I’ll be watching this every morning as I’m trying to quit methamphetamine. Whoever made this has been through it too. Hope it helps to save other ppl from a similar hell
@@beanbag9696 dude 😔 I'm so sorry 💔 Stay strong and fight your way out, take baby steps but move in the right direction. I remember feeling so hopeless and listening to this song.. I returned to it to remind myself.. I will have 18 months next week and remember when I couldn't make it to 18 hours.. I had a heavy 12 year opiate addiction, 3 years of chronic relapsing and I am FINALLY free from that personal prison Hell. You can do it. 💜
I was in a dark place , experiencing and seeing things that not many people would know about or even believe me if I had told them , this world is constantly in chaos all around us being caused by forces a lot of people don’t see or understand. I was constantly giving into the temptation/ traps that would lead them back to me and for some reason I knew if I continued my path I would meet my end , so I would start to find reasons to living a beautiful life , and fight for my right to own , I would constantly have anxiety attacks , heart palpitations, my body was decaying without my knowledge, I would also start hallucinating at times, I felt like death followed me everywhere I went patiently waiting for me to make a mistake , instead I started to take better care of myself and work on my mindset , clear my negative thoughts , and surrounded my self more with those who have been there from the beginning, close family and close friends who would understand me , even though a lot of times I was surrounded by many I felt alone , which made me accept my fate at some point, but then I realized I was important to a lot of people , not everyone but a lot , even though I didn’t realize before , I took better care of my self and cutoff those who never cared or only pretended , negative emotions tend to lead to bigger negative ones so I started to be more positive and eventually I became a different, even though at times I experience some of those symptoms from those days , I know what’s important and my reasons to keep living , for anyone reading this I hope you’re doing okay , there’s always dark days but the sun always shines if you let it
Nobody close to me knows I’m a functioning addict. I’ve been trying to overcome this thing that I’ve been addicted to for years now. It’s such a tough journey but much more rewarding at the end. Now when I have thoughts of going back, I come back to watch this and remember what I was.
You can do it. Your not alone, there are ao many people out there who have the same journey. Get help, you'll feel so much better and never look back. Thanks for sharing
This one really hit me. I’m currently a month sober from alcohol and it was truly putting me in the darkest path that I never ever wanna see again. To those still struggling, you’re not alone and you’re loved ♥️💯🙏🏼 stay strong 💪🏼
I have been a ccaine addict for 8 years and when I saw this video the first time after I got clean I cried my eyes out....this explains it perfect. I still take my time to once in a while look at it again and I stilly cry. It shows me how far I got from when I was at my lowest. Thank you !
Watch it everyday. I do. Cocaine took me down like no other drug. I drove a 12,000 gallon tanker for 7 days straight high on it with no sleep. Steering with my knee, hitting a stem with cars passing me on the other side of the interstate. Drivers probably thinking, "No, I couldn't have seen that." On Christmas day, I stole money from my loved ones, and went to cop. Sitting in traffic, tears rolling down my eyes, not blinking, looking straight ahead like a zombie. The hardest part is this in so against who I am at heart. The self-betrayal is the worst. It's alarmingly easy how quickly I forget the pain and move on with life. I'm treating my depression with ketamine at the moment. It helps so much. Suicidal thoughts completely gone. I work out and eat so much better. I'm so much more "mindful". No more reckless driving. I feel for you as a fellow addict. A person has to have solid reasons for staying away from using. Keep it up. Everyone who's went through this process is rooting for you.
I am 1 year clean from meth and alcohol as of oct 26th I was just like this, I watched this video and no bs it resonated with me so deeply I haven't been hugh or spoken to any of the people I used to get high with... this song is a reminder to me of what im staying clean to avoid
Someone should really make an animation for what happens when you overcome addiction, as that would be even more powerful and inspiring for the people who think addiction has taken over and see no return..
Yeah but look at the stats how many of us are actually able to overcome completely. I’ve met a handful of people with over 30 years sobriety and even then I wonder when they’ll slip
This is exactly how it felt for me with alcohol. In the end of this video is where I'm at and I'm done with it. It wrecks my relationships and brings pain to others knowing that it became an issue. At first, I wasted the whole year of with drinking, just to be able to relax or forget about stress or just celebrate because I was a high happy day. And I used it to cure boredom when it really didn't. I knew better I knew all the consequences, I was a damned fool. God deliver me from addiction but I still decide to play with fire and I don't understand why I did. I hate myself for choosing poor choices. But this video truly shows what it really is. 😞😞😞 Nick pray for those that struggle with addiction that they might find the Lord and that he may deliver them from addiction. 💜🥺
I used to have to go to AA meetings as a cocaine addict. People would tell me that even though it was AA it's still relevant. And then others would take complete objection to it. I wasn't into meetings. I was forced to go. But I knew it was all the same. When people shared their stories, I listened. The process is what counts, and there was absolutely no difference between AA and NA. When people shared the pain they went through, the annihilation of self-esteem, damaged relationships, all that stuff I could relate to, you better bet I listened. It's alarmingly easy to forget this painful process and move on with life as if it never happened. That's the exact moment our addiction will swoop in and take our life away once again. Watch this video every day if you can. I do. Yeah, the self-hate and self-betrayal is the worst. And the fact that you and I are not like this at heart. I studied science like crazy in prison. Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Neural Science, and basic Physics. I really pounded on Neural Science. You and I are biologically predisposed toward addiction. Some people are blessed with strengths naturally; others are cursed with weaknesses. It's not your fault. But now that you are aware of it, your response to that knowledge does count. Everyone is rooting for you, as they are for me.
Anyone watching this please sit down with your kids show them videos show them what these drugs do to you in the end we're the only ones who can save our kids from these terrible addictions we must make the best reality we can for our kids because the one we're living now drives the kids to this and it's heartbreaking I was one of those people. Don't let them dim your light we are children of God. 🙏
This video is great. I'm personally in the efforts to quit weed, which most stoners won't even admit could become an addiction, including a lot of my friends, but this may just be a clever way for us people to justify our vices. Admitting that it's become an addiction is basically like admitting defeat, and the ego rejects admitting defeat.
