opioids were not the problem, they were just the drug of choice and the problem is not being able to get through the day without being intoxicated. I know people that will only go to doctors that were addicts themselves, they feel like they're the only medical professionals that are able to understand where they're coming from. I don't like putting too much about myself out there but I'll just say that I was drinking more than I was comfortable with for like 10 years, last year I decided I was tired of it so I did some things and I got it under control, have like 16 months. I'd tried to stop before and never got more than a few months, the problem was that I'd never accepted that I was done. When you finally tell yourself that those days are over and stop looking at drinking/using like you have the ability to go back, it's a lot easier. I've got alcohol from when I stopped in my house right now and I know I'm not going to drink it because I don't give myself the option to do it, it's an inanimate object and it's got no power until I give it power! My party days are over, more power to you if you can party without a problem but I'm moving onto act II of life and I've gotta do stuff that's more important than catching a buzz. If I can go from the amount I was drinking to having alcohol in the other room I have no desire to drink, anybody can! Once it stops being an option in your brain, it gets way easier. That goes for any substance, they're all just chemicals that alter how people perceive reality and anyone who's struggling is struggling with dealing with life, substance abuse is just a symptom of that...
One size doesn't fit all. What worked for you may not work for me. 70 years ago the AMA classified alcoholism and addiction as diseases . They're progressive, treatable and fatal if untreated. For insurance purposes I suppose. I've struggled with opiate addiction my whole life. 50 plus years. For the last 20 years I've worked in the field. When someone comes in all sucked up it looks like a disease. Once they've kicked, gained weight etc. it looks like they're recovering from a disease. I've always had a problem with the disease model of addiction. I'm all about harm reduction. Whatever you want to call it, however you want to treat it.if it works for you great, right? Whatever it takes bro. BTW I'm also half Italian and half Irish got hair down to my waist and a moustache. I could be your older brother or something. Been watching since the early days. love what you do. Thank you.
Hey...you did a great job lettn others know.. about your addiction.your experience, strength and hope with Honesty,to leave that way of life. 😊 Blessings are coming your way..hold on😮..✌️😎🥠
Too be ill at ease within yourself, to feel uneasy, this can make a person more susceptible to use in order to feel better, more comfortable, regular uncontrolled use can lead to addiction , the lower you feel the more you value the high, the more you value it, the more you try to enjoy it, next thing you know you need it to get true the day and find it very difficult to stop and more importantly stay stopped, at this point for want of a better word you suffer from a disease, call it what you like but remember this, suboxone was created by scientists and pharmacists and its prescribed by doctors to their patients who suffer from opiate addiction, hence the use of the word disease, semantics ,not important , all life is suffering the Buddhists claim, in other words life itself is a disease a fatal one, the trick is to slow it down, your suboxone video was informative and inspirational and I get where your at on not wanting to dwell on the subject or let it define you, respect ! credit where credit is dew , know your triggers and remain vigilant, and if something tugs the string wake up and be careful ! success is waking up not feeling sick !
I'm not addicted to any hard drugs. I agree that I don't like the disease label. I just prefer the term addiction. And even then, I don't like it when people say "I'm an addict" as an excuse to keep going. You've got good willpower and are on a good path. Keep going.
Greetings from South Miami Florida sir * with my highest respect _ addictions is a very far and wide word with so many synonyms ! how about addictions to pornography * addictions to control * addictions to overeating * stealing ? lying ? manipulation ? name that tone 😮 thanks for your report and information .........
I comment on all your videos joey. I love your message and as an ex heroin user i can confirm to your viewers that the suboxone method works a treat. im on 30ml methadone myself gonna be tapering real soon, methadone works for me, each to their own.
Man Joey. Mine is alcohol. But that conscience feeling. I have been experiencing that for about 6 or 7 months now? My friend Lina died on the couch, and she was one year younger than me from alcohol. And I keep thinking, "Do you want that to happen to you? You must not care, because you saw it for yourself how it can happen." And I think to myself these inner thoughts, "I must be a fucked up person." I quit shooting up 20 years ago, how come I can't quit drinking alcohol? Why am I making this so trivial? Why am I, man?
Withdraw is bad on opiates but alcohol can be harder. I’ve quit both and I had to just throw them away, I got on my knees and begged the creator for strength. I started back and had to do it again so never start back. I just said one day I’ll try one beer and within two weeks I was drinking everyday.
If you can’t stop drinking or stay stopped when you want to, then you’re an alcoholic. Alcoholism is 100% a disease. Addiction is not. There is only 1 solution going back 2,000 years with a track record getting millions permanently sober. It’s called the 12 steps. (Notice I didn’t say meetings). Addicts that are also alcoholics wind up where you’re at if they don’t work the 12 steps. Strait addicts that aren’t alcoholics do not need the 12 steps. Two different things. Hard drinkers are also not alcoholic bc they can quit. True alcoholics cannot stop or stay stopped. There is a solution. It’s called the 12 steps.
