I Still Love My Heroin Addict Daughter | Our Lives: Mum, Heroin and Me
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Kate is a 49 year old interior designer. Her daughter Hannah has been addicted to heroin since she was 17, with no sign of getting better or wanting any help from her family. This Documentary follows a year in their lives struggling to maintain their strong bond and battling the difficulties of addiction.
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Her mum seems like a trained psychologist she is so emotionally intelligent. She would be a great counsellor or psychologist. What an amazing woman.
wait , that was her mom the whole time ?!
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I'm sorry but I think part of her problem is her mother. They are too enmeshed. Her mom is not helping her by giving her money for drugs and catering to her every whim. Her mom ia very codependent and its very unhealthy.
@@amyyoung2804 An addict will find their way no matter what.. It's for sure a good thing the mom was understanding, an addict cant recover just because you give them empathy or none at all though. It's all up to themselves..
I was a heroin addict for almost 20yrs. This WAS my life . I have now been clean since 2012 wih the help of Suboxone. I run a coffee house , have a bank account, home, bought my first new car in MY name 2yrs ago. Have a beautiful 5yr old grandson and life is amazing
Congrats to you! Getting a hold on addiction is not easy, and there are so many things that can send one back to that life after you are in recovery. I wish you the best in your daily life, nine years clean is wonderful!! 💖💖
Are you still addicted to suboxone?
Oh, bless you! ❤
I am glad u got clean and can enjoy ur life now. I spent 20 years n a bottle. Bless you always!!!
@@VelvetyMoon educate yourself… drug addiction and the lifestyle that comes with it can not compare to taking a daily medication to increase quality of life…. Congratulations on your sobriety
Her mom is the most understanding parent I've ever seen! I was an addict for 20 years and I was a heroin addict for 15 of those 20 years. Now I've been clean for years and I work at a drug and alcohol abuse treatment center helping addicts. I'm married with a beautiful home. Recovery is possible. I thank God everyday for blessing with this life.
bless you
ur awesome !! i want to help others with recovery as well !!
❤️❤️❤️ sending you a hug
@@Tamar-sz8ox thank you
Good for you darlin
What a beautiful, intelligent, empathetic understanding, yet REALISTIC mother. An Angel. If only we all had such loving support.
She’s living in a dream world..she is literally the most unrealistic person…possibly that ever existed..Liberalism is the real disease
@@j.metcalf7890 I totally agree, but we won't get much agreement on this thread. I think that Mom should just give all of her stuff to her daughter's loser boyfriend. That way the loser boyfriend won't have to steal from her. Lol
She is a problem, an enabler.
No, she has LOVE and UNDERSTANDING. Her doughter is an adicct but its also as loving as her mother, she wrote a let ter I took to much from you, I love so thats why I will back off! Amazing... As doughter as mother.
@@barbarahren5208 I disagree. The mother was part oft the problem. She should have seeked help for herself. No loving mother would by drugs the her addict child. Her husband was right from the beginning, but she didn't listen. Sje forgot all about her husband and other doughtier who needed love and attention too. I'm not surprised they didn't want to be a part of this.
Her mother is a saint. She realizes what’s she’s up against and has no unrealistic thoughts. It touched me how the mother still wanted a relationship with her daughter. No screaming ,yelling and saying hurtful things. I admire that she has accepted it and chooses to keep her time with her daughter sacred.
The mother is so educated about heroin use . She should be so proud and I truly hope Hannah and her boyfriend get better
Educated?? Yea ok!
Here honey, my loving daughter take my purse and take however much money you need for your heroin! Then we’ll go get your hair done! Do tell the dealer to hurry though… SMH!!
She’s an enabler and makes excuses for her spoiled selfish weak daughter.
I don’t think they have the incentive to
@stuff1784 actually the boyfriend passed and Hannah has been clean for years and has been doing amazing. I saw an update a while back
@@eeeeemeeee9047 She seems like a beautiful and intelligent person, who has plenty of potential but is stuck in the throes of addiction. I'm glad to hear that she has gotten clean but am sad that her boyfriend passed away.
The thing non addicts don't understand is you feel like you're dying in withdrawal. The drugs are literally like you're attached to a ball and chain. But if youre lucky enough to break the habit, it is the most freeing experience. There is hope for everyone.
kate is a loving mother..ive put my mother through the same thing...seeing this after being off the needle since 2018,makes me appreciate my loving mother even more..MOMS are the BEST
Keep going
Well you’re lucky. I didn’t even do drugs and my incubator doesn’t talk to me. She’s always been emotionally distant and cold. It’s been five years since the last time I tried to speak to her. She started bringing up things I had done as a teenager over thirty years ago. (Not cleaning my room, getting a ticket for having an open wine cooler in a parked car) She SUCKS.
Любви достойна только мать!
I'm so proud of you....and yes.. I dont know what I would do without my mom....
I've been clean since 2018 I didn't start using til I was 34 after I lost my mom and dad I used for 3 yrs it was the worst time of my life so grateful to be clean and sober
Death is easier than overcoming an addiction. The withdrawals hurt so bad it makes you wish you were dead. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone in life. Shout out to anyone who has overcome an addiction. We are recovering everyday. I'm glad she has her mother, she is the definition of a mother, never give up on your child. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
This mother is such a sweet lady, and understanding. It’s rare that someone who’s never been on drugs in there life understands why Ricky robbed there home
Yes you all right I have the same case in Russia
A mother that buys drugs for her daughter is not understanding. An understanding mother marches their daughter to seek medical and rehab assistance
@@cherylcolautti5401 i was talking about what she thinks of her daughters bf, and yes I agree as a mother you should do all you can to get your kid help. But unfortunately she can’t March her in to a rehab and MAKE her get help if it was only that easy. U can’t help someone who does want help and it’s not 1st grade it’s rehab :/
@Asherah ok, thank you Karen
@@lindsayrios5506 oh yes I fully understand that
My heart goes out to the mom. It’s such a fine line between being supportive and being an enabler…
Even though she claims it progressed because she started with weed, her mother said her first rehab was for alcohol. Some people are just pre-disposed to addiction. But I don’t think it’s fair to make people think that anyone who smokes weed will end up on heroine.
