it's not dystopian it's hopelessness Chinese had the same opioid crisis before their empire fell and a communist revolution took place and this is a warning but I believe there's nothing we can do now
Haven't heard of alcohol then? The poisonous, carcinogenic crap people drink for similar reasons, the worst, yet socially acceptable drug, that you can buy legally, whose withdrawal can easily kill.
Never once heard of a pill named Zaza, that is what people here in a lot of cities in US refer as a blanket term for good weed. It’s also it’s own strain.
Fun facts: The reason they named it "Morphine" was after Morpheus, the Greek God of dreams, and then the reason Bayer named diacetylmorphine "Heroin" was that they said it was so good, that it deserved a heroic, or "heroische" in German, name. Heroin and Aspirin are made with the same reagent and procedure; they just use different starting materials. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, so they take salicylic acid and add acetic anhydride to it. They do the same thing with Morphine to make diacetylmorphine. This Saturday will be 68 months since the last time I used. I was a Heroin and then fentanyl addict. December 17, 2018 was the last time I shot up, and woke up on the bathroom floor with the needle still in my arm. It wasn't even close to the first time that happened, but so far it's the last. It's been a tough past couple years, but I'm still clean.
Dude - I am so stoked for you! As a former opiate addict myself, I know the struggle, I know the consequences, and I know how great it feels to be clean. This Friday I will be 3 1/2 years 100% clean, And I haven’t felt better in my whole life! F*ck opioids, f*ck the drug pushing “medical” industry, and f*ck this bullshit new synthetic opiate! WTF is the FDA thinking? This shit needs to be made illegal right now! Sorry to deviate from my original post though - super stoked for you for 68 months! Keep on it brother - this is the winning side!
I had stomach ulcers so absolutely bad the pain kept me awake for 2 or 3 days before I said anything to my wife. They end up giving me morphine in my IV. I said “oh, now I understand why opioids are so addictive” and passed out. It was like a warm hug, and for the first time that I could remember, nothing in my body hurt. I felt like a young child in a warm blanket on a cool winter night. That drug hugged me. It was terrifying because then and there I realized how easy it would be to get addicted.
Had the same experience after giving birth 17 years ago. Back the. They sent us home with two weeks of it. When I took the second dose and felt the effect so much less I then understood how people start taking so much more to chase that first high. So sad. Lost a lot of good people to addiction. We all have. *edited to say I hope you’re better now with the ulcers.
Presuming, of course, you don’t get “the Horrors” when dosed with the stuff. Think of the exact opposite of “a warm hug” - an abrupt transition into a nightmarish, hallucinatory realm while feeling as if *Undead.*
@@RecoveringredWhat do you mean? Your second dose wouldn’t feel any noticeably different than your first one and you certainly would not need to take a larger dose, nor is it even recommended.
Just have faith 🙏 in God one day at a time stay away from the people that have it and one day at a time you will make it through and be so much better and happier clear minded and life with I hope 🙏 for the best for you guys Ill pray that God watched over you and you decide to quit for people that love you and care I struggled with alcohol 27 years for 1995 15 years old to 42 2022 also opioids almost passed away in a catastrophic car accident God gave me another chance to live so I'm going to take his blessings and not let him down for the people that love me so I wish the best for all and trust me when you do stop and get better you will feel much better much out here and thankful for another day of life cuz you never know and it's your time to go That's not the point when is to wake up in the morning and be thankful you're alive and breathing and not in the hospital dying there's little kids that are born in the die right away and never live a life it's very sad so you have to think like that there's people out there that want to live another day but they can't and God blesses us to stay alive so we need to be thankful and I don't know one day at a time will help you perfectly God bless all
@@jaycostello5289 I have friends that went to a pain management doctor. They can prescribe something to make it easy, without withdrawal. But like my friends said, you have to be ready to truly sober up completely.
The most unbelievable part of this whole story is a gas station attendant recommending literally anything EDIT: I'm not elitist lol, I jockeyed a gas station counter for two years. The only thing you ever point out is the bathroom.
Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder got diagnosed with OCD, spent my whole life fighting OCD. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 4 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
I’m addicted to this shit. Started as a vice for the weekends, but 6 months later and I literally can’t stop. I’ve quit heroin, Fentanyl, coke and meth, suboxone..but this shits a whole new animal. Rebound depression is real, went from taking 3 bottles a day down to about 6 pills a day, taking out one capsule every other day soon I’ll be done but, this has been seriously hard man. Good to see it’s being brought to light though, will hopefully soon be banned everywhere. Judge me if you’d like, I had 6 years clean until I was told about these, and I’ll have my sobriety again soon. Just wanted to share a little about my struggle with it.
I had a friend who got addicted to Zaza. He had been in and out of rehab for over a decade... booze, coke, pills, you name it. His last stint of sobriety was disrupted when he discovered Zaza, which immediately became his DOC. He got so hopelessly addicted to Zazas that he drove himself to the state's inpatient drug treatment facility (where he had been treated before) and begged them to let him back into the program, but he was told by the staff that he couldn't be re-admitted without a court order. Shortly thereafter, he took his own life. A few weeks before he passed, he had shared his testimony at his church about how addictive Zazas were and how terrible the comedown was, but he relapsed at the very end. It's terrible to think what his frame of mind could have been - he was desperate for help, and I can't imagine how much shame he must have felt. I'm convinced that if he never tried Zaza, he would still be here with us to this day. F**k Zaza. There is no way that stuff should be legal.
The111Primagen… Gosh dang what a story… I’m so sorry to hear that. That story is very common… I spent a decade of my life chasing that high, or rush I got after that shot of Dillaudid after breaking my tib/fib. Sent home with loads of Percocet and though i didn’t know it, that started a decade of hell, that I’ll never get back. After drying up many refills and after the doctor shut me off, I doctor shopped (this was before they had the RX tracking system they have now), I burned all the bridges and was now buying opiates off the street. So a refill of 120 Percocet cost me w insurance, $4.00. I run out in 5 or 6 days, and now paying $5 or more per pill off the street, ya do that math brother. I’m 14 3/4 yrs sober, and every day gets better and better. I was not getting high, a buzz or even slightly happy at the end… was just taking them to NOT get sick from the withdrawals. Ugh.. I was not living, simply existing, and it was a horrible existence. If you’re reading this and you’re in the throes of active addiction, please, PLEASE know it CAN be beat.
God I almost cried watching this . Lots of bad memories from this stuff . Nearly killed me . Nearly killed myself . Thank you for bringing this stuff to people’s attention . I spent 3 years addicted to this stuff. You’re pretty spot on for most of it . Could barely pay my bills , every extra penny I had went into a bottle of this stuff . Then eventually something b happens and you have to choose between one thing and getting a fix…there isn’t a way to describe how awful I felt if I ever ran out . But I’ll give it a go so others understand . Imagine waking up and you’re covered in sweat, your legs are a little achy. You have this urge to stretch them super hard so it goes away . You flip the covers off and immediately you’re freezing . You stretch your legs but no matter how long you stretch that achy feeling never goes away . You lay down to go back to sleep but you can’t . You feel super restless, anxious . Your heart rate is through the roof . Ever since you woke up it’s actually kind of hard to see . Your vision is blurry but also your eyes are watering . Nothing is in them but they don’t stop watering . Every 30 seconds a tear leaves one of your eyes . Your nose is running and no medicine you can take for it will stop it . The day slowly creeps by, you spend it thinking how are you going to get more so you can end this ? You think maybe yucky can sleep through it but you can’t . No matter how hard you try . Sleeping pills, alcohol , Xanax, nothing defeats the insomnia . In my case this went on for 87 hours straight before I was finally able to get about 3 hours of sleep in. Waking up from that still feeling terrible was the saddest day of my life . I kept telling myself if I could just sleep I can deal with the rest but only getting 3 hours after being up for so long felt like a cruel joke . The above scenario I repeated many times . When I finally had enough I sought help and was able to quit by entering a program that prescribed suboxone . The suboxone helps a little …lessens a little bit of the symptoms but not much . I think it took about two weeks on suboxone just to get any sense of normal, physically. Then came the depression . Every interest or hobby I had before I started using a during , wasn’t a hobby or interest I wanted to keep . I just wanted to be left alone , and lay in bed . Praying I find something to fill the gaps but never did . The depression hit hard for about 6 months … I took my last dose of tianeptine about 3 years ago. I’ve only just weaned off the suboxone for it about 2 months ago and I’m much better now . One thing that has never gone away fully was the insomnia . I only sleep 2 to 4 hours a night most nights . Also like mentioned in the video , people set alarm clocks for a dose every 3 hours . Eventually I didn’t need an alarm clock. I’d just wake up and knew it was time to dose again . To this day whenever I wake up, my brain still foggy, I’ll have a mini panic attack thinking i need to take another dose or I’ll be sick . Then i wake up a little more and remember I don’t need it anymore
That's EXACTLY how I am now with fent/heroin. I cant stop, ive been to rehab countless times, ive been in outpatient for 3 years on over 200mg a day of methadone and I STILL can't stop. 200mg of methadone would kill multiple people who never touched an opioid, yet it does absolutley NOTHING to kill the cravings and withdrawals for me. Helpless isn't even close to how I feel. Then my father died a month ago during a routine operation, went under anesthesia and never woke up 😢 now my addiction is beyond what I ever thought it could be. I just wish there was a way I could just end my existence without affecting my family, they are the only reason I dont do exactly that 💔 😢
@@9169enjoihey bro I’m sorry to hear. I have 7 years sober and still think about suicide every day. The only reason I don’t is cause it would destroy my parents. Idk why I’m telling you this.
As someone who once knew the names of pretty much all drugs, it actualy makes me happy that I have never heard of this, must mean I have better friends now ;)
Be aware this doesn’t mean the same thing everywhere idk where you live but I’ve only heard zaza used to refer to strong weed before I clicked on this video.
Simon publishes like three hours of professional-grade infotainment on a daily basis across his channels. I knew he was hitting the gas station synthetics.
@@Mikesusendsadasdc 5 months clean is a huge accomplishment! Remember how hard it was to get here; you don't want to go through that again, so resist the temptation.
@@Mikesusendsadasdcahh give it a try! What’s the worst that can happen? You can just quit again! On a real note: stay away from drugs if they keep you in a unhealthy cycle. It‘s quite rare (but not zero) that some people can just hop on and hop off stuff without much issue and you would certainly know by now.
I was addicted to opioids and then H for many years, but luckily I was able to get help and stop using drugs. Was one of the hardest things I had to do in my life but it was worth it. I’m 10 years sober this year and so grateful for it. I won’t take anything anymore. I suffer from migraines and that is how it all started. I would be given opioids to ease the pain and after many years of this I became addicted. I wish this on no one ever. The fact that you can get this stuff at a gas station just proves to me that our government wants us addicted, broke, fat and easily controlled
I think it’s also important to mention Zaza is a term to describe good weed. So if little brother hears you and the friends talking about the Za he might think you’re talking about the gas station junk. Really predatory marketing ploy
@@estebanod Unfortunately people will hear talk of Zaza (weed, how great it is) and an unknowing person eventually will see the term Zaza(the opioid one) in a gas station and try it because they have an older sibling or coworker that has mentioned a different drug of the same name. And the companys know this will happen too, it's up to us to know what we are taking and stay safe! Even if getting high is your top priority, your body is the only thing that will ever process thoes drugs for you and get you high. Just take care of it. Hate to see things like this because you know it will change the course of many lifes. Love y'all
So… “After a month of taking your first pill, you’re no longer getting that “rush”, however now taking them just to not feel sick”. Wow bro… you just described a decade of my life… Great to be 14 3/4 years clean and sober…
It's really not even a month. The WDs kick in after 5 days of use and they are waaaayyyy worse than H, Fenty and benzos combined. The sad part is that the "high" or feeling of well-being is so mild. I've never seen anyone be successful in WDing off of it without being unconscious in a hospital or locked up in a jail cell As it becomes harder to find because states are banning it (9 more added this year), I think we'll start seeing suicides from it. It's really that bad
I work at a smoke shop and we keep getting vendors trying to get us to sell tianeptine. Luckily, my boss isn't interested. We do carry a few other questionable products, but nothing quite that bad. Some of our kratom and nitrous customers clearly have a problem, but I've had people desperately banging on the door before open because they want Zaza. I keep the door locked and yell to them that we don't carry it. They throw out an empty threat, but it's enough to scare the younger employees here.
Interesting with Kratom. I use it constantly, but I'm also free of alcohol for almost a decade. It's strange with the addiction component. If I stop, I have a hard time sleeping for a weekend, then back to normal. Then again, I've also had no problem using and stopping opiates either. To each their own.
I worked at one during covid and the people there abused kratom like it was heroin. I never got that much of a high from it past the first use. But they also sell those pill form that are like 1000x stronger through the way they manufacture it.
Opioids are crazy dangerous. I got sucked into the bubble at a job I was working in college. Everyone at work was doing Oxycontin thanks to a seemingly infinite supply. Over a few years, I watched at least one co-worker turn to heroin. Two more would later become homeless, petty theft criminals. I suppose I was one of the lucky ones; I only had to deal with two weeks of really intense withdrawal and depression when I moved out of state and my opioid supply abruptly evaporated. I just couldn't imagine a drug ruining my life and was ignorant/blind to how close I was straddling the line.
Ahhhh the good Ole bad days. Memories I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's a weird place to be the one who isn't dead. Now my kids are growing up into a world of fent and other things.
NO THEY ARE NOT CRAZY DANGEROUS. Addicts are dangerous. Opioids on their own in the hands of someone who uses them responsibly are an amazing too that saves lives. Addicts ruin it for the rest of us.
@@michaelchase418 well at least the majority of youngins these days realllly value health and working out/nutrition. I know the news blows up these fent stories.. but drugs are wayyyyyyy down for the younger generations coming up😊👏
Kratom can be a life saver if you are suffering and no one will help you. Biggest upside is its lack of effects on breathing, making overdose ALMOST impossible. Definitely can be addictive though.
Use the leaf powder don't touch the pills. Each pill has about 20 or more doses of the natural leaf powder in them an you will not only get high you will get addicted.
Opioids are no joke. My granny took the exact same kind and dosage they prescribed for me after an eye surgery. (We’re up to 25 of those now) and because it was really late when they were done, I couldn’t fill my script until the next morning. Mom asked her if I could have 2 if hers just to get me through until we were able to get to the Pharmacy the next day. Granny totally freaked out “I can’t run out!” She had like a whole bottle that had just been refilled, and the way she said it was soooo sharp and panicky! Before she was addicted, she’d have understood, cause eye surgeries friggin hurt, but since she was full on hooked, she just freaked. My papa legit was horrified at her reaction, and basically told her she was gonna do it and they would get replaced in the morning, it was really scary tbh.
Yeah, coming from someone who is in chronic pain and physically dependent (I would get the full withdrawal syndrome too,) her type of reaction is exactly the difference between addiction and physical dependence. If she's got a full bottle, that she knows will last her the rest of the month, and she's freaking out because she'll have 12 hours where 2 of the same pills that she won't need until 28 days later, long after you've picked up your Rx and "repaid the loan" in full (again, long before she would needed those last 2 pills.) It's "want" vs "need"
Simon, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This video quite literally saved my life. I unknowingly started taking a caffeine + nootropic focus-aid supplement I bought from a chain ‘nutrition’ store locally. I got them to help ween off adhd meds. I had no idea why I was having panic attacks and bad moodswings- getting almost unbearable as I had ran out of the first supplement bottle. I saw this video and halfway through I ran to check the empty bottle… 😮 tianeptine. I realized I was going through withdrawal symptoms for something so dangerous that I had no awareness of and no idea I was becoming addicted to in the first place. Thank you and thank God I have most of it out of my system and I saw this before buying any more. I choose life.❤
Withdrawals suck so bad. It's really the main reason so many people can't quit doing drugs. It's like the worst flu you've ever had and it can all go away with 1 taste. I ended up very very addicted to opioids. 6-7 years of every day waking up and immediately hunting for drugs. I attempted to quit a few times, made it a few days here and there, but it was straight up torture and knowing that I could easily make that pain stop made it so much worse. I finally managed to do it. I've been clean for 6 years and I'm still trying to get my life together. Shit takes a toll on you don't let anyone tell you different.
I've been addicted to both opioids and Tianeptine. Tianeptine withdrawal is worse. It affects your opioid, dopamine, serotonin, and god knows what other receptors. I can't be in withdrawal for more than an hour before I want to jump off of a roof.
