American Epidemic: The Nation's Struggle With Opioid Addiction
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2017
- In 2016, Wall Street Journal video journalists Robert Libetti and Adya Beasley chronicled the devastating impact of opioid abuse. This is the story of four families touched by the epidemic. Photo: Robert Libetti
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I want everyone who watches this to understand that this story is a window to a lot of addicts and recovering addicts stories. I work in detox, I see these good people fall every day, they are doing great and the addiction overtakes them. It's so sad how strong the addiction is... It's understandable and so dangerous. I consider my clients almost like my children now- I feel so desperate to help them, and in the end it's their strength, their willpower, it is them that have to crawl out the hole thats sinking them. I've seen some clients die, some clients stay sober for a long time, clients who stay sober and fall, clients who can't stay sober for the life of them. Clients mandated by probation and parole, clients who desperately want to change, and clients who are being forced to come by families. I see clients who want to do better, I see clients who want to hurt others by bringing drugs in. I see clients who's parents are exactly like this.... kick their child out and regret it and hate it so much, but have no idea what to do.... it's depressing. We don't have enough resources in the world to keep the drug sellers away from the addicted... we don't have enough detox beds, enough state funded beds, enough time, resources, or anything... I just hope when people see this they don't judge these people. Addiction comes down to the brain... the brain can't help it. When it gets something good, it wants more and more and more... and then without it the brain craves it.... and that's why it's so hard to just "quit" you have to fight yourself... and that's the toughest thing of all. How hard they have to fight against their own MINDS telling them "DO IT" and their own willpower saying NO. I love my clients, and I don't ask for my clients to remember me or love me back or anything, I just hope to god they can all beat their addictions. I don't care how many times I have to give them a chance, they will always have a chance and be human beings to me.
God bless you❤
Don't be discouraged keep doing what you do... We need more people helping them out , anyone can fall out with an addiction.
As a heroin addict, I’m so thankful that people like you exist🖤. I have literally been beaten up by people for using, they judge and misunderstand the addiction so badly. Relapsing doesn’t mean we’re not strong, we don’t love you…..it means that drug & this addiction are THAT mf powerful. Anyways, your comment gave me hope & I’m back on methadone right now, in treatment. I just hope I can do this. Lots of love to you💗
@@LOve-bq4gc keep going ... Never stop rising out of the black clouds
Thank you so much for your good work.❤
Ugh!! That grandfather afraid that he will die before he can help his grand-kids become men. Tore at my heart strings!!
Dalester1979 that tore me apart also
Okay good I’m glad I’m not the only one - I actually had to pause the video for a minute
So sad
Same. I wiped tears when he said that.
I grew up with my parents who were both addicts, and watching this hits home hard..
Angie Boulet should a hospice patient be denied opioids? Especially if they are dying from cancer?
rochelle123ist No. someone who is legitimately suffering, and is at the end of their life’s rope should not be denied medication that will make their remaining days more tolerable.
I'm so sorry❤ you're strong
I strongly believe a big part in this Opioid crisis is that Doctors cut their patients off of their pain Meds without warning. Especially chronic pain patients. The way the FDA/DEA went about it, was completely juvenile.
Yeah they need to titrate/wean off the med and educate about withdrawal symptoms to report. Some MDs only care about the $$$ they don't think of the whole person.
They over prescribed opiates and then cut people off, creating a void that heroin/fentanyl filled.
Has big business /government ever done anything that benefited the "little people". They care about profits from narcan and suboxone
They started getting investigated by the DEA and Health Canada, many doctors were charged!!
Kevin Gretzinger Not enough were charged.
I spent twenty years addicted and homeless, and the best thing anyone ever did for me was not do anything for me, when you enable someone like Joseph you become a part of the problem.
Guilt will make you do all kinds of stuff
I stop using 9 years ago & then 3 years into me being sober found out I was gonna be a father i thank God for given me the strength to stay drug free i couldn't imagine using being a dad now my son is my everything . When i saw the part in this video with the young boy Ben and he said he wished he had bigger muscles so that he could wake his dad up when he would sleep long broke my heart 💔 then the things the boy's dad done with the scary movies 🎥 and then he dies made me cry I'm a man and I'm not ashamed to say that it made me cry it hit me because i could never let my son down especially like in that way sad May God bless the families who have to see there loved ones go through addiction and may God bless all using may they have the strength to overcome there addiction 🙏🏼
My son died this thanksgiving. If your child is young, don’t hold back on aggressive treatment. It’s your only hope. After years of use there’s no hope. The brain changes. Johnny fought like a hero to end his sickness. Too late. His brain was no longer the same. His doctor and nurses thought he was the kindest person they’d ever met. There’s only a 30% chance of surviving this disease . Don’t hope…Act. Don’t brush off the signs and think it will get better. It will not. Be aggressive with this drug
That's horrific. I'm so sorry ❤
I’m sorry. I’m watching this with an 11 year old son and I want to understand the signs… just in case. Your warning has fell on my ears well. I don’t think he will, I’ve raised him as much to be safe, but I’m not a perfect parent (none of us are) and I want the tools I need to equip myself. Call me anxious, but I want prevention as much as I can possibly achieve. I know how easy it is to just say “what the heck, I’ll give it a go.”