The weed defense never ends
@@PM-mm3pz I never went to a rehab. I did it on my own. But some need rehab. My fiance is 3 yrs clean of drugs himself. He does drink every night, which he is also working on. He is borderline alcoholic but I try to be understanding. He does not become my father and get abusive. He is an amazing dad, he takes care of his family. If he wants to have a few beers at night. I am okay with it. We both have turned our lives around and been eachothers rock to make that happen. He is starting his own company making damn good money. I will be a RN in a few years and be at a point, i never thought possible. I dreamed about it, but i figured I screwed up too much in my life to deserve a life like I have. I don't deserve my son but I am damn grateful God allowed me to get pregnant. I was 28 when I gave birth, was diagnosed with fertility issues and it has been the biggest struggle
I guess what she's trying too say is that Some ppl start off with marijuana and as time goes by they need and want Something stronger So they try a different drugs and Somehow end up like Hannah?? However I think everyone is different and Kno exactly what they like and don't like but most importantly they Kno they don't want too destroy their lives!! My Son started Smoking weed when he was 18yrs old and he's now 36yrs Old and he never had any interest in trying or using anything other than the marijuana, and I thank the Lord for that everyday because It has too be heartbreaking and painful too See your only child destroy their lives this Way 💔
But the didn t know she was pregnant!
The mum
Kate is the definition of unconditional love. I hope so much it has paid off. 🤞
a mothers love is the strongest there is
No it isn’t, she left her on the streets.
She didn’t ‘leave’ her on the streets. Hannah decided she wanted to live in the streets. It was her choice
@@debbiepotter4592 Yeah probably because her mom is trying to control her, on one would choose to live on the streets.
She should try some so she can better understand it.
I am a recovering fentanyl/heroin addict, I got sober when I was 22 years old. I am now 23 (turning 24 next month) and have been clean with the help of Suboxone for 13 months. Watching this film was like watching my own life as I struggle with addiction and my mom doing her best to support me and love through out it. I can relate so deeply to both Hannah and now, the feelings her mom has. This made me incredibly sad, but also so grateful for my experiences and sobriety. I wish the best for Hannah and Ricky and I hope that they find their souls again. 😔❤
Congratulations on your 13 months. I too have been sober with the help of subs for 3 years. I work a program (AA) and enjoy my life now.
Congrats keep up the good work and love your mom every day
Am proud of you and keep it up 💗 mob love from Africa Kenya.
I have never try any type of drugs even though I have been in though situation in my life. Can you explain please what makes you consume drugs? I get very curious why people do this?
@@anagonzalez8300 it's mostly from trauma of past etc many suffer undiagnosed post traumatic stress order can also be brought down through the family dna lineages
I was a heroin addict for 15 years then my poor mother passed away,it was such a shock for me thats when I went to rehab and got clean. 😥
This mother described everything so Perfectly!!! I could feel the pain in her words -I’m in recovery and I know my Mom felt exactly the way her mom does… remember that we do recover !! And I pray that Hanna finds her way to sobriety ❤️
Same here! I’m an alcoholic, started when I was 21 and I’m 33 now. People assume it was a party phase because of my age but after years of trying to drink socially….yea I’m an alcoholic. I can’t believe some of the things I put my family and friends through. Especially when I was withdrawing. I didn’t care about anything but another drink. I’m happily sober now and I’m happy that I know what my purpose is in life. My career is an aircraft mechanic which I graduated from in November, my PURPOSE is to help others that go through addiction. Congrats on recovery!!! ♥️💙💜💛💚🧡💗
wow. Hannah's mom is a godsend. an angel. what a wonderful mother
You can never help someone that doesn’t want help. I fed my addiction for 5 years and no matter how my loved ones tried to cure me it never happened. Until one day I decided to get clean. 6 years clean now. We all have the strength to overcome anything.
I wish that there'd be anything a person could do to get to that point of thought. I'm really glad you made it, I can only the imagine the sheer willpower it must have taken!
It's been more than ten years for me, and somehow I've never got to that point. I thought hitting rock bottom would cause that need to recover but it didn't. I'm on suboxone now and life got much better, but being clean still feels unimaginable.
Keep up the good work!
Excellant video the mom was so sweet this should be a wakeup call for all addicts
@@cynthiadavid5282 It would be better at this point...To start looking for the dealer. No ?
I follow her on Instagram and she's been clean for years now ♥️
That’s great!! Thank you so much for the update! I’m so glad that she escaped the vicious cycle and now can truly experience how beautiful life really is!
Thank God. Thank you for the update. There's hope. I am clean a year off meth.
Awesome!!!
@@veronicaleyba929 i know we dont know each other at all.. But i just wanna let u know.. Im so so so proud of you babe!!!! You got this!!! 💘💘💘
What is her Instagram
My Ex husband was and is still on herion he recently OD on fentanyl mixed with herion. For 17 years I was there by him begging him to change. He'd go into recovery programs and then come home and go right back. One day I asked please stop he replied to me this is my life and I like it. Took our 3 children and left. It's been 26 years I left him. Hes now 63 and still hooked. Our children are excellent young adults. I'm proud of them. My daughter asked me why didn't you show us to hate him. I'm married two more children and am happy
OMGosh Evelyn…… this was my life. I don’t ever want to travel that road again. It was the worst roller coaster ride ever.
