21 days clean today never have I thought I’d ever get clean I’ve tried to get clean in the past but I was never really ready this is the longest I’ve been clean and I am determined to change my life and never look back
Congratulations, you got this!! I’ve been clean of fentanyl for the last 15 years, and the worst part is the first few weeks. Then every day gets a little be easier!!
Hi Mark, I love this show. I love how raw it is and a part of humanity very few people know exsists. I am a recovered Heroin additct, being clean for 24 years now and it would be so cool if you could have interviews with old guests that managed to overcome the odds and managed to recover.
Seems like Mark didn't like them. He cut them off early right in the middle of Peter talking. And only 20 minutes compared to a Hot Only Fans Model who gets an hour and a half.
@@jamescordova1796 Tragic and devastating as this story may be, the reality is simple: business is business. Cutting the interview short might seem harsh, but the truth is, heartbreaking stories don’t sell like OF models do.
I don’t see that at all, he was rambling and I think Mark has heard and seen this enough (more than us) to know when to move on. It sounds like you don’t trust Mark so why watch the channel I guess?😊
Only fans bimbos dont just blurt out where to find an active armed Kydgnapper buddy that they do work for..... No wonder Mark was bailing out as qik as He could.
1:30 I love how they rationalize stealing from stores. "They have insurance policies". As a retail store owner, I can assure you we don't run every $100 theft through insurance. Our rates would continually increase or worse, they'd drop us. We just lose it. It's that simple. Lose the items and the money spent buying the inventory.
A parent should never have to experience the death of their child, but when ot happens it changes the very structure of those people's lives. Combine a deep addiction with this trauma, and I cannot imagine the stress the brain is in. Absolutely tragic on many levels.
Yeah I believe he has autistic Spectrum disorder, probably along with some developmental delays I know somebody very very much like him, and it's the same thing. The person I know also won't make eye contact, and looks about half their age
It's shocking how resilient the human mind and body is. How much fucking punishment they can take, over the span of years, and not just survive somehow, but still retain the ability to recover to a "healthy" state.
Agreed. When he said "shooting up is like raping yourself" that was pretty deep.... This young man clearly is sooo immensely intelligent I can only imagine what he is capable of achieving once clean. Prayers for both and especially Peter.
Parents out there - don't be afraid to show your kids 11/12 + a video like this. It's truely heartbreaking and will hopefully demonstrate at an early age that drugs aren't cool and this is the outcome.
unfortunately kids nowdays are being led to beleive by everyone around them that smoking dope is safe and great for mental health ! the brewing drug and mental health epidemic for gen z from smoking weed 24/7 from age 10 will make the current illicit fentanyl epidemic seem trivial in comparison… just as long as states and the feds collect their tax dollars on the sale of weed then i guess it’s all worth the destruction of an entire generation .. 🤑🤑🤑
95% of people who do drugs don't turn out like these two. So no, it's not the outcome. And when kids become young adults and try drugs, they will feel a lack of certainty about the risks of experimenting further.
my comment we insta censored .. i guess the weed industry didn’t like what i had to say about the drug and mental health catastrophe that’s steam rolling through the youth from kids smoking weed 24/7 starting at age 9.. the current illicit fent crisis’ epidemic will pale in comparison to what’s coming .. so long as state and federal agencies collect taxes from the sale of weed then i guess it’s all worth destroying the future of this country.. weed, antidepressants and shrooms for everyone!!!
I hope they somehow find peace and their way back to sobriety. Crystal it seems like you’ve been through a lot. It’s so hard but you CAN change. Peter we can see just how much you love Crystal. My heart breaks for both of you. I was there. It is possible to heal. It is hell. It is long. It is painful. But what you’re living right now is so much worse. Sober for 3 years and 55 days myself.
Wow! Mark I gotta say this literally is one of the most heartbreaking interviews you've ever did. They all pull on your heart strings, but this was so beyond sad 😢. Ty for sharing Mark
@@margepazthat’s a pretty high and mighty statement considering our government who create the made up laws that you’re basing your moral compass on are all corrupt white collar crime doers. Your judgment is against poor drug addicts, not ‘crime’. You’re my least favorite type of person and a judgmental dick.
Normal people who aren’t addicted to drugs can be stupid, too. You see it every day, and you know it. That being said, I completely get your point in the context of this particular “couple’s” video.
The only way out is for you to decide you’ve had enough. That you can’t live like this for one more day. You can’t imagine life without it but there is life without it. Try. If you fail try again. It takes more than once.
You are absolutely correct miss. I got tired of the life and next week I'll have 5 years clean from crack cocaine and alcohol. I gave that lifestyle up
Hi Mark, I’m 21. I’ve been watching your channel since I was 17. I have a sister who’s struggled with addiction since before I can remember. Since a particular schooling… I have consistently considered choosing a drug rehabilitation field, yet have been ridiculed and judged by everyone imaginable for even considering that decision. While it’s still not final, as my schooling is not yet over; at the end of the day, I’ve been asked why. And I’ve always made a reference back to your channel. You are my motivation, inspiration and my reason. I will forever be inspired by you. I can truly, honestly say, without you, I would not be here today
A parent speaking to their child can be so powerful. Never underestimate that as a parent. It can help turn your kids' lives around. I only hope she can see the connection that speaking to her own children is just as important as her own father speaking with her. Hope she can do what it takes to get clean and back with her kids. It would fulfill her so much more than street life ever could.