I’m sorry for your loss, I cannot imagine. I hope that you can find something that feels like comfort and solace in knowing that people are listening to your story.
@@This_RuthIsOnFire Thank you for your kind words first. Ask yourself first if you think he may be at risk now or in the future. Does he have anxiety, trouble sleeping, is easily frustrated over small things or perceived "slights"? My son had anxiety from a small age and that couldve been a contributing factor... the comfort this drug gave his symptoms. My advice is watch for things such as jewelry, money, and electronics that go missing. Dont be gaslit by explanations that dont make sense. Become involved in explaining that prescribed medication is not safe just because it comes from a doctor. . It is most certainly not. Opiods should be given in only the most EXTREME circumstances. My son was given opiods for a knee injury. And...that was the beginning of his end. Be well..and thank you again.
I’m so sorry for your loss may he rest in peace and GOD have mercy on his soul.
my mom and dad were the same way when I was poppin pills... now I've been sober 2 years and working a fulltime job ....from nothing to something; just keep moving forward each day.
Great job 👍
You are amazing, and you are a role model for others. Stay clean ❤️❤️🌹🌹
congrats
Even though I don't know you, or what you have done, or what you have been through to get there, I just want to say I am proud you managed to do it :)
How did you get past withdrawal. I can never make it past day 4
The first thing on their fridge is: " student loans". Give most of your income to a parasitic corporation who sold you a false dream...
that corporation is the government, they are the ones providing the loans. and they are the ones running most of the schools
@@trod5902 why it isn't free? What for are taxes? Government job is to serve people of that country.
@@trod5902 Not every student loan is from the government. There are private companies who provide student loans as well.
As a recovering addict myself.. I can relate so much to Joey. I live in Southern Maine maybe a hour away and I was a addict for over 10 years. I have 4 years clean this December.. I wish I could find you on Facebook and link up with you. It’s nice having someone you can relate to so much. My story’s unbelievable also. My kids saved my life and I thank god every day. I lost my first born daughter to foster care in Florida due to my drug abuse. I came back home to Maine and had 2 boys. My oldest boy is 4 and I promised him the minute he opened his eyes that I would never leave him. And I would never let anything stop me. NOTHING. 2 weeks after he was born his mother found needles in my backpack.. She kicked me out and gave me the ultimatum. I could have the needles and drugs. Or I could have her and my son. Needless to say, I been clean for 4 years now and my son just had his 4th birthday a few weeks ago. We ended up having another baby boy who will be 2 in January. Every day is a struggle and a new fight. But that feeling I get when I feels those little arms wrapped around my neck. Speak of the devil. He just came out as I was writing this and said Daddy I want big big giant loves. And gave me the biggest hug. ❤️ No feeling in the world could ever compare to it. No high in this world would ever be worth going back and losing my boys.
What about the first daughter that ended up in the foster care?
Im glad ur doing good! Great job
RUclips Teezy T Pandemic Struggling. Song is the real deal
Too everyone who has overcome an addiction and is in a good place , I have the upmost respect for you and wish you the best. Don’t listen to people who don’t know what it is like to go through something like this. You are human and beautiful and deserve a happy life. ❤️
You never TRULY "overcome" the addiction, you just put it on "pause" for as long as you can take it. Every addict is one breath away from hitting that "PLAY" button again.
It doesn't matter if you have 2 months or 20 years. It all comes down to your ability to handle feeling grey and colorless the rest of your life...
@@lightisgreaterthandarkness I disagree with Every addict is one breath away from using again, and this one is one of the biggest lies from the devil once an addict always an addict In rehab they make you stand up and say my name is such & such and I am an addict or alcoholic. When God takes that away you are no longer that addict. Don't speak that on you the Bible says life & death are in the power of the tongue Read the Book of James
Light is greater than darkness so true. I’ll be in recovery the rest of my life.
We do recover. 💙
Amen!
Ah man, I feel so much for little Ben. I hope he grows up happy. Those early memories can stay with you for a long time.
Now rewind to the 80's and see how that "epidemic" was handled.
Apparently "Black Lives Matter" except they didnt.
it's a national tragedy once it becomes a white people problem
Big Chuck let's be real though here man your right as far as the media goes but as far as law enforcement and government are concerned were treated the exact same man. I am a recovering heroin addict white and middle class. I've never been given a break by le or legislation I've been locked up and stepped on and over just like anyone with a drug problem. the assumption that we are treated different is absolutely false. no one ever gave me a break or lent me a hand brother. I have more black and Mexican friends then I do other whites and they would all agree without a doubt that I was never given a better deal then any of them in any situation any of us ever found ourselves in. that assumption
is very very wrong my friend.
Drew, I disagree. Having worked with the justice system in court and reentry, I def disagree.