@@Bbpierced I wish you so much happiness... I don't even want a cigarette smoked around me. My life was so sad all I did was cry after him. What a waste.
Good thing you left and saved your children 🙏🙏🙏
You should have left him 16 years before you did
Bless you. While I wasn’t on drugs, I was an alcoholic. My husband saw my struggle and was there through the withdrawals when I finally quit. He watched me cry, shake, sweat, etc for a long time. I’m sorry your ex did not quit or get help. I’m glad you’re living a better life now. I wish you and your family all the best.
This is my mom and my life in 2009. Then I decided to go to rehab for 28 days and to the clinic on the Naloxon anti-drug blocker. 11 years later I am the mother of a five year old very intellectual girl and I am afraid that my destiny will happen again. I wish you all the happiness of this world and until she decides firmly nothing will change, just love her as before mom is mom!
I used the same thing and have 14 years sober from drugs and alcohol. This medication saved my life and sanity. I know own my own home. The Baha’i Faith also gave me the strength and understanding I needed.
Wow go you guys currently struggling right now with opioids addiction hopefully I can accomplish that one day.
Hannah?
I really understand what u and your family have been through. U must be extremely proud of yourself and even more thankful for how much that sweet lady loved you. Now U have been a testimony of what real love Is about. Be the next example for other. Much love and respect from Italy.
@@kathymorris4553 try Jesus 💜
This was my life for years, my mom helped me on and off for years. I was an addict was for almost 10 yrs, I have now been sober for over 20 yrs.. all thanks to my mom.
Good on ya ❤️
Girl!! All thanks goes to the Good Lord above.
What do think now about drug dealers ? I watch a lot of interviews with dru addicts in America ( AML ) and begin to HATE drug dealers . How can you do that to someone ?
Seeing the pain her mother's going through really brings home how much my 25+ years on heroin must of been for my dad, he stuck by me the whole time even though a 5 year prison sentence he didn't miss one visit.
He was a single parent and went above and beyond more than he ever should have everyone told him that the only way was the tough love way but he never did, he would always say blood is thicker than water, he passed away 2 years ago now and he never got to see me get clean and the guilt and pain I now feel is crippling and if there was a way i could show someone that pain before they actually had to go through it then at least there would be one positive out of all the negativity. The crazy thing is that there isn't a drug strong enough to mask the pain and guilt i feel it's like his death stopped me from being able to get high and I'm now a year clean but still miserable.
My heart goes out to you. I'm sorry for your loss. I've been off pills and drugs for 2 years now, but my depression and anxiety has kept me away from friends and family. If nothing else, your comment made me set up date to meet my dad next Tuesday. I've been putting it off for a few weeks now. Sending you lots of hugs!
Tell your story. Talk to schools. Talk to clinics. They would welcome it. Save someone else!
Better miserable than high or dead!!!!
Tony you have (must) to forgive yourself in order to live and give the very best of you to others, I’m absolutely sure that your lovely Dad forgot you before his passing, why? Just because his great love for you!!
Smile and Live your best, your Dad is already so proud of you!!!!!
Blessings 🐶
Tony, if you ever wanna talk, let me know!
I've been on suboxone for several years now. I'd rather be on suboxone and have a steady life, then go back to opiate addiction and the everyday ups and downs of when you're gonna get your next fix! It's not worth it! If you're reading this and still struggling with addiction, never give up! Keep fighting! ✌
That mother deserves a gold medal ❤
It baffles me how understanding of addiction Kate is…when talking about the burglary and how she perceived their feelings was just mind blowing cuz she hit the nail right on the head. Not trying to make excuses but what she said is exactly what runs through every addicts brains
@Gcoolsnow congrats on your clean time I have about the same amount. Heroin is a whole different ball game when it comes to addiction
@Gcoolsnow as you and I both know
Heroin is a great escape but a great escape to nowhere.
Heroin is the devil with the smile of an angel!
@Will Swift computer games are art,its not bad, anything can become an addiction if you are blind,but i love video games
Basically
The devil in a bag it will ruin and kill everything around u and that’s a promise sadly I can almost garentee this young lady or her boyfriend or both is no longer alive that’s just the way the devil in a bag works
My first drug was alcohol. After that, marijuana, meth, then cocaine. I've been clean and sober 29 years. I stopped before I started losing everything. My 3 sons and I lived in a women's shelter. Had I not stopped then, I would have lost my boys. I also stopped associating and dating anyone using drugs. Cocaine was my drug of choice. I did snort heroin once, I didn't care for it. My kids saved my life. My youngest son, who was a 6 month old baby when I quit, is a heroin addict. He's 30 and in prison for 3rd time. I totally relate to this mom. I am this mom. His addiction has put a toll on my health. I have crohn's disease, stress causes flares. He had been living with me off and on his adult life. I've made it clear that he can't live with me when he gets out. I can't handle being around his drug addiction. He is very schizophrenic when he uses meth, to use less heroin. He's done rehab a bunch. He's tried suboxone too. I sure hope this stint in prison will help him stay clean this time, when he gets out.
I wish I had a mother like her. Her daughter is blessed for having her.