Honestly go you! I had a short addiction to weed myself until a bad time put me off! At the time I didn’t think it was an addiction due to the thought in my head that it was safer than other substances. I’m grateful for that bad time as it has saved me a lot of money and mentally too. Because weed does mess with your head. I sometimes enjoy it in small doses not very often now but I’m proud of you for admitting it is an addiction and trying to come off it. Well done !!
Very true! Most weed smokers will boast that they "smoke all day, everyday" but won't admit that it's their addiction to the substance that causes them to THINK they need to smoke. I, myself recognized the addictive hold when I'd feel anxious/nervous when I was close to running out, getting down to my last joint. Also, I noticed that no matter the strain or potency, I wasn't really getting high anymore...yet, I STILL didn't wanna be without it. So I was basically willingly wasting money on a substance that no longer worked as intended, yet I could not break the cycle. The sooner folks wake up and get out of denial, their mind, body and bank account will be better off.
I didn’t think I had a problem with smoking weed all day every day for 4 years until those closest to me told me I had become a shell of myself. Just got out of rehab today and 5 days sober from weed and alcohol 🫶🏼 thank you for sharing not everyone understands how addictive weed can be
Weed can destroy you and you ties friends loved ones. All smokers of weed want more weed. Any choice they make is the one that will get them more weed.
Awe I’m really sorry to hear that and I really hope you get better. Any time you need someone to talk to to, about anything or just need help, you can talk to me. And never be afraid to reach out☺️
I was dead...for numerous minutes..blue...dead weight.. unresponsive...from a overdose...of fentanyl...not ashamed...GOD has me here for a purpose...this is real.. addiction is no joke...i continue to pray for those who still suffer and chose to continue...(words of advice) ...STOP LIVING YOUR WILL....GODS WILL IS HARDER...UNUSUAL...AND COMPLICATED...BUT HIS WILL IS WHAT YOU NEED... it's what I NEED... you all are not alone
I watch this everyday, multiple times at the moment. Posted it on my page and on a help group I'm on for depression, etc. Great song put to it. Love it. Good to keep it fresh. It's alarmingly how quickly I forgot how painful this process was and supposedly moved on. Dangerous to be like that. Just recently I came really close to relapsing. It's like walking a fence-line. Any little thing could have made me fall to one side or the other. Only the memory kept me on the side I wanted to stay on. As hard as it is to resist using, no matter how hard, I have to remember it will never be easier. Time has passed. But the moment I use again, those hooks will be in my heart, pulling me back down into the hole, blinding my sight, starting this insane cycle all over anew. Laying there, money gone, battle over for the moment. Feeling like the just got raped in the soul. Wanting to turn my back on the pain and use again. Gotta "play the tape through" to the end result. No one in their right mind would want that outcome. But our biology is crazy at the core. I find anger can help. Make you addiction into an entity in your mind. Say to yourself, "What? Are you for real? You wanna take me down again? No fking way, motherfker! I'm tired of this shit." Rage can displace pain and injuries. Addict have to snuff these thoughts out as quickly as possible. Do it in its infancy before turns into the incredible Hulk and smashes your life to pieces once again. And again. And again.
@@akivamandel2189 If I abused another human the way I abused myself, I'd be serving life in prison. Funny how it's okay when it's your life. I found an MRI of a depressed brain relative to a normal brain. The reasoning areas aren't even alive, but the emotional areas are. How can a person reason under such conditions? Ketamine can reignite these inactive areas and cure depression temporarily. Gotta move to magic mushrooms after that because ketamine destroys the bladder. Ketamine changed my life. It fuels "synaptic plasticity". Mushrooms are a "tryptamine", as is serotonin. DMT is helpful, too. There's a whole other side of these drugs when you research them thoroughly. John Hopkins and Yale are conducting studies on psychedelics and depression. I've been doing the wrong drugs my whole life. SSRIs, SNRI, tricyclics, and tetracyclics never helped me. They only mask the disease of depression. Synaptic plasticity is where it's at. I studied Neural Science in depth when I was in prison.
I just found this video and it made me insanely influenced. it is really sad.. a horrible reality of every addicted person. I cried multiple times because while I watch the bird.. it was a reflection of myself. I will watch this video everyday, I feel like it will change something because I am worn out from this endless cycle that keeps happening over and over and no one knows about this hell I am in except the one I see in the mirror. It's hard to seek help. I really dived disastrously deep down which seems a non-soul-body. Your comment kinda gave me hope of trying thank you. I will try my best
I want to be free so bad, it ruins my confidence, my courage, my strength, my relationships, my brain, all aspects of my life. I feel like I’m stuck in a cage watching my life get thrown away.
Feel this relates to me with dating/ relationships, I used to be so optimistic when meeting new people but every time you get rejected it’s really hurtful and tried chasing someone else to try and replace them
Yes this is an absolute 150% accurate description of addiction. Unfortunately I've experienced this and I remember seeing this video when I was getting clean and it actually made me tear up because it's so true. I'm currently 29 months clean ( 2 years & 5 months ) and I'm very thankful and grateful that I got well or else I'd be dead or in prison. Addiction is not a joke, Especially if you were a serious 1 like I was. We do recover and it's possible. It's all up to YOU the individual if you really want it bad enough you'll do it because people can say everything to you and point you in the right directions etc but it's ultimately you're choice to do it. I chose to finally surrender and get well and it's the best thing I've ever did for myself. It's been awhile since I've seen this video and it still gives me chills and is still just as important to me as it was when I first saw it. Very powerful and very accurate. I'm thankful that I'm no longer in the grips of addiction but I still need reminders like this that I can't go back to that and how far I've came from where I was at and how bad I was down in the dumps. I have to keep remembering what it did and how it destroyed everything for me but just don't let it overtake my mind. But I also remember the positive changes in my life that have came from getting clean. Never give up and keep fighting. God is good and my life has changed sooooo much for the better. God bless and thanks for sharing this video.