Rebekah Reynolds yes I am wrong for sure I will admit that I got angry at the comments and was only looking at things through my personal experiences. I am aware that it occurs, I guess I just personally get frustrated feeling like people believe that I had it better then others. I does happen a lot you are right but there are also those of us who are white and middle class that did never get that special treatment that some people think ALL of us get. its just as wrong to assume that EVERY white middle class person gets a break as it is to make a comment like I did.....that's all........sorry I had to edit to add this part as an example.....I actually had the fact that I came from a family with a little money work against me I had a incident about 3 years ago where me a 2 friends were stopped with dope......2 of the cops worked one of my buddies to try and get him to say that I had supplied him probably because it was obvious that I did have a little more money......I didn't supply him and it was actually my buddies (who is mexican) dealer that hooked us up that night......it dosent always work in our favor.
I'm so glad Todd was with producers and camera crew when he found that bag
Anyone who's an Addict that has family that cares and is trying to help. Don't take that for granted. If you still have family who cares. Trying to help you get sober. Take the help. You will not regret it. We do recover. Take the help given to you and get better. 6 years sober here and let me tell you. It is such a good feeling knowing youre clean and able to live life without numbing your body and mind. Keep fighting anyone who struggling with addiction
Videos like this really helps thanks, this is my sixth day sober and I feel so confident that I can make it though this so thanks for sharing this.
@JAM S I'm reading this A year later. I hope you are staying strong and sober? If not, we just have to get back up and keep trying✌& 💗
2 years out. How’s it going over there?
@JAM S hope all is well
I wish you nothing but the best girl....hang in there
You can sis! You can!
Ben, my dude, you are already strong. You're already a superhero for having lived through that experience.
Ive been clear for over a year working on year 2... i was on percocets 30mg... it is always a battle. I had to relocate and have the right support from friends . Lucky i never had to go to rehab. If anyone addicted is seeing this or dealing with someone with addiction it does get better. But you cant change someone who doesn't want to change them selves .
Nathan Tessler I’m proud of you. The blind hatred thrown around really is disheartening. Keep up the good work! It’s amazing going from “how do you wake up sober and function” to “how did I ever let my self fall this far” it’s not easy and some days are worse but every day clean is worth it.
🙏🙏
It breaks my heart and makes me cry when I heard about the plight the little boy who was adopted went through. Especially when he said drinking 100 glasses of milk a day would make him strong to wake someone up but realized that it was not possible. No child should have to go through such a traumatic experience.
I was trying to figure out why he was so unmotivated to work, but then I realized that depression is very real in circumstances like his. His dad was not wrong either, though. You can't give a struggling person in the throws of addiction money.
What an amazing family for sticking behind their son and getting him the help.
I’m 3 weeks clean from opiates and methadone ❤
“Just Say No To Drugs” that’s what you told us!
Yep
I guess they meant this shouldn't apply to big pharma drugs
It's the great double standard. If I print money in my home it's called counterfitting, but the banks do it routinely making money out of thin air, similarily if I sell drugs I go to jail for narcotics trafficking and all my assets are seized when I am charged with "proceeds obtained by crime" but these big pharma companies pay millions in campaign contributions and to lobbyist lawyers.
Justice is only for those who can afford it!!!
Lady justice isn't blind, obviously cause she is always looking to see how deep your pockets are and who your associations are to determine your penalty!!!
We need to push these politicians, they have pushed us too far and we need another 60's type movement!
VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!
People who say just say no, or just stop doing drugs if it was that easy and you can stop whenever you want to there would be no addicts. When you are addicted to opiates you can't function good, your body aches. you have diarrhea and nauseous. It gets to be where you don't want it' but have to have or else you get dope sick. Sometimes you actually don't get high but you don't want to be sick so you get it. For the people that says you can quit you just want to be high, if you never been addicted before you don't know what you are talking about. To the addicts ,people are in and out of rehabs a lot it's a revolving door. When you get sick & tired of being sick & tired ask God to take the taste for it out of mind and body then give it to Jesus. I'm 14 yrs clean and never looked back and never went to the rehab, I used a lot of yrs please hear me if you are ready to stop Jesus is the answer. The thing about this is you can fool man and say I'm ready to stop but you can't fool God. Bless you, He did it for me He will do it for you
Lol! Harsh, but true. What's good for the goose, must surely, be good for the gander too...
i watched my husbands cousin go thru this. The trauma on the kids has been the hardest part. You start to lose sympathy for the drug user after years of abuse but the kids lives have been devastated.
Thank you grandparents for EVERYTHING that you do! We know your time should have been yours when you get to the golden age, but we really need you for people who are just lost and gone! I am so glad those boys had their grandparents. This just shows how even coming from a good home doesn't keep you from being an addict and then dead.
Can someone explain to me why the large public and legislative concern for this and the difference of the treatment of black people with marijuana? Why are these people not in jail as the millions of black people for a few grams that have virtually destroyed many lives completely? I would really appreciate a proper answer rather than the anticipated crap.
M Thompson why do white people like using opiates so much?