As a recovering addict, I can tell you that the mother is not helping. I hope the end of the episode she learns from this because enabling is going to just feed her addiction. It was not until my mother died, my father took me in and gave me weekly urines. But before that I was on the streets and begged and begged to stay anywhere, no luck. I did not want to get clean. Until I lost EVERYTHING, including my sanity, I couldn't get clean. I moved in with my father who is in recovery, and at first it helped. Until he started stealing my Suboxone. I then relapsed because my father enabled me. I moved out and started using again. It was not until I was ready to kill myself that I dragged myself to get help. By myself. No one to help me. Tough love is the only way. I'm speaking from experience.
Vanessa, thank u for sharing your experience. I would like to ask you, if u feel comfortable to answer: why would anyone won't Iike to get clean? Is it a self destruction mechanism? Being an addict is obviously not an easy lifestyle
I disagree with u. Remember everyone is different. Not everyone needs to be kicked out and homeless to go for help.
@@AnnaInWonderTube because being clean means facing the problems that led to the addiction in the first place. It means staring at your trauma head on, instead of numbing it. For those who started because of trauma like being SA'd, abused etc, it's mental anguish that the drugs take away.
For those who got hooked after being in car accidents, or other bodily harms, it's not wanting to deal with not only the withdrawl symptoms (which feel like you're actually dying), it's knowing without them you will always be in pain where the bones were broken etc.
There are two kinds of addicts, mental addiction and physical, and often overlap. Both are not easy.
It takes an incredibly determined mind and a LOT of understanding and proper help to not only get clean, but stay.
Yes. I was searching for someone else who understands codependence. We must get off the merry go round of denial.
the letter she wrote was very special .. knowing what she was causing to her family in her addiction . Not many addicts can admit that , I've been an alcoholic and one of the hardest things is admitting
I wish they had this type of rehab in the states. No one really supports someone who's struggling like this it's either jail or getting kicked out when you go to rehabs and you have stuff. I understand but giving someone somewhere safe and help and the same time whiling they're working on themselves. It's amazing and Hanna's mother is amazing. Everybody who's involved is all amazing people and I truly respect everyone involved.
Love you neon! 😘
It's true😔
It wasn't a rehab she was living in a boarding house that allows residents to use drugs. We have them here in Australia also. Staff come by weekly to check the rooms (mainly to see if anyone's dead or a meth lab isn't up 🤣) but yes, America would be a much better place with boarding houses. You wouldn't have so many homeless people if you're government cared about you the way Europe and Australia do.
@Gcoolsnow I couldn't agree more! 😭 It's really really sad. To think of all the addict's who would still be here today and probably CLEAN, had America followed our lead. Did you know that it cost more per homeless person in the US per year that if they were properly cared for with government housing?! It cost MORE to ignore the problem like the government in the US do. It's really shocking that they know this yet still continue to do nothing. People don't realise how much more it costs them to not help these people. I watched a documentary recently on homeless in America and that's when they stated the costs compared to assisting with basic housing and addiction meds. It's huge. The crime is so much lower in places when homeless people get social housing and government money and Medicare. I'm so sorry you're people suffer so badly there. I often speak to other addict's in the US and I don't know know how they do it. I'm constantly telling people here in Australia how lucky we are. I still don't think most people here on welfare understand how much better off we are. Addiction is an illness. It should be free for addicts to get treatment. At the very least their methadone for free and social housing. It comes back ten fold when you see how much less these people are on the street doing more crime so they are not sick.b
True. We're so behind on stuff like this. This is wayyy to helpful and compassionate for this country. Well mabey start doin it 10 years from now. Agonizingly slowly. State by state..
This mother is crazy I was an active user of heroin and opiates for 13 years and it took me ten treatment centers the last one being long-term where I was a resident for almost a year. But also, my mother and whole family showed me tough love! They enabled me for so long and they were done. My mother would NEVER let a boyfriend who was using with me anywhere near her home or nonetheless, smile about him because he's "keeping her safe" like wtf?? He's actively participating in her path to death! Because we all know as adicts, that if u don't get clean..eventually..u will die. I'm like dumbfounded. This mom needs to get it together man.
Honestly, I feel the same way you do. This mother is OVERLY INVESTED in her daughter’s addiction. Her daughter straight up doesn’t want to get clean. You can’t force or love somebody into sobriety. This mother is emotionally draining herself for no reward whatsoever.
SO AGREE
She's not crazy bro. She could die tomorrow. She loves her.
I lost two of my adult children to addiction, two years apart from each other, no matter what, do everything in your power to get them clean. Loosing a child to something preventable is the worse pain.
My hear goes out prayers.
That's so terrible. I am so sorry for your losses. How do you manage keep going?
Can't imagine what you went through and still going through
Chris your life sounds like mine with the battle if heroine of once child or children
I also have lost 2 sons thru this addiction
Warren in 2015 and Dereck in 2016 also ended up in streets as it became a war within the family and as a mother I tried but also health issues just couldn't cope as much as I tried.
They both ended up with septacemia thru dirty needles.
What a pain full death I belief and so I carry that too my grave one day.
I stil have another whom stil fighting sane addiction and he has got a younger brother who wants nothing too do with him as he has seen what they put me thru and ofcourse being mom I stil try.
Kate you a better mom then me as I couldn't see them destroy them selfs and it was hartbreaking too deal with.
Hannah don't choose another country I'm in SA.and drugs is every wher here aswell.
I pray for all that suffers thru this addiction .
My sons were 34 years of age and 32 that I lost
Her Mother is an amazing compassionate, empathetic, understanding woman. If only more people were like that. And she’s absolutely correct, if it was prescribed the crime rate would virtually disappear. That’s what they did in Switzerland & they had incredible results.
As a mother, it's heart-wrenching to even imagine what it would be like for my daughter to be out on the streets doing heroin, knowing full well she could die any day of an overdose. It's a dead-end. God help them.
