Fentanyl and Crystal Meth Addict-Brandon
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Brandon, a fentanyl and crystal meth addict in Los Angeles.
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He has a strong aura about him. He’s hurting in the inside so much but have so much love and knowledge to give. I’m wishing him the absolute best.
Its weird when people think they can tell anything about a person who is on Opiates.
Opiates deaden EVERYTHING in a person. You have no clue whats behind those eyes. I know, because I used to be one. I spent 2 decades of my life surrounded by these people. NOTHING shines through. You are witnessing a facade. His soul is dead. He can be reborn, and rejuvinated, but not until he stops using Opiates.
"Empaths" always be talking about people's "good auras" and shit. It just means the person is good looking lmao
False, you wouldn’t understand unless you are one.
@@wngbjngwwgk but you are not…
@@phyllysanantonio You people aren’t feeling empathy. You’re in your misguided emotions believing whatever you assume about what you’re watching to be true. That’s the biggest problem with social media. Too many ignorant people copying whatever everyone else in the comments is saying instead of speaking their mind they’re spreading false narratives because they believe their assumptions are facts when in reality they’re clueless af. That why you get so triggered easily when comments don’t agree with you and bust your delusion. 😂
I'm 23 and got off fentanyl this year. Also started Percocet at 15... You remind me alot of myself. Very quiet and polite but I know ALOT is happening " up stairs " in your head. You got this bro. I know how you're feeling,I'm very empathetic too. God bless you and I wish you the best out here man -
- Luis
Someone needs to help this man! For someone who had struggled with addiction as long as he has, he has such a beautiful heart and moving voice! Truly touched!
I could relate so much … I was homeless living in a tent at MacArthur Park using Fent and Crystal everyday but now have been sober for a year and working 2 jobs so I wish you the best and hope that you find the strength to surrender your addiction and let God restore your mind, body, and spirit !
Congratulations 🎉🥳 may your life only get better from here!
Man I'm so happy for you. There's not very many of us that makes it out alive. I won't bother listing the people I lost and saw die, you know I'm sure so it makes me so happy to come across people that are clean.
Congratulations and AMEN
Glad you were able to clean up and give God the credit. Many don't, or can't....
We will never know during this lifetime how many times Gods grace keeps us alive.
This breaks my heart! I had an opiate addiction as well for years and I'm lucky to be alive. Been clean for about 8 years now, lost my best friend growing up last February. I have a beautiful wife and kids now. I know how it feels having crippling depression and anxiety! I hope this man can find happiness. He seems like a kind soul and I wish nothing but the best for him!
Mark, this was an incredible interview. I was a classmate of Brandon's... my heart aches. Unfortunately, he has recently passed away. Addiction is a terrible, terrible thing.
Oh no!! 😢 I really hoped he was gonna get help
Damn. ☹️
😢💔
This sucks :( Thanks for telling us.
I’m so sorry to hear this. I was hoping he went home and got clean.
What a great man stuck in a bad situation. Full of profound wisdom
😅
Very much!! Hus dad and siblings struggled to accept how God made them, put him in a i wanna faucking escape mode. No kid needs to see or hear gay shit period, do u even realize how that faucks with ones mind. Seriously.... look at social media today it's sick asf... keep that shit to yrself.
I hope ur being sarcastic because if not and you believe this is the epitome of wisdom… society is truly the most ignorant it’s ever been.
Please give us an update on Brandon. He is my Godson. I spent days looking for him before I found out he had gone to California. I have been so worried about him. I love you Brandon. 😪
I'm a functioning opioid addict. While it was a very gradual thing, similar to this guy, taking parents meds when I had them, my true addiction didn't start until my late 20s when I had a legit medical issue. From then on (3 years ago) I've gone probably half that time abusing, even if it's in small amounts. But watching your video reminds me that if I were to go any higher dosages than I do, that I may end up penniless homeless.