Whatever we're doing it isn't working, and this is getting worse. We let them use, fail. We try to prevent it, fail. We arrest, fail. Psych help, fail. Educating about this, fail. Most people care about other people, problem is when the people who are conned into not helping themselves.
eh i understand you but it’s way deeper than that mate. Just for starters with the Gov. “trying” to help really isn’t help itself. An arrest stops the problem temporarily. Prevention only goes as far as the mind being curious. And education only goes thus far as someone wants to learn. There could be more “help” than those tbf. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION BTW
I'm shocked that he asked such a hurtful question why pick them to say that too out of all the people that's been on his channel very distasteful on his part
@@flirtingwithdisaster1969 While shocked, sometimes the cold hard truth does justice. You have to think he's seen these people before, tried to help and is routinely disappointed.
You can tell towards the end that Mark was getting annoyed with Peter. Peter would be answering a question and Mark would cut him off. You could also hear the frustration in Mark’s voice in the end of the video. It felt like mark was thinking in his head “I’m so annoyed and I still have to post this video and pay these two.”
His voice sounds like that of a cartoon character. These substances can mess you up in multi-dimensional ways. I hope they can get the help they need to get clean.
I don't believe that his body language and his voice have anything to do with drugs looking at his body language and communication skills, I would bet he's autistic spectrum disorder without a doubt. I've been sober now for 10 years, and my son is on the Spectrum, so I got a little experience in both of those departments.
@@bigwheel9132 there you go. You had to diagnose him with autism lol 😂😂😂😂 what's her reason for not making eye contact? Do you think maybe Shane has anything to do with it or is it a diagnosis?
Getting off dope is TERRIBLE the darkness doesn't exist in a normal person it's unexplainable and it's not like a light switch it takes time and a place to go through it THEN you THINK you are back on your feet and find out you're not once the terrible sickness subsides you are useless and wanting to get on with things but u can't I was a WORKING fent addict and would get through the really gnarly part and it's time to get back to work and you can't so you get back on the shit just to be able to get up and work anyway I did it and the need for money not fir dope but just to eat and have somewhere to stay made it really hard
Im 64 yrs.young . I've been clean and sober 25.5 yrs. I went to approx. 12 in and out patient rehabs. I have quite a story but its to long to text. Heres alittle when I became clean. I do have 4 beautiful successful kids. I've been homeless with 3 kids and lost my oldest to his dad. My dad took my other 3 kids for a yr. because they're had killed himself. By the grace of God he took all the desire to use and drink away. I've owned 2 businesses and have been living life with its ups and downs. But nothing could be as bad as the life I was living HELL... So it can be really hard to get clean. But we have to hit our bottom and be willing to do what it takes. Like we did what it took to use. It can be done. So never give up on trying.
Man i got a wierd feeling about these two and the way they were talking about thier "missing friend" , anyone else pick up on this? And how casually he was talking about kidnapping?!? Like what
Damn really hitting me how hard it is to come up with an honest opinion about them because its so different from my normal life I'm just like disconnected almost... Makes me think a million things about the U.S., drugs, and other stuff. Also is was surprising to me how Peter can still talk about very complete ideas cohesively with enthusiasm, wonder what their daily life is like.
This is one that touches me so deeply. This interview needs to be shown worldwide. This is what’s happening in the dark places the rest of us just don’t want to see or think about. This paints the real picture. I’m actually happy for her, that she has someone -anyone- to hold her as she talks to you. God should rescind Fentanyl’s ability to exist as a molecule.
These interviews truly have been a bastion against me staying in my tequila n weed lane. Life has been so horrific I've dabbled in nicotine here or there but thankfully seeing people who are going thru worse reminds me to just appreesh literally anything that is going well for me. Super thankful for shelter, family, friends etc Hearing about her kids, that's just so much turmoil. I hope she's able to keep fighting. I hope their love becomes a different kind of shelter. I hope they find stability & peace.
Exactly! So much truth, we really have to take note about how we see other people living because a few bad turns and we never know. And just be grateful enough you didn’t have a course of life that was more likely for you to end up like these people. May God bless them in every way. Gratefulness is the key to happiness. Ima also stay in my weed lane 😂
@icyyluke good job bro 💪🏾 zonnnnnnt get lost in the sauce. And if you do, come back here, get grounded, and help those closest to you stay on a good path. At the end of the day we only got ourselves and our fam. 💚
Oh yeah well when we judge, we should always say that our own addictions are better than another you think tequila and weed aren't doing a lot to your nervous system? Do you think tequila and weed are creating issues for you? Do you think they're not dampening your memory or your trauma or the reality of life.?
@southphillylilly why dyou assume the worst? That I'm over indulging, that I'm not aware of the negative outcomes that could occur? I can't even afford them regularly anymore, and when I am in the future I'll be even more responsible and aware of my boundaries. Moreover, moderation is key with the lesser ones. I have social anxiety, scoliosis, below average appetite and insomnia. When I do have weed, it's used sparingly to mediate daily pain & struggles. I've seen doctors who agree that weed is better for me, personally, than Tylenol, because overloading your organs with excess, a cocktail of pain killers and anti depressants would be worse. An occasional margarita with dinner is not going to snowball for ME, personally. I cannot say the same for others. I cannot say that if things were worse I wouldn't turn to harder things. But, I'm fine for now. I'm self aware, I'm careful, I'm modest. Please respect that your choices are not a standard everyone should follow. I do
I have no sympathy for his ass getting beat. How much cumulative time is lost from people having to ask a clerk to unlock the disposable razors and aspirin, or having to go 15 blocks out of the way because a store can't be profitable from the stealing?