Yo joey, I just now received a notification for this video. 5 days late. I can't fathom the reason for your content suppression. Regardless have a great day my dude.
addiction is like diabetes..some can eat a mountain of sugar and it doesn't hurt them..others can't process it properly...yes some choose that life others can only manage there illness or not.
I feel like people make a bigger deal about addiction than what it is. I'm a casual smoker and drink on the weekends. Always have. But society looks down on people who smoke weed or take pills or meds. Even if they don't do it everyday. And even if it does relieve anxiety or help with pain. It's weird. It's almost like theres a temperance movement starting.
Yeah, I've never understood the idea behind how drinking til your liver fails is fine but God forbid someone takes some pain pills that are less harmful and cause zero long term damage to the body. It's all about self control, I've known dysfunctional drunks and functional heroin addicts, the world isn't black and white. I could care less what people do in the privacy of their own homes, all I care about is them hopefully using harm reduction practices. For some reason people seem to think because I support that, I automatically support people injecting heroin out in the open like in Kensington. No, those people are the same as someone who's drunk in public and should be treated the same. Responsible use is what's important, the actual substance is almost irrilivent imo.
I took 2 mgs of suboxen strip, for pain when I got in a scooter accident, and I noticed bupernorphine feels horrible, gave me 2 days of insomnia, and was dysphoric AF, because I am not addicted to opioids. I couldn't wait for that drug to wear off.
It's all about taking responsibility. Adults should know when to stop. It's not the drugs to blame, its how people abuse them. Drugs are not meant to be used all the time nonstop.
I have the same opinion, addiction is not a disease. It's like you said about discipline. We have to use that on ourselves along with control. I had a cocaine addiction because I liked cocaine, not because I had a disease that caused me to like cocaine. Me trying to say my addiction is a disease would be trying to get out of my own accountability. I had to own that shit. Thanks for the video Joey,. congratulations on beating your addiction dude. Best wishes man.
I think there are a few (very few (like.0001%)) that are true addicts (like addiction is a disease type of addiction) While the rest just got "addicted" but once given a reason just sobers up and goes back to having a single beer a week
Unfortunately people don’t understand the difference between someone who is addicted and someone who is an addict. If you don’t understand the difference then it’s impossible for you to understand the sickness.
Addiction is not a disease. It's a side effect of extreme hopelessness. You see a lot of people with say a drinking "addiction" all of a sudden sit up straight and narrow after embarrassing themselves by getting a dui. If it were truly a disease, the only way you could get rid of it is through a medication. My gf has a food addiction. She's getting bigger and bigger by the month. She says she can't control her eating, yet, if someone at work told her she had a fat azz, she'd get mad and do something about it like eating less and exercising. She knows this because this is what motivated her to lose weight the last time she got into a slump!!!
Alcoholism is a disease. Addiction is not. Two different animals entirely. Call an alcoholic a drunk and see if he does what your gf would do w the eating. He’ll punch you in the mouth and down a case to forget about it then blame you for it. Only 1 solution w a track record for an alcoholic - the 12 steps. If you aren’t one this is useless information. If you are one you just learned something.
I wish there was a suboxne for weed. Ill definitely throw my account into negative to get a dime, till next paycheck. Im thankful that its not that i cant physically go without it for a few days but in my head i absolutely do not want to.
Ay yo Joey! I got a question that is way off topic; how do you keep your hair from not being tangled and in knots? Lol my hair isn't as long as yours, but probably half your length (that's what (s)he said), but i have horrendous knots that can't be combed out and detangling spray is no match for these things (which is why i keep it tied up permanently now). I have grown my hair out manyany times before, and even had it longer than this, and never had a single issue. But now all of the sudden I'm dealing with big ass knots (and several of them) as of earlier this year i guess. It's gotten to the point to where it is almost impossible to wash my hair and get shampoo and conditioner evenly distributed, if you can imagine that. I started tying my hair up and wearing ponytaila and now mainly buns (i always said I'd never be a "man" bun person, but i have no choice), because otherwise I look like a mentally deranged person that escaped a mental hospital. A chick i know said i could got get them fixed for about $100, but I want to see if there's anything else i can do first. Oh, also, I'm part apache native American, so i have thick and straight hair (well, it used to be straight), now it's all kinked up and full of knots like a bird's nest. I thought if i can get these knots out, maybe i could get my hair trimmed and ...layered? Or thinned out? I don't know these terms very well, but yeah... do you comb the sht outta your hair everyday for like an hour or something?
10:00 re selling your life. It is fascinating that many of the great thinkers of the past identified this trajectory, Karl Marx talked about how the laborer sells their life today for the ability to sell their life again tomorrow, while the fat cats slowly skim off the profits of the laborers life. Krishnamurti also expressed a similar idea: "It is no measure of health to be adapted to a profoundly sick society".
Ya that's the daily life of an addict all bad. I can help ppl and I want to help ppl but I came to a point to where I'm only willing to help the ppl who have came to the point of enough is enough!!!