M Thompson it's the 1 billion dollar qtn we are all asking ourselves.
news.vice.com/article/heroin-kills-white-people-more-than-anyone-else-and-nobody-is-sure-why
www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/?.01066b66e09f
How about it may be because the police, legislators have family on heroin so that it's easier to be easier and wanting to find ways to deal with it differently?
The graphs above show. for example in Fig 21, 10% white etc, 13% black. If these are put in real population figures one would see the HUGGGEEE difference. The hypocrisy continues and does not explain the HUUGGGEEE disparity of blacks in jail. Let's keep it real it is PURE RACE! Notice that few people comment on my question because the reality is HHUUUGGGEELY UGLY.
I appreciate your "trying to explain" the "unexplainable" but good try, I sympathize with your puzzlement in these United Racist States of America.
i just explained why heroin fucks white people so bad can you people not read?
I guess it's non-acceptance....what can I say.
Little tiny Ben broke my heart with his other daddy and thinking he could be a super hero by drinking the milk but not anymore! I hope that boy grows up emulating his adopted parents not his paternal parents, little angel!
Shout out to Vermont and being smart with that pre charge program. So awesome to help addicts as opposed to just throwing them in jail to graduate as career criminals. Major credit given to that state.
Parents make me sick who leave there kids for drugs.
Brian Tega they cant help it. its addiction. it takea control of life. have u been an addict?
Paul Crozier All opiate addicts should be sent to jail. There family needs to broken up. They should not be able to get jobs. Just like the late 70s 80s. We need a new war on drugs no compassion for the addicts. This is not a crisis its a war.
Both of mine did
i agree with that feeling, but its not easy for them at all. most of the time when people get to such a dire point that they leave for drugs, its because theyre severely addicted. its sad, but its the truth. theyre too deep to think clearly about the effects, because all they want is the drugs
I see this on a daily basis as an addiction recovery doctor, luckily in the UK Fentanyl cases are very few and far between, however we have other opioids that people get addicted too, these drugs are incredibly addictive.
I will never stop trying to help people who come into my centre.
That is indeed fortunate, if in the UK Fentanyl cases are rare. I'm just trying to give one positive way to look at it. I'm certain there are many other dangerous drug issues and trends, and I'm also very certain that Fentanyl a bad one.
Here in 2019, and I can't tell you how informative this video was and is relevant today. I am personally going to school right now to become a substance use disorder counselor and this showed the full spectrum from use, to dislocated families, to the revolving door of the criminal justice system, and to relapse/recovery/death. Substance abuse is everywhere in the US. It's hidden but it is present everywhere and I hope we can shed light on this now in society as a whole and be a part of a solution and not a silent enabler to this epidemic. These families stories need to be heard by everyone.
Forget just speaking to addicts, for opioids, heroin to fentanyl to codeine, all they need is suboxone (buprenorphine) it triggers opioid receptors without the high but it kills the chills etc, all withdrawl go away, one day of abstinence then on that, taper off it when ready and then near the end of the taper, start naloxone, it kicks opioids off the receptors, it doesn't get then high. Do all that and then talk, do it not? Don't even waste a word
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I hope that every person suffering from addiction - whatever it may be - gets the help they need to overcome their problems.
My new book will answer what no doctor wants you to know: how to "Get Off Drugs". I found the way out of opiate addiction. And it wasn't through doctors, as they are the ones who got me addicted in the first place. Email me at innerpeacemissionministry@gmail.com. There is a way out, don't give up!
Drugs are so bad. They unleash demonic results that can ultimately destroy a person. People think the high of drugs is wonderful/necessary. But there are highs in this life yet to be experienced, that don't destroy us. Good highs.
Can anyone think of some of life's good highs?
@@susiearviso3032 These are good basic questions, the persons caught up in addiction can't realate to. It's, by analogy, asking an 8 year old, "can anyone thing of some of life's good highs that come from upper learning of science?" Such questions are just byyond the capatilibyt of the person asked to asnwer. Your question is a "half-question:, as it sees only on aspect of addiction, the beginning stage, which attracts most of us, namely the "high". But opiate abuse is so far more complext and harmful than to focus in only on that question, anymore than asking how delicious a scoop of ice cream tastes of an obsese persons weighing in at 500 pounds is asked, "an can anone think of some of life's good highs?"
From your question, i can't help but to pressume you have zero knowledge of withdrawals. And without such knowlege, you're a blind man driving the freeway, uaware which pedal slams on the breaks and which which punches the gun (increases gasoline to the engine), hence you're a great danger to anyone who dare enter the freeway.
Please exlain to us the term "withdrawals" and all that it implies? Oh, you've never have withdrawals because you've never been an addict. Well, I've never driven a car, so I guess we're even to me driving not know the differeence between the bas pedal and break is equal to you not knowing the differentce betweent a "high" and a "withdrawal", and lacking such knowledge, par my analogy on the freeway, spells only one simple phrase "Major disaster". Which is what your post is. :)
@@susiearviso3032 I can think of one good high: reading a post opposite yours that has some degree of intelligence attached to it. Your perception of drugs and abuse are so twisted and far off from reality, it's difficult to even discuss. I suggest first you read my book, "Get Off Drugs" so you have a clear and precise understanding of drug addiction, in this case particularly opiate addiction, because until you are able to understand fully what such an addiction does to afflict the mind and the folllowing results, you're just another bird chirping in the tree, without the slightest thought, as it attemtps to protect its own territory.