@@CandyBagnever go cold turkey, slowly reduce your intake if you realize you are going too hard. Always use moderation in drug use and you can do anything
I managed to do it myself with the suboxone, I wasnt giving even more rehabs or detoxs money incentivizing them to keep people using. In my state to go to one you have to have drugs in your body when you arrive, ive known so many people who were clean who wanted to go to rehab but they make you do detox first.. so they went and used.. and that ends up a lot worse usually pushing off the detox. IDK who in there right mind would try to scam them so as to make sure theres drugs in there system but rather just a system in p[lace to make sure they last forever. And that was already after politicians nuked this industry once in my state and closed them all down which further exploded the usage. But yeah using becomes a full time job to just find the money to buy. I went to jail so many times from thefts and B & Es and my now non using ass feels the heat from the felony status everyday. Pushes you in to shit entry level work forever or further crime.
I got prescribed roxioconde and norco when I broke my jaw. I also got 25 pills of oxys from a family friend because I was in soo much pain. I was soo lucky that when I ran out I had no withdrawals at all. I was terrified of having to go through opioid withdrawal.
A little over two years ago, my uncle died from an accidental tianeptine overdose. It was very sudden. We had no idea he was taking it. I’ve never even heard of it until his toxicology report came back and I thought I was familiar with drugs. He was a trucker and was into supplements like kratom so he must’ve picked this up, not thinking much of it until it was too late. My family and I are still reeling from his loss. Thank you for making this video. There needs to be more information like this out there about this stuff
no there doesnt. all the info is out there. its not some magical shit we dont know about. its a russian antidepressant for christs sakes. YOU do YOUR research. your ignorance does not bleed out to everyone else. I knew this stuff existed 10 years ago when I ASKED MY PSYCHIATRIST FOR IT BY NAME. frankly i don’t believe your story. tox wouldnt even screen for it and its not an opioid, but has opioid activity. so i call bs bro
Kratom is not a supplement. That shit is a drug and can be a gateway for many. At the same time though, it can be taken by ex-addicts to help them cope with withdrawals and cravings. It’s not automatically terrible; But it can definitely be a red flag for people with addictive personalities. I’m so sorry about your uncle. Some of the nicest and most loving people I’ve ever met have struggled with addiction. I just wish kratom wasn’t revered as this super casual supplement that doesn’t hurt anyone: Because it does.
I remember selling Zaza's at my gas station. When my vendor introduced it to me, he said it was "a new form of kratom that's real hot in the market right now". He was absolutely right those things were selling faster than I could keep up with, had some people buying 10 bottles at the time. Never took the damn thing myself since I don't do kratom. However one day one of my other vender saw me selling it and started laughing and said "dude that shit is crazy it feels like heroin" He also told me it was not kratom at all and it was a research chemical being decrepitly marketed as kratom. As soon I heard that, I stop reordering them and sold off my remaining supply. A month later they ended up being banned in my state and they raised the kratom age to 21.
It sucks they labeled it as kratom. Kratom is nowhere near as bad for you and it gave it such a bad rap. Good shit taking it off your station once you realized tho.
Good for you. As your friend pointed out, Kratom is something entirely different. Kratom is a kind of plant that there are different strains of, and the Kratom that most people use is a dried and pulverized powder form of the plant. As far as I know, it can only be ingested orally, and you have to use a ton of it, even if you have a potent strain. Imagine having to put a whole soup spoon full of any powdered drink mix directly into your mouth and then trying to wash it down with a swig of water or something, and then doing that 3-4 times just for one "dose". Oh, and unlike powdered sport drink mixes, this is just ground up plant matter, meaning none of it is water soluble, so it usually takes a good couple swigs of a liquid to get just one spoonful down the hatch. The reason people use it, despite having to experience these drawbacks, is because it can help reduce stress, and ease opiate withdrawal symptoms. When I was getting off of heroin/fentanyl it helped take the edge off sometimes if I only had a limited supply of Suboxone. Other than that though, it never really did much for me, and the process of taking it was just awful, so I still have a good amount of some good quality kratom just sitting in my closet that a good friend gave me to help with my recovery. Call me crazy, but having to essentially swallow _grams_ of dirt, one spoonful at a time, just to get barely noticeable effects is not something I enjoy doing on a daily basis. Worth it in a pinch for sure, but generally there are much easier ways to get the same effects.
Yea really sucks it gets lumped as Kratom, and feeds all the fake fear mongering of kratom...not saying kratom doesn't come without risks or is "healthy ", but it's definitely not "gas station Crack or heroin
As a mental health RN in the hospital setting in the USA, I’ve seen this wreak HAVOC on patients-it’s excruciating for them to go through withdrawal, plus they’re psychotic and confused, and they can’t even hold still long enough to take a nap, or even eat or drink fluids. Stumbling around, exhausted but unable to sleep, paranoid that even the staff who are trying to care for them are somehow out to get them. This substance MUST be regulated-I hate seeing patients go through this agony, and their families terrified that they’ll never get their loved one back at their baseline. And, honestly, I’ve seen patients who *don’t* recover fully, and have to adjust to a “new normal” at a significantly lower level of functioning. Please, please, please don’t use this unless you’re in a country where it’s legal *and* it’s under proper care and management by a physician. I’ve seen the misery that comes from it, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
People that want to use are going to use no matter what. Banning these drugs only makes the problem worse since they have to buy their drugs off the streets not knowing what’s in them. Which leads to od
That sounds like meth or some type of stimulant? What if they are secretly putting meth or low dose of fentanyl to increase the repurchase of the product? Since it’s not regulated, it’s possible correct?
I was a decade long severe alcoholic when I had a shoulder surgery at 27yr old. Those hydrocodone pills were so strong and felt so good even I was scared to drink on them or to ask for more because I knew I’d be chasing them. I took the completely as prescribed and stopped when they ran out. They absolutely can make your end of life tolerable but also make you feel so good you’ll chase them up to the point you expire. Whew. I’m glad I drew a line in the sand.
When I got shot in the leg I got some morphine injections, felt great but not something I'd waste my money on. It was to relieve the pain. Before I was released from the hospital I got prescribed some oxycodone 10's. That shit didnt even relieve the pain. I ended up giving them to someone that need them more 😂. To each their own
That's takes an incredible amount of restraint. I've had a few oxy prescriptions written and I refused to fill them out. Choosing to stick to OTC Tylenol because I knew I wasn't strong enough to fight addiction
Luckily, or unluckily for me, depending on your point of view, Hydrocodone makes me sick to my stomach, so after I broke my femur in 2016, I just had to kind of deal with the pain. Beats taking those things in my opinion honestly.
When my dr prescribed pain killers I told him to 'watch me. I have an addictive personality. " Long story short, i was taking the maximum dose allowed. When I wanted to go pharm free, I COULDN'T. That dr retired and his replacement wouldn't refill. I found heroin. It's been 20 years and I'm on a management program for life. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN WITHDRAWLS.
I saw somewhere that anyone who has a hole can be an addict. It gave me a new perspective. Just be compassionate to yourself through it. The worst has happened. Beating yourself up won't solve anything
Yeah ill take my subs til the day I die. If they take me off ill end up using from the sub withdrawals. Ive never been able to avoid street drugs as long as I have nearly 8 years without the subs. Although at one point I started dabbling in crack to get high because I couldnt touch the opiates, but I managed to stop that. Life doesnt get better just because youre sober or relatively sober like people suggest, especially when you're a felon and can only slave away at an entry level job with no skills. But need money to survive so you cant go all in on a trade that doesnt earn for the first few years. Even if you fix those reasons you were driven to use initially that doesnt make it better. Theres life circumstances out of your control. With the dying family medium its impossible to start a family. Chicks always cheat now. People who just get handed money have it so easy, or people with a cop dad or fed in the family getting to do crime with no consequences.
I was spending hundreds of dollars a day on Zaza at the local smoke shops and the half life of the effects are so short I would literally wake up in full withdrawls 8 hours later and drive across town at 430am in a car with no heat in the dead of winter just to buy another bottle to get me thru another couple hours. This stuff is no joke yall I’m so glad I quit when I did
Been addicted to opiates for about 17 years... I wouldn't wish it on anyone. The withdrawals are so bad I can't even put it into words. Imagine having the flu, being cold and nake and stuck outside in the snow getting sprayed down with a water hose whole having extreme diarrhea and vomiting for WEEKS
@@Nefville I was just going to say the same thing-the unbearable twitching and feeling of wanting to get out of my own skin were the absolute worst for me. Been off H. for over a year, and now methadone as well since 11/23. It's the toughest, darkest road I've ever traveled in all of my 47 years, but I'm grateful it has so far stayed in the rear view mirror. 🤞🏼🍀❤♾️
My stepdad was a trucker in the 90s...everyone of those dude I met was a drug addict- cocaine, speed, and lots of weird pills sold at truck stops were always around. I don't know how I escaped from getting ensnared in that world, whew.
@@Pa-we1lw Yeah, I was just saying what I remember as a kid. Nowadays, most truckers seem to be a lot more on the up & up! Back in the day, I had to fil out the swindle sheets (fake log books) so my stepdad could drive for like 18 hours and not get in trouble, too. And I bet today's truckers don't abuse minors by making them lumpers, either. LOL
@@videoWatcher77 Guys who load or unload the trailer. Usually lumpers were just a bunch of dudes that would hang around the docks waiting for loads, but truckers would have to pay them. My stepdad used me as his personal crew for that, and as a kid (12 through 15), lemme tell ya...it was tough. Drove forklifts and used pallet dollies like a pro before I even got to high school. Made me strong, though. Crazy times.
My brother is a recovered opioid addict and he said “dope is taking a high interest loan on a good feeling and you’re going to end up paying it back multiple times over” but he also escaped from rehab after two days once saying “dude, that place is full of alcoholics and junkies, I can’t stay in a place like that” so take his wisdom with a grain of salt
I started doing drugs years ago as a teenage, got addicted to heroin. Spent my whole life fighting heroin addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I'm so very happy for you, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!
Don’t blame anyone other than the US DEA and FDA and the crackdown on opioids. These products wouldn’t be popping up if they were allowed to be properly prescribed and available without doctors and pharmacies fearing for their licenses.
You are spot on. They were so worried about getting prescription pills off the streets that now it's all fake shit or fentanyl that kills people way quicker... I say bring back the pills at least ppl knew they werent getting fent pressed into a fake xanax bar.... Anyone who disagrees most likely wasn't even in the game when they cracked down... (2008-2010s)
@@TysonBegfordthey aren't ready to hear the facts homie. Let them believe they can "illegal" it out of existence lmao Definitely don't tell them the only effective tactic that's ever been used repeatedly that's shown a positive effect is deregulation and legalization
Lmao yall got no self control… did he say HOW MUCH he was doing? I bet he was spending 80 bucks a day on that shit. Imagine that being like 40 times more than you’re supposed to take. If you take one on a weekend for a function… it ain’t that bad yall lol
Fvcking methadone doesn't take 90 days to get off, benzos don't take 90 days to get off, alcohol doesn't take 90 days to get off....basically NOTHING takes that long, withdrawal symptoms last days to weeks, not months 🤷
@@darthjesus420 its not about self control 😂 😂,if it was only that simple and for some,like yourself it is,my dad is the same way,but others just cant stop,idk,some ppl have different reactions to stuff like that,who knows
@@darthjesus420some people are more prone becoming addicted than others. I know some that can recreationally use meth and never touch it or desire it except when they go party. I know people that only smoke cigarettes while drinking. Each person is different. Everybody has their tolerance level. It’s very unkind to poke fun of someone that became trapped in addiction and didn’t realize it until it was too late. It could have been you. Be happy it wasn’t and you were able to get out of it before you got in too far. Have sympathy for those that cannot find their way out.
@@Swellington_ to be transparent, I used to be an addict of sorts, I trained myself to not be one actually, and It was not easy I will tell u. But I guess it’s not humane to be able to expect everyone to be capable of the same thing… idk tho… I believe anything is possible if we set our minds to it. So maybe I’m a little optimistic
As a drug geek, I really appreciate these videos as they seem to be way more factually accurate than most of the crap out there. This one taught me about a new drug that I wasn't aware of. Simon always delivering the goods.
Thankyou. The narrative is always to make out how bad opiate withdrawal is, and it is very unpleasant, but to fail to mention how god-awful the withdrawal is from drugs that are “okay” to use according to our altruistic government. Another difference that seems to be intentionally ignored is that the opioids actually work very well to relieve pain and suffering, and are quite safe when taken in reasonable doses.
@@russellerichsen1849 they're the class of drugs that most antidepressants belong to. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitiors and Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors are what the acronyms stand for. Zoloft, Prozac etc are all SSRIs. They can be very unpleasant to come off of!
@@mbcornelison74it's so BS that the media sensationalized the opiate epidemic to the point where people who actually need opiate painkillers are now being denied them. When I blew a disc in my back 3 years ago they wouldn't give me any opiates for the intense pain I was in. After 20 trips to the ER and finally getting a CT scan 6 months later, fucking insurance crap, they saw my blown disc and gave me low does opiates so I could actually sleep. They would only prescribe me 3 days worth at a time! Finally after physical therapy and finding kratom as well as getting medical marijuana I was able to recover. It's such a broken system, where overreaction and the media run rampant has ruined the use of these safe and effective drugs. When taken as prescribed and in situations where needed, i.e. not for a hang nail or a cut or something, they're safe and useful.
The thing they miss in school: "When your body says more, it's time to stop. This is the sign of addiction." Such a simple topic taught to kids in high school would save so many lives... Yet we don't do it. 🤷🤔🤦
Hey, that’s not a bad little phrase-thingy. I’m 29 years old and six years clean from a nine year IV-heroin addiction, and I’m saving that one in my pocket. It’s so simple and obvious, but I’d never thought of that. I like it. I think it applies for me. I still struggle heavily with sugar and marijuana. I can and have quit marijuana, but sugar is the actual bane of my existence.
@@Krystalmyth Yeah but when you are talking to kids you need something like that. Something like that can be repeated and sticks in the head. There's a reason advertisers use that technique.
@@MissFoxification But it doesn't work. Even for kids. A big reason I started even doing drugs, as a millennial was due to the dare campaigns. They came off as liars in the face of what we discovered cannabis actually was once we tried it. They had drilled into us this fiction of it being malicious for so many years that when we tried it and discovered how beneficial it was to many others it made me doubt the entire campaign against drugs in general. This actually made me more experimental, not less. It's why these repetitions don't tend to work to keep kids from vaping either today. Because all it takes is a bit of personal experience to inoculate from the practice. You have to get on the level with people, even in high school that you know what they're going through is complicated. A craving for more isn't addiction, and you can't just stop being hungry on command, it hurts.
@@AOIactual bro I lived off of skid row in downtown LA, he doesn’t look obviously twacked out like super burnt out adicts, but could definitely be on something. Or he could just be vegan lol. I definitely have a bunch of punk vegan homies that just look this fucked up and skinny from their shitty diets.
@@Catdaddyacab You know fair enough, I personally think he looks a little rough but def not heavy addicted user rough. He may not even be homeless, but I wouldn’t doubt he’s on something. Could just be a dude chilling after hitting a joint lol
@@lgbtthefeministgamer4039 G A W D rite? It’s a shame there’s a character limit for user names. You could have fit some other current trendy causes that you latch onto to pretend you have a personality.
As an ex heroin addict i can tell you that you need heroin roughly twice a day. Every 12 hours. I cant even imagibe withdrawing after 3 hours. That must be horrific. You cant even get a night of sleep.
That was before fentanyl! I relapsed after over a decade clean about 6 years ago and the difference was shocking. Fentanyl might be strong, but its half life is much shorter than h. Had to use every few hours to stay well. Never again
It's bad - One of the worst parts is the sleep deprivation and leg muscles constantly twitching. Absolutely -0- concentration and complete loss of ability to perform basic functions.
@@klaymatic3751 it’s an awful awful thing. I got cocky after so long clean and thought I could slip just once, but we all know how that ends, and it cost me another year of my life. I have enormous sympathy for anyone still going through it. It’s hell on earth.
I've been a percription opioid user for years due to a hip socket injury that never heated right, but never in my life have I ever thought to set an alarm to wake me up in the middle of the night for another fix. That is just such an insane concept to me
@@julianstone1192 Oh, sure that can happen too, but the idea of specifically setting an alarm so you don't miss a dose at the detriment of your sleep pattern is crazy
Get a hip replacement and get off the oxy. I had AVN and my hips literally fell apart. Then I had them both replaced and didn't need the oxy once it had healed. I still use some Kratom to help with a totally messed up back but I'm not getting high off it like I did with oxy. That's the problem with prescription opioids. If you're gonna get pain relief from them, you're also gonna be high as a kite. Cannabis and kratom can relieve pain and keep you lucid. They're also far less dangerous, given that they are only partial agonists of their respective receptors, which means low fatal OD risk and far lower addiction risk. Beyond a certain point, you can keep taking more but it won't do anything.