Xanax is an anti anxiety drug, NOT an anti psychotic. Drug addicts typically know a lot less about drugs than a non user. An addict can justify anything. I grew up with a far from ideal household and I am emotionally solid as a rock. I don't even drink caffeine. I feel really bad for her children. They had less of a chance than she did. I am a Gen X and I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder in my late teens. I have never looked this bad on my worse day and I have had some scary hospital stays over the years. I think we will see this couple on Mark's R.I.P videoes.
Im almost 5 years clean of black and following family of substances. Understand that your life is definitely not going to magically get better because you got clean. It gets better after pushing and pushing discipline and temperance long and hard enough to make it better. It never gets easier, sorry... Don't beat yourself up when you don't get the results you wanted. Keep your hands and mind busy. Take a lot of showers if you can. It's a mixture of safer alternatives and willpower that can beat any addiction. Show yourself respect and care, even if you think you don't deserve it. And don't give up. Know that your body and brain will heal and go back to normal without any substances. Remember about what actually matters.
Sorry kids, you chose to use drugs and you know that they cost money. Stealing is illegal and there is no, I repeat NO, excuse for it so you'll get no sympathy from me! 🙄
With all due respect, they steal to scramble and stay alive. While others con people and steal more when they don’t need simply because of greed. I get your point, but again, their stealing is a consequence of their unfortunate position in life as of currently, and there is countless of various stealing going on under the radar that’s much worse than stealing food. In my opinion anyways🤷🏻♀️
@FFTsteel Your comment comes off as aggressive, uninformed, and directly contradicts itself. I've been working in the recovery field for the better part of a decade now, and with 100% confidence I can say your comment and general sentiment leads to more issues than their comment.
@5Whyz It's common sense and well-informed. Enough of giving passes to people who willingly have chosen to go to deep depths. You lack leadership and understanding of life and its circumstances, which is why they will continue down their path to nothingness. My comment above stands. Do with it as you will.
She says she wants something different for her life but I can tell she's not ready and being with this guy she's not going to change. I wish them both the best in life and pray for change🙏🏻
This interview stood out for me as it was conducted perfectly. This couple articulated many concepts that non drug users may not entirely understand as they haven’t been there before. Mark couldn’t have done anything better, it was perfectly done, the questions asked very personally and in a manner that connected with them. . The professionalism is on another level.
We have a camp 200 yards from our house here in CA. full of folks like this. The city does little, California enables and protects them and rarely prosecutes. We stopped calling the cops and all the neighbors are legally armed. After trying bureaucracy, kindness and direct communication with no positive results, the addicts seem to respond to violent threats to stay out of our cars and off our property . It’s a struggle to be compassionate when you find them in your backyard or breaking into a neighbors house. Progressivism/ leftism is compassion without wisdom which is why the state is the way it is. They are sad, they are pathetic, but that doesn’t make them having a parasitic relationship with the community ok.
❤prayers for them, both 🙏🏼 Goood mornin Mark and SWUniverse.....So much pain here with Crystal and Peter but I actually enjoyed this interview and hearing them share their stories and perspectives.❤
He is very obviously autistic...... and bless her heart... bless both of them for this life that they are in..... but they're both so alone... even with each other.
It always amazes me to think we all went to school with people who eventually turned out like this. I can't imagine watching a video like this one and recognizing a friend from high school I knew years ago :/
The truth is told. If there was an easy fix, I would do it. I managed to get clean and stay clean for 2 years this time but there were decades of active addiction and nights and days of crying, not knowing if I would ever make it out and what I would do on the other side. It's not easy but it is worth it! I really hope you both find a way. It's really sad to see how sad you both are.
This is the hell knowing you don’t want to do this anymore and CANT STOP 🛑!! Iv been this low before and yes you can do it !! May our lord and savior help you BOTH.
@@aguycalledlucas being sick of feeling that way and that’s the easiest but it’s the first step !! You’re never going to stop 🛑 doing drugs until your sick from being sick broke homeless freezing to death hungry hated and just empty!!
People don't have sympathy for folks like this because you can tell their drug addicts. If they were down on their luck due to no fault of their own, people would be more sympathetic I think. Being a drug addict is not a choice, taking the drugs is!
1:18 See, this is why I say this affects us all and we absolutely have a right to say how we feel about that. It's far more nuanced than them choosing to do drugs we may or may not agree with. You steal from the store, but generally they aren't making insurance claims on that (which would drive up their premiums), but even if they did all of it is passed onto the *paying* customers that go to that store. Not to mention the store employees who have to be paid less to accommodate that and on top of that have to deal with sometimes violent thieves... We're all subsidizing this "lifestyle". This is why I'd personally advocate for compelled sobriety because you can see very clearly in these two people that once certain drugs get their hooks into you, you ride that dragon all the way to the end. In my opinion it'd be immoral to simply watch them do it while shrugging as if nothing can be done about it. We can help such people. If we're decent human beings, we will do that. If we don't, we sort of deserve the ensuing Anarchy, don't we?
Why why why are we not teaching kids about adulting and parenting??? How much intergenerational abuse must future generations endure before we wise up?
Yes it’s true more of Calif which doesn’t treat shoplifting as a crime. It’s terrible for non addicts as we pay the cost of rising prices to cover the thefts.
21 days clean today never have I thought I’d ever get clean I’ve tried to get clean in the past but I was never really ready this is the longest I’ve been clean and I am determined to change my life and never look back
Bless you. Hang in there, you're past the hardest part
Congratulations, you got this!! I’ve been clean of fentanyl for the last 15 years, and the worst part is the first few weeks. Then every day gets a little be easier!!