The fact you ask "Can anyone think of some of life's good highs?" (implying such highs without useage of drugs") is naive, to say the least and undermines the whole world in which a drug addicts mind functions.
My suggestion if firstly read my book, "Get Off Drugs" to gain a clear, propaganda-free book on the whole drug movemment, then email to me what issues you face regarding drug abuse, if none, more power to you. If many, then the same, I wil give more power to you to defeat this monster of an enemy. You can reache me direct at innerpeasemissionministry@gmail.com if you're serious about wanting to free yourself or loved ones from drug (especially opiate) addiction). Knowledge is power, but ignorance is the greatest weakeness and first thing your enemy will be seeking out.
How simplistic. Ignore evil and just gaze at the sunset, spite of the storm brewing. May dazzle your camera for a few seconds; hope it's waterproof.
@@peterstanton4283 very well said! . Your comments are exactly how I I have tried to explain to friends / family/ and you have nailed it for me ! For this I thank you. May ✌ peace and love💗 and understanding always be with you.☺
the level of support he got is amazing,there's many ppl out there who doesn't 😔
being a recovering addict, had overdose, watching this breaks my heart . prayers to you all ,
julieann522 - God bless you. Please stay strong.
sending love and prayer back at you ❤️❤️
Great video! So many smiles and tears. I love seeing ppl and families successfully beat addiction.
Nothing stronger than the love of a dad and mum for their child !!
I'm an addict,at first I was on diydracodien,around 35-30ml tabs aday,for around 18 years,luckily I got into rehab,now I'm on a methadone program,yea its hard,but one day I'll be clean
Thanks for sharing your story Ross. I am praying for you even now.
May God be with you and show you His wonderful kindness and grace.
May the love of His Son Jesus surround you and embrace you warmly.
Please take care.
That’s a great attitude to have and I’m. Very happy for you. It’s not easy at all but it is worth it. Hang in there and I wish you nothing but the best!!!!!
I hope you accomplished your goal💗
I wish people would have the same compassion for the crack epidemic and its victims.
I've been in Stephanie's shoes. Thankful that her and Joe have such a supportive and loving family. Much love to anyone effected by the opiod epidemic ❤️❤️
Love to the family members taking care of the kids. To all the abusers out there: THINK OF WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO THE CHILDREN.
the families are amazing for sharing this I wish them all luck.They have had to endure so much.
to loose your mom and your sister, man thats sad as hell...
Wow he went through $200,000.00 in dope. He is lucky to be alive.
Well done to everyone in this! you have my true admiration, you all such normal people, you can do it! The grandparents and the adopted parents! Love you for taking the kids in, everyone one of you in this documentary are sensational!
Crack was an epidemic too. Solution wasn't a violin filled movie
The body yes it did. And produced crack babies. Those babies are now grown and hard to employ due to learning disabilities. Research.
What a terrible remark.
lando ramone nope. Now we have right wing whites caring for the drug addicts but we know why
> The right wing care nothing for what people put into their bodies anymore.
As noted by strict stance towards Marijuana.
ninamphotog, this is much worse. Get educated, dumbass.
These people ruin it for people who really need opiates for pain.My pain doctor does blood tests on me to make sure I'm taking my meds and not selling them.I don't get any euphoric feelings from them.They help me manage my pain.If I didn't have these meds,I would probably kill myself.Being in terrible pain everyday is no way to live. I've had 5 back surgeries within a 2 yr period and live in pain everyday.When I do my grocery shopping, I'm laid out in bed for 2-3days afterward . I'm not able to play with my grandkids,I live on TV dinners,becquse if I stand longer than 15 minutes, I have terrible pain.These people are on massive amounts of pain meds,because after a month,you don't get the high feeling anymore.And anyone who legitimately takes pain meds then stop will go thru withdrawls,doesn't mean you're addicted.
"If I didn't have these meds, I would probably kill myself"
Users would probably say the same thing. They may have some physical or mental pains that they simply don't want to feel. They don't ruin it for you because you're not actually getting denied opiates. There's a reason for usage and getting high is just the tip of the iceberg.
Dany Ella They do. Spending hundreds of dollars a week (two decades ago) on stuff that just made me feel normal wasn't my idea of a good time. When I started it was self-medication, not to get "high" - pot & the odd "eckie" did that. Without enough cash or an appetite for crime I wound up in the methadone program & am clean now. After over 2 decades of dependence I'm clean, & the collective opioid painkillers I was prescribed other than methadone wouldn't have done someone in pain more than a week. The abuse from people claiming to be in severe chronic pain is understandable but insupportable in fact; Australia has the resources to stop over-prescription these days, so do the States, I reckon.