Even at the final stage, still one of the hardest things too give up. It’s the saddest part because you can see the effects and the grip it has on you, and how it’s controlling your life and what you set out for everyday. You know it gets in the way of chasing goals and aspirations because you replace those dreams with the drug. Yet it is still one of the hardest things too make yourself let go of. It always amazes me how quickly a synthetic form of dopamine or happiness can take over your life, when you always have the option of chasing that happiness in anything else in your life instead.
What’s even more interesting is that when I’m peaking I always tell myself I could easily quit taking pills and that I could live a sober life, but once that comedown hits or I wake up for work the next day, I fall right back into place. I want help, I need help, but I feel less stable without them than I do with them. When I don’t have my pills, I start too lose a grip on what is happening in real life vs what is just in my head. I struggle too correlate the two, or tell the difference between the two. I start too let my imagination and intrusive thoughts become my reality. And too everyone else around me I look batshit crazy, like I fell of the deep end. But what they see is a version of me sober. And that makes me fall back into addiction again every single time. I would rather take a drug and be perceived as normal, than be sober and be looked at like I moved on too something harder. But, like the video shows, the drug will hurt you too. Mentally, and physically. So in the end it feels like a lose lose situation. I feel so much regret for ever messing around with the pills in the first place, but I know I can’t change it. And now my mind feels like a tangled web of rope and I can’t seem too get it untied, no matter what I do.
This is what happens when I let every hurtful text message and every hurtful word said to me in person and over the phone “slide”. Thinking it will never happen again, thinking that the person I love will not treat me like that again..but it continues.. I still love you, I’ll always love you.
This hits hard as the daughter of an addict whos fighting all the time not to let me own addictions get out of control. I have chronic pain for a variety of reasons and held out as long as i could on getting medicated for it. But my job is hard on my body as well and when i finish work im in so much pain without meds that i cant even stand to cook myself dinner. The longer you take it the less it does, yet still dulls your personality. I feel like pain stole my entire life from me. Not even sure that theres a way out unless i just disappear.
Thanks for posting this, I found this a while back on Reddit on the nofap forums. I have been struggling with a porn addiction since I was 12, I’m almost 22 now, I just relapsed again last night after a 5 month streak. I won’t do it again, not after seeing that innocent bird being destroyed like i was for all those years 🥺😢💔 However one good thing I can say, is that after struggling with an addiction for so long and wanting to fight it, it gets easier, especially as your streaks naturally get longer due to persisting. It gets easier 🤗 We got this! 🔥🔥🌻☀️🎶🥳👑
I’ve lost my best friend to addiction I’ve lost my 23 year old niece to addiction. I’ve lost my brother to addiction I’ve lost my sister to addiction ……. …… …. … .. . I know in my heart that I’ll probably be next and that’s ok. It has been too hard to process what I’ve lost.
I know its hard to overcome and exist after loosing dear ones.. but please remember that you are not alone.. please ask help from a psychologist or a friend or just cry or scream or dance or meditate or pray just let it out and let your emotions Express themselves.. please don't turn to alcohol or drugs to block the feelings of sadness..just let those feelings be ... and with time and strong faith and psychological support I pray you will get better... it will heal I promise... I don't know who you are or where you are from.. but what I know for sure that we are human beings.. we are weak at times and strong at others... please be strong .. you are not alone.. much love and support ..try to affirm daily..everything will be ok.. and just breath 💜✌🤗🙏
I'm praying many blessings over you - deliverance, healing, perseverance, health, comfort, peace of mind, reassurance, and unconditional love. I'm so sorry for your traumatic losses. I've also lost many, many loved ones to addiction and struggle with it myself. To this day I still have my struggles but I know there's hope because at one point I was clean, sober and abstinent - that was the only time in my life that I felt true fulfillment and happiness. I know I can get back there. And I know you can reach that too, Ryan. You aren't alone, and there are so many people wanting and able to help you who you don't even know. Your life matters. You are worthy and valued beyond belief. I love you, and God loves you. There is light. Speak truth to yourself every day. You are more than your addiction.
My thoughts are with you. You’re an amazing person, please don’t fall into that mindset. Life is worth living. Please get help 😢❤️❤️it’s terrible to hear of so many misfortunes. I pray that you find strength to overcome these trials. Stay strong
This applies to gambling as well. Each time you place a bet you get high . You could never get that high the first time you hit it big. You keep chasing for that first feeling until eventually you lose everything and darkness surrounds you.
It's sad I've been through the whole thing an addiction isn't easy stop before it starts we all have a choice. And it's up to you to be better than you think you are.
I wish they would reprise the theme and make a followup video-with a different ending, where this guy’s friends grab him and help him detox, with all that goes into that horrible experience, but with the recovery of life at the end.
Powerful, Creative, Inspirational I think I like it this of art, technology because I was thinking of creating something ever similar as an artist using technology to describe my journey Thur addiction to recovery. Kind of like an AA speaker but concise, informative, creative , and YES Art with use of line, cartoon space wording and color❤
Can I be completely honest, I'm 3 years clean from addiction, but lately sometimes when I'm sad or overwhelmed I feel I miss the what felt like comfort and numbness I would feel after using, the ability of not caring... And sometimes I feel I miss the pinch of the needle to my arm and the completely void after it... I've been so triggered lately 😭
Stay strong, It's definitely harder after than before, but you're an inspiration to everyone who is struggling. You have stronger impulse control than people who aren't addicted. Thank you for sharing
Going cold turkey is so difficult though especially since I’ve been smoking weed for a while. Any advice?? I’m fully open to any words of wisdom and encouragement
Can’t watch this without crying. My bro showed me this saying he’s like that bird. And I now it’s different and yet the same for me- not as extreme I guess though- Kratom
What he is picking up can also represent our sin, our sin slowly kills. We are all in need of God’s saving grace. Call upon the name of the Lord today and repent of your sins and He will forgive you and set you free from any addiction you may have. God loves you all with a love that no other can give.