I'm dependent on oxy for a permanent medical issue. Opiates are nasty aye, it's so hard to not take extra and get high
I was functional for quite a few years. Lot of my friends and family didn't even know. Eventually tho, it escalated. Think about stopping. Think about getting help. I know it feels good. It just almost always ends bad
In EUROPE we not addicted to MEDS like AMERICANS..
@@tuforu4 europe is an irrelevant shithole
@@tuforu4 wow aren’t you awesome? Border’s don’t make you a better person, you guys kill people over football lmao
I wish I could give this dude a hug. He’s got a lot of potential.
Totally. I imagine him as a CEO or top brain surgeon. Just needs a chance
Sounds a bit lofty, but I like your optimism.
I’ve lost more friends from drugs than my elder parents have and I’m only 35. I’m so glad I was able to stop and get/stay clean before the Fentanyl epidemic hit. God bless Brandon. I hope he can see a glimmer of hope and get help
Man, his story really hits home for me. I hope he can find his way out of this terrible maze
Brandon, you’re worth so much more than this lifestyle & will do great things in life once you get clean. Sending ❤💪🙏
This channel really shows how a random person from the street could be very interesting and complex if only someone could listen.
not this lad tho
So very complex. Im questioning every thing Ive ever known
@@jjonez787 😃😃
It’s always the purest souls with the most damaged heart 🖤 I hope everything works out man 🙏🏽 bless you
Sensitive souls.. To sensitive for this world.. Sad. x
Sometimes I fall a little in love with your subjects. He captivated me from the first minute.
Seriously never expected to be brought to tears on this one! He seems extremely intelligent!
You were born to help people Brandon. I can see it in you. You can help so many people with your wisdom. You are hurt, but you can rise above it.
Yes!! Brandon we are rooting for you ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I hope he can get clean. Seems like an intelligent and kind person. He doesn't deserve this life of misery and sadness.
I’m rooting for you Brandon. He seems like a good person, we’ll spoken and intelligent. I think he has a lot to offer the world.
Brandon seems like a genuinely good person. I hope he makes the trip to see his family, he needs support from loved ones and to remove himself from his current surroundings.
Seems so genuine and kind. I pray he gets the help he needs 🥺🙏🏼
he has a kindness and warmth that radiates from him. what a lovely aura. i hope he is okay today. sending positive vibes to him. its never too late to get sober. wishing you the best, my friend.
his voice cracking throughout this so heart breaking
He is an addict...yet finds the time to rescue others. There is a gentle soul.
Who needs a better day...praying for him.
Damm already might be your best interview of the year. I put so many people on to this RUclips channel. Thanks mark. So many family members of mine struggle with meth. That’s the one reason I will never try it. Best of luck to this young man
This man has such a good heart wow so much empathy and compassion. God bless you sweetheart
@@mihe6212 it's so hard. We see him on here and people like him and want to assume this or that but like you said, bring someone like this, who is seemingly nice , and bc of the drugs , things will be missing or worse , you could be hurt. It sucks but it is the cold hard truth.
❤️ Brandon I pray you can get into rehab and get a home. You deserve to be happy.
I work in Beaumont, Tx. God bless you. You deserve all the happiness.
R.I.P. BRANDON!
man, whenever i complain about how bad my life is, i just watch one of these videos and i'm humbled. my god these videos are heavy. poor souls. :(
I can't even wrap my head around how a body can survive with habitual meth and fentanyl use. You would think the heart would give out from going in two different directions so often, or the mind go mad from such deep addictions that play on an hourly time scale.
Crack or cocaine mixed with alcohol is the worst drug for the heart, in fact not only does it raise blood pressure and heart rate like meth does, it is also actually toxic to the heart itself, the local anaesthetic action of cocaine causes the heart to beat in an irregular fashion and cause changes in the heart shape known as cardiac remodelling, increasing the risk of valve disorders and heart failure in later life.
