Can You Tell If Someone Is Abusing Opiates? Kelly Shares Her Story Of Opiate Addiction

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  • @4everu984
    @4everu984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I want to sincerely THANK Ryan’s amazingly strong wife and children for keeping this channel going. It must be painful, but his work continues to save lives, what a legacy that matters. I’m in detox and his advice is really brilliant. 😇

  • @brendaaverill611
    @brendaaverill611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My Heart goes out to Ryan's Wife and Children and Family. He helped so many people,including myself. He is An Angel 😇 💖

  • @ziatech4647
    @ziatech4647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    R.I.P Sir Ryan Donnelly. You'll always be in our thoughts and prayers.

  • @pastelwaves2344
    @pastelwaves2344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My mother and I still watch his videos . To his family, thank you. A husband and a father, yet he spoke to all of us like a loving father when we were down in the gutter. Still in our hearts and never out of our minds. Ryan has left a beautiful legacy and has made a difference in the world 100%

  • @chrism6904
    @chrism6904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Im a Firefighter/Paramedic and I'm a heroin addict (currently in recovery, stopped 4 days ago). I originally started using hydrocodone because of a back injury and then It all started from there... I stopped getting relief from the pills, so I moved to Heroin. Then started "using" because of the stresses of my job. I didn't need to take it, but when I got off shift, I used it to relax and then go to sleep. I eventually got hooked... Addiction doesn't discriminate.

    • @texastoast2961
      @texastoast2961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chris M How r u doing now bro? I bet ur withdrawals are bad! Hang in there

    • @Tropicalfrooploops
      @Tropicalfrooploops 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      is it going okay bro?

  • @Leesha_B88
    @Leesha_B88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I can sometimes tell if other people are abusing opiates but you're so right with not being able to tell 100%. It's crazy. Addiction doesnt discriminate! I can also tell if I was using in fb pictures, Instagram, family pics, ect. Glad I am done with the witch hunt days. Thanks for the video, Ryan!

    • @susanwebb1666
      @susanwebb1666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ME TO

    • @nataliebennett7633
      @nataliebennett7633 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can relate :(

    • @susancollins9208
      @susancollins9208 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can on FB for sure and I was ordered by roommate not to make eye. Contact. He said it freaks him out....trashing me

    • @jeffreyb6165
      @jeffreyb6165 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RIP Ryan. Your time here was short,but your legacy will live on

  • @lesliepeppo9609
    @lesliepeppo9609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Rather you can tell a user when they are off opiates or going through withdrawal.

  • @23VMB
    @23VMB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello Kelly. Thank you for sharing your story. I am happy that you opened up to your husband about your problem. Your on-going shoulder pain will test your resolve not to use, but you have made the right choice. Use those alternative pain management methods to heal yourself. Keep on fighting the good fight to get yourself over this hump. We believe in you and you have great support within the Calm Support/FFH family. Great input Ryan. My family was totally blindsided by my use. I agree with some of the comments on here stating that those around who haven't dealt with drug addiction have a difficult time catching on; even with the physical symptoms manifesting in front of their eyes. Besides, us drug addicts are master manipulators. It's not until we come clean or are caught that things begin to make sense to those closest to us.
    Dr. Drew, god bless his heart, is a bit out of touch. Your experience with this evil gives you insight they can't learn from their books, Ryan. You are far more knowledgeable than they appear to be on paper.

    • @pedromagalhaes7389
      @pedromagalhaes7389 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veronica Burgos btw... pain medications dont heal.... they just take away the symptomes

  • @youarebeautiful965
    @youarebeautiful965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You have no idea how much the part of the “stay at home mom” (me) hit home.

    • @nikkiispeachykeen6779
      @nikkiispeachykeen6779 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. He is 100% accurate

    • @Lea0929
      @Lea0929 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep 100%

    • @rochellesmith301
      @rochellesmith301 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      me home alone older heart attack gooot me on opidids i started in hosiptal first loratabs then my painmangememnt for alot of my pain oxey codone back pain neck pain everything else i take up too 3 day for 2years now am i addicted too

    • @danr5105
      @danr5105 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rochellesmith301 Sorry it went that way for you.

  • @texastoast2961
    @texastoast2961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    RIP Ryan. U helped a lot of people

    • @TheSindee13
      @TheSindee13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Texas Toast omg what happened!!