All of the comments to this post have authors that default to making it about themselves and how they overcame this scourge. In my opinion, this video is about those who haven't overcome the pull and still suffer and those that didn't overcome it and perished.
Hi @JayCrohan, I like your video. World it be possible, to use it as an example at a teachertraining. To show teachers how to make a voiceover-video with their students?
Stole the original video, changed the music and sped it up. Got confronted with this fact and still keeps the video up without giving the original any credit: th-cam.com/video/HUngLgGRJpo/w-d-xo.html
Download someone`s video, lower the quality 10 times, speed up the video twice, add some bad background music and there you go! Recipe for copying videos badly
@@JayCroghan lmao like you couldn’t have just searched up ‘drug addict bird’ or any variation of that. You’d rather just keep your stolen video up and inflate your views. You’re lame
A bit problematic - despite the good intentions - that you've appropriated a portion of a film called Nuggets by Andreas Hykade and added in your own soundtrack.
If you bothered to read the other comments you’d see I didn’t “appropriate” anything I found it on Reddit uploaded to Reddit and wanted to share it. Monetisation etc was all disabled from the start. I had no intention of appropriating anything.
@@JayCroghan why would I read every comment? I know the artist who made the film. It is not mentioned anywhere. You could easily have added his name. Saying you got it from Reddit is not an excuse. And I said nothing about money... this is about work that has been altered and not given proper credit. I recognize that your post has good intentions, but still, you clearly know who the original artist is. Is it so hard to acknowledge it?
Someone else said it’s “Filmbuilder and Friends” so who is it actually should be credited? If you look at my channel I don’t exactly use TH-cam this will be my first time editing a video on here.
That was me 100%!!! I've been clean 12 1/2 months from Alcohol now. I was physically sick everyday, and couldn't exist without it. I would isolate myself in my room everyday, and pass out not remembering how. 24 hours day, 7 days a week. And It all started just from wanting to fit in. I had to go to long term rehab to get away from alcohol and to change my mindest and behaviours. This video makes me emotional, because it illustrates the struggle of addiction 😢 💙
Powerful and heartbreaking. As someone who's dealt with addiction, I've never felt so seen, so moved by a two-minute animated clip. This is spot on.
I’ll be watching this every morning as I’m trying to quit methamphetamine.
Whoever made this has been through it too. Hope it helps to save other ppl from a similar hell
This made me cry
I had a problem for 14 years with drugs
I thank God every day for helping me beat it and stay away from it
God if this is not the most simplistic description of Exactly what it does. Thanx for posting.
Bruh this dude has copied Film Bilders 7 years old video, if you didn't know ⚠️
I’m suffering with addiction atm
Simplistic yet so deep and extremely accurate
@@beanbag9696 dude 😔
I'm so sorry 💔
Stay strong and fight your way out, take baby steps but move in the right direction.
I remember feeling so hopeless and listening to this song.. I returned to it to remind myself..
I will have 18 months next week and remember when I couldn't make it to 18 hours.. I had a heavy 12 year opiate addiction, 3 years of chronic relapsing and I am FINALLY free from that personal prison Hell.
You can do it. 💜
It’s perfect in every way.
For drugs.
For other people.
Food.
Life choices.
You said it best. It describes the patterns of the mind perfectly.
This video makes me emotional , reminds me of my dark times before i put my foot down and said enough is enough
Ikr especially when it no longer can fly but keeps trying. That feeling is indescribable it definitely brings me to tears
How exactly were you able to firmly put your foot down and say enough was enough?
I was in a dark place , experiencing and seeing things that not many people would know about or even believe me if I had told them , this world is constantly in chaos all around us being caused by forces a lot of people don’t see or understand. I was constantly giving into the temptation/ traps that would lead them back to me and for some reason I knew if I continued my path I would meet my end , so I would start to find reasons to living a beautiful life , and fight for my right to own , I would constantly have anxiety attacks , heart palpitations, my body was decaying without my knowledge, I would also start hallucinating at times, I felt like death followed me everywhere I went patiently waiting for me to make a mistake , instead I started to take better care of myself and work on my mindset , clear my negative thoughts , and surrounded my self more with those who have been there from the beginning, close family and close friends who would understand me , even though a lot of times I was surrounded by many I felt alone , which made me accept my fate at some point, but then I realized I was important to a lot of people , not everyone but a lot , even though I didn’t realize before , I took better care of my self and cutoff those who never cared or only pretended , negative emotions tend to lead to bigger negative ones so I started to be more positive and eventually I became a different, even though at times I experience some of those symptoms from those days , I know what’s important and my reasons to keep living , for anyone reading this I hope you’re doing okay , there’s always dark days but the sun always shines if you let it
@@DMcG1this is my new account if you’re wondering lol
@@DMcG1new account lol
Nobody close to me knows I’m a functioning addict. I’ve been trying to overcome this thing that I’ve been addicted to for years now. It’s such a tough journey but much more rewarding at the end. Now when I have thoughts of going back, I come back to watch this and remember what I was.
You can do it. Your not alone, there are ao many people out there who have the same journey. Get help, you'll feel so much better and never look back. Thanks for sharing
This one really hit me. I’m currently a month sober from alcohol and it was truly putting me in the darkest path that I never ever wanna see again. To those still struggling, you’re not alone and you’re loved ♥️💯🙏🏼 stay strong 💪🏼
God bless you, man!
Don't give up!