@@Lurch-Bot I actually take hydro and I get them from a pain clinic so they count pills and take blood to check my kidneys and liver function. Unfortunately, a hip replacement isn't an option for me. I tore my hip socket open when I did martial arts, but even after getting it repaired it still hurts and if I walk on it long enough it feels like it's hanging in the socket. Believe me, I'd *love* a hip replacement, but no doctor thinks it's worth it since I'm still young. All I can hope for is that once I hit forty a surgeon will give my case another look.
A doctor told me I could take oxy for ten days with no issues. Thanks lady... Any more than 3 days, and suddenly you can think of nothing else. Been addicted for 8 years now
True they only gave me enough for 3 days after my surgery and soon as the last one was done it felt like every bone in my body was shattered it was hard just to get up that day. Back then doctors got major kickbacks for prescribing which is why they're the main ones that started that particular part of the "opioid crisis" now it's all fentanyl from china
I had to take it for months to develop a physical addiction but I guess everyone has a different body chemistry so doctors shouldn’t make blanket statements like they did with you
I am an addict as well. Yes, ultimately, it comes down to wanting to help yourself. But regulation does mitigate to some degree. If you could buy Fentanyl at a gas station, I think far more people would be addicted to it. Yes, those who are already in the game will always find a way to get their fix. But it will prevent people who have no idea what they are getting into from starting down the path. I've met opiate addicts who began by getting kratom at head shops, not understanding the risks of the substance or what it is.
@@mrmeatyboy I use to use Kratom to get me by in between refills until one day I was tired of sweating, kicking, no sleep coming out of my skin and went right to the bad part of town and got in that game. It was a struggle at first because everybody thought I was a cop. Lol. Once I was in though they were fighting over me for my bidness. Haha
For something like this, regulations absolutely help keep people from acquiring an addiction to this specifically. It has the worst WDs I've ever seen. Total brutality.
@@B_BodziakI’ll have to take your word on it, never tried it but I did use kratom in between refills to ease WDs. Then I found fent on the streets and no longer needed Kratom.
While we've been pounding away on the opiate epidemic drum, some of us think we've gone in the wrong direction. I've had 5 surgeries (three spinal) so far, and more are needed. Yet what do I get when I see a doctor now? Nothing. If I'm not a candidate for immediate surgery, there's no longer any f**ks given for pain management. Perhaps I'm one of the few, but I've taken I dunno how many "courses" of opioid-based pain medication and have never felt any after-effects once I'm done. An increase in physical pain has always been it. What I worry about now are my kidneys from how much tylenol and advil I have to take every day, and I still can't stand up straight. I really miss the day when one pill three times a day was all I needed, versus the 6 I take every 4 hours now.
As someone with chronic pain and illness, I feel your frustration. I was dependent on opiods. If you are in a state where marijuana is legal consider trying different forms and see if anything works. I smoke flower, edibles and tinctures didn't work. It has helped so much. Opiods were frustrating and made the pain seem even worse than it actually was when they wore off. I hope you find some relief in whatever works for you. This is just a suggestion, what works for some, doesn't for others. ❤
Too true. Whenever I ask for something as simple as Rx Naproxen or Modic, which aren't even opioids, it's either pulling teeth with the Dr. to sign off on it or they treat you like a pill chaser merely for suggesting something stronger and more effective than Tylenol. There needs to be some middle ground between over prescribing and actually prescribing opioids for people who need them.
Oh yeah. I have a genetic disorder that's progressive and remarkably painful. And I was able to function quite well while the pain was well treated by my highly professional doctors. Never got addicted to the pain medicine - quite lucky I must say! Never took more than I was prescribed. But then in 2016 the opioid crisis came into notice. New recommendations came out. Doctors were actually threatened by CDC . They became actually terrified to prescribe pain medications. Having several close friends who are physicians, they described it all to me. I still get pain medicine,but at a dose of a quarter I used receive. My sis with the same condition, She gets about 5 pills a month. It's affected both our lives quite badly.
Opiates are easy to make if you really need them. Kratom is also very good. I started taking a heaping spoonful per day for rheumatoid pain and it was life-changing.
Depending on where you're at some places do buprenorphine for chronic pain. Suboxone without naloxone (the blocking ingredient) basically. Because the treatment is more structured you may find better results with something like that. I had to do pain management way back in the early 2000s. I was in South Eastern KY and that has always been a whole different situation because of opiates addiction. It is crazy though my first appt with my actual pain Dr he asked me what I was being prescribed at the time and when I told him he almost didn't believe me. I was getting 30 10mg hydrocodone and then (I swear to God) 400 50mg tramadol a month. He asked exactly how the tramadol was written and I told him it was written as 100 a week and i had to get refills weekly. He was sure I had ran through four months of tramadol and I was like... "I mean I get why you think that but my Dr that has been writing that has written me that script every month for six months. There's never a refill on the hydrocodone he can't do that." So I'm going monthly getting this prescription for six or seven months begging for a referral to a pain clinic cuz yeah... Isn't it better at this point to take less of something stronger really? It didn't help I was not quite thirty. MRIs don't matter if the Dr will barely even entertain looking at them ya know.
I had issues getting proper medicine after a c section and no addiction issues. I seriously thought about getting some street stuff for the pain. I didn't of course.
For real, it was at its worst in the 90s amd early 2000s. I'm in the US. I had a double mastectomy in 2018 and they only gave me 3 days of pain meds and then said to take Tylenol for the next 8 weeks 🥴 even though the bottle literal tells you not to do that. I've also had chronic pain from multiple chronic illnesses since adolescence, I'm 30 now. They have never given me any opiate for it. They tell me to suck it up and take ibuprofen 🙃
Good. Opiates cause way more problems than they solve. They don't even really help with pain, they just make you so good you forget about it. People always continously need higher doses, they have a hard time coming off, then they get crippling constipation
@@Jumpboy5100I'd consider forgetting about being in agony a great help if I were in agony. I'm guessing the most pain you've been in was from a splinter based on your lack of empathy.
Worked at a gas station. For us ppl were going crazy over products with Kratom. One guy told me his wife had no idea how much he was spending a week on it. Was around $25 a day
Ive heard mix reviews about kratom some say its great and some say its just another opioid . I did it for about a year of my life (i took about a 2 to 3 capsules a day) but never got physically addicted or went through withdrawals but I could see it was mentally addictive so I quit and it was not hard at all.
@junlee3515 yeah that's good. The people that are addicted are popping like 15 of those capsules 2-3 times a day. I tried 12 right off the bat. Made me puke all day. Never again.
Ive used kratom on and off for almost 10 years to treat chronic pain. I had a very painful surgery bit over a year ago and spent two days in the hospital suffering... Got home and took kratom and not only felt better, but felt frigging great! Other than some loss of energy and motivation and of course increased pain, Ive never noticed any real bad withdrawals coming off of it. Even after months of daily use. However, I have extremely strong will power (usually.. 😅) and seem to have a genetic ability to withstand withdrawal. I have seen some people who have had problems with it though. I wouldn't recommend kratom unless you are suffering from pain no one will properly treat or you are already addicted to opiates. Its definitely not a toy.
@@junlee3515 capsules are typically 1/3 of a gram and the typical minimum effective dose is 2-3 grams. Some people take 50 grams a day. My typical dosage was 6 grams 2 to 3 times a day.
I was a heroin addict for years. Only quit after ended up in hospital needing a heart surgery that wlthey werent willing to donfor "a junkie". I had three 3weeks to live. Finally, one surgeon agreed to donit, and I've been clean since. The reason people can't quit is because withdrawal is torture.
The reason people can't get through withdrawal is lack of coping skills. DBT is a great way to fix that. The problem is treating addiction as a disease when it is really just a symptom. Doesn't help you have all these 12 step programs telling you you're powerless. The meetings are just a different kind of addiction and you're substituting. The truth is you do have control over your actions and people need to do whatever therapy they need so they aren't afraid to be sober.
@@michaelgrunden5011what is wrong with you I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. As someone who was hopelessly addicted to that, that shit isn't funny
Opioids have significantly increased my quality of life. Yes, I’m dependent. Yes, I see pain management and am under contract. No, I cannot take anything that includes NSAIDs (thanks kidneys). I prefer pot but then I just fall asleep and go on a snacking binge. I am cognizant with opioids, something I am not with pot.
Same here, I go to pain management once a month, I have weekly pill containers and I put all of my medication that I have to take in it religiously. No more, no less than what is prescribed. When I first started being diagnosed, I would over due it, until I got myself under control. The pain would be so bad I just didn’t want to feel anything. I’ll be on pain medication for the rest of my life, at least until the federal government makes edible’s legal.
I always find the snacking thing interesting with cannabis. I don't get that. I lose my appetite instead. I get past the sleepiness issues by having a daytime strain of mixed CBD/THC flower.
@@medusagorgo5146 you do not need the federal government to legalize edibles in order to take them. To say that you'll be on opioids the rest of your life clearly shows that you want to be because, if you didn't, you wouldn't. That's absurd. There are literally hundreds of things you can try but it sounds like, you're OK with taking medicine every day of your life. you say your kidneys can't handle antidepressants, how are they handling pain medicine? Eventually, you're going to have to increase your dosage because it will stop working. And you're OK with that? Even if you're in a state where it's illegal, you can still buy marijuana and make your own edibles. Surely you have a friend or family member that lives in one of the 20 states where it is legal? There are 1000 ways to get edibles ... clearly you just don't want them
@@medusagorgo5146 Edibles are legal in all 50 states because of the wording in the 2018 FARM bill, anything with less than 0.3% THC by weight is legal. It doesnt sound like much but remember that thc in edibles is measured by the milligram. Think about how much weed you could fit into an entire pack of gummies or a big ass cookie while staying under the limit.
I happen to be an opiate addict. I broke my back when I was 17. I want and wish I could get clean, but I have so much pain without it. It's very sad. Me and countless people have no choice in the matter. So here's to hoping that it can end soon
@@ghostladydarkling3250DONT EVER TELL AN ADDICT THAT. YOU WILL KILL THEM WITH WITHDRAWALS! People who are on high doses of opiods or benzos, and even alcohol NEED to be medically monitored to come off those drugs or any seizure they have during withdrawal could KILL them! DO NOT EVER TELL THIS TO ANYONE AGAIN! EDUCATE YOURSELF!
You always have a choice! I know from experience. Take it one step at a time. You already took the first one, you have a problem. Ask God for help then talk to a health professional. Good luck, you're in for a heck of a ride.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 Nah, "D.A.R.E". could be pretty ridiculous unless you had good police presenting the info in a more realistic way. By the time I had D.A.R.E., a lot of the information as-written was out of date (not a lot of Quaaludes going around in the 90s, e.g.) and the scenarios described were goofy and unlikely, but luckily our PD had their own annotated version that brought in some sanity
I’m a casual drug user of many kinds. Not a good attribute of mine, but I’ve never once heard of this, nor has anyone else I know. I think this drug isn’t nearly the epidemic the United States media portrays it as.
I treated a lady for Zaza overdose in the ICU earlier this year. Had to treat like typical TCA OD but with Clonidine to help with the opioid-like withdrawal, patient also had the typical critically low sodium, was very interesting, she bounced back with supportive care but people need to get over the myth that because it’s OTC, it’s safe
idk how anyone can think that when Tylenol kills your liver and ibuprofen will make you puke blood. Take too much of anything and you're inviting bad things to happen to your body
A clonidine patch got me off opiates without too much drama. Magnesuim helped me sleep and greatly reduced the restless legs and sweating. Its a decent way to detox
It's banned in most states Pretty much the entire southeast, has banned it. Kentucky was the last state between FL and Ohio to have it legal, and now it's illegal there Good riddance is my opinion, and I think medical/ recreational heroin should be legal
Yeah, tianeptine has a powerful opioid effect when taken in large dosages. I knew someone who was hooked on it, and it nearly ended their life. They withdrew from society completely for over 2 years and were hospitalized multiple times. Definitely not a dietary supplement. Kratom is addictive enough, but is mostly safe in comparison.
@@chancemackey7100 how? Tianeptine is much more potent, it has a higher abuse and dependence potential, overdose is more serious and more likely compared to kratom, plus the withdrawal symptoms are more severe. The only thing I can think of is that heavy kratom use can cause worse GI complications.
@@chancemackey7100 i promise you there's no evidence that says it's not safe. It would have come out anecdotally by now. It's just addictive as hell. That's it. Like any natural opioid it doesn't hurt your body... unless you're getting it from some place that has lead in the soil. They also act on different opioid receptors so the addiction itself is going to be entirely different.
I want to point out that opioid addiction from prescription has varying levels depending on the study. It is often more complicated then the clear narrative of over prescription. the crack down on prescribing any opioid has caused many problems especially for chronic pain patients.
Me too brother, for 2 years everyday only missed 4 days in that 2 years. Withdrawal was 5 days (physical) rsl was a bitch. Kratom helped after that 5 days. Worst Withdrawal worse than dope but was a very short but strong Withdrawal
and notice how in the ads, when they get to the part about the side-effects, the background music gets loud, and more visual stuff is going on in the background, all to try to distract you away from the side effect list that they must apparently be required to list but don't want you to notice
The fact that they are directly marketing the drugs to the audience is a red flag. Why the heck do they do that? Well to influence, and rather than a person going to the doctor and getting properly screened then prescribed, the patient goes directly and asks for the medication itself. It has worked for however long.
Well, treating prescription drugs like any product to be advertised on TV is in fact what went wrong. There's a reason that that's only allowed in the US and New Zealand.
Or stop voting for representatives that make it impossible for the FDA to do so. And, coincidentally, happen to receive money from supplement and pharmaceutical lobbying groups...
In Alabama, ZaZa was completely legal until 2020. I worked at a Shell station back then and remember hearing about the ban. We never sold it at our store, but people did come in asking for it after the ban.
The reason that the availability at Gas Stations is so insidious is that after paying for Gas these days people tend to be more depressed than normal and tempted by stimulants. I've never tried anything listed in the video but had a very similar experience with Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream. At the low point I typically left the seven eleven at three AM carrying a cheap plastic bag containing a 32 ounce Monster, Slim Jims, a pack of red one hundreds, a bottle of barefoot chardonnay, pringles, a slice of stale pizza, skittles and one of those pads of brown caramel things with the white stuff in the center which I've been eating for almost forty years and still don't know the name of. Others passing me on their way in or in the parking lot would nod silently with understanding like fellow vampires or characters in a Chuck Palahniuk novel. That was before the plague which forced me to leave the nocturnal street life.
Thank you for not disparaging natural pure unadulterated Kratom leaf in this report. When used correctly it's a life saver for many ailments and withdrawal symptoms.
My doctor says that the withdrawals I experienced were the worst she seen in her career. This drug almost killed me. I had sunburn on my legs so bad, it was the most severe pain of my life. I took zaza and it worked great. However, I became addicted in a couple days and could not stop on my own. I stopped digesting food after 3 weeks. I was almost dead by week 5. When I went to the Emergency room, I had a nurse by my side 24/7 because I was hallucinating and my liver was failing. I’m good now. I won’t get close to that stuff.
@@eazy3434 Do a week long Suboxone taper (8mg for 2 days, 4mgs for 2 days, 2 mgs for 2 days and then 1mg for 1 day), I've helped people get off H using that schedule (well at least get through the rough time going off H), so it should work for Kratom ;but don't got on a Suboxone or Methadone maintenance program. You'll be worse off for sure if you do.
@eazy3434 look into M.A.T medically assisted recovery. Quickmd is a app that can get you on daily soboxone. Just something that's out there and it helped me get clean. I believe in u bro u can quit
8:00 There is a difference between physical dependence and addiction. I hoped a channel like this wouldn't conflate them like that. The two things often go together, but they are not the same thing. Physical dependence is when your body needs a substance, for whatever reason. People who use opioids often become physically dependent, and that causes or is an effect of their addiction. What makes it an addiction is when the person continues to use a substance or do an activity despite it having horrible negative consequences on their life. So addiction is based on behavior, and why it's not limited to substances. Diabetics are physically dependent on insulin, but they aren't addicted to it. I've been clean from hard drugs for over 5 1/2 years; this is the longest I've been clean. The last time I used, I overdosed and almost died. I used to think a lot about which came first, when I first tried Heroin back in the day, the physical dependence or the addiction. I'm really not sure. I think the first time you vomit from not having it is a big wake up call, but by that point, I was probably already addicted for a while.