Never look back!
Hero ❤
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This should be played in every middle school and high school . The pain she expresses for being addicted is heart breaking.
I agree✨️💯✨️
Omg so agree
Yessss
Hi Mark, I love this show. I love how raw it is and a part of humanity very few people know exsists. I am a recovered Heroin additct, being clean for 24 years now and it would be so cool if you could have interviews with old guests that managed to overcome the odds and managed to recover.
Recovering Crack Addict-Patrick (2024 update)
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Recovering Fentanyl and Crystal Meth Addict-Sid (follow up)
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Transformation-Rita
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Recovering Fentanyl Addict interview-Jake
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Recovering Heroin and Crystal Meth Addict-Charlie (follow up)
th-cam.com/video/HI5Xc4Q4OiA/w-d-xo.html
Recovering Cocaine Addict interview-Antoinette (follow up)
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Recovering Fentanyl Addict interview-Zack
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Amanda Update-April, 2021
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Recovering Drug Addict and Sex Worker-Izzy
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…and there are many more.
@SoftWhiteUnderbelly Awesome. Thank you. May there be many more. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy Christmas season and a blessed 2025.
Congratulations to you.
@almabelhumeur6672 Thank you. I appreciate you.
Huge congrats Boris. Can’t even imagine the difficulty of that.
I was worse than these two and got out. Hope they make it too
Are you sure? You had your 12 year-old daughter hang herself? You lost an eight-month-old baby
Lol sure..
Really?! That is shocking… glad you made it!
Stay strong!!!
Hope is illogical, nothing is a guarantee.
No video more powerfully or realistically portrays the brutal descent into hell. A masterpiece of anti-drug messaging
Seems like Mark didn't like them. He cut them off early right in the middle of Peter talking. And only 20 minutes compared to a Hot Only Fans Model who gets an hour and a half.
@@jamescordova1796 Tragic and devastating as this story may be, the reality is simple: business is business. Cutting the interview short might seem harsh, but the truth is, heartbreaking stories don’t sell like OF models do.
I don’t see that at all, he was rambling and I think Mark has heard and seen this enough (more than us) to know when to move on. It sounds like you don’t trust Mark so why watch the channel I guess?😊
@@jamescordova1796facts
Only fans bimbos dont just blurt out where to find an active armed Kydgnapper buddy that they do work for.....
No wonder Mark was bailing out as qik as He could.
1:30 I love how they rationalize stealing from stores. "They have insurance policies". As a retail store owner, I can assure you we don't run every $100 theft through insurance. Our rates would continually increase or worse, they'd drop us. We just lose it. It's that simple. Lose the items and the money spent buying the inventory.
Isn't it tax deductible?
That’s good for the country !Small businesses relying on insurance or taxes due to local crime ? Nothing is free, somebody always pays eventually
@@psimms988 No, it's already deducted in the initial cost of inventory. You can't write it off twice.
@@psimms988no. It isn't.
@@psimms988 No, all inventory is initially listed as an expense and deducted. You can't write it off twice just because someone stole it.
Imagine being 12 and feeling like life’s hopeless. That’s so sad! Pray for everyone struggling!
I was 8 when I started having those thoughts. Imagining my daughter feeling like that breaks my heart 💔
That woman needs to stop having kids 😢
Imagine having a mom like that. That wouldn’t give you hoe as a child.
When I tell you my jaw dropped when she mentioned what happened to her daughter. I can't wrap my head around that level of tragedy.
A parent should never have to experience the death of their child, but when ot happens it changes the very structure of those people's lives. Combine a deep addiction with this trauma, and I cannot imagine the stress the brain is in. Absolutely tragic on many levels.
Omg. Yeah to lose a child on top of this, I don’t know that I could take it.
Don’t understand what they’re saying
@@barbsteele3301Turn on the subtitles.
Her 12 year old daughter hung herself.
@@willyum668she most likely wouldn’t have lost a child if she was the mother her daughter needed her to be…
It’s honestly surprising how this man managed not to age
I swore he was a teenager
Yeah I believe he has autistic Spectrum disorder, probably along with some developmental delays I know somebody very very much like him, and it's the same thing. The person I know also won't make eye contact, and looks about half their age
For real
His endocrine system is destroyed. Probably has next to no testosterone. Doubt he eats much at all.
opiods do that! they have a way of preserving you
Happened a lot to me. Be short, fair skinned, and thin. People thought I was in my early to mid 20's until my hair started to gray.
These two show very well one of the most insidious consequences of this type of lifestyle; permanent extensive brain damage.
Called retardism
It's shocking how resilient the human mind and body is. How much fucking punishment they can take, over the span of years, and not just survive somehow, but still retain the ability to recover to a "healthy" state.
Great insight.
Agreed. When he said "shooting up is like raping yourself" that was pretty deep.... This young man clearly is sooo immensely intelligent I can only imagine what he is capable of achieving once clean. Prayers for both and especially Peter.
Parents out there - don't be afraid to show your kids 11/12 + a video like this. It's truely heartbreaking and will hopefully demonstrate at an early age that drugs aren't cool and this is the outcome.