Don’t care what anyone thinks, this is beautiful. Mom, you are amazing, strong, and brave. Daughter, hold mom as long as you can, embrace her love. You only have her for so long. Send love and keeping you all in my prayers.
Ricky, stay cool 😎
are you serious? how do you know this?
No matter how old my kids grow, they will always be my babies. In my mind, they are forever young, in my heart they are forever with me.
True statement. But don't let the use you.
Her mom is amazing, but also completely codependent and a huge enabler. You cannot love someone into recovery.
“You cannot love someone into recovery” Say it louder for the folks in the back!
This is the straight truth; no chaser!
The only person who can change anything is Hannah and her mom not being supportive of her won‘t change that. She has to have the will to do it and neither love nor hate will help. This is literally basic addiction knowledge.
Eh not 100%. She allows her to live homeless- that’s pretty tough love. Codependent?? Yea, I agree with that. And she enabled a few times here. But she seems to me to be allowing her daughter to hit rock bottom, all the same.
Correct
The mother is going to head into another nervous breakdown if she keeps on like this. She needs to emotionally detach herself from her daughter’s addiction.
I agree with you totally! I feel that she's loving her to death.😢
I would give ANYTHING to have her mother. i hope and pray she got clean not only for herself but for at least her mom.
I was addicted as well, from the age of 13.5 now I'm 33 been clean for 4.5 years now. Hardest thing I'll ever go through but with help of the suboxone I'm doing awesome. Partner, own unit, savings and a new car. Hope they end up getting help they need.
SO happy to hear that Ashlee ! How good of you that you could stop after 14 years . Well , you are rewarded now . Good luck !
Same here I'll be 33 in a month congrats on your recovery it's literally the HARDEST thing I've ever been through ❤️❤️❤️ remember to be kind to yourself daily
Mom in this doc is AN A-N-G-E-L. I wish her and her beloveds LOVE.
The mom in this documentary is incredible, and strong. The mom is beautiful. l love the way she uses her words to express her feelings.
There is nothing stronger than a Mother's love for her children. NOTHING. ❤️❤️. What a beautiful Soul 🙏🙏💯
This is the right approach to how to care for people with a substance abuse disorder. Her mother is an angel! Her capability of loving exceeds my imagination!!! This documentary should be seen all over the world
Just watched this . I love how honest Hannah’s mum was . I wonder how they are doing now . I would love to know . I have been sober 8 years and I know that the unconditional love I have from my family and grown children is a huge part of this .
Unconditional love does not exist.
@@JD-zh5nv it does
@@nanipanini of it does unconditional hates rides by it's side.
@@JD-zh5nvUnconditional love just means love without conditions. So no matter the circumstance you still love that person no matter what. So yes, you're right. Of course Unconditional hate exists. Some people are racists or homophobes or bigots and some people just hate EVERYONE.! So yes very true. I think though the 2 do not go hand in hand. To say you cannot express Unconditional love and hate at the same time. For to be experiencing one would directly cancel out the other. You cannot truly love with hate in your heart and you cannot truly hate if you have any love!
@@chronicallycassandra8907 I'm not trying to provoke you but I seriously doubt anyone has really really damaged you. I could be wrong (I often am). But things can happen where you may have thought it was unconditional love but when someone does something bad enough to you or yours or does something so heinous you can't bear to even look at them without throwing up ...
This woman is the definition of a WONDERFUL MOTHER. I lost my mom 10 years ago, I hope Hannah realizes that she is blessed with having an amazing mother.
Seeing how understanding and supportive everyone in this girls life is is really wholesome and heartfelt. This girl has a lot of potential. I don’t think enough people make the effort to understand those struggling with addictions… I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum and it’s just so so heart wrenching. 🙏🏼💔
There is nothing like a mother’s love!
Her mother is a great mom but she is a huge enabler. She said she doesn't know what will trigger Hannah to get better, but without her mom's support, money, and constant care, she might just open her eyes and see how good she had it.
Tell me you know nothing about addiction without telling me you know nothing about addiction lol
@@laraminimi 😂😂😂 ahhh good ol RUclips community. One can never satisfy everyone🤷🏽♀️
Difficult to understand what the mother is going through, unconditional love to her daughter.
Destructive love. That is not a healthy relationship.
Дъщеря и е неблагодсрна. Има момичет лоито посягат към дрога ,но те са малтртирани от роители, а тази наркоманка хана неблагодсрна късметлийка, че има прекрасна Майк
This was one of the saddest things I've ever seen. the dysfunction, the chaos, the heartbreak, the self-destruction. I hope the mother and daughter find their way...separately then can come together. 🙏
The Mom has to stop bailing her out, and giving her rides and buying her house items. She has to know what it's like alone 100. Her Mom is a saint and is unable to stop enabling bc of how young she is. She will be fine, and will find out sooner the harsh raw reality of having no parent.!!
Disfunction is the perfect term to describe this relationship
My brother and I did h together and we both overdosed but I survived and he didn't. I'm in recovery for three years now. I miss my sweet brother Chris
8/4/1972-9/9/2018 RIP
I'm sorry for the loss of your brother. My son's name is Chris.
Mom obviously loves her daughter but she just seems like an enabler
I am an ex-addict, and even if her mother didn't give her money she would have gotten the drugs by engaging in illegal activity, so shut up.
mrmanifesto Mom is totally an enabler. Most of the commenters on these drug addiction threads are former or current drug addicts, so their perspective is quite different.
That's not love. That is being an enabler. Very twisted relationship. They both are just selish. Even her husband could see it. I feel sorry for her sister and the husband. They are the victims here.
I must say I agree with you. She's an enabler, that's not love.