I am a recovering addict who was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident. I'll never have a day without pain. I got prescribed methadone because I was scared of waking the beast. I went on vacation with my family and I somehow forgot my meds. I was so sick and miserable but the kicker was the way my family treated me after that. I was just a junkie again even though I was just dependent like you said. I didn't have the urge to do whatever necessary to make it stop like when I was addicted. I have been grinning and bearing it since, been 4 years, that week because I can't get understanding. We really need more education on the subject
I mean you're 100% correct and it wouldn't hurt for the channel to mention it but for most watchers the difference is unimportant. It only matters to ex addicts or people who really want to understand addiction for the majority of the public an addict is an addict.
@@georgiafan775bro that's harsh but as an ex addict and I'm one myself your Dr should have never prescribed Methadone. It's more addictive than heroine and more damage to the body. As I said I'm an ex addict in Britain and our Dr's won't prescribe me anything with an opioid or opioid effect like valium etc other than for a couple of days and that was only after full on heart surgery and collapsed lungs from a blood viral infection. However the fact your family responded like that sucks and unfortunately shows just how addicts are viewed by most people.
Because someone is stupid enough to believe that drug companies have the cure to diseases but don't release them to the public in order to keep people on their medications.
I think the main thing that is being over looked is the vast spread of mental illness like clinical depression. one of the biggest most un treatable symptoms of MDD is anhedonia/loss of interest. It is probably the worst state a person could be in. No psyche med will help. They end up giving you "add on" bupropion or antipsychotics/tricyclics. I think that is why the opioid thing is so bad today. I have TRD and other mental health conditions ,and i found the only two substances that somewhat help are Venelafaxine and Mytragina. Yeah, I know Mytragyna is addictive to some people ,but it truly helps me some with severe anhedonia/loss of interest. It is better than what I was going to do. Yeah, it is pretty dark.
recieving mental health assistance in america is still somewhat stigmatized, not to mention expensive and maybe difficult to find. but i agree, there must be some kind of fundamental issue with the quality of life, why else would there be so many addicts? i'm glad you found something that works for you. but make no mistake, mytragyna will wring your happiness receptors dry over time. you're merely pushing anhedonia down the line. take it from a decade-long daily user who finally quit. all that it did at the end was make me angry.
Feel this completely. The med resistant MDD and the complete and utter lack of any interest in anything at all is terrible. It's like you have no idea why the fuck you're even sticking around
I have been a junky for 25 years, I have been through withdrawals from every drug including alcohol. Tianeptine was by far the worst and scariest withdrawals I have ever had. I didn't sleep for 5 days and went into psychosis. I was in the worst withdrawals of my life and was hallucinating. I couldn't sleep or eat and eventually got to where I wasn't able to breathe properly and had to go to the hospital. I can't tell you how scary an experience this was, it was one of the top 3 scariest things that had happened to me in my life!
@@thecougarprince i have always done opioids as well, pretty close to 20 years now..... If it weren't for kratom there's not a doubt in my mind I'd be shooting heroin or dead. Thankfully I turned to kratom after pills, so never made my way over to heroin... but I will slam some morphine when the country im in permits the sale over the counter....
How was the high though? Lol. I have a lot of experience with taking 45-55mg 7-hydroxymitragynine as 7-Hydroxymitragynine citrate orally and 10-360ish mg oral mitragynine as mitragynine citrate, both dissolved in water and drank all at once per dosage. The 7-hydroxymitragynine makes you nod and euphoric. The mitragynine is much lighter but nice with a low tolerance at around 120-166ish mg.
@@Cbd_7ohm ok, well, I'm not gonna try and talk you out of it, because you are in the phase I was in when I was addicted to tia... You are going to put anything in your body that will get you high, no matter the consequences. I just told you it was the scariest thing that has EVER HAPPENED to me and you're question was... Anyway, the high is dirty, because it doesn't just hit opiate receptors and it actually the opposite of an ssri, it INCREASES serotonin reuptake, so it actually REMOVES serotonin from the synapse in the brain... Which is well, not fucking good. It also works on glutamate, nmda, all sorts of places in the brain. The euphoria is intense, but the half life of the drug is like 1 hour,meaning if wears off very quickly. You get an intense euphoria for about 10-20 minutes, and then you start to go back into withdrawal immediately. But you can't catch another buzz until it has left the opiate receptors in your brain, which takes like 4 hours. So you get high for 20 minutes if you're lucky, then you have to endure withdrawals for 3.5 hours til you can dose again. It's expensive, shitty high, terrible withdrawals, HAVE FUN! I pray you find sobriety like I did because the path you're headed down only ends in misery, that 100% of the time.
I was one of the people to get hospitalized coming off it. I was taking a version with a 2nd addictive chemical, Zaza silver (had both the opiate like tianeptine and phenibut, a chemical that emulated benzodiazepines to some extent) Both chemicals have awful withdrawal. I was taking up to two bottles a day and tried to taper, but couldn't sleep, so just stopped cold, and ended up admitted in the hospital with full blown delirium tremens. I believed I was in hell, didn't know what was going on, lasted weeks. I had been an opiate user in the past and quit those cold turkey at home, a 10 year IV opiate addiction, just stopped and didn't need medical help, but this was entirely different. It sounds more like the withdrawals alcoholics or xanax users go through, just out of your head. I'm on beta blockers now, my anxiety never did return to normal, I have to take propranolol to avoid panic attacks, but glad to not need anything narcotic. They banned these in my state shortly after, I'm glad. I'd much rather come off heroin than those.
Phenibut withdrawal..... *Shivers Yes. A very unique long lasting high.... If only I had known! How horrendous it would be tapering off it! Cold turkey would make me have full blown psychosis yet somehow I hung on to life and am still here Think I just sharted myself....simply recalling its wds does that to a man lol
I call fufu on quitting a decade long IV heroin addiction straight up with no replacement treatment or inpatient stay at a rehab facility. First I'll forget that after 10 years IV drug use, you would develop needle fixation which is it's own addiction/habitual behaviour to overcome. Success from rehabilitation methods I listed above is only 30-40% possibly 60% with great aftercare and consistent support. I don't want to bash anybody and their struggles but whenever I see people claiming to have kicked a long term heroin addiction, like quitting chocolate or sugar, it annoys me because it undermines other people who struggle daily.
8:10 You forgot to mention the most fun side effect of opiate withdrawal, good ol' RLS. Who doesn't love that garbage? You can't even lay in bed and be miserable. It's the best.
The real issue we should be asking about is why do so many people need and want happiness in a bottle. The issue is our society and it's brought us to the point we are desperate to find relief in this working to live (yet unable to afford even groceries now) world. Instead of a war on drugs the government should start trying to find solutions to the mass amounts of depression and unhappiness of their people
Regulation is indeed needed, but the idea of patching all loopholes is like asking someone to count grains of sand on a beach. As long as there are humans who want to profit off of a loophole, they'll work very hard to find the one thing you didn't think of.
I mean... USA is actually the first country I've heard of that had this labelled as a supplement, not precription med. It's really not that hard to not put addictive and dangerous substances in grocery shops.
People who are addicted aren't necessarily taking more because they're addicted but more because their tolerance is increasing at the same time the addiction is developing too.
Thank You Simon! I was maimed by the medical class 6 years ago. I csnt sue the bastard! I can't get disability! I can't get anything to alleviate the pain, because "Don't you know there's a opioid crisis in this country?" Thanks to this video i might have found relief from 24/7 pain! I'll keep you updated!
@@owenmadden7577 Sorry you fell thru the cracks. Kratom leaf may help you, BUY THE LEAF POWDER!, avoid extracts and use the raw powder. Get pasteurised, standardised product.
I am so glad I listened to my gut when something told me I shouldn’t grab one of those! I have a lot of trouble staying awake when driving and tend to look for creative solutions sometimes (i’ve decided it’s best to just consume a lot of caffeine and pull over when needed at this point) on my last long drive though, I almost grabbed one of these but I was just really suspicious of it, it seemed incredibly iffy and I didn’t trust it. VERY happy with that decision now!
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Buying something called "happiness in a bottle" from a gas station is the most dystopian thing I've heard this week
it's not dystopian it's hopelessness Chinese had the same opioid crisis before their empire fell and a communist revolution took place and this is a warning but I believe there's nothing we can do now
I kinda wish this was the most dystopian thing I've heard this week sadly it is not. Gonna go talk to my house plants and pet my cat lol
Surprised it wasn't called "Joy".
Sounds like something that'd be in the Simpsons
Haven't heard of alcohol then? The poisonous, carcinogenic crap people drink for similar reasons, the worst, yet socially acceptable drug, that you can buy legally, whose withdrawal can easily kill.
Never once heard of a pill named Zaza, that is what people here in a lot of cities in US refer as a blanket term for good weed. It’s also it’s own strain.
🤣I thought that’s what he’d be talking about
Same here, there was a Crackermilk sketch, I thought zaza was some kind of out-of-touch slang for weed.
Honestly, only thing I’ve ever heard be called ZaZa is good weed
Give him a break he’s trying
@@AmandaMMMBOPhansonliterally my first thought 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Zaza is GREAT quality weed lol
i was a heavy opioid addict for over 15 years. last week i celebrated my 35th birthday with 2 years sober.
Congratulations! You got this!!!
Good luck with everything in life. Life kicks hard, but humans kick harder. You got this!
Congratulations, keep up the good work!!
Congratulations keep up being an example to follow!
Good job man! Keep it up!
you don't realize ur addicted until your supply runs out. one of the simplest n best lines I've ever heard
I'd call that 'dependent', addiction is often defined as when you try to stop but you (almost) can't
I think it's really f***** up that RUclips deletes comments from survivors on how to kick this s***.
i wonder how many people do not realize they are alcoholics? supply is easily found with alcohol in america
Fun facts: The reason they named it "Morphine" was after Morpheus, the Greek God of dreams, and then the reason Bayer named diacetylmorphine "Heroin" was that they said it was so good, that it deserved a heroic, or "heroische" in German, name.
Heroin and Aspirin are made with the same reagent and procedure; they just use different starting materials. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, so they take salicylic acid and add acetic anhydride to it. They do the same thing with Morphine to make diacetylmorphine.
This Saturday will be 68 months since the last time I used. I was a Heroin and then fentanyl addict. December 17, 2018 was the last time I shot up, and woke up on the bathroom floor with the needle still in my arm. It wasn't even close to the first time that happened, but so far it's the last. It's been a tough past couple years, but I'm still clean.
I love you and I'm proud of you
Congratulations!! I’m so proud of you!! And thank you for the fun facts 😊
That’s intense! Congratulations on your sobriety 🎉💪
Cool story bro. Like legitimately a cool story.
Dude - I am so stoked for you! As a former opiate addict myself, I know the struggle, I know the consequences, and I know how great it feels to be clean. This Friday I will be 3 1/2 years 100% clean, And I haven’t felt better in my whole life! F*ck opioids, f*ck the drug pushing “medical” industry, and f*ck this bullshit new synthetic opiate! WTF is the FDA thinking? This shit needs to be made illegal right now!
Sorry to deviate from my original post though - super stoked for you for 68 months! Keep on it brother - this is the winning side!
I had stomach ulcers so absolutely bad the pain kept me awake for 2 or 3 days before I said anything to my wife. They end up giving me morphine in my IV. I said “oh, now I understand why opioids are so addictive” and passed out. It was like a warm hug, and for the first time that I could remember, nothing in my body hurt. I felt like a young child in a warm blanket on a cool winter night. That drug hugged me. It was terrifying because then and there I realized how easy it would be to get addicted.
Had the same experience after giving birth 17 years ago. Back the. They sent us home with two weeks of it. When I took the second dose and felt the effect so much less I then understood how people start taking so much more to chase that first high. So sad. Lost a lot of good people to addiction. We all have.
*edited to say I hope you’re better now with the ulcers.
That warm fuzzy feeling.........can suck you in.
Great drug for acute pain, not for chronic pain
Presuming, of course, you don’t get “the Horrors” when dosed with the stuff.
Think of the exact opposite of “a warm hug” - an abrupt transition into a nightmarish, hallucinatory realm while feeling as if *Undead.*
@@RecoveringredWhat do you mean? Your second dose wouldn’t feel any noticeably different than your first one and you certainly would not need to take a larger dose, nor is it even recommended.
I've had my own problems with drugs. But i don’t think I'd ever buy "happiness in a bottle " from a gas station.
That and sushi
So, you've never bought alcohol, coffee, or soda from a gas station? Pfft, c'mon now.
ye better to get grade A stuff from the guy down the street
@@gNome_5 Not even the same ballpark!!
I'd rather buy "happiness ins bottle" then a bag of god knows what from Tyrell on 5th st
Fentanyl addict for nearly 5 years, but I’m now a little more than a year sober :)) so grateful to finally have a life
Congrats! Keep it up!
WP
How did you do it? What did it take to get you clean me, and my husband are struggling at the moment
Just have faith 🙏 in God one day at a time stay away from the people that have it and one day at a time you will make it through and be so much better and happier clear minded and life with I hope 🙏 for the best for you guys Ill pray that God watched over you and you decide to quit for people that love you and care I struggled with alcohol 27 years for 1995 15 years old to 42 2022 also opioids almost passed away in a catastrophic car accident God gave me another chance to live so I'm going to take his blessings and not let him down for the people that love me so I wish the best for all and trust me when you do stop and get better you will feel much better much out here and thankful for another day of life cuz you never know and it's your time to go That's not the point when is to wake up in the morning and be thankful you're alive and breathing and not in the hospital dying there's little kids that are born in the die right away and never live a life it's very sad so you have to think like that there's people out there that want to live another day but they can't and God blesses us to stay alive so we need to be thankful and I don't know one day at a time will help you perfectly God bless all
@@jaycostello5289 I have friends that went to a pain management doctor. They can prescribe something to make it easy, without withdrawal. But like my friends said, you have to be ready to truly sober up completely.
Being a drug addict is exhausting. Wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy.
Honestly. People who have never experienced it could never understand. There's nothing fun about it.
Facts
As Shane Gillis says, you have to do quests. But the quests start getting pretty dark once you progress in the game.
Drug addiction is pure Anguish personified!
Said the same thing. 11 years opiate free.
The most unbelievable part of this whole story is a gas station attendant recommending literally anything
EDIT: I'm not elitist lol, I jockeyed a gas station counter for two years. The only thing you ever point out is the bathroom.
Best comment today I’ve read. And accurate
How about taking the recommendation from the gas station attendant?
@@jerrys.9895 gotta upsell, my dude. Who cares if its poison; push push push! (Or you're fired.)
I talk to the girl who works at the gas station I go to, she tells me what food is the freshest
@@MiamiPepe also accurate af. As in. I don’t/wouldn’t if said attendant recommended feel good pills they sell. At the gas station.
We laugh at the idea of stores in the 1900s that'd sell opium/alcohol "elixirs" to treat a cough... yet here we are today.
This is a really good point lol I think it kinda explains everything doesn’t it
Nothing new under the sun.
It is very similar also to germany in the late 20s , op, one of many similarities…
1900 Sears catalog sold Opium as a elixir especially for babies!
Well back then these elixirs were considered like mainstream medicine.
Don't think a doctor will prescribe you "gas station" heroin though....
Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder got diagnosed with OCD, spent my whole life fighting OCD. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 4 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of mycologist Predroavaro. This treatment worked for me. Helped me got rid of my anxiety and BPD.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
I’m addicted to this shit. Started as a vice for the weekends, but 6 months later and I literally can’t stop. I’ve quit heroin, Fentanyl, coke and meth, suboxone..but this shits a whole new animal. Rebound depression is real, went from taking 3 bottles a day down to about 6 pills a day, taking out one capsule every other day soon I’ll be done but, this has been seriously hard man.
Good to see it’s being brought to light though, will hopefully soon be banned everywhere.
Judge me if you’d like, I had 6 years clean until I was told about these, and I’ll have my sobriety again soon. Just wanted to share a little about my struggle with it.
Hey, good luck! I hope you never touch them again once you’ve weaned off. I commend you for coming up with a plan to conquer it. 🙏
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you got this, day by day and do your best
I judge you as a baller who slipped and said near the edge "I'm not giving up" and crawled his ass back. God bless brother
I do the 7-Oh stuff
As a recovering opioid/benzo/cocaine addict (clean 5 months now!) I’m so happy to know I have absolutely no clue what ZaZa is
You've got this!!!!!! 💗
Respect ❤👍
Thank you!!! 🙏
I've got some if you want to try it
@@James-ly3rx 😂 😂😂 nah I’m good.