Nowadays 11 or 12 is too late you have to start at 7 or 8 showing them these videos.
yes this is urgent honestly
unfortunately kids nowdays are being led to beleive by everyone around them that smoking dope is safe and great for mental health ! the brewing drug and mental health epidemic for gen z from smoking weed 24/7 from age 10 will make the current illicit fentanyl epidemic seem trivial in comparison… just as long as states and the feds collect their tax dollars on the sale of weed then i guess it’s all worth the destruction of an entire generation .. 🤑🤑🤑
95% of people who do drugs don't turn out like these two. So no, it's not the outcome. And when kids become young adults and try drugs, they will feel a lack of certainty about the risks of experimenting further.
my comment we insta censored .. i guess the weed industry didn’t like what i had to say about the drug and mental health catastrophe that’s steam rolling through the youth from kids smoking weed 24/7 starting at age 9.. the current illicit fent crisis’ epidemic will pale in comparison to what’s coming .. so long as state and federal agencies collect taxes from the sale of weed then i guess it’s all worth destroying the future of this country.. weed, antidepressants and shrooms for everyone!!!
I hope they somehow find peace and their way back to sobriety. Crystal it seems like you’ve been through a lot. It’s so hard but you CAN change. Peter we can see just how much you love Crystal. My heart breaks for both of you. I was there. It is possible to heal. It is hell. It is long. It is painful. But what you’re living right now is so much worse. Sober for 3 years and 55 days myself.
Congrats!!🎉🤗👍
They both have one love... Drugs... I guarantee either one of them would throw each other under the bus for a single hit
Yeah, be nice if the government could stop supplying the drugs already.
"Some people are just dumb, like store employees."
You are on fentanyl! They have jobs.
He thinks store employees actually care. Imagine.
It’s like you’re speaking to two dead people. So so sad.
Addiction is fucked but don’t go justifying theft
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@cobracommander9138 Large companies are way more evil and steal way more than poor people trying to eat!
Wow! Mark I gotta say this literally is one of the most heartbreaking interviews you've ever did. They all pull on your heart strings, but this was so beyond sad 😢. Ty for sharing Mark
They are in so deep … I hope they find a way out! Everyone deserves a good life!
No… people who do crimes do NOT DESERVE A GOOD LIFE!
Nope, Chomos don't deserve a good life.
They won't. They're too far gone
@@margepazshut up please
@@margepazthat’s a pretty high and mighty statement considering our government who create the made up laws that you’re basing your moral compass on are all corrupt white collar crime doers. Your judgment is against poor drug addicts, not ‘crime’. You’re my least favorite type of person and a judgmental dick.
A drug addict calling normal people stupid is moronic.
Normal people who aren’t addicted to drugs can be stupid, too. You see it every day, and you know it. That being said, I completely get your point in the context of this particular “couple’s” video.
Both of them so barely coherent, and slurring words made their stories hard to follow
Ironic him calling people dumb
Well that's why he's at where he is. Everyone else is stupid, right?
The only way out is for you to decide you’ve had enough. That you can’t live like this for one more day. You can’t imagine life without it but there is life without it. Try. If you fail try again. It takes more than once.
It takes a heck of a lot. 😢
You are absolutely correct miss. I got tired of the life and next week I'll have 5 years clean from crack cocaine and alcohol. I gave that lifestyle up
Congrats@@chrischevalier5406
You have to want it,took me over 15 years for that to happen.Some of us don't have that long b4 it's too late with the crap they have now.
Hi Mark, I’m 21. I’ve been watching your channel since I was 17. I have a sister who’s struggled with addiction since before I can remember. Since a particular schooling… I have consistently considered choosing a drug rehabilitation field, yet have been ridiculed and judged by everyone imaginable for even considering that decision. While it’s still not final, as my schooling is not yet over; at the end of the day, I’ve been asked why. And I’ve always made a reference back to your channel. You are my motivation, inspiration and my reason. I will forever be inspired by you. I can truly, honestly say, without you, I would not be here today
Sending love, stay strong on
your journey
Addiction is hell of an illness. So sad for them 😢
A parent speaking to their child can be so powerful. Never underestimate that as a parent. It can help turn your kids' lives around. I only hope she can see the connection that speaking to her own children is just as important as her own father speaking with her. Hope she can do what it takes to get clean and back with her kids. It would fulfill her so much more than street life ever could.
That's not how retail insurance works guys... you're stealing from normal people
That’s what you care about? Material shit, not people’s well being? Fing gross dude.
Whatever we're doing it isn't working, and this is getting worse. We let them use, fail. We try to prevent it, fail. We arrest, fail. Psych help, fail. Educating about this, fail.
Most people care about other people, problem is when the people who are conned into not helping themselves.
eh i understand you but it’s way deeper than that mate. Just for starters with the Gov. “trying” to help really isn’t help itself. An arrest stops the problem temporarily. Prevention only goes as far as the mind being curious. And education only goes thus far as someone wants to learn. There could be more “help” than those tbf. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION BTW
Jesus
@@lacachette777help
While I have empathy for them both, there is something sinister about Peter. I hope I am wrong.
I thought the exact opposite thing. He looks like an angel who has had a very hard life.
What do you think it is ??
he looks like his brain is cooked beacuse of the drug abuse but I don't think anything is evil in him
I agree with you!
@@jdtcreative8602, yes, but my gut tells me he could easily flip a switch.
Peter had something to do with Jason’s disappearance.
Yes he killed him using the candelabra in the kitchen
Clue?
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She said he was missing then she said she talked to him that morning so idk if he’s even missing
Peter talks about karma yet has no introspection regarding himself.
Instead of sending billions to foreign affairs this govt needs to address this situation.
Truth 💯💯💯
We lose three billion in wealth a day due to interest we’re broke as fuck
No money in a cured patient.