That's probably the reason he "can't overdose". I think the meth has actually saved his life from overdosing. All an OD is is just your brain stops receiving oxygen because your body is asleep. You can't really overdose if you're stuck awake on meth. I bet he'd be dead by now if he wasn't doing both.
i just lost my best friend who was like a littler sister to me. i found her body and i wouldn't wish this on anyone.. i have never done any drugs or drank ever and i had to learn about the effects of fentynal and meth from the internet, i put her in 4 rehabs in different states and she escaped every one of them after a week or so..please please anyone who needs help, get into a rehab and get help.. her family was well off and disowned her but she was 6 months sober last week and they agreed to let her come visit but i guess the stress got to her and she shot up heroin with fentynal the nite before she was supposed to go visit them..there were texts in her phone i saw after the cops gave it to me and she had ordered it with fentynal just like u would order a mcdonalds burger. i am beyond crushed
My condolences.
Just know you did everything you could. ❤
Very sorry for your loss. You did everything you could for her.
Oh no. I’m so sorry. Unfortunately it’s what we hear so much of.. once they detox, their body can’t handle the same amount they were used to before. You really tried everything you could. I don’t understand how families can give up on their loved ones. Drug addiction is a disease, it requires love, care, and patience not abandonment. Once they take a hold of your body, they literally change it. It’s not their fault and it’s one of the toughest things to overcome. May she soar with the angels, free from pain and addiction. 🤍🕊🤍🕊
@@Oceans11.11 you hit nail on head exactly
Dear Brandon, you are an insightful and compassionate soul. After watching your interview i am inclined to believe that you have some good things ahead for you when your time come to kick. To make your withdrawal less awful consider high oral doses of cannabis concentrates. Someone I know has a theory about getting off drugs he calls the Open Window.
He believes that in our life cycles, we can periodically take advantage of "windows", periods of time wherein basic needs are filled and we are able to create some distance from the chaos of the daily grind and toxic people. Minimally a window of 10-30 days can get you started but you already know that may not be enough time to stabilize stay clean long term.
When the time comes and the confluence of factors makes the open window available, jump out and don't look back. While you are waiting, give some thought to what you really love in life. I get the impression that you have a profound love of life itself and it seems that saving lives is important to you. Street outreach and harm reduction work might be right for you if it is not too triggering. I've never been an opiate guy so I can't honestly say I know how hard it really is. What I can tell is that you are a moral and conscientious man, if you can process your shame via radical acceptance and engage your passions, a good life is on the other side.
Nice
I believe everything he said. He really shines a light on relatively intelligent, good natured people and how they are ravaged by opiate addiction. I’m hoping that he finds treatment that can handle the depths of his addiction and tolerance to drugs.
This young man is so beautiful inside and out. It’s sad that he’s having a life like this!
Street EMT. This channel has showed me to have more humanity with those less fortunate than myself. Now when I see a struggling person, I wonder what happened to them to put them there versus when I was a younger and more ignorant and would wonder “why don’t they just get a job like the rest of us”.
Ur right..havin a job ain't gonna fix ur problems...just like goin to school asa kid won't change ur home life...is just a thing we're supposed to do...bless upppp street EMT
Spread the perspective motha fucka.
For sure was always a sweet kid though. For sure, and his twin recently got hit by a car but he’s healing. ❤ I pray Brandon comes home and involves himself in the people that love him so much around here
Brandon passed a few weeks ago.... R.I.P brandon :,( 🖤😢🤕😭🥺
That last statement really hit home..
Thanks Brendan for sharing your story and thoughts.
Rest in peace PoPTart❤
Aww, Brandon, get yerself clean, sk8 strong and healthy, i used to live and work in Beaumont and Texans are great. Sounds like your family needs and wants you home. Nobody like family to take you to their hearts. Wishing you a way better life than the one you have chosen so far. Want to see videos of you doing amazing tricks on your board. Suerte, dude, and saludos de Costa Rica!