I had a friend who got addicted to Zaza. He had been in and out of rehab for over a decade... booze, coke, pills, you name it. His last stint of sobriety was disrupted when he discovered Zaza, which immediately became his DOC. He got so hopelessly addicted to Zazas that he drove himself to the state's inpatient drug treatment facility (where he had been treated before) and begged them to let him back into the program, but he was told by the staff that he couldn't be re-admitted without a court order. Shortly thereafter, he took his own life. A few weeks before he passed, he had shared his testimony at his church about how addictive Zazas were and how terrible the comedown was, but he relapsed at the very end. It's terrible to think what his frame of mind could have been - he was desperate for help, and I can't imagine how much shame he must have felt. I'm convinced that if he never tried Zaza, he would still be here with us to this day. F**k Zaza. There is no way that stuff should be legal.
I'm so sorry for your loss, that is horrible. I'm sorry he was denied help.
The111Primagen… Gosh dang what a story… I’m so sorry to hear that. That story is very common… I spent a decade of my life chasing that high, or rush I got after that shot of Dillaudid after breaking my tib/fib. Sent home with loads of Percocet and though i didn’t know it, that started a decade of hell, that I’ll never get back. After drying up many refills and after the doctor shut me off, I doctor shopped (this was before they had the RX tracking system they have now), I burned all the bridges and was now buying opiates off the street. So a refill of 120 Percocet cost me w insurance, $4.00. I run out in 5 or 6 days, and now paying $5 or more per pill off the street, ya do that math brother. I’m 14 3/4 yrs sober, and every day gets better and better. I was not getting high, a buzz or even slightly happy at the end… was just taking them to NOT get sick from the withdrawals. Ugh.. I was not living, simply existing, and it was a horrible existence. If you’re reading this and you’re in the throes of active addiction, please, PLEASE know it CAN be beat.
@scottsmith5623 Amen, brother. Glad you pulled through 🙏
Oh . . . wow. You definitely understood his suffering. I agree with you 100%
Only drug I fully regret trying. Almost lost my wife and family, that drug was my rock bottom
God I almost cried watching this . Lots of bad memories from this stuff . Nearly killed me . Nearly killed myself . Thank you for bringing this stuff to people’s attention .
I spent 3 years addicted to this stuff. You’re pretty spot on for most of it . Could barely pay my bills , every extra penny I had went into a bottle of this stuff . Then eventually something b happens and you have to choose between one thing and getting a fix…there isn’t a way to describe how awful I felt if I ever ran out . But I’ll give it a go so others understand .
Imagine waking up and you’re covered in sweat, your legs are a little achy. You have this urge to stretch them super hard so it goes away . You flip the covers off and immediately you’re freezing . You stretch your legs but no matter how long you stretch that achy feeling never goes away . You lay down to go back to sleep but you can’t . You feel super restless, anxious . Your heart rate is through the roof .
Ever since you woke up it’s actually kind of hard to see . Your vision is blurry but also your eyes are watering . Nothing is in them but they don’t stop watering . Every 30 seconds a tear leaves one of your eyes .
Your nose is running and no medicine you can take for it will stop it .
The day slowly creeps by, you spend it thinking how are you going to get more so you can end this ? You think maybe yucky can sleep through it but you can’t . No matter how hard you try . Sleeping pills, alcohol , Xanax, nothing defeats the insomnia . In my case this went on for 87 hours straight before I was finally able to get about 3 hours of sleep in. Waking up from that still feeling terrible was the saddest day of my life . I kept telling myself if I could just sleep I can deal with the rest but only getting 3 hours after being up for so long felt like a cruel joke .
The above scenario I repeated many times .
When I finally had enough I sought help and was able to quit by entering a program that prescribed suboxone .
The suboxone helps a little …lessens a little bit of the symptoms but not much .
I think it took about two weeks on suboxone just to get any sense of normal, physically. Then came the depression . Every interest or hobby I had before I started using a during , wasn’t a hobby or interest I wanted to keep . I just wanted to be left alone , and lay in bed . Praying I find something to fill the gaps but never did . The depression hit hard for about 6 months …
I took my last dose of tianeptine about 3 years ago. I’ve only just weaned off the suboxone for it about 2 months ago and I’m much better now .
One thing that has never gone away fully was the insomnia . I only sleep 2 to 4 hours a night most nights .
Also like mentioned in the video , people set alarm clocks for a dose every 3 hours .
Eventually I didn’t need an alarm clock. I’d just wake up and knew it was time to dose again .
To this day whenever I wake up, my brain still foggy, I’ll have a mini panic attack thinking i need to take another dose or I’ll be sick . Then i wake up a little more and remember I don’t need it anymore
That's EXACTLY how I am now with fent/heroin. I cant stop, ive been to rehab countless times, ive been in outpatient for 3 years on over 200mg a day of methadone and I STILL can't stop. 200mg of methadone would kill multiple people who never touched an opioid, yet it does absolutley NOTHING to kill the cravings and withdrawals for me. Helpless isn't even close to how I feel. Then my father died a month ago during a routine operation, went under anesthesia and never woke up 😢 now my addiction is beyond what I ever thought it could be. I just wish there was a way I could just end my existence without affecting my family, they are the only reason I dont do exactly that 💔 😢
@@9169enjoihey bro I’m sorry to hear. I have 7 years sober and still think about suicide every day. The only reason I don’t is cause it would destroy my parents. Idk why I’m telling you this.
Your a miracle! God bless you.
@@9169enjoi Been there. There is always hope and a choice even if it doesn't feel like it. Feelings lie!
Wow
As someone who once knew the names of pretty much all drugs, it actualy makes me happy that I have never heard of this, must mean I have better friends now ;)
Be aware this doesn’t mean the same thing everywhere idk where you live but I’ve only heard zaza used to refer to strong weed before I clicked on this video.
Same keep fighting the good fight
Tianeptine
@@jalenwilliams8622ZaZa is a brand of something called Tianeptine
I would explain more but it’d probably get 💨
@@jalenwilliams8622yeah zaza being used to refer to weed is 1000x more common than being used to refer to this
The legal drug that ruins the most lives is alcohol.
As an actively drunk alcoholic who has watched alcohol destroy the lives of those around me, and cost me thousands of dollars a year....
I agree.
I think this channel did a video on that!
Got that right!
exactly
@@takeohtyme As an active Drinker, I disagree.
Simon publishes like three hours of professional-grade infotainment on a daily basis across his channels. I knew he was hitting the gas station synthetics.
He made me wanna try this stuff. But I been clean for 5 months so.......
@@Mikesusendsadasdc Its nothing particularity special its just tianeptine a tricyclic anti depressant with effects on the Mu opioid receptor.
@@Mikesusendsadasdc 5 months clean is a huge accomplishment! Remember how hard it was to get here; you don't want to go through that again, so resist the temptation.
@@Mikesusendsadasdcahh give it a try! What’s the worst that can happen?
You can just quit again!
On a real note: stay away from drugs if they keep you in a unhealthy cycle.
It‘s quite rare (but not zero) that some people can just hop on and hop off stuff without much issue and you would certainly know by now.
@@Hotshot2k4 Thank you I need this.
I was addicted to opioids and then H for many years, but luckily I was able to get help and stop using drugs. Was one of the hardest things I had to do in my life but it was worth it. I’m 10 years sober this year and so grateful for it. I won’t take anything anymore. I suffer from migraines and that is how it all started. I would be given opioids to ease the pain and after many years of this I became addicted. I wish this on no one ever. The fact that you can get this stuff at a gas station just proves to me that our government wants us addicted, broke, fat and easily controlled
Spot on facts!
Meanwhile they are raiding Amish farm share facilities and whatnot. Total horse hockey
Legalize marijuana!!
It doesn’t prove shit
I’m so glad you’re free from addiction now. Good job, and good luck on the rest of your life.
I think it’s also important to mention Zaza is a term to describe good weed. So if little brother hears you and the friends talking about the Za he might think you’re talking about the gas station junk. Really predatory marketing ploy
Never buy weed from the gas station
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@@estebanod Unfortunately people will hear talk of Zaza (weed, how great it is) and an unknowing person eventually will see the term Zaza(the opioid one) in a gas station and try it because they have an older sibling or coworker that has mentioned a different drug of the same name.
And the companys know this will happen too, it's up to us to know what we are taking and stay safe!
Even if getting high is your top priority, your body is the only thing that will ever process thoes drugs for you and get you high. Just take care of it. Hate to see things like this because you know it will change the course of many lifes. Love y'all
But the za it's just pizza. It's getting confusing
@@sportyeight7769 in any case they’re using clout words to sell death
Same, was super confused when all the mention of those showed up as weed .
So… “After a month of taking your first pill, you’re no longer getting that “rush”, however now taking them just to not feel sick”. Wow bro… you just described a decade of my life… Great to be 14 3/4 years clean and sober…
It's really not even a month. The WDs kick in after 5 days of use and they are waaaayyyy worse than H, Fenty and benzos combined. The sad part is that the "high" or feeling of well-being is so mild. I've never seen anyone be successful in WDing off of it without being unconscious in a hospital or locked up in a jail cell As it becomes harder to find because states are banning it (9 more added this year), I think we'll start seeing suicides from it. It's really that bad
I love that you didnt just say "over 14 years". Shows that you are very aware of your achievement, as you should. Godspeed to you
Yes, yes ❤❤❤❤
11 years for me from heroin and all forms of opiates/opioids. I am glad you are clean and same with myself. Keep it up Scott!
@@satanicaleve 🙌🏽🙌🏽🤎🩷
I work at a smoke shop and we keep getting vendors trying to get us to sell tianeptine. Luckily, my boss isn't interested. We do carry a few other questionable products, but nothing quite that bad. Some of our kratom and nitrous customers clearly have a problem, but I've had people desperately banging on the door before open because they want Zaza. I keep the door locked and yell to them that we don't carry it. They throw out an empty threat, but it's enough to scare the younger employees here.
Good on your boss. I got addicted to that stuff when you could get it from supplement companies. It was a really bad time getting off it.
Interesting with Kratom. I use it constantly, but I'm also free of alcohol for almost a decade. It's strange with the addiction component. If I stop, I have a hard time sleeping for a weekend, then back to normal.
Then again, I've also had no problem using and stopping opiates either. To each their own.
@@Burps6thats a well known issue as ITS A LEGIT MED
I use kratom. But everything is different for everyone.
I worked at one during covid and the people there abused kratom like it was heroin. I never got that much of a high from it past the first use. But they also sell those pill form that are like 1000x stronger through the way they manufacture it.
Opioids are crazy dangerous. I got sucked into the bubble at a job I was working in college. Everyone at work was doing Oxycontin thanks to a seemingly infinite supply. Over a few years, I watched at least one co-worker turn to heroin. Two more would later become homeless, petty theft criminals. I suppose I was one of the lucky ones; I only had to deal with two weeks of really intense withdrawal and depression when I moved out of state and my opioid supply abruptly evaporated. I just couldn't imagine a drug ruining my life and was ignorant/blind to how close I was straddling the line.
Kudos to you
Good job getting away from the shit and not losing yourself. I couldn’t imagine becoming a dope fiend from working a job..
Ahhhh the good Ole bad days. Memories I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's a weird place to be the one who isn't dead. Now my kids are growing up into a world of fent and other things.
NO THEY ARE NOT CRAZY DANGEROUS. Addicts are dangerous. Opioids on their own in the hands of someone who uses them responsibly are an amazing too that saves lives. Addicts ruin it for the rest of us.
@@michaelchase418 well at least the majority of youngins these days realllly value health and working out/nutrition. I know the news blows up these fent stories.. but drugs are wayyyyyyy down for the younger generations coming up😊👏
I’ve been addicted to opioids and Kratom and let me tell you I would take Kratom any day.
Kratom can be a life saver if you are suffering and no one will help you. Biggest upside is its lack of effects on breathing, making overdose ALMOST impossible. Definitely can be addictive though.
Use the leaf powder don't touch the pills. Each pill has about 20 or more doses of the natural leaf powder in them an you will not only get high you will get addicted.
Same
@@longerhairdontcare996 True Story!! I hate this shit
@@longerhairdontcare996 I took 20 a day for a week to get me off of my pain pills I was using for crohns disease and it never once got me high
Been clean from fent and benzos since March 15th 💪🏻
U got this! Just keep reminding urself that u r worthy of a normal life and U deserve all the love in the world
Hell yeah 💪
W asf
Stop lying Connor mcgregor 😂
June 20th
Opioids are no joke. My granny took the exact same kind and dosage they prescribed for me after an eye surgery. (We’re up to 25 of those now) and because it was really late when they were done, I couldn’t fill my script until the next morning. Mom asked her if I could have 2 if hers just to get me through until we were able to get to the Pharmacy the next day. Granny totally freaked out “I can’t run out!” She had like a whole bottle that had just been refilled, and the way she said it was soooo sharp and panicky! Before she was addicted, she’d have understood, cause eye surgeries friggin hurt, but since she was full on hooked, she just freaked. My papa legit was horrified at her reaction, and basically told her she was gonna do it and they would get replaced in the morning, it was really scary tbh.
I got the image of gandalf trying to get bilbo to leave the ring in my head now
@@privard89goddammit, get outta my head!
Yeah, coming from someone who is in chronic pain and physically dependent (I would get the full withdrawal syndrome too,) her type of reaction is exactly the difference between addiction and physical dependence.
If she's got a full bottle, that she knows will last her the rest of the month, and she's freaking out because she'll have 12 hours where 2 of the same pills that she won't need until 28 days later, long after you've picked up your Rx and "repaid the loan" in full (again, long before she would needed those last 2 pills.) It's "want" vs "need"
@@privard89that’s exactly what I pictured when I read his story as well.
That's against the law.You can go to jail for that.
Simon, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This video quite literally saved my life. I unknowingly started taking a caffeine + nootropic focus-aid supplement I bought from a chain ‘nutrition’ store locally. I got them to help ween off adhd meds. I had no idea why I was having panic attacks and bad moodswings- getting almost unbearable as I had ran out of the first supplement bottle. I saw this video and halfway through I ran to check the empty bottle… 😮 tianeptine. I realized I was going through withdrawal symptoms for something so dangerous that I had no awareness of and no idea I was becoming addicted to in the first place. Thank you and thank God I have most of it out of my system and I saw this before buying any more. I choose life.❤
Withdrawals suck so bad. It's really the main reason so many people can't quit doing drugs. It's like the worst flu you've ever had and it can all go away with 1 taste. I ended up very very addicted to opioids. 6-7 years of every day waking up and immediately hunting for drugs. I attempted to quit a few times, made it a few days here and there, but it was straight up torture and knowing that I could easily make that pain stop made it so much worse. I finally managed to do it. I've been clean for 6 years and I'm still trying to get my life together. Shit takes a toll on you don't let anyone tell you different.
I've been addicted to both opioids and Tianeptine. Tianeptine withdrawal is worse. It affects your opioid, dopamine, serotonin, and god knows what other receptors. I can't be in withdrawal for more than an hour before I want to jump off of a roof.
@@CandyBagnever go cold turkey, slowly reduce your intake if you realize you are going too hard. Always use moderation in drug use and you can do anything
I managed to do it myself with the suboxone, I wasnt giving even more rehabs or detoxs money incentivizing them to keep people using. In my state to go to one you have to have drugs in your body when you arrive, ive known so many people who were clean who wanted to go to rehab but they make you do detox first.. so they went and used.. and that ends up a lot worse usually pushing off the detox. IDK who in there right mind would try to scam them so as to make sure theres drugs in there system but rather just a system in p[lace to make sure they last forever. And that was already after politicians nuked this industry once in my state and closed them all down which further exploded the usage.
But yeah using becomes a full time job to just find the money to buy. I went to jail so many times from thefts and B & Es and my now non using ass feels the heat from the felony status everyday. Pushes you in to shit entry level work forever or further crime.
@@nwerd7584be careful people get addicted to suboxone too, treat it like a drug while you ween off
I got prescribed roxioconde and norco when I broke my jaw. I also got 25 pills of oxys from a family friend because I was in soo much pain. I was soo lucky that when I ran out I had no withdrawals at all. I was terrified of having to go through opioid withdrawal.
A little over two years ago, my uncle died from an accidental tianeptine overdose. It was very sudden. We had no idea he was taking it. I’ve never even heard of it until his toxicology report came back and I thought I was familiar with drugs. He was a trucker and was into supplements like kratom so he must’ve picked this up, not thinking much of it until it was too late. My family and I are still reeling from his loss.
Thank you for making this video. There needs to be more information like this out there about this stuff
no there doesnt.
all the info is out there. its not some magical shit we dont know about. its a russian antidepressant for christs sakes. YOU do YOUR research. your ignorance does not bleed out to everyone else. I knew this stuff existed 10 years ago when I ASKED MY PSYCHIATRIST FOR IT BY NAME.
frankly i don’t believe your story. tox wouldnt even screen for it and its not an opioid, but has opioid activity. so i call bs bro
My condolences to you and your family❤
Kratom is not a supplement. That shit is a drug and can be a gateway for many. At the same time though, it can be taken by ex-addicts to help them cope with withdrawals and cravings. It’s not automatically terrible; But it can definitely be a red flag for people with addictive personalities. I’m so sorry about your uncle. Some of the nicest and most loving people I’ve ever met have struggled with addiction. I just wish kratom wasn’t revered as this super casual supplement that doesn’t hurt anyone: Because it does.