@@teejames5098 She is no different than any other mother. Have compassion please.
"he take a very good care for hannah"...
Rick casually pass the needle to her.
Yes it’s ridiculous.
It worked didn't it?
She’s going to do heroin with or without him.
People have different love languages
Addicts giving each other drugs is their way of caring.
It’s obviously not “helping” but the love, support and safety net is.
His way to take care of her.
Her mom is very sensible, rational, realistic and such a beautiful soul.
God bless her
I've been sleeping rough in Oslo during the winter, and it's terrible. I was addicted 2 heroin as well, but since I've started on methadone in Jan. 2018,Ive kept an apartment, been cleen from heroin( I smoke some weed sometimes), and I've not been in contact w police or gotten any more crimes on my record the last three years. (No more prison either) Methadone and subuxone/nalokson shots really help a lot of people. I've gotten some trauma, and still have a lot of anxiety but I've Got a drug-consultant and a psychologist I talk to regularly.... I never got my son back tho, he is twelveyrs next year, and I have no way to get in touch with him bchis father took him and went underground when I left him after being 2gether for 12 yrs. Even tho he was an addict as well, on heroin longer than me... sure hope mom and daughter from this show is doing good today.
Please look into kratom tea. It might be a better option for you. The meds you're taking can cause so many unnecessary side effects. I'm speaking from personal experience with suboxone specifically. Much love and luck to you from tx🖤🖤
Is there no social welfare to give you a home in Norway? I always thought your guys system was better for such things. Trying to stay sober while in such circumstances is never easy. And would make being sober much harder. I remember being in Oslo at the main train station and seeing the dealers and junkies everywhere. It was very open. My heart goes out to you. Stay in good company and stay strong. Work on being completely sober and then I hope you're then able to get your son back.
I'm OVERJOYED for you ‼ I pray ther ees comes a day that you will be reunited with your son
Great work, Sylvia. Keep up the good fight. You deserve to be well and happy.
so u r addicted to methadone then?
I absolutely adore her mother. She is so empathic, emotionally intelligent, and a caring soul.
I dont know why from all addiction documentaries i keep coming back to this one. There is something about it that hits home for me
At least she found sobriety....unfortunate about her boyfriend.( it's part of it,really) If anyone is struggling with addiction,you don't have to live that way anymore. I love you and you matter. Sobriety is amazing...trust me!
😭 ty.
This is a old doc and when i had watched this the first time, Someone posted her social media pages and she had gotten clean but went back to drugs unfortunately
@@LoLuvLo I would love a follow up documentary on this wonderful mum and her daughter
Wat happened to her boyfriend
@@vershawnsea9219 died fom a overdose.
Breaks my heart to see people like this God bless her. I live not too far from Philadelphia and there's a neighborhood called Kensington and it is arguably the largest open-air drug market in the country and there's thousands of attics all over the place. You can find plenty of videos here on RUclips. I haven't put a needle in my arm since 2015
I work near there
great Mum I've ever seen.hopefully Hannah will change her Life in the very near future.i cried not because of Hanna's situation,but because Hannah has a great supportive and very loving Mother.
My sister's and I are in year 40 of this with the men in our family. Please hold my family in your prayers 🙏
I am 39 and been addicted to heroin and fentynl for 20 years. I just can't pull Myself out of it. PTSD and severe depression are so out of control in my life it is what fuels my use, I'm self medicating. Molestation from ages 4-6 and alot of other gross traumas fueled my problems since a very young age.
I feel bad for you!!.. Im praying for you!!..
dont give up, my friend went to rehab 43 times until she got sober from H, you can do it, they offer therapy etc..
I pray you get well. Sorry you had to go through all that trauma
@@karenkramer3760 Thank you Karen 💖 I appreciate you.
@TfromtheD(Detroit) I understand that T very much, I am 48 years old and I finally got 7 years clean, however, my PTSD and mental health issues, OCD etc have been hugely exacerbated by my use and myself medication. I thought I was totally hopeless but for some reason I was able to pull strength from all the horrid things I had been through and I was almost angered by them at that point and so I just kept pushing. I ended up being in treatment for almost 3 years because I knew I needed it. It was 9 months for the actual treatment and then in a halfway houses and then three quarter way houses and I got out of all of that and purchased my condo, a car, not all at once of course, LOL. I feel your pain and I know you can do this. I have seen you on other channels however I've never gotten a chance to speak with you. I admire your honesty, that was the biggest thing for me and today honesty is everything to me because I know without it I will be right back where I was but 10 times worse, you know it's a progressive disease so every time you go back to it it's always worse. Are you able to have a safe place to stay right now?? Is there anything I can do to help?? Please do not hesitate, I will not enable but I will go to the ends of the Earth for anyone who needs help and wants it. You seen the s*** show that's going on, I pray for you that you get better and that you ask for help when you need it hey there's nothing wrong with asking for help, I wish I would have known that 25 years ago. Namaste and please message me back in the comments if you want to talk or there was something I can do.
This mother is an angel she is so understanding , I hope to be as kind and understanding to her as she is to her daughter and through this film I think all of us can feel some of her kindness to try everyday ❤️
Opioid and heroin addiction are a completely different animal. You get hooked very quickly. Depending on how long you're in it detox takes weeks. Addiction is like a light switch. Once you turn it on it never turns back off. You have to learn to make better choices. Takes a lot of time and effort. Good luck to this young lady and family. Merry Christmas.
Her poor mama, a mothers love is definitely unconditional. She’s so sweet and understanding. I hope things get better for them (i know I’m watching this YEARS later lol)
I was addicted to heroin for 20 years, i stay clean for 7 years now... mom please just let her go, u do whatever u can to put her in the right track...she know good n bad... If she doesn't want it you can't do anything...just let them be whatever they want...