I wish the best for this sweet gentleman. He seems so kind and wanting help. ❤
Similar story
Drugs killed everybody around me, even me. Somehow I didn’t stay dead though. Probably because it’s not my time yet. Been clean from fentanyl, meth, and all the others since sometime at the beginning of 2022. Don’t even focus on the amount of clean time I have, just focus on trying to live my life in a healthy way since I never learned how.. this life is one hell of a trip..
April 4th 2015; I said No
And I Have Been Clean Since,,,,
You Can Too
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 You Are Worthy, Brother 💙
This is my wife’s best friend brother. She cried when she watched this . She was there for part of the teenage years
Thank you Brandon for telling your story. Insightful, honest and compassionate and also traumatized by your pain. I feel like you are here for a reason and this interview will help remind others of the humanity inside us. My freedom came from DBT & CBT methods to my suprise. For the first time in my 51years Im able to feel comfortable in my own skin. Once again I would like to say thank you, I truly hope that you will find your way and I wish you joy.
Yeah Troy, so rare to hear of a good stepdad.
Brandon seems like a good guy, people from Beaumont are good people. You're still young, you can have a great life, or alternatively probably end up ODing and dying in the street and break your momma's and siblings' hearts. Which path will you choose?
What a beautiful soul this man has. My thoughts and prayers go out to him
So sad , and so honest pray for him
Brothers and sisters, rise up. Be strong. Time is running out!
He just ran from one bad situation to another. I sure hope he can get help for himself before it's too late. He still looks healthy...and my goodness that beautiful HAIR. Brandon seems to care very much for others - - a good soul. I pray he makes it and learns from his past regret that he did not learn how to say "no".
He seems like a genuinely sweet guy. Saved the life of someone and didn't want anything in return, not even recognition for it. Hope he can get some help.
I have watched you on a few pod casts lately mark and FUK wat the haters say bout you your a great soul and your doin the best work on this planet helping souls that are in the worst situations in life keep goin brother I'll always be watching your content on the other side of the world in Australia
On Mark's work, I think its benefits vary. For some of the subjects, I think they come in for the pocket money they get and it is totally meaningless to them. To others, I think it maybe helps to talk about it, but likely much less than talking to a psychologist or at an an AA or NA meeting. I think it definitely benefits SOME viewers struggling with addictions to hear these stories. 100% on that. However, other addicts like hearing drug talk, even if it's bad stuff. Addicts minds are weird, they can watch this stuff and then want to do drugs. Trust me, talking from experience. There are also viewers that are just voyeurs being entertained by watching train wrecks. And then still others that learn to be empathetic. Anyway, definitely a mixed bag, with benefit reaped more by some on the viewer side, I'd say.
Can I have an update on Brandon? He was one of my best friends growing up but we fell out of touch as his addictions got worse. I’d like to know he’s still alive and so would his family.
Still got love for you poptart
He passed away the end of July unfortunately. Sad times when the disease wins
Many years ago I would call this man my brother and would hang out every chance we had to go and visit with him and his family in Bridge City. Even after the breaking of our 2 family’s I tried to stay in touch through social media but about 3-4 years I remember hearing he went missing and his family was looking for him on Facebook and that he had took a bus to Cali. I remember him and I would love to smoke so me thinking he just left Texas to be around some legal, not thinking this would be his new life. I always knew he had struggled with different drugs but every time I was around I never saw it. A lot of great memory’s come up when watching this video. I’m sorry I didn’t stay in touch and even be there for Blake we would always say we were gonna hang out and still never get the chance. I doubt he’s checking this videos comments but brotha I’m sending the most positive thoughts and prayers and if you haven’t already please go home I’m sure your family misses and loves you so much. Also I remember you and your brother came down to visit me and stayed a weekend and all my friends thought your nicknames were the funniest thing ever. Just had to share that memory.
❤David
so sad about a good mother and a horrendous uncaring father. I hope he is able to find the happiness in life the poor man
He seems like such a sweet sweet soul
Feeling such a connection with Brandon. Praying for you!!