That was a big thing for me with it. No drug test
Tianeptine is dangerous, especially when combined with downers like booze or tranquilizers. Sorry for your loss.
I remember selling Zaza's at my gas station. When my vendor introduced it to me, he said it was "a new form of kratom that's real hot in the market right now". He was absolutely right those things were selling faster than I could keep up with, had some people buying 10 bottles at the time. Never took the damn thing myself since I don't do kratom. However one day one of my other vender saw me selling it and started laughing and said "dude that shit is crazy it feels like heroin" He also told me it was not kratom at all and it was a research chemical being decrepitly marketed as kratom. As soon I heard that, I stop reordering them and sold off my remaining supply. A month later they ended up being banned in my state and they raised the kratom age to 21.
It sucks they labeled it as kratom. Kratom is nowhere near as bad for you and it gave it such a bad rap. Good shit taking it off your station once you realized tho.
Definitely not kratom
Good for you. As your friend pointed out, Kratom is something entirely different. Kratom is a kind of plant that there are different strains of, and the Kratom that most people use is a dried and pulverized powder form of the plant. As far as I know, it can only be ingested orally, and you have to use a ton of it, even if you have a potent strain. Imagine having to put a whole soup spoon full of any powdered drink mix directly into your mouth and then trying to wash it down with a swig of water or something, and then doing that 3-4 times just for one "dose". Oh, and unlike powdered sport drink mixes, this is just ground up plant matter, meaning none of it is water soluble, so it usually takes a good couple swigs of a liquid to get just one spoonful down the hatch.
The reason people use it, despite having to experience these drawbacks, is because it can help reduce stress, and ease opiate withdrawal symptoms. When I was getting off of heroin/fentanyl it helped take the edge off sometimes if I only had a limited supply of Suboxone. Other than that though, it never really did much for me, and the process of taking it was just awful, so I still have a good amount of some good quality kratom just sitting in my closet that a good friend gave me to help with my recovery. Call me crazy, but having to essentially swallow _grams_ of dirt, one spoonful at a time, just to get barely noticeable effects is not something I enjoy doing on a daily basis. Worth it in a pinch for sure, but generally there are much easier ways to get the same effects.
It’s tianeptine.
Yea really sucks it gets lumped as Kratom, and feeds all the fake fear mongering of kratom...not saying kratom doesn't come without risks or is "healthy ", but it's definitely not "gas station Crack or heroin
As a mental health RN in the hospital setting in the USA, I’ve seen this wreak HAVOC on patients-it’s excruciating for them to go through withdrawal, plus they’re psychotic and confused, and they can’t even hold still long enough to take a nap, or even eat or drink fluids. Stumbling around, exhausted but unable to sleep, paranoid that even the staff who are trying to care for them are somehow out to get them. This substance MUST be regulated-I hate seeing patients go through this agony, and their families terrified that they’ll never get their loved one back at their baseline. And, honestly, I’ve seen patients who *don’t* recover fully, and have to adjust to a “new normal” at a significantly lower level of functioning. Please, please, please don’t use this unless you’re in a country where it’s legal *and* it’s under proper care and management by a physician. I’ve seen the misery that comes from it, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
The problem is the doses there selling as he said dose is 12 mg and people are taking 10g of course your gonna end up bad
@@asugirlgonenerdy what is it, just kratom?
People that want to use are going to use no matter what. Banning these drugs only makes the problem worse since they have to buy their drugs off the streets not knowing what’s in them. Which leads to od
@@Have_you-ever_tried-tacos-tho Tianeptine
That sounds like meth or some type of stimulant? What if they are secretly putting meth or low dose of fentanyl to increase the repurchase of the product? Since it’s not regulated, it’s possible correct?
I'm a 30-year-old living in the USA, I don't need a pill to feel anxiety and depression!
Uhh that wasnt what it does
@@TrentonCSwell as long as you keep taking them you won’t feel that way
Don't need withdrawal to feel the pain of overdraft fees!
Weak people never do.
@@HankBukowski weak people need a pills? 🤣
I was a decade long severe alcoholic when I had a shoulder surgery at 27yr old. Those hydrocodone pills were so strong and felt so good even I was scared to drink on them or to ask for more because I knew I’d be chasing them. I took the completely as prescribed and stopped when they ran out. They absolutely can make your end of life tolerable but also make you feel so good you’ll chase them up to the point you expire. Whew. I’m glad I drew a line in the sand.
When I got shot in the leg I got some morphine injections, felt great but not something I'd waste my money on. It was to relieve the pain. Before I was released from the hospital I got prescribed some oxycodone 10's. That shit didnt even relieve the pain. I ended up giving them to someone that need them more 😂. To each their own
That's takes an incredible amount of restraint. I've had a few oxy prescriptions written and I refused to fill them out. Choosing to stick to OTC Tylenol because I knew I wasn't strong enough to fight addiction
Good on ya bro for having the foresight AND self control. 👍👍
Luckily, or unluckily for me, depending on your point of view, Hydrocodone makes me sick to my stomach, so after I broke my femur in 2016, I just had to kind of deal with the pain. Beats taking those things in my opinion honestly.
Would take a thousand with a almost a fifth and a couple beers, did that for 11 years 2017.
Been sober for eight years.
When my dr prescribed pain killers I told him to 'watch me. I have an addictive personality. "
Long story short, i was taking the maximum dose allowed. When I wanted to go pharm free, I COULDN'T.
That dr retired and his replacement wouldn't refill. I found heroin.
It's been 20 years and I'm on a management program for life.
THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN WITHDRAWLS.
Dang that sounds horrible I hope you recover
I saw somewhere that anyone who has a hole can be an addict. It gave me a new perspective.
Just be compassionate to yourself through it. The worst has happened. Beating yourself up won't solve anything
Same thing happened to my cousin. He is no longer with us.
@@choccolocco I'm sorry for your loss.
Yeah ill take my subs til the day I die. If they take me off ill end up using from the sub withdrawals. Ive never been able to avoid street drugs as long as I have nearly 8 years without the subs. Although at one point I started dabbling in crack to get high because I couldnt touch the opiates, but I managed to stop that. Life doesnt get better just because youre sober or relatively sober like people suggest, especially when you're a felon and can only slave away at an entry level job with no skills. But need money to survive so you cant go all in on a trade that doesnt earn for the first few years. Even if you fix those reasons you were driven to use initially that doesnt make it better. Theres life circumstances out of your control. With the dying family medium its impossible to start a family. Chicks always cheat now.
People who just get handed money have it so easy, or people with a cop dad or fed in the family getting to do crime with no consequences.
I was spending hundreds of dollars a day on Zaza at the local smoke shops and the half life of the effects are so short I would literally wake up in full withdrawls 8 hours later and drive across town at 430am in a car with no heat in the dead of winter just to buy another bottle to get me thru another couple hours. This stuff is no joke yall I’m so glad I quit when I did
Been addicted to opiates for about 17 years... I wouldn't wish it on anyone. The withdrawals are so bad I can't even put it into words. Imagine having the flu, being cold and nake and stuck outside in the snow getting sprayed down with a water hose whole having extreme diarrhea and vomiting for WEEKS
Cap
You can win this bro, I did, it's absolutely doable, I weaned myself off using methadone, I just did it on my own. That was about 25 yrs ago.
And even though your cold you sweat. That's the worst for me. It's like your body can't get comfortable either way
Don't forget about the leg kicking.
@@Nefville
I was just going to say the same thing-the unbearable twitching and feeling of wanting to get out of my own skin were the absolute worst for me. Been off H. for over a year, and now methadone as well since 11/23. It's the toughest, darkest road I've ever traveled in all of my 47 years, but I'm grateful it has so far stayed in the rear view mirror. 🤞🏼🍀❤♾️
Addiction in a nutshell; 1 is too many, but 1000 isn't enough.
1 is never enough 1000 is never too many
Word!
My stepdad was a trucker in the 90s...everyone of those dude I met was a drug addict- cocaine, speed, and lots of weird pills sold at truck stops were always around. I don't know how I escaped from getting ensnared in that world, whew.
Believe it or not most truck drivers run solely on caffeine for energy.
@@Pa-we1lw Yeah, I was just saying what I remember as a kid. Nowadays, most truckers seem to be a lot more on the up & up! Back in the day, I had to fil out the swindle sheets (fake log books) so my stepdad could drive for like 18 hours and not get in trouble, too. And I bet today's truckers don't abuse minors by making them lumpers, either. LOL
@@aldo1814 what is a "lumper"?
@@videoWatcher77 Guys who load or unload the trailer. Usually lumpers were just a bunch of dudes that would hang around the docks waiting for loads, but truckers would have to pay them. My stepdad used me as his personal crew for that, and as a kid (12 through 15), lemme tell ya...it was tough. Drove forklifts and used pallet dollies like a pro before I even got to high school. Made me strong, though. Crazy times.
My brother is a recovered opioid addict and he said “dope is taking a high interest loan on a good feeling and you’re going to end up paying it back multiple times over” but he also escaped from rehab after two days once saying “dude, that place is full of alcoholics and junkies, I can’t stay in a place like that” so take his wisdom with a grain of salt
It’s a scary world we live in. I hope to God my kids never experience addiction. I’m terrified of this as my kids grow older.
Moral of the story: only buy gas at the gas station
Also, the moral of the story: avoid "dietary supplements".
And monster 👻
Better yet, get an electric car and charge it at home. We'll never fight a war over electrons.
@@sabatheus I have range anxiety😱
Yup. Just keep your car addicted to gasoline.
I started doing drugs years ago as a teenage, got addicted to heroin. Spent my whole life fighting heroin addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I'm so very happy for you, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Hey! Yes Dr.alishrooms
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
Don’t blame anyone other than the US DEA and FDA and the crackdown on opioids. These products wouldn’t be popping up if they were allowed to be properly prescribed and available without doctors and pharmacies fearing for their licenses.
People like you are unbelievable and people wonder why this nation is so screwed up
@@oveidasinclair982 funny, I feel that way about you. Pull your head outta the sand and smell reality partner.
You are spot on. They were so worried about getting prescription pills off the streets that now it's all fake shit or fentanyl that kills people way quicker... I say bring back the pills at least ppl knew they werent getting fent pressed into a fake xanax bar.... Anyone who disagrees most likely wasn't even in the game when they cracked down... (2008-2010s)
@@TysonBegfordthey aren't ready to hear the facts homie. Let them believe they can "illegal" it out of existence lmao
Definitely don't tell them the only effective tactic that's ever been used repeatedly that's shown a positive effect is deregulation and legalization
@@oveidasinclair982so you support alcohol being outlawed?
I had a friend who got addicted to zaza, took him 90 days in rehab to get off that stuff and he says it was hell.
Lmao yall got no self control… did he say HOW MUCH he was doing? I bet he was spending 80 bucks a day on that shit. Imagine that being like 40 times more than you’re supposed to take. If you take one on a weekend for a function… it ain’t that bad yall lol
Fvcking methadone doesn't take 90 days to get off, benzos don't take 90 days to get off, alcohol doesn't take 90 days to get off....basically NOTHING takes that long, withdrawal symptoms last days to weeks, not months 🤷
@@darthjesus420 its not about self control 😂 😂,if it was only that simple and for some,like yourself it is,my dad is the same way,but others just cant stop,idk,some ppl have different reactions to stuff like that,who knows
@@darthjesus420some people are more prone becoming addicted than others. I know some that can recreationally use meth and never touch it or desire it except when they go party. I know people that only smoke cigarettes while drinking. Each person is different. Everybody has their tolerance level. It’s very unkind to poke fun of someone that became trapped in addiction and didn’t realize it until it was too late. It could have been you. Be happy it wasn’t and you were able to get out of it before you got in too far. Have sympathy for those that cannot find their way out.
@@Swellington_ to be transparent, I used to be an addict of sorts, I trained myself to not be one actually, and It was not easy I will tell u. But I guess it’s not humane to be able to expect everyone to be capable of the same thing… idk tho… I believe anything is possible if we set our minds to it. So maybe I’m a little optimistic
As a drug geek, I really appreciate these videos as they seem to be way more factually accurate than most of the crap out there. This one taught me about a new drug that I wasn't aware of. Simon always delivering the goods.
STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM THESE, promise me!
"Eventually, you find yourself narrating your RUclips videos in a tshirt you don't. Even. Remember. Owning."
😅😅😅
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As a former oxy addict (going on 8 years), coming off SSRIs & SNRIs was *way harder to do* 💯
Thankyou. The narrative is always to make out how bad opiate withdrawal is, and it is very unpleasant, but to fail to mention how god-awful the withdrawal is from drugs that are “okay” to use according to our altruistic government. Another difference that seems to be intentionally ignored is that the opioids actually work very well to relieve pain and suffering, and are quite safe when taken in reasonable doses.
what are ssri's and snri's...pardon my ignorance.
@@russellerichsen1849 they're the class of drugs that most antidepressants belong to. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitiors and Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors are what the acronyms stand for. Zoloft, Prozac etc are all SSRIs. They can be very unpleasant to come off of!
@@mbcornelison74it's so BS that the media sensationalized the opiate epidemic to the point where people who actually need opiate painkillers are now being denied them. When I blew a disc in my back 3 years ago they wouldn't give me any opiates for the intense pain I was in. After 20 trips to the ER and finally getting a CT scan 6 months later, fucking insurance crap, they saw my blown disc and gave me low does opiates so I could actually sleep. They would only prescribe me 3 days worth at a time! Finally after physical therapy and finding kratom as well as getting medical marijuana I was able to recover.
It's such a broken system, where overreaction and the media run rampant has ruined the use of these safe and effective drugs. When taken as prescribed and in situations where needed, i.e. not for a hang nail or a cut or something, they're safe and useful.
Not so long ago my doctor was completely shocked when I told him that I experienced withdrawal symptoms if I ran out of my antidepressant medication.
The thing they miss in school:
"When your body says more, it's time to stop. This is the sign of addiction."
Such a simple topic taught to kids in high school would save so many lives... Yet we don't do it. 🤷🤔🤦
Hey, that’s not a bad little phrase-thingy. I’m 29 years old and six years clean from a nine year IV-heroin addiction, and I’m saving that one in my pocket. It’s so simple and obvious, but I’d never thought of that. I like it. I think it applies for me. I still struggle heavily with sugar and marijuana. I can and have quit marijuana, but sugar is the actual bane of my existence.
This is such a ridiculous oversimplification of the experience of addiction lol.
@@Krystalmyth Is it ever. Spoken like a true straight person.
@@Krystalmyth Yeah but when you are talking to kids you need something like that. Something like that can be repeated and sticks in the head. There's a reason advertisers use that technique.
@@MissFoxification But it doesn't work. Even for kids. A big reason I started even doing drugs, as a millennial was due to the dare campaigns. They came off as liars in the face of what we discovered cannabis actually was once we tried it. They had drilled into us this fiction of it being malicious for so many years that when we tried it and discovered how beneficial it was to many others it made me doubt the entire campaign against drugs in general. This actually made me more experimental, not less. It's why these repetitions don't tend to work to keep kids from vaping either today. Because all it takes is a bit of personal experience to inoculate from the practice. You have to get on the level with people, even in high school that you know what they're going through is complicated. A craving for more isn't addiction, and you can't just stop being hungry on command, it hurts.
02:29 random punk dude just trying to chill out for a minute instead catches mad strays 😂
Dude is 100% on drugs
@@AOIactual bro I lived off of skid row in downtown LA, he doesn’t look obviously twacked out like super burnt out adicts, but could definitely be on something. Or he could just be vegan lol. I definitely have a bunch of punk vegan homies that just look this fucked up and skinny from their shitty diets.
@@Catdaddyacab You know fair enough, I personally think he looks a little rough but def not heavy addicted user rough.
He may not even be homeless, but I wouldn’t doubt he’s on something. Could just be a dude chilling after hitting a joint lol
it's stock footage -_- god, people are SO stupid nowadays...
@@lgbtthefeministgamer4039 G A W D rite? It’s a shame there’s a character limit for user names. You could have fit some other current trendy causes that you latch onto to pretend you have a personality.
As an ex heroin addict i can tell you that you need heroin roughly twice a day. Every 12 hours. I cant even imagibe withdrawing after 3 hours. That must be horrific. You cant even get a night of sleep.