Love mark’s rhetorical question “ do you think this whole existence you’ve created is pathetic” can’t blame it on the last 12 months love
I'm shocked that he asked such a hurtful question why pick them to say that too out of all the people that's been on his channel very distasteful on his part
@@flirtingwithdisaster1969 While shocked, sometimes the cold hard truth does justice. You have to think he's seen these people before, tried to help and is routinely disappointed.
@@flirtingwithdisaster1969mark also cut him off and ended the interview even tho he wasn’t done talking. Found that a bit rude
I know right!? I also found it rude when mark didn’t offer him $10,000.00 a MacBook Pro and a G wagon, un f&$king believable
You can tell towards the end that Mark was getting annoyed with Peter. Peter would be answering a question and Mark would cut him off. You could also hear the frustration in Mark’s voice in the end of the video. It felt like mark was thinking in his head “I’m so annoyed and I still have to post this video and pay these two.”
Yep mark totally cut him off. Found that rude. Yes they’re addicts but they’re people who need compassion regardless
@ Mark is just trying to get his money. Too bad he doesn’t do Orange County because I have a huge story to tell him as well as my partner.
@@liz_suhhe does. Email him your story he flies people out all the time or goes to them
One of the many things I hate about fentanol is the way it bends the users spine. He cant even sit up straight anymore. Literally crippling the user.
His voice sounds like that of a cartoon character. These substances can mess you up in multi-dimensional ways. I hope they can get the help they need to get clean.
The lack of eye contact and monotonous voice leads me to suspect something else other than addiction is at play. Possibly ASD or an adjacent.
I don't believe that his body language and his voice have anything to do with drugs looking at his body language and communication skills, I would bet he's autistic spectrum disorder without a doubt. I've been sober now for 10 years, and my son is on the Spectrum, so I got a little experience in both of those departments.
@@bigwheel9132 there you go. You had to diagnose him with autism lol 😂😂😂😂 what's her reason for not making eye contact? Do you think maybe Shane has anything to do with it or is it a diagnosis?
Stuffed up from drugs, lack of sleep, and a mouth without teeth will do that.
Another 6am east/time drop appreciate you Mark. 🇨🇦
I been clean for 25 months now.
Getting off dope is TERRIBLE the darkness doesn't exist in a normal person it's unexplainable and it's not like a light switch it takes time and a place to go through it THEN you THINK you are back on your feet and find out you're not once the terrible sickness subsides you are useless and wanting to get on with things but u can't I was a WORKING fent addict and would get through the really gnarly part and it's time to get back to work and you can't so you get back on the shit just to be able to get up and work anyway I did it and the need for money not fir dope but just to eat and have somewhere to stay made it really hard
This is a really good explanation of what does actually happen. Been through that cycle more times than I can count. Proud of you.
Many people never fully recover 😅
She's so right " this is not the answer" I really hope they can find a way out..
That poor baby only 12. I pray she gets sober for her daughters memory. And her one son can be proud. I feel for all these guys life is tough.
Its unfortunate that people end up so fucked up but i feel no pity for them.
Im 64 yrs.young . I've been clean and sober 25.5 yrs. I went to approx. 12 in and out patient rehabs. I have quite a story but its to long to text.
Heres alittle when I became clean.
I do have 4 beautiful successful kids.
I've been homeless with 3 kids and lost my oldest to his dad. My dad took my other 3 kids for a yr. because they're had killed himself.
By the grace of God he took all the desire to use and drink away.
I've owned 2 businesses and have been living life with its ups and downs. But nothing could be as bad as the life I was living HELL...
So it can be really hard to get clean. But we have to hit our bottom and be willing to do what it takes. Like we did what it took to use.
It can be done. So never give up on trying.
He said “the economy changed…” 💀
“Some people are just real dumb” pot calling the kettle black there champ
Man i got a wierd feeling about these two and the way they were talking about thier "missing friend" , anyone else pick up on this?
And how casually he was talking about kidnapping?!? Like what
Hi Mark, I literally just found your channel.
You're incredible.
Damn really hitting me how hard it is to come up with an honest opinion about them because its so different from my normal life I'm just like disconnected almost... Makes me think a million things about the U.S., drugs, and other stuff. Also is was surprising to me how Peter can still talk about very complete ideas cohesively with enthusiasm, wonder what their daily life is like.
This is so incredibly sad💔
This is one that touches me so deeply. This interview needs to be shown worldwide. This is what’s happening in the dark places the rest of us just don’t want to see or think about. This paints the real picture. I’m actually happy for her, that she has someone -anyone- to hold her as she talks to you. God should rescind Fentanyl’s ability to exist as a molecule.
Quitting drugs sucks but in no way is it worse than living like this. Enough excuses.
I don’t even know what he’s talking about. 🤷♀️
About 5 minutes I stopped being able to understand a word their saying
Her 12 year old daughter killed herself
A baby killed its self
I can't even watch the rest of the interview. My god
These interviews truly have been a bastion against me staying in my tequila n weed lane. Life has been so horrific I've dabbled in nicotine here or there but thankfully seeing people who are going thru worse reminds me to just appreesh literally anything that is going well for me. Super thankful for shelter, family, friends etc
Hearing about her kids, that's just so much turmoil. I hope she's able to keep fighting. I hope their love becomes a different kind of shelter. I hope they find stability & peace.