Tim Perkins. We do hve substances that help addicts, the FDA won't approve them. The money made in the black market is tooo overwhelming for the gov't to shut it down. Judges, high political figures, hve money invested in drug traffic. They'll impose stricter rules in methadone programs (3 dirty urines? DETOX from 180 mgs., in 5 days). Assholes. Not everyone is a scumbag, derelict shithead, who uses. What happened to the drugs on the street? There's no real smack out there. There's no real cocaine. One won't get an abcess shooting the coke out there, today. THAT is a trip!! Sweden, of course, has the best mode d'emploi.
Lizzie Sangi They already have pretty strict 'done rules in my little part of Australia; 180mg of it takes closer to 5 months than 5 days of course, if coming off 90 took me so long, the rules you're talking about sound like they've gone from ignoring civil liberties to positive inhumanity! I think things can change but er, it won't be easy ;D They'll have to at some point, if only because the current situation is a threat to world security, not to mention US national security. It's been a few years since I had hammer, let alone speedballs, I'd just end up with a habit, but I still remember why I like them :)
Dark hadu worked pretty well with crack and black people. Maybe showing a little care and concern for each other would be/have been a better course?
Very well-done, as someone with an opiate addiction in recovery I loved it👏❤️🙏💉. You guys should make this a series💗
I wish so much that we could just talk about this openly, what this mom says about shame is so accurate. There are moments of intervention, but if it shrouded in shame it makes it impossible to have a break through. We are all capable of an imbalance in our lives. Just get to the bottom of it, and hold love for those in your family and friend circle. People around you will help.
I'm black and although I care and can clearly see that there was/ is a bias towards blacks in the justice system etc I can't care about that right now..i see people PEOPLE hurting and going through hell because of this epidemic. WE have every right to be bitter and salty about how we were treated but what's the point? I see people hurting..i see people hurting everywhere and i just want to help. I don't care about the race or anything really other than helping these people. why isn't that the priority instead of bringing up the past ☹
DiaryofA WimpyCollegeGirl thank you so much for saying that
Its NOT about color people, we all bleed the same!
lol.
Erma Roland when is convenient right.
Hailey Tlure Your way of thinking is exactly why you are going into captivity. No more talk.
I’am addicted to heroin since turned 16 and to alcohol, since turned 21.
Now I’am 26, I’am on substitute medication, I have a full - time job, I even started to study…psychology & counselling.
At one of my first essays, there were a question: „Why You want to study this course?”, so I wrote an answer: „I’am a young man, struggling with opiate and alcohol addiction for nearly half of my life, I want to help people like me, I want to show and prove them, that everything is possible if only You really want it”, so it is.
I’m praying for all of You and Your families ❤
Stay strong and never give up! 💪
Respect to chuck the grandfather for raising those kids with such an honest kind heart.
he has an awesome family helping him out the way they are i hope he gets well
The little boy that wanted bigger muscles, god bless him.
Joe, Do you know how special you are to have parents that support your sobriety so wholeheartedly? OMG you are so fortunate.
Probably best for Ben that he has a new family so he can move on with his life.
Joseph literally financially destroyed his family. So sad.
Just say NO!!
Just say no
mariemm200 NO TO CLICHES!
The mother enables the son. She didn't need to drive him to meetings as if he was a child. Parents kept feeding his habit. I wonder what kind of woman would marry him. Sad.
Where can I buy it? Where is it legal?
I’m 37 now crack hit our towns in the 80s I lost my mom and dad I saw things that that hurt me things happened to me that was so wrong there was no help it hurts me to this day my sister now use I ran never looking back saving now to move to Africa I have no family left here where was my tv show my help? Just asking
Sorry to hear about your family.
Sorry for what has happened to you and your family
Whether you believe or not (praying or I wish you luck), I want nothing but the best for you in this life and may the remainder of your days be as joyous as you desire. Very sorry you had to endure so much pain... Know that people 'hear' you and care.
The racism is so apparent. They help these white boys and clean their records but no help for young black men.
There are numerous of documentaries and many have people of different races. This isn't all about white people. Times have changed and there's an option to get help now.
My brother has been addicted to crack since the 90s I wish there was a pre charge program around back then.
How has he maintained his health for so long?
I so glad i got sober and can be that mom my daughter deserves.really happy i found this on you tube.
Good on Todd for flushing it and being brave and honest
So you mean to tell me that this white mother with a husband in her house was having difficulty controlling her drug addict thug of a son? While I'm being sarcastic we have been trying to tell our white brothers and sisters that black "hood" kids are not the only ones who were victims of addictions to these substances and the damages they do. We're expected to abandon our sick loved ones and watch how others empathize/sympathize with theirs. You're ashamed of the short comings of those who look like you but you'll go through great lengths to help them. The hypocrisy is strong with some of these arguments.
MrWhatDoYouBelieve Nobody has to give you attention, so please stop crying for it like a damn child.
Its a shame that many dont see that drug addiction doesn't discriminate..