I have been a ccaine addict for 8 years and when I saw this video the first time after I got clean I cried my eyes out....this explains it perfect. I still take my time to once in a while look at it again and I stilly cry. It shows me how far I got from when I was at my lowest. Thank you !
I’m proud of you man. Keep going
Watch it everyday. I do. Cocaine took me down like no other drug. I drove a 12,000 gallon tanker for 7 days straight high on it with no sleep. Steering with my knee, hitting a stem with cars passing me on the other side of the interstate. Drivers probably thinking, "No, I couldn't have seen that." On Christmas day, I stole money from my loved ones, and went to cop. Sitting in traffic, tears rolling down my eyes, not blinking, looking straight ahead like a zombie. The hardest part is this in so against who I am at heart. The self-betrayal is the worst. It's alarmingly easy how quickly I forget the pain and move on with life. I'm treating my depression with ketamine at the moment. It helps so much. Suicidal thoughts completely gone. I work out and eat so much better. I'm so much more "mindful". No more reckless driving. I feel for you as a fellow addict. A person has to have solid reasons for staying away from using. Keep it up. Everyone who's went through this process is rooting for you.
This so sad too see. I'm still dealing with my my demons . This how i feel everyday
Stay up brother , don't let them win
Come back to us Justin
You can do it. You are loved.
I am 1 year clean from meth and alcohol as of oct 26th I was just like this, I watched this video and no bs it resonated with me so deeply I haven't been hugh or spoken to any of the people I used to get high with... this song is a reminder to me of what im staying clean to avoid
That is literally my 1 year anniversary from Meth. Good job man.
Was anyone else basing there life events to this as we watch it?
Someone should really make an animation for what happens when you overcome addiction, as that would be even more powerful and inspiring for the people who think addiction has taken over and see no return..
Yeah the hardest part is thinking about finding that light sober. I know it's possible though... I'll get there
@@daydrms you will, one step at a time 🙂
Yeah but look at the stats how many of us are actually able to overcome completely. I’ve met a handful of people with over 30 years sobriety and even then I wonder when they’ll slip
@@jacksonayckbourn1239 forgive me if I'm overlooking what your saying but what exactly is your point?
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This video should have millions of views. I’m pretty emotional rn watching this powerful animated demonstration of exactly how addiction ruins you
This is exactly how it felt for me with alcohol. In the end of this video is where I'm at and I'm done with it. It wrecks my relationships and brings pain to others knowing that it became an issue. At first, I wasted the whole year of with drinking, just to be able to relax or forget about stress or just celebrate because I was a high happy day. And I used it to cure boredom when it really didn't. I knew better I knew all the consequences, I was a damned fool. God deliver me from addiction but I still decide to play with fire and I don't understand why I did. I hate myself for choosing poor choices. But this video truly shows what it really is. 😞😞😞
Nick pray for those that struggle with addiction that they might find the Lord and that he may deliver them from addiction. 💜🥺
I want out.. so bad
I used to have to go to AA meetings as a cocaine addict. People would tell me that even though it was AA it's still relevant. And then others would take complete objection to it. I wasn't into meetings. I was forced to go. But I knew it was all the same. When people shared their stories, I listened. The process is what counts, and there was absolutely no difference between AA and NA. When people shared the pain they went through, the annihilation of self-esteem, damaged relationships, all that stuff I could relate to, you better bet I listened. It's alarmingly easy to forget this painful process and move on with life as if it never happened. That's the exact moment our addiction will swoop in and take our life away once again. Watch this video every day if you can. I do. Yeah, the self-hate and self-betrayal is the worst. And the fact that you and I are not like this at heart. I studied science like crazy in prison. Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Neural Science, and basic Physics. I really pounded on Neural Science. You and I are biologically predisposed toward addiction. Some people are blessed with strengths naturally; others are cursed with weaknesses. It's not your fault. But now that you are aware of it, your response to that knowledge does count. Everyone is rooting for you, as they are for me.
Anyone watching this please sit down with your kids show them videos show them what these drugs do to you in the end we're the only ones who can save our kids from these terrible addictions we must make the best reality we can for our kids because the one we're living now drives the kids to this and it's heartbreaking I was one of those people. Don't let them dim your light we are children of God. 🙏
This video is great. I'm personally in the efforts to quit weed, which most stoners won't even admit could become an addiction, including a lot of my friends, but this may just be a clever way for us people to justify our vices. Admitting that it's become an addiction is basically like admitting defeat, and the ego rejects admitting defeat.
Honestly go you! I had a short addiction to weed myself until a bad time put me off! At the time I didn’t think it was an addiction due to the thought in my head that it was safer than other substances. I’m grateful for that bad time as it has saved me a lot of money and mentally too. Because weed does mess with your head. I sometimes enjoy it in small doses not very often now but I’m proud of you for admitting it is an addiction and trying to come off it. Well done !!
Very true! Most weed smokers will boast that they "smoke all day, everyday" but won't admit that it's their addiction to the substance that causes them to THINK they need to smoke. I, myself recognized the addictive hold when I'd feel anxious/nervous when I was close to running out, getting down to my last joint. Also, I noticed that no matter the strain or potency, I wasn't really getting high anymore...yet, I STILL didn't wanna be without it. So I was basically willingly wasting money on a substance that no longer worked as intended, yet I could not break the cycle. The sooner folks wake up and get out of denial, their mind, body and bank account will be better off.
I didn’t think I had a problem with smoking weed all day every day for 4 years until those closest to me told me I had become a shell of myself. Just got out of rehab today and 5 days sober from weed and alcohol 🫶🏼 thank you for sharing not everyone understands how addictive weed can be
Weed can destroy you and you ties friends loved ones. All smokers of weed want more weed. Any choice they make is the one that will get them more weed.
did you overcome it? i smoke every day and i’m trying to quit
This F******* hit me HARD. I’m CURRENTLY struggling with addiction and if ANY video captured what it’s like it’s THIS ONE. Thank you.