Addiction most definitely is a disease. Just like any other disease you can eventually control it through hard work, it can go into remission or whatever but active addiction most definitely is a disease of the mind…. And just because you have it best today doesn’t mean you will tmrw, all it takes is a moment of weakness where u use and you’ll be off and running again. It’s why people who have been sober for 20-30 years suddenly suffer setbacks and all of the sudden they’re strung out again like Actors Phillip Seymour Hoffman or the Wires Michael K Williams or even recently Matthew Perry. For most people addiction is a life long battle, it definitely is a disease of the mind and one that can cost you your life if you don’t keep that demon in check.
As someone who was born from crack and heroin addicted parents although I do agree with you on it not being a disease do you think people with drug addicted parents and being born with drugs in one’s system could pre wire someone to be disposed to addiction? Just curious.
@@minwhalee6630 no I mean I did take opioids like Vicodin in my younger years but besides that nah however I do smoke alot of weed and drink alot as well I don’t get drunk but I do drink daily they’re habits I know I can kick and have actively been reducing my intake but that’s about the only things I’ve done oh and LSD on and off weekly for about a year. Other than that I’ve never done “hard” drugs
I agree that the matrix we are now living in is in many ways crazy and oppressive in particular mainstream society and the desire to escape becomes the next thing- then food drugs sex gambling 🎰 shopping 🛍️ the internet 🛜 and at this point the conscious contact with the gods of your understanding starts to talk to you through the pain of your life and you realize that your tormentors are teaching you what is needed for you to evolve and if you are open to it then you will do the work to go to another level and if you make no effort to grow then you have an early checkout and then you are in the next phase whatever that is.. its all in divine order and I try to enjoy it as much as possible.. the good the bad times the happy and sad times life is still a gift and it takes courage just to live. Even having this channel fall in to my view out of the thousands of new videos being created every day is a mystery and I am grateful to be here 😇
I would sell my soul to get off subs and yea I’ve watched all your videos . Idk man. I guess I just don’t wanna quit yet . I do know the day I wanted to quit blues . I remember that feeling . It was like nothing is going to stop me . I went to rehab that next day .
I agree it's not a disease because it's not something you contract and more importantly it's a choice at the end of the day. When you come down with a medical disease it's not a choice. You may be making bad choice that contribute to a disease like heart disease from years of poor eating habits. But we don't say fast food addiction is a disease! It took me 10 years clean and sober to be to the point you just elucidated; could be right in front of me and I have no interest. Plus all that's out there is fety which it a shitty short high. My conscious is God speaking to me, I know it. When we go with that. our life changes for the better.
A part of me wants to get off for good but the other part still romanticizes being completely loaded I’m still kind of young so I’m not too worried bout it love the dope stories cheers bro!
I don't think so though. I think it's more to do with some people, for many reasons, have a hard time accepting this messed up society and they get a powerful urge to escape it.
You have misunderstood the definition of disease.. I understand what you're trying to say but perhaps you should be clear on the meaning of something before you disagree with it ✌️
Lol when I was 15 I was made to go to an inpatient rehab. There was this far lady who would run the meetings sometimes. The one day she said I know what addiction is like, believe me. I've never drank alcohol or done drugs but I was addicted to chocolate cake. All over us just looked at each other like wtf did she just say!? We harassed her so bad after that she quit the job lmao😂
Lol. I know what you're saying but I get where she's coming from too. I was addicted to cigarettes and quit. Addicted to weed and quit. A binge drinker, and drug taker and quit. Now I'm addicted to sweets...I've gained 20lbs, I'm lethargic and for all I know, diabetic. Sugar is addictive and very destructive. Just as addictive as cigarettes, alcohol, cocaine, molly, speed, weed etc.
Those Meetings NA AA GA etc are a Trap to keep you thinking of the drug of choice. Addicted forever... Keep away from them they never Recover. Think of your father he never recovered LOL
Its literally just victim mentality. Are you a powerless pawn that lets life happen to you or are you in control of your actions thus creating your own problems?
My new Patreon video is going up later today. In the video I said it went up last night but this video was filmed days ago and I had to wait to put it out because of ad revenue although it looks like it's got ads.
The lifestyle of addiction can be pretty tough
Even non-drug addictions are bad social media, pron, video games, gambling etc
Definitely. I appreciate you spider. I hope it comes back to you times 10 🍀
food is a big one too
Yeah I never bought into the disease concept of addiction. To me as I grew older it seems to me that any one addicted to anything is having a problem with not feeling connected to the world around them and a purpose for living.
That’s deep. And true. I’m an alcoholic and you just nailed it. There’s little bits and pieces of my personal life that could add on to it but you encapsulated it in only a few words.