Her Mom has the right idea. Decriminalizing drugs us the only way to truly fix the addiction epidemic. Addicts need to feel like part of the greater community, not cast-out from it.
But would it make them stop? Only physical and psychological withdrawal can heal an addict!!
Agreed. Decriminalisation means the focus can go on treating the health problem that is addiction, rather than wasting time and resources treating it as a criminal problem.
I can't agree with this. Oregon has very lenient drug laws that make it legal to carry a certain amount of any drug on you without it being illegal. My 16yo nephew passed away at a 20yo woman's apartment after she gave him weed laced with fentanyl. The police couldn't do anything because it wasn't illegal, dispite the fact my nephew thought he was only smoking weed given to him by someone he trusted. She did nothing for 45 minutes while he OD'd in the bathroom, until a friend of his went to check on him and tried to revive him with narcan and CPR until paramedics got there. That woman has had 11 ODs in her apartment, 2 resulting in deaths of minors, and the cops' hands are tied because of the stupid law. It protects dealers and junkies, it doesn't help. I was addicted to heroin from age 17 to age 20, I've been clean since 2005. If it were legal back then, I likely would not be alive today.
If it was legal there would be so much more addicts, that doesn't really make sense. I agree that addicts need support but only when they want it they can get it. Some people just don't have will to get out.
The thing is, they can’t be part of a community when they are chasing heroin and a high all day. That’s all they spend their time on. They have to find money for it and then do it. They can’t contribute any other way to a community or household or anything. It’s so sad.
I pray for Hanna to find her way to get over it, her mother is so empathy, God will not let her mother down.
This mother is so kind, understanding, realistic, patient loving morher.
I had kids picking on me and bullying me too......this is pretty common.....even today...sticks and stones may break my bones but WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME....THIS AND GODS LOVE
GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO STEP OVER ABUSE
I pray here in Jamaica for all addicts..... It is an illness like any other affliction that changes your health.
I live in America and am in love with her mother’s accent. So melodic and gentle, like Lady Di.
As the mother of a heroin addict, I made the difficult decision to resort to "tough-love". The only times he would call, was when he was homeless, hungry and broke. He destroyed his career and he is now a thief. I haven't heard from him in almost 4 years, because I closed the Bank of Mom & Dad. I can't locate him and no one knows where he is. Anytime I heard he was in jail, I was happy that he wasn't using, somewhere. He is my first born and I love him very much. He also won't contact his brother, unless he needs money. I don't know how to move forward. I need to know if he's alive. My own health is very poor and I know there isn't much time left. I can't let go until I have answers. 😭
Cutting someone off isn't always the right answer... Maintaining big time boundaries is important. I'm sorry you worry ❤️ hope you can find out how they are.
I'm so sorry. God bless you ❤️
God bless you 🙏🏽
And now nothing ...you just give up😢
I come from a family of addicts. I'm clean for over a decade. I lost my little Brother this same addiction. He'd been battling it for many years. We was living with our Parents because we took care of our Dad. One morning Frankie didn't get up and I went to his bedroom door to wake him but it was locked. I went to my Mom's room to see if she had a key and she said NO!. I went and got a butter knife and opened the door with that and.......My Little Brother Frank was lying on the floor in the fetal position not breathing. The worse was my Mom seeing her Son dead on the floor! I can remember the day as if it was yesterday 3-14-2016. But Fentanyl is what has taken over heroin. Killing more ppl in the world. Pray for the suffering addict. Sending love from Detroit MI USA
we all deserve to have a mom like this.
Honestly. Made Me Cry. It's So Bittersweet Seeing Them Hug & Seeing Them Give Kisses Left Me Awestruck. It's Sad Thinking Of How My Mom Pulls Away From Me & Gets Annoyed Any Time I Even Brush Up Against Her Or Try Sitting Beside Her. She Does Everything She Can To Just Make Me Go Away From Her & Refuses To Acknowledge How She's Made/Makes Me Feel. She Is Constantly Avoidant Of Delving Into Any Points Of Contention Or Any Concerns That If Addressed Would Only Aide In Mending The Relationship & Providing Opportunity For Learning/Growing & Understanding...It Just Hurts My Heart Seeing What I Lack & Have Constantly Strived To Create For Myself & Even For My Mom If She Just Allowed Herself To Try....😔💔
The love that her mother have for her is unlike anything I have ever seen....she is Hanna's guardian angel.....I pray for every drug addict.....addiction is a disease...
Prayers for everyone who struggles with addiction. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you.❤
HER MOM IS A PRECIOUS ANGEL
Her mother is so amazing. She's so lucky. I hope she's gotten clean.
Her calm. It’s pretty incredible.
I am 56 years old and addicted to heroine from 17 till 2,5 years ago so about 35 years on and off but mostly on lol…
I hope this story has an happy end and if it’s still going I only want to say to mom and daughter, DONT GIVE UP….
If I can do it everybody can, it’s the trick learning how to do it, it’s all about knowledge and selfreflecting,
Mom this is your fight also and your input in this process is much bigger than you think, you look so much at my mother and i can honestly say that I am were I am today because of her and she will become 80 this year.
Moms are angels
This documentary is from 2007. Hannah has been a lot better for many years. Please film an update! Or do another version of this with another addict. There are so many young women and men out there that are addicted to drugs and they need to be heard too.
This channel didn’t make the documentary. They merely license documentaries and show them on RUclips.