Angie Boulet but the law and cops do discriminate. Why are blacks getting arrested and imprisoned at 10x the rate for drug use and whites use it at 5x the rate. Yeah, white Amerikkka discriminates and we are here to point that out but nobody wants to hear or care until it happens to their white children. I am done with this pathetic country
Angie Boulet it's does sweetheart
Ashley Cooper really? How?
It's time the producers moved on from maudlin piano music telling you to feel sad throughout these types of documentaries.
Chris W you’re absolutely right
Good job famylie. For given him the support that he needed it.
Well done Todd, you've got this!
Such lack of compassion in the comments - just because one group of people got it bad in the past (black crack users) doesn't change the way you should treat people in a bad situation now.
Cognitive dissonance much?
@@WilsonianGarveyite you're a leon festinger fan the theory of cognitive dissidence them Jews are smart Leon festinger Sigmund Freud to name a couple right this second I'm giving you a thumbs up on your comment
@@toddwilford4617 lol you insult blacks for complaining about double standards you people are sick i hope more of you overdose love from south Africa.
Why cant they just learn from the old saying from Nancy Reagan and "just say no."
For the first guy...here's a thought...GET A JOB and stop sponging off of your parents!!
Addiction will control every move you make. For some-- they can't keep a job while addicted. It's a fine line for parents. They love their kids, unconditional. The thought of them on the streets addicted is heartbreaking. Some have to let them hit rock bottom. Some do tough love. So, rock bottom means no job, no home, you lose everything.
sending love to you and your families
This was an amazing video. Thank you for making it. Does anyone know how the families/individuals have made out since the making of the video?
Great documentary. I regret the day I ever started using. I'm now clean, other than a relapse I've had like 2 weeks ago. I was 2 years clean. I hate myself for relapsing, but that's part of recovery.
Just don't give up keep going and have faith in your self and god
Keep fighting❤️
Hey man I'm here for you
I know this was 2 years ago, but I just wanted to say I hope you’re well. ❤️
Hope u clean now ❤️
It is so sad to read these comments and see that some people are rejoicing over the misery of another race. The real problem with the world is hate. If your going to blame the government for the crack epidemic and the opiod epidemic, you must also acknowledge the racism epidemic that divides us instead of uniting us to love one another as the great Martin Luther King spoke of. We should be supporting each other through these difficult times and not tearing each other apart, our skin doesn't define us we are all humans and we all bleed the same. Have a heart!
I didn't completely break down until I saw Chuck Curran crying. Michelle you are so lucky to have a man like Chuck. And the two little boys are so fortunate to have the both of you to take care of them. I always wonder if they had drugs when I was growing up because I never knew anyone that did anything aside from cigarettes. I did grow up with my 3 Brothers smoking marijuana. But aside from that I never saw ANY of MY friends at school doing anything.
My heart goes out to that kid and his family...such a terrible story, the bankruptcy part is where I almost turned this off but then I remember my self in my addiction, it’s just money and u can always pay people back no matter how long it takes ..never give up on your children or yourself ...cause it’s not them anymore you have to understand that, you can save them , but u can’t shame them...save them ...please don’t shame ...love from Dc / west Bmore ..
I am an addict I was a RN working in the emergency room when I had surgery I was prescribed percocet for pain which I became addicted when my doctor stopped giving me pain pills I turned to heroin and my life spiraled out of control I started taking pain meds from work lost my job career went to jail lost my children my home everything but worse I lost my faith in God I'm trying so hard im on suboxone and it has helped me get through my fucked up life
Lucy Luca you are an idiot! Their are valid reasons for opioids. Should cancer patients and people dying from life threatening traumatic injuries be denied anesthesia? Anesthesia has opioids in them
rochelle123ist no u r a fucking idiot! I most opioids r not being prescribed to cancer and severe illnesses most addicts get addicted regardless what they are taking them for especially young people so do ur research then try to argue
765lbsquat What a marvellously stupid & cruel contribution to the discussion. Perhaps, like most trolls, you have serious issues; if hiding behind your YT username so you can tell people who are being honest to commit suicide makes you feel more significant, you need to take a good, hard look at yourself.
Lucy Luca I think I replied to you before, but somehow managed to reply to the wrong person, so I will say it again; the light of your soul never goes out, it is sometimes just really hard to see. I admire your honesty and wish you the absolute best. I hope you start to feel warm & OK inside without opioids; people might say pretty nasty stuff but for fuck's sake don't let haters make you feel bad, you deserve to have a good life.
Lucy Luca your own fault....
Respect also for the last dude
Sending love and prayers to the addicts and their families who are impacted. My heart breaks for these babies. Lord please hear my prayers😢
I hope Ben grows up and finds his strength and goes his own way and help others
33:13 Good job my friend! Keep up the awesome work! Keep sharing your story.. Many still in the struggle and don't believe they can change! But you can change! You just have to want it bad enough, & surround yourself with people that are willing to help you get through it! I can't believe how many wonderful people have been caught up in this evil trap! It looks so(&feels so), inviting&comforting,, but that never lasts long.. You wake up one day soon and realize you've been had,, by the devil.. It's sad...