Alcoholism is a disease for which going back 2,000 years there is only one solution with a track record responsible for getting millions permanently sober. It’s called the 12 steps. Addiction is not a disease. Many addicts can detox and never use again. No true alcoholic can. Hard drinker yes. Alcoholic no. That’s what seperates the two. Take alcohol away from a hard drinker their life gets better. Take alcohol away from an alcoholic and their life gets much worse and you wouldn’t wanna be around them. Two different animals. Wish they would keep addicts out of AA unless they’re also alcoholics they simply do not belong there. If they’re strait addicts they don’t have the personality of an alcoholic. AA has a singleness of purpose to help the alcoholic. Not the drug addict. The food addict. The gambling addict. Not anything but the alcoholic. The treatment industry rehab centers and everyone making $ is responsible 4 it. AA is free. So are the 12 steps. If you can stop drinking and stay stopped you don’t have the disease of alcoholism and this info is useless. If you can’t stop or stay stopped when you want to, you probably are one, and if that’s the case I challenge you to find anything beside the 12 steps that’s got a track record of success getting millions sober permanently going back 2000 years. You won’t find anything bc there isn’t anything. Just a side note, I said the 12 steps. Not meetings. People always seem to get that part twisted.
Amen brother!!! Especially about the BS dealing with the people selling it!!!! Having to rely on them if we’re sick or not is horrible! Great video!
Pretty much most people's problems are getting out of their comfort zones... Once you learn how to do that you can conquer most anyting
I definitely felt like that. It took me a couple months of using and really wanting to stop. I got 3 and a half months clean from drugs and alcohol. Today is my first day with out suboxone. Hopefully i dont have to take and suboxone again. Thank you i love your videos
I wish I decided to quit that fast. The better part of 2 decades and 3 stints in a methadone clinic here.
@joeyferguson840 hey I know that methadone is a bitch to get off. But as long as you keep making progress you are moving towards the goal. You can do it just believe in yourself
Thanks
Your calling is to help people in life Joey!! You found what you were born to do, your helping more people then you will ever know brother. ❤
Dude is inspiring
I relate with your dope story. I hated that I used herion, when I smoked weed it made it really feel like such a nasty drug habit. I used for 10+ years, and have been clean for about 10 years now. To ua3 again would be going backwards. Congrats on your sobriety! Like 49 of my friends didn't make it out and are dead, I turned 40 this year. Keep up the good work!
You’re the man Joey. I’ve been watching you since the original live in your CRV vids. I was addicted to heroin for years and years. I spent time on the street as well. Not years but one winter in upstate NY was enough to get the picture I think..
I got off subs the same way as you. The thought came like a lightning bolt and it became clear as day what I needed to do.
If your struggling out there, take it one thing at a time.
I remember when i was addicted to pain meds like hydros and oxys,i would run out of my script then id call my dealer, and the things i had to deal with ,looking back it was stupid the things i would do just for a couple of pills just plain stupid , but yeah ive been sober now for 4yrs im like you someone could do some pills in front of me i doesnt bother me anymore, ive come way to far to do that shit again, everything you said is 100% correct ,anyway great video stay safe and god bless
I'm psychiatrist. And I'm one of the few, who knows the dark side. And you're just on point. But you are a strong person. There are many others, they are just not strong enough to escape the matrix. What so ever, your channel is great and is helping a lot!
Suboxone worked fir me too
I agree with your assessment. Opportunism. A chance to not be accountable for one’s actions.
I look forward to your perspective on life with every video. Keep up the great videos. Take care…
it certainly puts you at dis-ease
good video you da man joey
Thanks for this video brother
So glad I found your channel
Wish I could afford your patreon
I needed this today. So many times lately I am drawn to listen to you speak. Something about your voice calms me and helps me deal with life. Thank you
As of right now I’m in active addiction as an alcoholic. Thank you for this video and your channel. You’re helping others with this content. Again, thank you 🙏
Alcoholism and addiction are two completely different things. Don’t let the “for profit” confuse you. Strait addicts don’t need the 12 steps. True Alcoholics do. The first thing you need to figure out is which one you are.
Good helpful info for people that need it. Hope things a going good with the vehicle situation.
Loved this! Very insightful and I’ve had a lot of similar experiences! I agree with everything you said.
This video help allot.. I’m a 2 pack smoker a day and I been dealing with cigarette addiction since I was 18.
Got the notification today 😊 Thank you for your content Joey; always appreciate ya!
Haha go to AA to meet chicks 🐥😂 yes some of my mates have a social life from meetings, al-anon is good for family or friends embroiled in addiction cycles with loved ones. Good on you for keeping up the positivity that life’s presenting you, staying wise to opportunities. Cheers for another another helpful post ☘️✌🏻
Truth! It’s worth it! 💙
Thank you, your vids help me a lot 👍🏻
Been clean for over 5 yrs now aftera 15 yr addiction and I came a long way! It took a lot to get to this point in my life to where I HATE IT!
I REM PPL TELLING ME THAT EARLY ON BUT I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT BUT YES I HATE IT! IT HURTS ME TO SEE THESE PPL WRECKED BC THERES ONLY A 3PERCENT CHANCE!