Exactly! So much truth, we really have to take note about how we see other people living because a few bad turns and we never know. And just be grateful enough you didn’t have a course of life that was more likely for you to end up like these people. May God bless them in every way. Gratefulness is the key to happiness. Ima also stay in my weed lane 😂
@icyyluke good job bro 💪🏾 zonnnnnnt get lost in the sauce. And if you do, come back here, get grounded, and help those closest to you stay on a good path. At the end of the day we only got ourselves and our fam. 💚
@@nailinthefashion Amen family God bless thank u 🙏
Oh yeah well when we judge, we should always say that our own addictions are better than another you think tequila and weed aren't doing a lot to your nervous system? Do you think tequila and weed are creating issues for you? Do you think they're not dampening your memory or your trauma or the reality of life.?
@southphillylilly why dyou assume the worst? That I'm over indulging, that I'm not aware of the negative outcomes that could occur? I can't even afford them regularly anymore, and when I am in the future I'll be even more responsible and aware of my boundaries.
Moreover, moderation is key with the lesser ones. I have social anxiety, scoliosis, below average appetite and insomnia. When I do have weed, it's used sparingly to mediate daily pain & struggles.
I've seen doctors who agree that weed is better for me, personally, than Tylenol, because overloading your organs with excess, a cocktail of pain killers and anti depressants would be worse.
An occasional margarita with dinner is not going to snowball for ME, personally. I cannot say the same for others. I cannot say that if things were worse I wouldn't turn to harder things. But, I'm fine for now. I'm self aware, I'm careful, I'm modest.
Please respect that your choices are not a standard everyone should follow. I do
Very good Mark. I know this has to be hard for you at times.
There’s nothing more painful than losing your child. God bless her.
If the American Dream is real then so, clearly, is the American Nightmare...
thank you mark for the content as always ❤ happy holidays SWU friends
I have no sympathy for his ass getting beat. How much cumulative time is lost from people having to ask a clerk to unlock the disposable razors and aspirin, or having to go 15 blocks out of the way because a store can't be profitable from the stealing?
Weird take to be sympathetic to Target
The fact that you don't have sympathy says more about you than it does him
This is overall just sad
Xanax is an anti anxiety drug, NOT an anti psychotic. Drug addicts typically know a lot less about drugs than a non user. An addict can justify anything. I grew up with a far from ideal household and I am emotionally solid as a rock. I don't even drink caffeine. I feel really bad for her children. They had less of a chance than she did. I am a Gen X and I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder in my late teens. I have never looked this bad on my worse day and I have had some scary hospital stays over the years. I think we will see this couple on Mark's R.I.P videoes.
Im almost 5 years clean of black and following family of substances.
Understand that your life is definitely not going to magically get better because you got clean. It gets better after pushing and pushing discipline and temperance long and hard enough to make it better. It never gets easier, sorry...
Don't beat yourself up when you don't get the results you wanted.
Keep your hands and mind busy. Take a lot of showers if you can.
It's a mixture of safer alternatives and willpower that can beat any addiction.
Show yourself respect and care, even if you think you don't deserve it.
And don't give up. Know that your body and brain will heal and go back to normal without any substances.
Remember about what actually matters.
Sorry kids, you chose to use drugs and you know that they cost money. Stealing is illegal and there is no, I repeat NO, excuse for it so you'll get no sympathy from me! 🙄
With all due respect, they steal to scramble and stay alive. While others con people and steal more when they don’t need simply because of greed. I get your point, but again, their stealing is a consequence of their unfortunate position in life as of currently, and there is countless of various stealing going on under the radar that’s much worse than stealing food. In my opinion anyways🤷🏻♀️
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@vivthevivacious no. They know it is wrong. They chose wrong. They need to know it is wrong and that there is a way back. Your comment is the issue.
@FFTsteel Your comment comes off as aggressive, uninformed, and directly contradicts itself. I've been working in the recovery field for the better part of a decade now, and with 100% confidence I can say your comment and general sentiment leads to more issues than their comment.
@5Whyz It's common sense and well-informed. Enough of giving passes to people who willingly have chosen to go to deep depths. You lack leadership and understanding of life and its circumstances, which is why they will continue down their path to nothingness. My comment above stands. Do with it as you will.
English is not my main language and unfortunately I don't understand what they re saying...can you add subtitles if possible for the next guests?
That either are able to formulate or express a cogent thought says a lot about what they might be capable of if - when sober.
Yes I agree and that is the heartbreaking reality. Such a loss.
Yes, neither one
Or both?
Never ever name your daughter Crystal, it’s too risky.
She says she wants something different for her life but I can tell she's not ready and being with this guy she's not going to change. I wish them both the best in life and pray for change🙏🏻
Why did he cut him off at the end? The guy was making a good point. Maybe Mark has no more patience for fent addicts?
He seemed to be under time pressure. He hasn't cut off other very incoherent people in past. It was strange.
I don't blame him...
This interview stood out for me as it was conducted perfectly. This couple articulated many concepts that non drug users may not entirely understand as they haven’t been there before. Mark couldn’t have done anything better, it was perfectly done, the questions asked very personally and in a manner that connected with them. . The professionalism is on another level.
Wait…its kind of weird the other dude is missing and they both haven’t seen him 🤔
Isn't that the definition of missing?
I haven’t seen him either. Is that weird too? 🧐
Imagine having the audacity to steal from stores because the stores have insurance. I hope they give him 10yrs for that BS. 🤷🏽♂️
Lets start with the politicians that allow it first huh?
Insurance in Australia excludes shoplifting ...is usa different ?