Okay...I have been diagnosed with pinched to my whole back, and a curved disc! And the doctors tried giving me oxycodone. After taking the first pill and seeing how it makes me feel... I stop taking them. For one it makes you feel drink and high together! And two, I didn't want to get addicted to those things. Seeing the effect others have on it. NO WAY! I just pray and deal with my pain like it is.
Just try medical marijuana or CDB oil. It really helps with pain
This writes like a meth rant.
My little brother Nick overdosed on heroin and now has a brain injury as of nearly three years ago now. It hurts my heart to know that the same brother who kept me safe from abuse, or at least trried to, now isn't able to see or walk because he overdosed.
My son(15 years old) and his "crew"(what they call their circle) are STRAIGHT EDGE. I, at first, thought it was a "cult", for lack of a better term. The music, the black X;s, the mocking of drug users. All that.
After watching doc's like this, I am HAPPY my son is in the straight edge cult.
god bless these people. I hope Joe stays clean and little Ben grows up. to have a happy life. his chances are good with the loving family he has!!
What’s sad is those of us who suffer from real chronic pain every single waking morning are too scared to go see a doctor to get help. Then if a real pain patient does have the guts to see a doctor we only get offered junkie treatment medication. How is this fair?!
don’t blame “junkies” blame the pharmaceutical companies who caused this problem
what you said is offensive
It's amazing to see how quick people are to pass judgment on people they don't even know.
Keeping the first dude locked up in that house is the worst thing for him. He needs to be around other people in recovery. I don't know what he's doing but he needs the 12 steps
The problem is Jeff Sessions. He laughs when it is suggested that opium abuse can be treated with Marijuana. He said" Oh you r going to treat addiction with the worst drug Marijuana, that is laughable".
This has been shown to effective for 70-80% for addiction. The Government looks out for Big Pharma and large Corp. not "We the People".
Real-Batman marijuana is not worse but it certainly will not help long term sobriety for opioid addiction. suboxone is the answer.
realm batman It might work for some but pot just makes me more unhappy & confused if I do it often. Certainly during withdrawals, taken by itself it makes me feel terrible! Can help people face up to their problems, tho.
Jeremy Blaber the come down from suboxone is so much worse. the narcan taken every day will lower the chance for the drug to work if you happen to relapse. it should be only used for short periods to stop cravings and withdrawals. pot is definitely safer!
Those grandparents are absolutely amazing people. ❤
The worse part is for the kids. Growing up with a mother who was a heroin addict in a neighborhood full of heroin addicts was tough. Out of all of my younger friends only 1 of maybe 15-20 didn't become an addict. Luckily a slight few of us are clean but sadly the rest are not. It's sad. But we are all thankful for grandparents. Although sometimes they too are addicts. Hopefully one day the epidemic will end.
"Just say 'No' to Opioids!"
I agree 🙂
Just so no to abusing anything
Just say no to drugs
Nini Prom Stfu
@@reinhartdagr8108 You first, devil.
I learned a long time ago to never let an addict in your house or give them money. But there’s a few people in my life, including my child that I would never give up on. Just like them.
don’t give them money sure, but nobody is going to overcome addiction without support. if someone is homeless they’re not going to be able to quit. it doesn’t have to come from you but it’s gotta come from somebody. unfortunately rehabs are corrupt & only exist to make money.
It’s hard to watch this video and not cry. I know these people choose the lives they lead but it’s sad. Cause I understand how easily it can happen based on where you live and who you hangout with, but it’s so sad that this happens to people.
they don’t choose it. addiction is complicated & you go through withdrawals if you stop doing drugs. the narrative that it’s a choice needs to stop
very sad video.i pray for a better life for them
NOT LOOKING FOR ATENTION but I'm an oppose addict myself, I take tramadol, hydrocodone, and oxycodone. at first I sit it about once every weekend for recreational perpicies but now I take one of the three every day. I know this is the most common thing said about drugs, but kids DON'T DO DRUGS you may not think you'll be addicted till your already an addict.
Kelpo Is good start on suboxone, it'll save your life.
Kelpo Is good good!😂😂
It is so very difficult to understand addiction when you have no clue what the person suffering is going through. Our daughter is an alcoholic, it's really bad and we just dont understand. I struggle with the "why" everyday.
Air Stream did you force her to go to church? Biggest single reason.
hey at least you understand that you don’t know what they’re going through & ask yourself “why”. most addicts don’t have someone in their life who knows they’re suffering instead of just blaming them or giving up on them.
What an amazing grandmother!
God bless the new adoptive parents for giving those children the life they deserve.
I was prescribed opioids a couple years ago after foot surgery. Thankfully for me, it didn't spiral into an addiction. But in my experience with them, I can see how people get hooked on painkillers so fast and easily. Even worse, for some folks, opioids act as a gateway drug to heroin.
How do the painkillers feel? Don’t they make you sleepy? It’s hard for me to see how that’s an appealing feeling…