IT COMES FROM URSELF, INSIDE UR SOUL U KNOW UR LIVING A HORRIBLE LIFE AND IT TAKES MORALS VALUES PRINCIPLES AND MOST OF ALL JESUS🙏❤️
P.s. it took me yrs to get to this point in my life, the first yrs of trying I didn't do it right but I didn't give up and my family thank God forgave me.
Yes omg Jojo I never have had a drink sense 23 or some crap I hate drinking exactly bc of those reasons. I want to wake up CRISP AND FRESH AND I DO
Thank you for making this video
When you drink, it creates a hole in your auric field at the base of the neck that spirits can enter.
Awesome
Disease is a loose term. Dis-ease. I tend to agree with what you say in the video. Adicts need to own their shit to overcome, and stop blaming external things, as real as they may be.
Addiction and dependence are two different things. Is dependence a disease? I would say maybe, because you can't get off Benzos or extreme alcohol dependence without medical help. Addiction is all about will power. Some have a lot, and some don't.
I’m in AA and it saved my life. At first the thought of it being a disease and being powerless over alcahol seemed wrong to me at first also but the whole point of that is realizing that a higher power is the only thing that can remove this obsession from you, and giving all control over to God instead of trying to control things yourself
If you’re an alcoholic AA is the right place for you as the 12 steps are the only solution w a track record going back 2,000 years. Alcoholism is a disease. Drug addiction is not. Two completely different animals. The reason 4 the confusion is that treatment centers only have 1 van so they ship everyone (alcoholic or not) to AA. Many (strait addicts that aren’t alcohols) don’t need it and all it does is confuse people which defeats the purpose of AA which has one primary purpose - to help the alcoholic. Not the addict or lonely or the homeless or anything else.
great video
respect.💯
It aint been good for years.but i just keep on.i had 2years clean bout 5 or so years ago.wish i could get it back.im crippled by the anxiety of scoring,then trying to get a vein.
The subs worked for me. After about a year on subs I realized I didn't care about heroin anymore. I was just over it. Whole time I was on subs whenever I'd think of heroin I knew buying it would just be a waste of time and money so my mind would move on pretty quick. Eventually I stopped even thinking about it. Then I weened down on the subs and never looked back.
Tanx Joey! I think youre right here. No disease in my mind either. Joey has a point when he says that its a escape from this society, and its totaly normal to sometimes wana get away from it. What people need to remember is that after you been addicted to drugs it cant compere to the feeling of being clean and in control over youre body and soul as much as possible. Becouse in the begining of use you feel like you are in control, and maybe you are. But sadly that will not last my friend, trust me. Take care of that one day that comes and goes when you feel that sorbriety is a possibility and that enough is enough and start from there. And i strongly belive that you should take it slow when you come down, you know youre old "friend" by now and maybe its better to say goodbye in a calm way.
Good video. I different take that has me thinking.
It’s a choice for the most part! Some drugs like opioids create a physical addiction where you can’t function without the other is all in the mind…
Glad I watched this and kept my own opinion from actually hearing what you said. It's a disease in the sense that anxiety and depression are a "disease" but they're normal reactions to an abnormal world, THAT makes sense! I think there's a lot too it, way too many people can't even comprehend the difference between between mental and physical dependency. I feel like the majority of opioid addicts have more of a problem with the physical aspect than the mental ones, physical is relatively easy to beat with things like sub, tapering, etc but it's when people just can't deal with the world sober that their mental addiction comes into play. I've known addicts that got on sub and everything was fine then I've known others who got on it so they just started drinking, eating benzos and taking whatever else they could. To me that's a pretty clear sign that opioids were not the problem, they were just the drug of choice and the problem is not being able to get through the day without being intoxicated.
I know people that will only go to doctors that were addicts themselves, they feel like they're the only medical professionals that are able to understand where they're coming from. I don't like putting too much about myself out there but I'll just say that I was drinking more than I was comfortable with for like 10 years, last year I decided I was tired of it so I did some things and I got it under control, have like 16 months. I'd tried to stop before and never got more than a few months, the problem was that I'd never accepted that I was done. When you finally tell yourself that those days are over and stop looking at drinking/using like you have the ability to go back, it's a lot easier. I've got alcohol from when I stopped in my house right now and I know I'm not going to drink it because I don't give myself the option to do it, it's an inanimate object and it's got no power until I give it power! My party days are over, more power to you if you can party without a problem but I'm moving onto act II of life and I've gotta do stuff that's more important than catching a buzz. If I can go from the amount I was drinking to having alcohol in the other room I have no desire to drink, anybody can! Once it stops being an option in your brain, it gets way easier. That goes for any substance, they're all just chemicals that alter how people perceive reality and anyone who's struggling is struggling with dealing with life, substance abuse is just a symptom of that...