That was before fentanyl! I relapsed after over a decade clean about 6 years ago and the difference was shocking. Fentanyl might be strong, but its half life is much shorter than h. Had to use every few hours to stay well. Never again
@Alicia-Rene a lot of people use benzos with it to give it legs... Surefire way to kill yourself.
@@Alicia-Rene yikes but reading stories like this makes me more sympathetic to what people are going through.
It's bad - One of the worst parts is the sleep deprivation and leg muscles constantly twitching.
Absolutely -0- concentration and complete loss of ability to perform basic functions.
@@klaymatic3751 it’s an awful awful thing. I got cocky after so long clean and thought I could slip just once, but we all know how that ends, and it cost me another year of my life. I have enormous sympathy for anyone still going through it. It’s hell on earth.
I've been a percription opioid user for years due to a hip socket injury that never heated right, but never in my life have I ever thought to set an alarm to wake me up in the middle of the night for another fix. That is just such an insane concept to me
There are no opioid users. You are an addict.
What’s the point if you really need it you will wake up anyway
@@julianstone1192 Oh, sure that can happen too, but the idea of specifically setting an alarm so you don't miss a dose at the detriment of your sleep pattern is crazy
Get a hip replacement and get off the oxy. I had AVN and my hips literally fell apart. Then I had them both replaced and didn't need the oxy once it had healed. I still use some Kratom to help with a totally messed up back but I'm not getting high off it like I did with oxy. That's the problem with prescription opioids. If you're gonna get pain relief from them, you're also gonna be high as a kite. Cannabis and kratom can relieve pain and keep you lucid. They're also far less dangerous, given that they are only partial agonists of their respective receptors, which means low fatal OD risk and far lower addiction risk. Beyond a certain point, you can keep taking more but it won't do anything.
@@Lurch-Bot I actually take hydro and I get them from a pain clinic so they count pills and take blood to check my kidneys and liver function. Unfortunately, a hip replacement isn't an option for me. I tore my hip socket open when I did martial arts, but even after getting it repaired it still hurts and if I walk on it long enough it feels like it's hanging in the socket. Believe me, I'd *love* a hip replacement, but no doctor thinks it's worth it since I'm still young. All I can hope for is that once I hit forty a surgeon will give my case another look.
A doctor told me I could take oxy for ten days with no issues. Thanks lady... Any more than 3 days, and suddenly you can think of nothing else. Been addicted for 8 years now
True they only gave me enough for 3 days after my surgery and soon as the last one was done it felt like every bone in my body was shattered it was hard just to get up that day. Back then doctors got major kickbacks for prescribing which is why they're the main ones that started that particular part of the "opioid crisis" now it's all fentanyl from china
That sucks im sorry
Yeh 3 days & your going to go through withdrawal! That's how heroine caught me out!
Sorry to hear that mate. That's how heroine caught me out in 3 days!
I had to take it for months to develop a physical addiction but I guess everyone has a different body chemistry so doctors shouldn’t make blanket statements like they did with you
As a former addict you will never regulate your way out of this. A person must decide to quit. The streets are far easier than the pharmacy.
I am an addict as well. Yes, ultimately, it comes down to wanting to help yourself. But regulation does mitigate to some degree. If you could buy Fentanyl at a gas station, I think far more people would be addicted to it. Yes, those who are already in the game will always find a way to get their fix. But it will prevent people who have no idea what they are getting into from starting down the path. I've met opiate addicts who began by getting kratom at head shops, not understanding the risks of the substance or what it is.
@@mrmeatyboyINFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF RISKS/BENEFITS IS KEY. Even for booz.
@@mrmeatyboy I use to use Kratom to get me by in between refills until one day I was tired of sweating, kicking, no sleep coming out of my skin and went right to the bad part of town and got in that game. It was a struggle at first because everybody thought I was a cop. Lol. Once I was in though they were fighting over me for my bidness. Haha
For something like this, regulations absolutely help keep people from acquiring an addiction to this specifically. It has the worst WDs I've ever seen. Total brutality.
@@B_BodziakI’ll have to take your word on it, never tried it but I did use kratom in between refills to ease WDs. Then I found fent on the streets and no longer needed Kratom.
While we've been pounding away on the opiate epidemic drum, some of us think we've gone in the wrong direction. I've had 5 surgeries (three spinal) so far, and more are needed. Yet what do I get when I see a doctor now? Nothing. If I'm not a candidate for immediate surgery, there's no longer any f**ks given for pain management.
Perhaps I'm one of the few, but I've taken I dunno how many "courses" of opioid-based pain medication and have never felt any after-effects once I'm done. An increase in physical pain has always been it. What I worry about now are my kidneys from how much tylenol and advil I have to take every day, and I still can't stand up straight. I really miss the day when one pill three times a day was all I needed, versus the 6 I take every 4 hours now.
As someone with chronic pain and illness, I feel your frustration. I was dependent on opiods. If you are in a state where marijuana is legal consider trying different forms and see if anything works. I smoke flower, edibles and tinctures didn't work. It has helped so much. Opiods were frustrating and made the pain seem even worse than it actually was when they wore off.
I hope you find some relief in whatever works for you. This is just a suggestion, what works for some, doesn't for others. ❤
Too true. Whenever I ask for something as simple as Rx Naproxen or Modic, which aren't even opioids, it's either pulling teeth with the Dr. to sign off on it or they treat you like a pill chaser merely for suggesting something stronger and more effective than Tylenol. There needs to be some middle ground between over prescribing and actually prescribing opioids for people who need them.
Oh yeah. I have a genetic disorder that's progressive and remarkably painful. And I was able to function quite well while the pain was well treated by my highly professional doctors. Never got addicted to the pain medicine - quite lucky I must say! Never took more than I was prescribed. But then in 2016 the opioid crisis came into notice. New recommendations came out. Doctors were actually threatened by CDC . They became actually terrified to prescribe pain medications. Having several close friends who are physicians, they described it all to me. I still get pain medicine,but at a dose of a quarter I used receive. My sis with the same condition, She gets about 5 pills a month.
It's affected both our lives quite badly.
Opiates are easy to make if you really need them. Kratom is also very good. I started taking a heaping spoonful per day for rheumatoid pain and it was life-changing.
Depending on where you're at some places do buprenorphine for chronic pain. Suboxone without naloxone (the blocking ingredient) basically. Because the treatment is more structured you may find better results with something like that. I had to do pain management way back in the early 2000s. I was in South Eastern KY and that has always been a whole different situation because of opiates addiction. It is crazy though my first appt with my actual pain Dr he asked me what I was being prescribed at the time and when I told him he almost didn't believe me. I was getting 30 10mg hydrocodone and then (I swear to God) 400 50mg tramadol a month. He asked exactly how the tramadol was written and I told him it was written as 100 a week and i had to get refills weekly. He was sure I had ran through four months of tramadol and I was like... "I mean I get why you think that but my Dr that has been writing that has written me that script every month for six months. There's never a refill on the hydrocodone he can't do that." So I'm going monthly getting this prescription for six or seven months begging for a referral to a pain clinic cuz yeah... Isn't it better at this point to take less of something stronger really? It didn't help I was not quite thirty. MRIs don't matter if the Dr will barely even entertain looking at them ya know.
bless you for bringing awareness. May those affected by this epidemic be given mercy ..
Im addicted to protein powder, it gives me the shakes.
@@adelynesimoneaux2911protein powder... Shakes.... You missed it.
I am a victim too, it just gives me the butt shakes if you know what I mean
I don’t think you got the joke 😂
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@adelynesimoneaux2911 The joke flew over your dome.
Over prescription of opiods ended years ago. Now you break your leg and the doctor tells you to take Tylenol.
I had issues getting proper medicine after a c section and no addiction issues. I seriously thought about getting some street stuff for the pain. I didn't of course.
For real, it was at its worst in the 90s amd early 2000s.
I'm in the US. I had a double mastectomy in 2018 and they only gave me 3 days of pain meds and then said to take Tylenol for the next 8 weeks 🥴 even though the bottle literal tells you not to do that.
I've also had chronic pain from multiple chronic illnesses since adolescence, I'm 30 now. They have never given me any opiate for it. They tell me to suck it up and take ibuprofen 🙃
Good. Opiates cause way more problems than they solve. They don't even really help with pain, they just make you so good you forget about it.
People always continously need higher doses, they have a hard time coming off, then they get crippling constipation
Not w the elderly who most of these pills are stolen from or they’re illegally manufactured via South America and China and imported.
@@Jumpboy5100I'd consider forgetting about being in agony a great help if I were in agony. I'm guessing the most pain you've been in was from a splinter based on your lack of empathy.
Worked at a gas station. For us ppl were going crazy over products with Kratom. One guy told me his wife had no idea how much he was spending a week on it. Was around $25 a day
Kratom is often used by heroin / fentanyl addicts to help with the withdrawal symptoms, these people MAY just be trying to quit a far worse addiction!
Ive heard mix reviews about kratom some say its great and some say its just another opioid . I did it for about a year of my life (i took about a 2 to 3 capsules a day) but never got physically addicted or went through withdrawals but I could see it was mentally addictive so I quit and it was not hard at all.
@junlee3515 yeah that's good. The people that are addicted are popping like 15 of those capsules 2-3 times a day.
I tried 12 right off the bat. Made me puke all day. Never again.
Ive used kratom on and off for almost 10 years to treat chronic pain. I had a very painful surgery bit over a year ago and spent two days in the hospital suffering... Got home and took kratom and not only felt better, but felt frigging great! Other than some loss of energy and motivation and of course increased pain, Ive never noticed any real bad withdrawals coming off of it. Even after months of daily use.
However, I have extremely strong will power (usually.. 😅) and seem to have a genetic ability to withstand withdrawal. I have seen some people who have had problems with it though. I wouldn't recommend kratom unless you are suffering from pain no one will properly treat or you are already addicted to opiates. Its definitely not a toy.
@@junlee3515 capsules are typically 1/3 of a gram and the typical minimum effective dose is 2-3 grams. Some people take 50 grams a day. My typical dosage was 6 grams 2 to 3 times a day.
Thanks. I’m on my way to find some. This sounds good. Keep up the great work. Find us more. Thanks again
I was a heroin addict for years. Only quit after ended up in hospital needing a heart surgery that wlthey werent willing to donfor "a junkie". I had three 3weeks to live. Finally, one surgeon agreed to donit, and I've been clean since. The reason people can't quit is because withdrawal is torture.
The reason people can't get through withdrawal is lack of coping skills. DBT is a great way to fix that. The problem is treating addiction as a disease when it is really just a symptom. Doesn't help you have all these 12 step programs telling you you're powerless. The meetings are just a different kind of addiction and you're substituting. The truth is you do have control over your actions and people need to do whatever therapy they need so they aren't afraid to be sober.
We can tell you were an addict. You can't type correctly to save your life. Ever think about going to night school?
Ben: "I finally took some of that Za, I'm seeing Colors and tish."
Jordan: "I don't know what he's on, I gave him an eighth gram of Oregano.
😂😂😂
LMAO 🤣
An 8th of a gram is a lot of oregano
@@ThineLesser delicious though
@@EinsamPibroch278 an eighth and a gram are very different amounts here my dude
I am literally on a team that deals with education and prevention of drug use for the military. Thank you for posting this!
As a gas station this is very educational and we are glad not to carry these items including things like liquor and lottery.
this stuff messed me up so bad. i was completely hopelessly addicted to it for over a year.
I'm sorry that happened. I hope you're better now. Don't let the shadows consume you, there's always light at the end of the tunnel.
Wishing you all the best mate.
@@michaelgrunden5011what the fuck is wrong with u saying some shit like that???
@@michaelgrunden5011what is wrong with you I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. As someone who was hopelessly addicted to that, that shit isn't funny
It’s the WORST bro I was on it for a couple months… it was so so terrible.
Opioids have significantly increased my quality of life. Yes, I’m dependent. Yes, I see pain management and am under contract. No, I cannot take anything that includes NSAIDs (thanks kidneys). I prefer pot but then I just fall asleep and go on a snacking binge. I am cognizant with opioids, something I am not with pot.
Same here, I go to pain management once a month, I have weekly pill containers and I put all of my medication that I have to take in it religiously. No more, no less than what is prescribed. When I first started being diagnosed, I would over due it, until I got myself under control. The pain would be so bad I just didn’t want to feel anything. I’ll be on pain medication for the rest of my life, at least until the federal government makes edible’s legal.
@@medusagorgo5146 You're a drug addict, the pain would be real even if you're not in pain because you're a drug addict. I've seen it take people.
I always find the snacking thing interesting with cannabis. I don't get that. I lose my appetite instead.
I get past the sleepiness issues by having a daytime strain of mixed CBD/THC flower.
@@medusagorgo5146 you do not need the federal government to legalize edibles in order to take them. To say that you'll be on opioids the rest of your life clearly shows that you want to be because, if you didn't, you wouldn't. That's absurd. There are literally hundreds of things you can try but it sounds like, you're OK with taking medicine every day of your life. you say your kidneys can't handle antidepressants, how are they handling pain medicine? Eventually, you're going to have to increase your dosage because it will stop working. And you're OK with that?
Even if you're in a state where it's illegal, you can still buy marijuana and make your own edibles. Surely you have a friend or family member that lives in one of the 20 states where it is legal? There are 1000 ways to get edibles ... clearly you just don't want them
@@medusagorgo5146 Edibles are legal in all 50 states because of the wording in the 2018 FARM bill, anything with less than 0.3% THC by weight is legal. It doesnt sound like much but remember that thc in edibles is measured by the milligram. Think about how much weed you could fit into an entire pack of gummies or a big ass cookie while staying under the limit.
As a pharmacy student, this is so interesting and educational for me. Thanks always for the great content 🙏🏻
Me too!!!
I'm 45 and have been addicted to opiates for a long time, but I can proudly say I've been sober for 2 years.
Not in a row, but like, total.
Stay Strong 💪🏽
In the same exact boat 🙏🏽
I happen to be an opiate addict. I broke my back when I was 17. I want and wish I could get clean, but I have so much pain without it. It's very sad. Me and countless people have no choice in the matter. So here's to hoping that it can end soon
@@ghostladydarkling3250DONT EVER TELL AN ADDICT THAT. YOU WILL KILL THEM WITH WITHDRAWALS! People who are on high doses of opiods or benzos, and even alcohol NEED to be medically monitored to come off those drugs or any seizure they have during withdrawal could KILL them! DO NOT EVER TELL THIS TO ANYONE AGAIN! EDUCATE YOURSELF!
@@ghostladydarkling3250faith based recovery is not for everybody.
Give it to God🙏🏽💪🏽
You always have a choice! I know from experience. Take it one step at a time. You already took the first one, you have a problem. Ask God for help then talk to a health professional. Good luck, you're in for a heck of a ride.
First 2 minutes of this is like every D.A.R.E. presentation we had in school in the late 80s/early 90s
Probably because both are based off of real life experiences. DARE wasn't cool, but it wasn't wrong.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 Nah, "D.A.R.E". could be pretty ridiculous unless you had good police presenting the info in a more realistic way. By the time I had D.A.R.E., a lot of the information as-written was out of date (not a lot of Quaaludes going around in the 90s, e.g.) and the scenarios described were goofy and unlikely, but luckily our PD had their own annotated version that brought in some sanity
I’m a casual drug user of many kinds. Not a good attribute of mine, but I’ve never once heard of this, nor has anyone else I know. I think this drug isn’t nearly the epidemic the United States media portrays it as.
They’re playing reverse psychology here, bro
youve never heard of tianepetine sodium? ok buddy
Yet
It’s actually now illegal in the US to sell products containing tianeptide marketed as a dietary supplement
I treated a lady for Zaza overdose in the ICU earlier this year. Had to treat like typical TCA OD but with Clonidine to help with the opioid-like withdrawal, patient also had the typical critically low sodium, was very interesting, she bounced back with supportive care but people need to get over the myth that because it’s OTC, it’s safe
idk how anyone can think that when Tylenol kills your liver and ibuprofen will make you puke blood.
Take too much of anything and you're inviting bad things to happen to your body
A clonidine patch got me off opiates without too much drama. Magnesuim helped me sleep and greatly reduced the restless legs and sweating. Its a decent way to detox
So the patient presented to the emergency room with tests showing hyponatremia? (Thanks, Chubbyemu!)
@@marcusnorman2721 ain’t no drug safe legally or illegal my advice stay away
I live in Indiana, a ban happy state. Tianeptine is illegal here along with pretty much everything else.