@@whowhatwhenwherewhynowyes
@@whowhatwhenwherewhynow very different
I don’t think it matters when they are stealing from Walmart. 😂
This is the people that need the time and funding to help! I pray for her!
Hearing a drug addict talk about the economy is hilarious.
Mark started the interview being messy talking about Jason 😂
We have a camp 200 yards from our house here in CA. full of folks like this. The city does little, California enables and protects them and rarely prosecutes. We stopped calling the cops and all the neighbors are legally armed. After trying bureaucracy, kindness and direct communication with no positive results, the addicts seem to respond to violent threats to stay out of our cars and off our property . It’s a struggle to be compassionate when you find them in your backyard or breaking into a neighbors house.
Progressivism/ leftism is compassion without wisdom which is why the state is the way it is.
They are sad, they are pathetic, but that doesn’t make them having a parasitic relationship with the community ok.
I’m terrified because we have the same situation starting where I live.
Trump intends to stop this shit!
And he will!!!!
❤prayers for them, both 🙏🏼 Goood mornin Mark and SWUniverse.....So much pain here with Crystal and Peter but I actually enjoyed this interview and hearing them share their stories and perspectives.❤
He is very obviously autistic...... and bless her heart... bless both of them for this life that they are in..... but they're both so alone... even with each other.
Neither coherent
There is no easy way out of addiction .
You know times are tough when even junkies are complaining about the economy. 0:50 😆 🤣
😂 I noticed that too
@DorothyM45 wild
It always amazes me to think we all went to school with people who eventually turned out like this. I can't imagine watching a video like this one and recognizing a friend from high school I knew years ago :/
Wow he sounds like the principal on South Park ummm ok
The truth is told. If there was an easy fix, I would do it.
I managed to get clean and stay clean for 2 years this time but there were decades of active addiction and nights and days of crying, not knowing if I would ever make it out and what I would do on the other side. It's not easy but it is worth it! I really hope you both find a way. It's really sad to see how sad you both are.
Xanax seizures? Along with the fentanol. ? Time is not on your side. Sad
Yes the economy isn’t great but that’s irrelevant when you don’t have a job and spend all your money on fent. Bro no more excuses time to get clean
This is the hell knowing you don’t want to do this anymore and CANT STOP 🛑!! Iv been this low before and yes you can do it !! May our lord and savior help you BOTH.
What’s the first step?
@ being sick of it is the first step got to be sick of it !! That’s the first step and the easiest the next is pure HELL.
@@aguycalledlucas being sick of feeling that way and that’s the easiest but it’s the first step !! You’re never going to stop 🛑 doing drugs until your sick from being sick broke homeless freezing to death hungry hated and just empty!!
People don't have sympathy for folks like this because you can tell their drug addicts. If they were down on their luck due to no fault of their own, people would be more sympathetic I think. Being a drug addict is not a choice, taking the drugs is!
I can’t find either of their previous videos…
I can’t find Peter’s but I found crystals th-cam.com/video/T7pDjSwQTyQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YfOuMSgz42L9ouG4
@ I did finally find Crystal’s, thank you!
Peter’s is on the SWB Subscription Channel.
@@SoftWhiteUnderbelly thank you!
God bless them . I can’t imagine what she is going through. To lose a child who is that young by that way is heartbreaking 💔
I’m going to search for Peter’s video from two years ago
Peter’s video is on Soft White Underbelly Subscription Channel.
www.softwhiteunderbelly.com/videos/peter-fent
So sad to see drugs taking over people.my son died 4 years ago at the age of 42 of drugs.😢
I’m so sorry this happened. I sincerely hope you will eventually find peace in your life.
My condolences ❤
1:18 See, this is why I say this affects us all and we absolutely have a right to say how we feel about that. It's far more nuanced than them choosing to do drugs we may or may not agree with.
You steal from the store, but generally they aren't making insurance claims on that (which would drive up their premiums), but even if they did all of it is passed onto the *paying* customers that go to that store.
Not to mention the store employees who have to be paid less to accommodate that and on top of that have to deal with sometimes violent thieves...
We're all subsidizing this "lifestyle". This is why I'd personally advocate for compelled sobriety because you can see very clearly in these two people that once certain drugs get their hooks into you, you ride that dragon all the way to the end. In my opinion it'd be immoral to simply watch them do it while shrugging as if nothing can be done about it.
We can help such people. If we're decent human beings, we will do that. If we don't, we sort of deserve the ensuing Anarchy, don't we?
Why why why are we not teaching kids about adulting and parenting??? How much intergenerational abuse must future generations endure before we wise up?
This needs to be played in all grammar schools and high schools❤❤ sickening but the truth❤
This is so sad. I can't even have something to say about this. I hope they find something better.
The best posture I’ve seen on two people
We’re up early Mark … good morning SWU crew 💚⚡️
He always posts at 6 am ❤❤
Eastern
@@516princessx good morning 💚💚 I’m on the west coast
GM from Buffalo NY fam
He looks 13. They haven't a clue.
Nothing is more depressing and destructive than opiate addiction. I hope they can find the strength to get clean.
Californias laws or lack there of reinforce this behavior.
It’s not related to any state or their laws. People like this are found in EVERY state.
Yes it’s true more of Calif which doesn’t treat shoplifting as a crime. It’s terrible for non addicts as we pay the cost of rising prices to cover the thefts.
Gotta thank our progressive bs. It's disgusting
We haven't been in a recession in four years yet that doesn't stop every loser from blaming their problems on the "economy"
You’re joking right? We’re in a recession right now shut up