Me too, I suffer every day..daily and it's a hard fight, scince the moment I wake up it's like a battle with one's self
Awe I’m really sorry to hear that and I really hope you get better. Any time you need someone to talk to to, about anything or just need help, you can talk to me. And never be afraid to reach out☺️
Watched this, seeked out help, and now two months clean
Proud of you ❤
I was dead...for numerous minutes..blue...dead weight.. unresponsive...from a overdose...of fentanyl...not ashamed...GOD has me here for a purpose...this is real.. addiction is no joke...i continue to pray for those who still suffer and chose to continue...(words of advice) ...STOP LIVING YOUR WILL....GODS WILL IS HARDER...UNUSUAL...AND COMPLICATED...BUT HIS WILL IS WHAT YOU NEED... it's what I NEED... you all are not alone
I love this bird. It’s helped me more than anything else I’ve ever done
There was a lady in my school that talked about drugs and addiction, she showed us this video and we were dying of laughter of the dramatic song
People who know, know. And it's gonna make your cry inside. Addicts possibly feel too much.
Seriously the most accurate way you could describe addiction. Thank you for the video to help others understand.
I watch this everyday, multiple times at the moment. Posted it on my page and on a help group I'm on for depression, etc. Great song put to it. Love it. Good to keep it fresh. It's alarmingly how quickly I forgot how painful this process was and supposedly moved on. Dangerous to be like that. Just recently I came really close to relapsing. It's like walking a fence-line. Any little thing could have made me fall to one side or the other. Only the memory kept me on the side I wanted to stay on. As hard as it is to resist using, no matter how hard, I have to remember it will never be easier. Time has passed. But the moment I use again, those hooks will be in my heart, pulling me back down into the hole, blinding my sight, starting this insane cycle all over anew. Laying there, money gone, battle over for the moment. Feeling like the just got raped in the soul. Wanting to turn my back on the pain and use again. Gotta "play the tape through" to the end result. No one in their right mind would want that outcome. But our biology is crazy at the core. I find anger can help. Make you addiction into an entity in your mind. Say to yourself, "What? Are you for real? You wanna take me down again? No fking way, motherfker! I'm tired of this shit." Rage can displace pain and injuries. Addict have to snuff these thoughts out as quickly as possible. Do it in its infancy before turns into the incredible Hulk and smashes your life to pieces once again. And again. And again.
It is an endless cycle of literal Hell… I would never wish this horrible disease upon anyone.
@@akivamandel2189 If I abused another human the way I abused myself, I'd be serving life in prison. Funny how it's okay when it's your life. I found an MRI of a depressed brain relative to a normal brain. The reasoning areas aren't even alive, but the emotional areas are. How can a person reason under such conditions? Ketamine can reignite these inactive areas and cure depression temporarily. Gotta move to magic mushrooms after that because ketamine destroys the bladder. Ketamine changed my life. It fuels "synaptic plasticity". Mushrooms are a "tryptamine", as is serotonin. DMT is helpful, too. There's a whole other side of these drugs when you research them thoroughly. John Hopkins and Yale are conducting studies on psychedelics and depression. I've been doing the wrong drugs my whole life. SSRIs, SNRI, tricyclics, and tetracyclics never helped me. They only mask the disease of depression. Synaptic plasticity is where it's at. I studied Neural Science in depth when I was in prison.
I just found this video and it made me insanely influenced. it is really sad.. a horrible reality of every addicted person. I cried multiple times because while I watch the bird.. it was a reflection of myself. I will watch this video everyday, I feel like it will change something because I am worn out from this endless cycle that keeps happening over and over and no one knows about this hell I am in except the one I see in the mirror. It's hard to seek help. I really dived disastrously deep down which seems a non-soul-body. Your comment kinda gave me hope of trying thank you. I will try my best
I want to be free so bad, it ruins my confidence, my courage, my strength, my relationships, my brain, all aspects of my life. I feel like I’m stuck in a cage watching my life get thrown away.
Feel this relates to me with dating/ relationships, I used to be so optimistic when meeting new people but every time you get rejected it’s really hurtful and tried chasing someone else to try and replace them
Yes this is an absolute 150% accurate description of addiction. Unfortunately I've experienced this and I remember seeing this video when I was getting clean and it actually made me tear up because it's so true. I'm currently 29 months clean ( 2 years & 5 months ) and I'm very thankful and grateful that I got well or else I'd be dead or in prison. Addiction is not a joke, Especially if you were a serious 1 like I was. We do recover and it's possible. It's all up to YOU the individual if you really want it bad enough you'll do it because people can say everything to you and point you in the right directions etc but it's ultimately you're choice to do it. I chose to finally surrender and get well and it's the best thing I've ever did for myself. It's been awhile since I've seen this video and it still gives me chills and is still just as important to me as it was when I first saw it. Very powerful and very accurate. I'm thankful that I'm no longer in the grips of addiction but I still need reminders like this that I can't go back to that and how far I've came from where I was at and how bad I was down in the dumps. I have to keep remembering what it did and how it destroyed everything for me but just don't let it overtake my mind. But I also remember the positive changes in my life that have came from getting clean. Never give up and keep fighting. God is good and my life has changed sooooo much for the better. God bless and thanks for sharing this video.
Praying for my son, 35 and addicted to cocaine 17 years 💔😦
Pray as much as you can. It is an endless cycle of absolute Hell.
Even at the final stage, still one of the hardest things too give up. It’s the saddest part because you can see the effects and the grip it has on you, and how it’s controlling your life and what you set out for everyday. You know it gets in the way of chasing goals and aspirations because you replace those dreams with the drug. Yet it is still one of the hardest things too make yourself let go of. It always amazes me how quickly a synthetic form of dopamine or happiness can take over your life, when you always have the option of chasing that happiness in anything else in your life instead.