Thank you for letting us know. I am so happy that she is doing better
I agree. RUclips is full of old documentaries. Need new ones
@@_lithp I get that. But they posted this like this had been filmed just recently, just generally in the way this video is presented, the title, caption etc. I think it’s pretty important to state that this is a 15 year old (!!!) film, whether they produced it or not and they didn’t in any way, on the contrary: It even seems to me like this channel is actually trying to sell it as new, which is just kinda shady in general and also bad because the protagonist is in a very different place now and people won’t realize that watching the video.
Does Hannah have social media ?
It’s very sad to see her mother providing drugs for her, instead of rehab and other positive resources
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Yes
Lmao she offered her everything incl rehab she can't force her. And giving her money for drugs isn't because she's disconnected from reality, she knows that her daughter may go down even go down a darker part to get her hit. Some of you people are so damn disconnected and unable to see the complexity of a situation
Well, she made her a hair appointment for her birthday so its important...😒
I have never struggled with drug addiction but my older sister did for years, i was too young to remember or even know. she struggled with it badly, in and out of hospitals because of OD, but she is now in her 30s. she owns her own home, is a manager at a store, has two great kids, a great fiancé and is 1000% clean. Im so proud of her, I look up to her so much because of how strong she is. she encourages me to keep going and dont give up (i struggle with various mental and neurological issues), and i know that isnt even comparable to the horrible grasp addiction has, but her resilience and determination motivates me. anyone who is struggling with drugs right now, recovery IS possible. relapse will happen! its a part of the process, but it doesn't mean that you cant recover or are a faliure. i know im a rando in a comment section, but i am so proud of you for coming this far and i believe in you and love you
Beautiful!! God bless ! I read your comment after all so not rando lol
I was an addict for many years as well, while my parents did everything they could to help me financially they never understood and always made me feel less than and could not understand how someone from their family could be an addict. They let me know that all too much
Wake up. Stop blaming your family. Blessings.
I can totally relate. Sucks wen ur supposed support system doesn't understand you or the situation at all
May God protect them all and those that love them in spite of their addiction 🙏🌹
enabling is not love
@@principecaprincipeca2243 agreed
Poor mother. What a beauty. Hon, its not your fault. Love unconditionally is all we can do.
What a sad thing to see our own child using drugs..!!!!
It's a heart breaking for a mother. ..😖😭
May she lead a right path in her life. 🙏🙏
I lost my mom when I was 23 and she was 57 July 8th 1984. My dad died when I was 11 so I felt like a orphan and all alone in the world 😢😢😢 I ended up drinking, smoking and Al the bad stuff you could imagine, I'm 63 now and I wish I could just go home to all my family and friends are all gone 😢😢😢
I always keep narcan around just in case its ever needed, I’ve never touched heroin thankfully but I have friends who have and I’ll keep them safe as much as I can
Sad. But they are blessed.
Smart. And extremely thoughtful
@@wildfiregirl1556 i’m now in recovery from cocaine, I’m also safe and found out a friend was laced with fentanyl, the narcan I gave him saved him
This mom is such an enabler. Addicts will say whatever they need to, too pull at your heart strings. Yes he feels like you his family because his family probably put healthy boundaries in place and won't speak to him until he's clean.
Addicts are master manipulators ! Don’t enable them , with their stupid lifestyle !
I'm clean 10 years as of 12-19-2011 I was a pill abuser but could have easily wound up with a needle in my arm... Counseling, rehab, AA, and God and a little hope is all you need. Pray this sweet girl gets help; it's sad the mother is glad she's with Ricky despite him living on the streets and sharing needles. They def need to separate.
So glad u stopped at pills. U saved ur own life. Proud of u
I know this is beside the point but: anyone else a former addict who was afraid of needles before and after active IV use but not during? The desire to do it even the first time just blocked it out, but wow, I can’t watch this without cringing. I’ve also repeatedly passed out while nurses look for a vein to place an IV. 😖
It's actually surprisingly common!
Yes, I've been cleaning 3 yrs n I hate getting blood work done I freaked out its weird huh
An indication of how powerful the impulse and addiction is. Crazy hey
Yup
The mother is addicted to the memory of a daughter she no longer has. I feel for her, but her actions might be making things worse.
YEEESSS
I agree, mom is fooling herself if she thinks coddling and being there to pick up the pieces for her daughter will make Hanna, beg to go to detox and rehab. Mom is kidding herself. You have to cut ties for Hannah rock bottom
This is exactly what I thought too.
^this.....can relate 💯. The moment my therapist told me I was just as addicted to my 2 adult addicted daughters as they were to drugs 💡
Have you ever loved and Addict ? Her mother can either do what she’s doing and know what her daughter is doing or scream at her to get better when reality it’s not going to happen! I hope Hannah is doing ok today!
The person behind the camera is a saint. Not judging just talking. Hannah is so lucky to have a mother like her. I'd give anything to have mine back even just for a couple of minutes
The state of that room. I guys you get use to it. I really hope she is healthy now.
I remember them days sleeping out side in a tent but I wasn't on heroin I was on alcoholic drinker with vodka and punch boo I don't miss them day now I'm a apartment with income paying bills and eating happy with my family once again I can thank them enough and especially my 3older kids Wich love me much more than I thought now that I can think straight no drinking vodka yuk well I'm blessed thank God 🙏 just keep praying and it will happen to your daughter ok 💕 thanks again 💝💝 linda chavez
I have never seen mother so supportive, forgiving like she is!!! Amazing ❤
I have no illusion about addiction and how difficult it is to get clean. And yet, I cannot believe that this mother is helping her daughter to get clean. The longer the daughter is treated with velvet gloves, this kid has no reason to get on recovery road.
Hannah's mom is a saint.
Hannah’s mum is an enabler……….