I'm rooting for you Brandon! You've got amazing potential and you've got such a gentle soul. When you get out here to Texas, I'm in San Antonio and I'd love to take you to dinner.
He seems so sweet 🥲 I wonder if he would go to rehab ? He needs to see a psychiatrist first , I think if he got his head straight, he could get through this , and his girlfriend too.
You can see so much pain and suffering from is eyes .. I really hope the best for Him.. I feel you so much man life is hard.. the quote at the end was shocking
most of these junkies give me BAD vibes of deceit and addiction fueled ego. this dude seems chill As fuck, he clearly has a lot of honesty about himself and his faults, can communicate in a great way and seems like a general good human, probably just pulled to do evil things for drugs.
RIP Poptart. I never knew this interview existed.. I'm so sorry you went through all of this in your life and it took it from you..
Brandon I wish you all the best man!
I am so rooting for Brandon. He is such a great person.
He would make a great counselor if he would get clean. Sweet guy. 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
Reminds me allot of myself. So glad I got clean.
Brandon it's never to late! Take your life back! PEACE AND LOVE 💜
Changing locations isn't a solution to your drug addiction. Those same people you hang out with in LA are in every city in America. It comes from within. There are sober people in LA just like there are sober people in TX. It's all in the company you keep and a real desire to change your life.
He’s been shooting up meth & fentanyl (together)daily for three years straight… I can’t believe he is still walking around? He needs our prayers🙏🏾
Such a nice guy. Wish you all the best,Brandon❤
🧡 wish him health healing. And peace
🙏🙏🙏 for your Brandon.. God can give you the strength.. 💛
What a sweet soul!! Best of luck to him!
You are an angel on earth
Wishing you only the best young man. Godspeed
Bless you , Brandon . 🙏🏼
This guy could be a natural healer, be it counselor or in the medical field.
So many beautiful people are lost to this...
This guy could be an actor. In the sense he has such a presence and a look.
I dont know about the look. Nope. But seems to be exaggerating a bit, or acting.
Cool dude.jeez I can relate!
Wow took 30 years to finally achieve 4 +years of Sobriety.
God willing he finds w/o wasting too much life.everything can change .still tuff least we don't wake up in withdrawals first priority.whew Buffalo NY fam hope he can Find the Path to be ok..
Yes Narcan reversal is horrible Precipitated Withdrawal.i wouldn't be here to comment if it wasn't for it..
Thnx Mark for great interview..
He should be commended for the fact that he saved 53.lives. He's a very good conversationalist and has a very good vocabulary. He's not stupid. That's for sure.
Drugs are a serious problem
Talk about stating the obvious. Hah. "Drugs are bad". 😁
Wold be nice to find this interviews on Spotify
I wish I had someone like him in my area to help me. I feel hopeless right now 😭
Beautiful young man ❤ I wish you all freedom and happiness
Brandon - we will love you. You need unconditional love. If you get in a program life can be good. Detox is worth it.
I bet that guy he saved thought he was seeing Jesus. 😂
All the best on your journey Brandon.
If I woke up to this guys face after an OD I would definitely think I died and he was Jesus.
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
This dude is something else. Bust his heart
This poor baby.. I just want to hug him
Drugs are the devil.
Can we please get an update on him in the future?
Nicotine and Weed Addict- Brandon
Certainly doesn't sound as bad, but I'm still an addict. Sigh
We love you poptart ❤😢
Just go with your family and get clean, if not yourself then for your loved ones. They suffer probably more than you do. Its good have a good guy at the streets saving peoples lifes but its time for you to get clean when you are still young and probably havent yet have any permanent damage to you body since you are functional, but continuin and soon you are not anymore functional. Go to your family, take the next bus or train, good luck and God bless you man, you can do it!
Call your brother! He loves you !
What an exemplary human being.
❤️❤️❤️