What’s even more interesting is that when I’m peaking I always tell myself I could easily quit taking pills and that I could live a sober life, but once that comedown hits or I wake up for work the next day, I fall right back into place. I want help, I need help, but I feel less stable without them than I do with them. When I don’t have my pills, I start too lose a grip on what is happening in real life vs what is just in my head. I struggle too correlate the two, or tell the difference between the two. I start too let my imagination and intrusive thoughts become my reality. And too everyone else around me I look batshit crazy, like I fell of the deep end. But what they see is a version of me sober. And that makes me fall back into addiction again every single time. I would rather take a drug and be perceived as normal, than be sober and be looked at like I moved on too something harder. But, like the video shows, the drug will hurt you too. Mentally, and physically. So in the end it feels like a lose lose situation. I feel so much regret for ever messing around with the pills in the first place, but I know I can’t change it. And now my mind feels like a tangled web of rope and I can’t seem too get it untied, no matter what I do.
This video really hit home for me and helped me get the help I needed! Thanks poster
This is what happens when I let every hurtful text message and every hurtful word said to me in person and over the phone “slide”. Thinking it will never happen again, thinking that the person I love will not treat me like that again..but it continues..
I still love you, I’ll always love you.
If someone abuses you the relationship is over. It won’t be easy, not at all….But it’s what you need to do ❤
You just want this feeling like your first time but it never will be that nice again. But you try another one, another one, another one, another one…
This hits hard as the daughter of an addict whos fighting all the time not to let me own addictions get out of control. I have chronic pain for a variety of reasons and held out as long as i could on getting medicated for it. But my job is hard on my body as well and when i finish work im in so much pain without meds that i cant even stand to cook myself dinner. The longer you take it the less it does, yet still dulls your personality. I feel like pain stole my entire life from me. Not even sure that theres a way out unless i just disappear.
Thanks for posting this, I found this a while back on Reddit on the nofap forums. I have been struggling with a porn addiction since I was 12, I’m almost 22 now, I just relapsed again last night after a 5 month streak. I won’t do it again, not after seeing that innocent bird being destroyed like i was for all those years 🥺😢💔 However one good thing I can say, is that after struggling with an addiction for so long and wanting to fight it, it gets easier, especially as your streaks naturally get longer due to persisting. It gets easier 🤗 We got this! 🔥🔥🌻☀️🎶🥳👑
good for you man. just remember darkness covers everything but a little flick of a light shines through the dark. That's hope.
Not sound mean, but tell me if it is too much…what does one get from a porn addiction? Is it like the same as a sex addiction?
@@luvsdeceitthey get an excessive amount of dopamine
I’ve lost my best friend to addiction
I’ve lost my 23 year old niece to addiction.
I’ve lost my brother to addiction
I’ve lost my sister to addiction
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I know in my heart that I’ll probably be next and that’s ok.
It has been too hard to process what I’ve lost.
I know its hard to overcome and exist after loosing dear ones.. but please remember that you are not alone.. please ask help from a psychologist or a friend or just cry or scream or dance or meditate or pray just let it out and let your emotions Express themselves.. please don't turn to alcohol or drugs to block the feelings of sadness..just let those feelings be ... and with time and strong faith and psychological support I pray you will get better... it will heal I promise... I don't know who you are or where you are from.. but what I know for sure that we are human beings.. we are weak at times and strong at others... please be strong .. you are not alone.. much love and support ..try to affirm daily..everything will be ok.. and just breath 💜✌🤗🙏
You can do this.
I'm praying many blessings over you - deliverance, healing, perseverance, health, comfort, peace of mind, reassurance, and unconditional love.
I'm so sorry for your traumatic losses. I've also lost many, many loved ones to addiction and struggle with it myself. To this day I still have my struggles but I know there's hope because at one point I was clean, sober and abstinent - that was the only time in my life that I felt true fulfillment and happiness. I know I can get back there. And I know you can reach that too, Ryan.
You aren't alone, and there are so many people wanting and able to help you who you don't even know. Your life matters. You are worthy and valued beyond belief. I love you, and God loves you. There is light. Speak truth to yourself every day. You are more than your addiction.
you WON'T be next, you are blessed and you are on the brink of a breakthrough
My thoughts are with you. You’re an amazing person, please don’t fall into that mindset. Life is worth living. Please get help 😢❤️❤️it’s terrible to hear of so many misfortunes. I pray that you find strength to overcome these trials. Stay strong
Im trying. Mom. Dad. Sister. And sister in the sky. I promise I’m trying. It’s so, so hard.
It’s so darn difficult…. No one wanted this…
Keep it up...
I remeber all to well the time I couldnt fly anymore, thank God that's finally in the past and my life is now full of light.
This is how some relationships are too
someone said somewhere that the only reason seggs w a narc or emotionally unavailable person is bc it's the only time your needs were met.
When it got dark, I felt that..
This is what I feel like. I’ve struggled with ❄️ and 🍾for over a year and I’m just now trying to get sober
It’s an endless cycle of hell…
you got this
This made me tear up. I’m so thankful I quit drinking. Now it’s time to stop smoking.
This is exactly what it feels ike....
This applies to gambling as well. Each time you place a bet you get high . You could never get that high the first time you hit it big. You keep chasing for that first feeling until eventually you lose everything and darkness surrounds you.
I feel sad :( but I’m thankful for this message I can over come
This video never fails to make me cry 😭
This is pretty accurate, been clean for almost 5 years now
They did such a good job with showing the bird having quicker and lower highs while crashing harder and harder
It's sad I've been through the whole thing an addiction isn't easy stop before it starts we all have a choice. And it's up to you to be better than you think you are.
I shower my husband this and it had an impact.
This hits on a different level
Makes me cry for my neighbour!! Crack addiction the saddest. Tears.
Amazingly true ! SO GOOD 😢🥳❣️THANK YOU FOR THIS !
I wish they would reprise the theme and make a followup video-with a different ending, where this guy’s friends grab him and help him detox, with all that goes into that horrible experience, but with the recovery of life at the end.