Yes, waiting for the plug was horrible.. especially when I was not well
One size doesn't fit all. What worked for you may not work for me. 70 years ago the AMA classified alcoholism and addiction as diseases . They're progressive, treatable and fatal if untreated. For insurance purposes I suppose. I've struggled with opiate addiction my whole life. 50 plus years. For the last 20 years I've worked in the field. When someone comes in all sucked up it looks like a disease. Once they've kicked, gained weight etc. it looks like they're recovering from a disease. I've always had a problem with the disease model of addiction. I'm all about harm reduction. Whatever you want to call it, however you want to treat it.if it works for you great, right? Whatever it takes bro. BTW I'm also half Italian and half Irish got hair down to my waist and a moustache. I could be your older brother or something. Been watching since the early days. love what you do. Thank you.
Alcoholism is a disease. Addiction is not.
Hey...you did a great job lettn others know.. about your addiction.your experience, strength and hope with Honesty,to leave that way of life. 😊 Blessings are coming your way..hold on😮..✌️😎🥠
Too be ill at ease within yourself, to feel uneasy, this can make a person more susceptible to use in order to feel better, more comfortable, regular uncontrolled use can lead to addiction , the lower you feel the more you value the high, the more you value it, the more you try to enjoy it, next thing you know you need it to get true the day and find it very difficult to stop and more importantly stay stopped, at this point for want of a better word you suffer from a disease, call it what you like but remember this, suboxone was created by scientists and pharmacists and its prescribed by doctors to their patients who suffer from opiate addiction, hence the use of the word disease, semantics ,not important , all life is suffering the Buddhists claim, in other words life itself is a disease a fatal one, the trick is to slow it down, your suboxone video was informative and inspirational and I get where your at on not wanting to dwell on the subject or let it define you, respect ! credit where credit is dew , know your triggers and remain vigilant, and if something tugs the string wake up and be careful ! success is waking up not feeling sick !
It’s not anything but a choice much like life and it’s up to the person to make better choices
Life is not a choice. You are forced into this existence without your consent.
@@nonexistenceisbliss9528 but it’s up to you to make the choices that dictate how your life turns out
I'm not addicted to any hard drugs. I agree that I don't like the disease label. I just prefer the term addiction. And even then, I don't like it when people say "I'm an addict" as an excuse to keep going.
You've got good willpower and are on a good path. Keep going.
Greetings from South Miami Florida sir * with my highest respect _ addictions is a very far and wide word with so many synonyms ! how about addictions to pornography * addictions to control * addictions to overeating * stealing ? lying ? manipulation ? name that tone 😮 thanks for your report and information .........
I comment on all your videos joey. I love your message and as an ex heroin user i can confirm to your viewers that the suboxone method works a treat. im on 30ml methadone myself gonna be tapering real soon, methadone works for me, each to their own.
I found my purpose it was the same place were I left it 😂
Man Joey. Mine is alcohol. But that conscience feeling. I have been experiencing that for about 6 or 7 months now? My friend Lina died on the couch, and she was one year younger than me from alcohol. And I keep thinking, "Do you want that to happen to you? You must not care, because you saw it for yourself how it can happen." And I think to myself these inner thoughts, "I must be a fucked up person." I quit shooting up 20 years ago, how come I can't quit drinking alcohol? Why am I making this so trivial? Why am I, man?
Withdraw is bad on opiates but alcohol can be harder. I’ve quit both and I had to just throw them away, I got on my knees and begged the creator for strength. I started back and had to do it again so never start back. I just said one day I’ll try one beer and within two weeks I was drinking everyday.
If you can’t stop drinking or stay stopped when you want to, then you’re an alcoholic. Alcoholism is 100% a disease. Addiction is not. There is only 1 solution going back 2,000 years with a track record getting millions permanently sober. It’s called the 12 steps. (Notice I didn’t say meetings). Addicts that are also alcoholics wind up where you’re at if they don’t work the 12 steps. Strait addicts that aren’t alcoholics do not need the 12 steps. Two different things. Hard drinkers are also not alcoholic bc they can quit. True alcoholics cannot stop or stay stopped. There is a solution. It’s called the 12 steps.
Yo joey, I just now received a notification for this video. 5 days late. I can't fathom the reason for your content suppression. Regardless have a great day my dude.
addiction is like diabetes..some can eat a mountain of sugar and it doesn't hurt them..others can't process it properly...yes some choose that life others can only manage there illness or not.
Good point. I like that analogy.
I feel like people make a bigger deal about addiction than what it is. I'm a casual smoker and drink on the weekends. Always have. But society looks down on people who smoke weed or take pills or meds. Even if they don't do it everyday. And even if it does relieve anxiety or help with pain. It's weird. It's almost like theres a temperance movement starting.
Yeah, I've never understood the idea behind how drinking til your liver fails is fine but God forbid someone takes some pain pills that are less harmful and cause zero long term damage to the body. It's all about self control, I've known dysfunctional drunks and functional heroin addicts, the world isn't black and white. I could care less what people do in the privacy of their own homes, all I care about is them hopefully using harm reduction practices. For some reason people seem to think because I support that, I automatically support people injecting heroin out in the open like in Kensington. No, those people are the same as someone who's drunk in public and should be treated the same. Responsible use is what's important, the actual substance is almost irrilivent imo.