Your comment got me high and that’s now illegal in indiana
@@Willrocs your comment got me into Indiana and that's illegal in high
It's banned in most states
Pretty much the entire southeast, has banned it. Kentucky was the last state between FL and Ohio to have it legal, and now it's illegal there
Good riddance is my opinion, and I think medical/ recreational heroin should be legal
You enjoying being able to buy beer on Sundays finally?
No. Shoudve never happend. Alcohol is the most destructive substance. @@aceundead4750
Yeah, tianeptine has a powerful opioid effect when taken in large dosages. I knew someone who was hooked on it, and it nearly ended their life. They withdrew from society completely for over 2 years and were hospitalized multiple times. Definitely not a dietary supplement. Kratom is addictive enough, but is mostly safe in comparison.
I promise you kratom is not as safe tianeptine
@@chancemackey7100 how? Tianeptine is much more potent, it has a higher abuse and dependence potential, overdose is more serious and more likely compared to kratom, plus the withdrawal symptoms are more severe. The only thing I can think of is that heavy kratom use can cause worse GI complications.
@@chancemackey7100how
Gas station alcohol is just fine, have some smokes with that 😂
@@chancemackey7100 i promise you there's no evidence that says it's not safe. It would have come out anecdotally by now. It's just addictive as hell. That's it. Like any natural opioid it doesn't hurt your body... unless you're getting it from some place that has lead in the soil. They also act on different opioid receptors so the addiction itself is going to be entirely different.
I want to point out that opioid addiction from prescription has varying levels depending on the study. It is often more complicated then the clear narrative of over prescription. the crack down on prescribing any opioid has caused many problems especially for chronic pain patients.
It’s so crazy seeing this video bc unfortunately I used to take these
Me too brother, for 2 years everyday only missed 4 days in that 2 years. Withdrawal was 5 days (physical) rsl was a bitch. Kratom helped after that 5 days. Worst Withdrawal worse than dope but was a very short but strong Withdrawal
Wtf went wrong in a country where half of the entire TV program literally consists of medication side effects💀
and notice how in the ads, when they get to the part about the side-effects, the background music gets loud, and more visual stuff is going on in the background, all to try to distract you away from the side effect list that they must apparently be required to list but don't want you to notice
The fact that they are directly marketing the drugs to the audience is a red flag. Why the heck do they do that? Well to influence, and rather than a person going to the doctor and getting properly screened then prescribed, the patient goes directly and asks for the medication itself. It has worked for however long.
Well, treating prescription drugs like any product to be advertised on TV is in fact what went wrong. There's a reason that that's only allowed in the US and New Zealand.
Super unrelated but go off
Nobody watches TV anymore bro
The most amazing thing here is that the feds, the FDA. haven't banned it! Thanx for the warning. We have to regulate ourselves...
Or stop voting for representatives that make it impossible for the FDA to do so. And, coincidentally, happen to receive money from supplement and pharmaceutical lobbying groups...
They will..... Before 2026. Trump will be much harder on this type of thing. Maybe the current administration will at some point, but either way.
The FDA can't really ban things on their own
Imagine begging daddy government to care for you.
it falls under a category of “supplements” which is partially regulated by the ftc.
the fda has fought for years to get regulation
In Alabama, ZaZa was completely legal until 2020. I worked at a Shell station back then and remember hearing about the ban. We never sold it at our store, but people did come in asking for it after the ban.
I always knew gas stations were the true threat too humanity.
I thought that was misgendering?
They also have 2 other signature items of the barbarian, gas staion knives and gas station sunglasses
Truth is the gas station and what it sells is just poppin'.
David Lynch tried to tell us, but no one listened
The reason that the availability at Gas Stations is so insidious is that after paying for Gas these days people tend to be more depressed than normal and tempted by stimulants. I've never tried anything listed in the video but had a very similar experience with Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream. At the low point I typically left the seven eleven at three AM carrying a cheap plastic bag containing a 32 ounce Monster, Slim Jims, a pack of red one hundreds, a bottle of barefoot chardonnay, pringles, a slice of stale pizza, skittles and one of those pads of brown caramel things with the white stuff in the center which I've been eating for almost forty years and still don't know the name of. Others passing me on their way in or in the parking lot would nod silently with understanding like fellow vampires or characters in a Chuck Palahniuk novel. That was before the plague which forced me to leave the nocturnal street life.
Thank you.
happiness in a bottle? definitely buying some. thank you for this promo good sir.
Thank you for not disparaging natural pure unadulterated Kratom leaf in this report. When used correctly it's a life saver for many ailments and withdrawal symptoms.
My doctor says that the withdrawals I experienced were the worst she seen in her career. This drug almost killed me. I had sunburn on my legs so bad, it was the most severe pain of my life. I took zaza and it worked great. However, I became addicted in a couple days and could not stop on my own. I stopped digesting food after 3 weeks. I was almost dead by week 5. When I went to the Emergency room, I had a nurse by my side 24/7 because I was hallucinating and my liver was failing. I’m good now. I won’t get close to that stuff.
And getting this in a gas station?
Jesus
Yeah in a pretty harmless bottle. Looks like something you purchase from the vitamin aisles
I'm curious but how many days in the week did you take it the first time you had it? When did the physical dependency start?
It's amazing that you're off it, I hope you recover fully! If it's okay to ask, what dosage were taking a day?
I used to be a H addict and you described the start or relapse quite well to.
Same. Currently hooked on Fucken kratom. Which is what I thought was gas station heroin lol. Shits terrible and expensive
@eazy3434 you aren't alone. We can quit
@@eazy3434 Do a week long Suboxone taper (8mg for 2 days, 4mgs for 2 days, 2 mgs for 2 days and then 1mg for 1 day), I've helped people get off H using that schedule (well at least get through the rough time going off H), so it should work for Kratom ;but don't got on a Suboxone or Methadone maintenance program. You'll be worse off for sure if you do.
I thought that the intro described it perfectly! I was an H addict for 6 years.
@eazy3434 look into M.A.T medically assisted recovery. Quickmd is a app that can get you on daily soboxone. Just something that's out there and it helped me get clean. I believe in u bro u can quit
8:00 There is a difference between physical dependence and addiction. I hoped a channel like this wouldn't conflate them like that. The two things often go together, but they are not the same thing. Physical dependence is when your body needs a substance, for whatever reason. People who use opioids often become physically dependent, and that causes or is an effect of their addiction. What makes it an addiction is when the person continues to use a substance or do an activity despite it having horrible negative consequences on their life. So addiction is based on behavior, and why it's not limited to substances. Diabetics are physically dependent on insulin, but they aren't addicted to it. I've been clean from hard drugs for over 5 1/2 years; this is the longest I've been clean. The last time I used, I overdosed and almost died. I used to think a lot about which came first, when I first tried Heroin back in the day, the physical dependence or the addiction. I'm really not sure. I think the first time you vomit from not having it is a big wake up call, but by that point, I was probably already addicted for a while.
Preach
I am a recovering addict who was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident. I'll never have a day without pain. I got prescribed methadone because I was scared of waking the beast. I went on vacation with my family and I somehow forgot my meds. I was so sick and miserable but the kicker was the way my family treated me after that. I was just a junkie again even though I was just dependent like you said. I didn't have the urge to do whatever necessary to make it stop like when I was addicted. I have been grinning and bearing it since, been 4 years, that week because I can't get understanding. We really need more education on the subject
Lol no one’s reading that
I mean you're 100% correct and it wouldn't hurt for the channel to mention it but for most watchers the difference is unimportant. It only matters to ex addicts or people who really want to understand addiction for the majority of the public an addict is an addict.
@@georgiafan775bro that's harsh but as an ex addict and I'm one myself your Dr should have never prescribed Methadone. It's more addictive than heroine and more damage to the body. As I said I'm an ex addict in Britain and our Dr's won't prescribe me anything with an opioid or opioid effect like valium etc other than for a couple of days and that was only after full on heart surgery and collapsed lungs from a blood viral infection. However the fact your family responded like that sucks and unfortunately shows just how addicts are viewed by most people.
my boyfriend watched this video now he's searching for it everywhere and obsessed with trying it. i wish this video never popped up on my feed
Well I would never trust a cashier at a gas station who suggest I take some pill or supplement
I mean if you cannot trust a gas station cashier who CAN you trust? /s
Because someone is stupid enough to believe that drug companies have the cure to diseases but don't release them to the public in order to keep people on their medications.
Its the US..... look at Trump vs Biden (now Harris). What do you expect.
im so glad thats what you took away from this video you definitely did not miss the point
@@nils-erikolsson3539I bet you say that to all the girls.
If i ever get hooked on Zaza i wanna let you know i first heard about it from you
LMAO, that's what I was thinking.. Why are you telling people about this?!?!?
Yes, kinda like tips for criminals…
It’s dumpster juice brah
Think Tylenol 3
@purrfitazitgetz3365 Nah man, it's like fake heroin
@@davidglenn2739 no I mean how weak it is
I think the main thing that is being over looked is the vast spread of mental illness like clinical depression. one of the biggest most un treatable symptoms of MDD is anhedonia/loss of interest. It is probably the worst state a person could be in. No psyche med will help. They end up giving you "add on" bupropion or antipsychotics/tricyclics. I think that is why the opioid thing is so bad today. I have TRD and other mental health conditions ,and i found the only two substances that somewhat help are Venelafaxine and Mytragina. Yeah, I know Mytragyna is addictive to some people ,but it truly helps me some with severe anhedonia/loss of interest. It is better than what I was going to do. Yeah, it is pretty dark.
recieving mental health assistance in america is still somewhat stigmatized, not to mention expensive and maybe difficult to find. but i agree, there must be some kind of fundamental issue with the quality of life, why else would there be so many addicts?
i'm glad you found something that works for you. but make no mistake, mytragyna will wring your happiness receptors dry over time. you're merely pushing anhedonia down the line. take it from a decade-long daily user who finally quit. all that it did at the end was make me angry.
Feel this completely. The med resistant MDD and the complete and utter lack of any interest in anything at all is terrible. It's like you have no idea why the fuck you're even sticking around
I have been a junky for 25 years, I have been through withdrawals from every drug including alcohol. Tianeptine was by far the worst and scariest withdrawals I have ever had. I didn't sleep for 5 days and went into psychosis. I was in the worst withdrawals of my life and was hallucinating. I couldn't sleep or eat and eventually got to where I wasn't able to breathe properly and had to go to the hospital. I can't tell you how scary an experience this was, it was one of the top 3 scariest things that had happened to me in my life!
@@thecougarprince i have always done opioids as well, pretty close to 20 years now..... If it weren't for kratom there's not a doubt in my mind I'd be shooting heroin or dead. Thankfully I turned to kratom after pills, so never made my way over to heroin... but I will slam some morphine when the country im in permits the sale over the counter....
How was the high though? Lol. I have a lot of experience with taking 45-55mg 7-hydroxymitragynine as 7-Hydroxymitragynine citrate orally and 10-360ish mg oral mitragynine as mitragynine citrate, both dissolved in water and drank all at once per dosage. The 7-hydroxymitragynine makes you nod and euphoric. The mitragynine is much lighter but nice with a low tolerance at around 120-166ish mg.
@@Cbd_7ohm ok, well, I'm not gonna try and talk you out of it, because you are in the phase I was in when I was addicted to tia... You are going to put anything in your body that will get you high, no matter the consequences. I just told you it was the scariest thing that has EVER HAPPENED to me and you're question was... Anyway, the high is dirty, because it doesn't just hit opiate receptors and it actually the opposite of an ssri, it INCREASES serotonin reuptake, so it actually REMOVES serotonin from the synapse in the brain... Which is well, not fucking good. It also works on glutamate, nmda, all sorts of places in the brain. The euphoria is intense, but the half life of the drug is like 1 hour,meaning if wears off very quickly. You get an intense euphoria for about 10-20 minutes, and then you start to go back into withdrawal immediately. But you can't catch another buzz until it has left the opiate receptors in your brain, which takes like 4 hours. So you get high for 20 minutes if you're lucky, then you have to endure withdrawals for 3.5 hours til you can dose again. It's expensive, shitty high, terrible withdrawals, HAVE FUN! I pray you find sobriety like I did because the path you're headed down only ends in misery, that 100% of the time.
How much were you taking and for how long before you quit?
All I want to know is when will the gas station MDMA be available???
soon my brother soon...
They have it it's sold in sex shops 😂
On GOD
During the "bath salts" era around 2009/2010 there was some. I think the chemical was either 3MMC or 6-APB.
@@kasonm801All the bath salts are based on kaht fyi I just think it's interesting but it's a drug almost only found in Somalia
I was one of the people to get hospitalized coming off it. I was taking a version with a 2nd addictive chemical, Zaza silver (had both the opiate like tianeptine and phenibut, a chemical that emulated benzodiazepines to some extent) Both chemicals have awful withdrawal. I was taking up to two bottles a day and tried to taper, but couldn't sleep, so just stopped cold, and ended up admitted in the hospital with full blown delirium tremens. I believed I was in hell, didn't know what was going on, lasted weeks.
I had been an opiate user in the past and quit those cold turkey at home, a 10 year IV opiate addiction, just stopped and didn't need medical help, but this was entirely different. It sounds more like the withdrawals alcoholics or xanax users go through, just out of your head.
I'm on beta blockers now, my anxiety never did return to normal, I have to take propranolol to avoid panic attacks, but glad to not need anything narcotic. They banned these in my state shortly after, I'm glad. I'd much rather come off heroin than those.
Phenibut withdrawal.....
*Shivers
Yes. A very unique long lasting high....
If only I had known! How horrendous it would be tapering off it!
Cold turkey would make me have full blown psychosis yet somehow I hung on to life and am still here
Think I just sharted myself....simply recalling its wds does that to a man lol
Mannnn, I quit a 12mg a day kpin habit, had a seizure and rebound anxiety/wirhdrawal for a little over a year. Shit was behonr brutal
Skill issue
I call fufu on quitting a decade long IV heroin addiction straight up with no replacement treatment or inpatient stay at a rehab facility.
First I'll forget that after 10 years IV drug use, you would develop needle fixation which is it's own addiction/habitual behaviour to overcome.
Success from rehabilitation methods I listed above is only 30-40% possibly 60% with great aftercare and consistent support.
I don't want to bash anybody and their struggles but whenever I see people claiming to have kicked a long term heroin addiction, like quitting chocolate or sugar, it annoys me because it undermines other people who struggle daily.
I take propranalol now as well. Ex opiate addict myself. You will eventually be okay!
8:10 You forgot to mention the most fun side effect of opiate withdrawal, good ol' RLS. Who doesn't love that garbage? You can't even lay in bed and be miserable. It's the best.
Just thinking about the feeling of rls is distressing. In full blown wds I'd have the same feeling in my arms as well. Horrifying.
I get RLS, and I don't even take opiates. It sucks sucks sucks.
Ooooof I get that ish when I take any antihistamines like NyQuil. God it’s unbearable mentally prob more than anything
@@bowtiejess80 I've had it spread to my arms during some particularly bad withdrawal bouts, its unbearable.
@@zethloveless7238 Back in the day I took it to get some sleep during withdrawal. That night I learned it makes RLS 100 times worse.
The real issue we should be asking about is why do so many people need and want happiness in a bottle. The issue is our society and it's brought us to the point we are desperate to find relief in this working to live (yet unable to afford even groceries now) world. Instead of a war on drugs the government should start trying to find solutions to the mass amounts of depression and unhappiness of their people
Regulation is indeed needed, but the idea of patching all loopholes is like asking someone to count grains of sand on a beach. As long as there are humans who want to profit off of a loophole, they'll work very hard to find the one thing you didn't think of.
I mean... USA is actually the first country I've heard of that had this labelled as a supplement, not precription med. It's really not that hard to not put addictive and dangerous substances in grocery shops.
People who are addicted aren't necessarily taking more because they're addicted but more because their tolerance is increasing at the same time the addiction is developing too.
They covered that.
Thank You Simon!
I was maimed by the medical class 6 years ago. I csnt sue the bastard! I can't get disability! I can't get anything to alleviate the pain, because "Don't you know there's a opioid crisis in this country?"
Thanks to this video i might have found relief from 24/7 pain! I'll keep you updated!
I don't think this is a promotion but you do you
@@owenmadden7577 Sorry you fell thru the cracks. Kratom leaf may help you, BUY THE LEAF POWDER!, avoid extracts and use the raw powder. Get pasteurised, standardised product.
I am so glad I listened to my gut when something told me I shouldn’t grab one of those! I have a lot of trouble staying awake when driving and tend to look for creative solutions sometimes (i’ve decided it’s best to just consume a lot of caffeine and pull over when needed at this point) on my last long drive though, I almost grabbed one of these but I was just really suspicious of it, it seemed incredibly iffy and I didn’t trust it. VERY happy with that decision now!