We were shown this video when I was in rehab last year
Remember to give credit to Filmbilder and friends, they are the original creators
Rip dad i hope ur having a good time up there i miss you and i will see you again one day im sure of it ❤
May God not let the enemy face such a situation
Love this and it’s so true when in active addiction 😢
I don’t suffer from addiction but this made me really sad inside
Its first and last one for me; could've walked on by and avoided it, to now i can barely stand looking at my addiction staring right back at me
Powerful, Creative, Inspirational
I think I like it this of art, technology because I was thinking of creating something ever similar as an artist using technology to describe my journey Thur addiction to recovery. Kind of like an AA speaker but concise, informative, creative , and YES Art with use of line, cartoon space wording and color❤
Can I be completely honest, I'm 3 years clean from addiction, but lately sometimes when I'm sad or overwhelmed I feel I miss the what felt like comfort and numbness I would feel after using, the ability of not caring... And sometimes I feel I miss the pinch of the needle to my arm and the completely void after it... I've been so triggered lately 😭
Stay strong, It's definitely harder after than before, but you're an inspiration to everyone who is struggling. You have stronger impulse control than people who aren't addicted. Thank you for sharing
Going cold turkey is so difficult though especially since I’ve been smoking weed for a while. Any advice?? I’m fully open to any words of wisdom and encouragement
www.Reddit.com/r/stopdrinking good luck my friend.
Jesus man agh I miss it too aghh thank god for my kids
Can’t watch this without crying. My bro showed me this saying he’s like that bird. And I now it’s different and yet the same for me- not as extreme I guess though- Kratom
What he is picking up can also represent our sin, our sin slowly kills. We are all in need of God’s saving grace. Call upon the name of the Lord today and repent of your sins and He will forgive you and set you free from any addiction you may have. God loves you all with a love that no other can give.
Makes me cry...realize how fucked up i am...
All of the comments to this post have authors that default to making it about themselves and how they overcame this scourge. In my opinion, this video is about those who haven't overcome the pull and still suffer and those that didn't overcome it and perished.
At the end , notice how the drug is brighter than ever
Koka flex💯
Wasn't bothered to link the actual video... it's called "Nuggets" if anyone's wondering
Hi @JayCrohan, I like your video. World it be possible, to use it as an example at a teachertraining. To show teachers how to make a voiceover-video with their students?
I was hoping for redemption at the end of this. The light at the end of the tunnel.
We have 2 life !
The seccond starts when you realise that you have only one life !
Wow. That’s so simple but so powerful. Don’t do heroin kids. Not worth it.
Opioid addiction to the T.
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This is really amazing
This is me with weed 😭
Stole the original video, changed the music and sped it up. Got confronted with this fact and still keeps the video up without giving the original any credit: th-cam.com/video/HUngLgGRJpo/w-d-xo.html
Download someone`s video, lower the quality 10 times, speed up the video twice, add some bad background music and there you go! Recipe for copying videos badly
I downloaded it from Reddit. I didn’t change anything. I happen to like the video.
The music and pacing of the video works really well. Well done !! Hit me right in the feels
This is a repost. Downvote this and watch the original video called Nuggets to support the original artist.
you need to credit the person that made this video,,,
I don’t know who made it, I found it on /r/stopsmoking or somewhere
@@JayCroghan th-cam.com/video/HUngLgGRJpo/w-d-xo.html here is the original then
@@JayCroghan lmao like you couldn’t have just searched up ‘drug addict bird’ or any variation of that. You’d rather just keep your stolen video up and inflate your views. You’re lame
Thats exactly what happens 😢
How does it stop I can’t
A bit problematic - despite the good intentions - that you've appropriated a portion of a film called Nuggets by Andreas Hykade and added in your own soundtrack.
If you bothered to read the other comments you’d see I didn’t “appropriate” anything I found it on Reddit uploaded to Reddit and wanted to share it. Monetisation etc was all disabled from the start. I had no intention of appropriating anything.
@@JayCroghan why would I read every comment? I know the artist who made the film. It is not mentioned anywhere. You could easily have added his name. Saying you got it from Reddit is not an excuse. And I said nothing about money... this is about work that has been altered and not given proper credit. I recognize that your post has good intentions, but still, you clearly know who the original artist is. Is it so hard to acknowledge it?
@@chrisrobinson3743 I didn’t alter it or know who made it. It wasn’t credited where I saw it.
@@JayCroghan jay, you do know who made it now and have for at least a few months. Simply change your description.
Someone else said it’s “Filmbuilder and Friends” so who is it actually should be credited? If you look at my channel I don’t exactly use TH-cam this will be my first time editing a video on here.
1:27 "this is me" -my gf
Cogito ergo sum. I believe, therefore I am.
This is true 😢😢😢
Rue from Euphoria:
Light work no reaction
What's the song name
Kina-Get you the moon
I accept.
um, the kiwi, died.
Powerful. I drew rhis
life without Jesus
Life with any kind of religion
What song is this?
Get you the moon by Kina
Jesus sets the captives free
Jesus is dead lol
@@agustinbarquero8898 He's alive right now
give credits
GOD makes this thing to help people in pain but humans made this slow poison 😢
GIVE CREDIT TO FILMBUILDER AND FRIENDS
@@Keva-o4p did you even read the video title?
@@JayCroghan oh sorry I'm blind
This could apply to those who are single and hooked on porn
Wow
Heroin..
Alcohol
That was me 100%!!! I've been clean 12 1/2 months from Alcohol now. I was physically sick everyday, and couldn't exist without it. I would isolate myself in my room everyday, and pass out not remembering how. 24 hours day, 7 days a week. And It all started just from wanting to fit in. I had to go to long term rehab to get away from alcohol and to change my mindest and behaviours. This video makes me emotional, because it illustrates the struggle of addiction 😢 💙