Nice try, stop smoking and drinking and get off those meds
I took 2 mgs of suboxen strip, for pain when I got in a scooter accident, and I noticed bupernorphine feels horrible, gave me 2 days of insomnia, and was dysphoric AF, because I am not addicted to opioids. I couldn't wait for that drug to wear off.
It's all about taking responsibility. Adults should know when to stop. It's not the drugs to blame, its how people abuse them. Drugs are not meant to be used all the time nonstop.
Hey ya joey
Say’s the guy stuck in someone’s garage 😂
I have the same opinion, addiction is not a disease. It's like you said about discipline. We have to use that on ourselves along with control. I had a cocaine addiction because I liked cocaine, not because I had a disease that caused me to like cocaine. Me trying to say my addiction is a disease would be trying to get out of my own accountability. I had to own that shit. Thanks for the video Joey,. congratulations on beating your addiction dude. Best wishes man.
Exactly right.
I think there are a few (very few (like.0001%)) that are true addicts (like addiction is a disease type of addiction)
While the rest just got "addicted" but once given a reason just sobers up and goes back to having a single beer a week
Drug addiction + alcoholism are 2 completely different things entirely. Addiction is not a disease. Alcoholism is. Big difference
Hahaha
I'm a mental health therapist and I think this industry is not the answer to "mental illness."
How you doing Joey! 👍
Unfortunately people don’t understand the difference between someone who is addicted and someone who is an addict. If you don’t understand the difference then it’s impossible for you to understand the sickness.
Do a video about your experiences with women please
Addiction is not a disease. It's a side effect of extreme hopelessness. You see a lot of people with say a drinking "addiction" all of a sudden sit up straight and narrow after embarrassing themselves by getting a dui. If it were truly a disease, the only way you could get rid of it is through a medication. My gf has a food addiction. She's getting bigger and bigger by the month. She says she can't control her eating, yet, if someone at work told her she had a fat azz, she'd get mad and do something about it like eating less and exercising. She knows this because this is what motivated her to lose weight the last time she got into a slump!!!
Alcoholism is a disease. Addiction is not. Two different animals entirely. Call an alcoholic a drunk and see if he does what your gf would do w the eating. He’ll punch you in the mouth and down a case to forget about it then blame you for it. Only 1 solution w a track record for an alcoholic - the 12 steps. If you aren’t one this is useless information. If you are one you just learned something.
I wish there was a suboxne for weed. Ill definitely throw my account into negative to get a dime, till next paycheck. Im thankful that its not that i cant physically go without it for a few days but in my head i absolutely do not want to.
Ay yo Joey! I got a question that is way off topic; how do you keep your hair from not being tangled and in knots? Lol my hair isn't as long as yours, but probably half your length (that's what (s)he said), but i have horrendous knots that can't be combed out and detangling spray is no match for these things (which is why i keep it tied up permanently now).
I have grown my hair out manyany times before, and even had it longer than this, and never had a single issue. But now all of the sudden I'm dealing with big ass knots (and several of them) as of earlier this year i guess.
It's gotten to the point to where it is almost impossible to wash my hair and get shampoo and conditioner evenly distributed, if you can imagine that.
I started tying my hair up and wearing ponytaila and now mainly buns (i always said I'd never be a "man" bun person, but i have no choice), because otherwise I look like a mentally deranged person that escaped a mental hospital.
A chick i know said i could got get them fixed for about $100, but I want to see if there's anything else i can do first.
Oh, also, I'm part apache native American, so i have thick and straight hair (well, it used to be straight), now it's all kinked up and full of knots like a bird's nest. I thought if i can get these knots out, maybe i could get my hair trimmed and ...layered? Or thinned out? I don't know these terms very well, but yeah... do you comb the sht outta your hair everyday for like an hour or something?
It not a disease it’s a choice I made for 10 years
I love you joey
This man is either unaware or is overlooking the fact that he has an all-encompassing addiction to Narcissistic
Supply while smoking a cigarette.
How is he narcissist?
Ur very smart
10:00 re selling your life. It is fascinating that many of the great thinkers of the past identified this trajectory, Karl Marx talked about how the laborer sells their life today for the ability to sell their life again tomorrow, while the fat cats slowly skim off the profits of the laborers life. Krishnamurti also expressed a similar idea: "It is no measure of health to be adapted to a profoundly sick society".
Ya that's the daily life of an addict all bad.
I can help ppl and I want to help ppl but I came to a point to where I'm only willing to help the ppl who have came to the point of enough is enough!!!
Already covered this Joey. Come on.
Addiction most definitely is a disease. Just like any other disease you can eventually control it through hard work, it can go into remission or whatever but active addiction most definitely is a disease of the mind…. And just because you have it best today doesn’t mean you will tmrw, all it takes is a moment of weakness where u use and you’ll be off and running again. It’s why people who have been sober for 20-30 years suddenly suffer setbacks and all of the sudden they’re strung out again like Actors Phillip Seymour Hoffman or the Wires Michael K Williams or even recently Matthew Perry. For most people addiction is a life long battle, it definitely is a disease of the mind and one that can cost you your life if you don’t keep that demon in check.
Treating Addiction is bigger business if it has the label "Disease".
As someone who was born from crack and heroin addicted parents although I do agree with you on it not being a disease do you think people with drug addicted parents and being born with drugs in one’s system could pre wire someone to be disposed to addiction? Just curious.
Do you ever get cravings for those drugs even if you never used it
@@minwhalee6630 no I mean I did take opioids like Vicodin in my younger years but besides that nah however I do smoke alot of weed and drink alot as well I don’t get drunk but I do drink daily they’re habits I know I can kick and have actively been reducing my intake but that’s about the only things I’ve done oh and LSD on and off weekly for about a year. Other than that I’ve never done “hard” drugs
I agree that the matrix we are now living in is in many ways crazy and oppressive in particular mainstream society and the desire to escape becomes the next thing- then food drugs sex gambling 🎰 shopping 🛍️ the internet 🛜 and at this point the conscious contact with the gods of your understanding starts to talk to you through the pain of your life and you realize that your tormentors are teaching you what is needed for you to evolve and if you are open to it then you will do the work to go to another level and if you make no effort to grow then you have an early checkout and then you are in the next phase whatever that is.. its all in divine order and I try to enjoy it as much as possible.. the good the bad times the happy and sad times life is still a gift and it takes courage just to live. Even having this channel fall in to my view out of the thousands of new videos being created every day is a mystery and I am grateful to be here 😇
Its not a disease, ultimately it's a choice. You cant catch addiction, its not contagious.
Thats EXACTLY what I've said my entire life! 😂😂😂🎉
Yes, you can get liver disease from drinking. That's a choice.
Lots of diseases aren't contagious.
I agree not a disease but if it runs in your family are you more prone to it? …. Probably
I would sell my soul to get off subs and yea I’ve watched all your videos . Idk man. I guess I just don’t wanna quit yet . I do know the day I wanted to quit blues . I remember that feeling . It was like nothing is going to stop me . I went to rehab that next day .
trust in the Lord and his son Jesus you will never slip into old habits
I agree it's not a disease because it's not something you contract and more importantly it's a choice at the end of the day. When you come down with a medical disease it's not a choice. You may be making bad choice that contribute to a disease like heart disease from years of poor eating habits. But we don't say fast food addiction is a disease! It took me 10 years clean and sober to be to the point you just elucidated; could be right in front of me and I have no interest. Plus all that's out there is fety which it a shitty short high. My conscious is God speaking to me, I know it. When we go with that. our life changes for the better.
A part of me wants to get off for good but the other part still romanticizes being completely loaded I’m still kind of young so I’m not too worried bout it love the dope stories cheers bro!
EVERYONE checks the product before taking off ? 😙
It's about your Genes.Much 💘& Respect.
I don't think so though. I think it's more to do with some people, for many reasons, have a hard time accepting this messed up society and they get a powerful urge to escape it.
You're a m0r0n. Genes? 😂
if sumone never been on the needle they just dont understand
You have misunderstood the definition of disease.. I understand what you're trying to say but perhaps you should be clear on the meaning of something before you disagree with it ✌️
Lol when I was 15 I was made to go to an inpatient rehab. There was this far lady who would run the meetings sometimes. The one day she said I know what addiction is like, believe me. I've never drank alcohol or done drugs but I was addicted to chocolate cake. All over us just looked at each other like wtf did she just say!? We harassed her so bad after that she quit the job lmao😂
Lol. I know what you're saying but I get where she's coming from too. I was addicted to cigarettes and quit. Addicted to weed and quit. A binge drinker, and drug taker and quit. Now I'm addicted to sweets...I've gained 20lbs, I'm lethargic and for all I know, diabetic. Sugar is addictive and very destructive. Just as addictive as cigarettes, alcohol, cocaine, molly, speed, weed etc.
Ha that’s hilarious. Alcoholism is a disease. Addiction is not. Whether it’s cake drugs gambling whatever.
Immunity causes addiction.
sweating is good
533 days booze free
Addiction is a flaw in the human mind
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If addiction isn't a disease, then neither is type 2 diabetes.
It’s not. Type two diabetes is 100% diet and lifestyle induced, which are choices.
Where are all the type 2 diabetics in blue zones?
Do you still smoke weed?
Those Meetings NA AA GA etc are a Trap to keep you thinking of the drug of choice. Addicted forever... Keep away from them they never Recover. Think of your father he never recovered LOL
I agree to disagree!
Its literally just victim mentality. Are you a powerless pawn that lets life happen to you or are you in control of your actions thus creating your own problems?
it was your fault you didnt check to see if it was four bags. rule number 1 always check your purchase before leaving
Not in my world.
Addiction isn't a disease lol
No. Addiction STARTS with a choice. You choose to drink, you choose to try drugs.