    • @texastoast2961
      @texastoast2961 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      cindy corona He had a pulmonary embolism. He had one and survived and I guess he had another one and it killed him. Really sad!

    • @TheSindee13
      @TheSindee13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes this is so sad I hadn’t watch TH-cam videos in a while so I just found out on here and man did I cry ! He helped me so much his videos still help me , and helped me to get the help I needed , he’s a real angel

  • @americanskarbie4430
    @americanskarbie4430 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video Ryan. Love the backdrop and overall look. Very non distracting.

    • @susanwebb1666
      @susanwebb1666 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      JONATHAN RHEA 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

  • @susanwebb1666
    @susanwebb1666 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi from Australia, iv been clean off drugs alcohol n methadone for 16 months n very happy n free, Thanks for your great honest videos n some from others to , thanks to these videos I realised I could get free by withdrawal n watch your videos for added strength at the worst of withdrawals n learned so much , thanks 🙏 keep up the great 👍 work 💋

  • @AnnaLexi
    @AnnaLexi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    *_I’m gonna miss these story times so much!!! I just loved the way Ryan talked!!_*

    • @shelleylannon5249
      @shelleylannon5249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just found out on 10/9/19 I thought "let me see what Ryan has been up to"...I read RIP and haven't felt the same since. I cried for days. What a loss, a true angel ripped from the world that needed him...There will never be another..

  • @straighttalktarot1665
    @straighttalktarot1665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We as family and friends can tell straight away... everything about the addict changes.. voice changes (talk babyish) hands are hot.. skin sags slightly.. walks heavy footed .. can't find anything.. to me my partner turns into a tern boy ...

  • @marklane5222
    @marklane5222 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I Always looked clean and kept wieght on. But the pinned pupils gave me away. It gives many away. But like u say its not always noticable in people.

  • @xivwords5448
    @xivwords5448 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve relapsed do many times that I don’t want to tell people about recovery it’s embarrassing.
    Dude

  • @jameshollister8294
    @jameshollister8294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can’t tell. Unless you personally know them

  • @sweetiepie4328
    @sweetiepie4328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you you are the first person to describe what I've been describing as a parent and how I can't get off of it because I can't with job and having to take care of my children I just can't do that and while I did was draw twice I had to have a friend take my kids for 7 days and even when she returned them I still wasn't the same I was so depressed and didn't cook for my kids for a while

  • @mountzod
    @mountzod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can tell you this: most people around me had no idea until I woke up jaundiced.

  • @Fireefly100
    @Fireefly100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    holy shit remember watching your videos when I was going tru tramadol withdrawals

    • @candace27co
      @candace27co 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TviruZ me too

    • @candace27co
      @candace27co 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tramadol is no joke.

  • @lesliehyde
    @lesliehyde 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I myself AM on prescription opioids and some family members of mine think that I'm potentially an addict. As stupid and crazy as this may sound, I really do wish that I could be an addict. Unfortunately however, my body is DEPENDENT (which I may add IS NOT the same as addiction) on opioids which is being used for the treatment for a type of chronic pain disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) of which is a type of chronic pain disorder that is known for being degenerative (being it gets worse over time UNLESS CAUGHT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF which is only about 15 to 20 days) and I have another chronic degenerative pain condition called Allydonia (by definition is pain that caused by stimuli THAT SHOULD NOT CAUSE PAIN. On the other hand though, I take my meds (all of them) EXACTLY how they are prescribed.
    At this point in time for opioid prescription writing I am in the class called "palliative care" as my conditions are known to get worse and worse.

    • @Caleb-gb9ym
      @Caleb-gb9ym 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You may think you aren't an addict, but most addicts don't think they are, or they're too prideful to admit it to themselves.

    • @justflufflez7582
      @justflufflez7582 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Caleb yep you’re right. If you’re affecting yourself and those around you negativity. It’s addiction. If their behavior changes when they are on/off it. Then it’s addiction

  • @christiand7437
    @christiand7437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It would surprise you to find out who is poppin pills, it's like... everyone, that's how I look at it, if it's an epidemic, that means many people not just young kids as you would imagine this that go to court or bars...

  • @danr5105
    @danr5105 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Abusing or using as intended? Anyone ever hear a Rush Limbaugh radio show during his abuse period, think, could you tell those rants were opiate fueled? I am amazed at how many other drugs (like muscle relaxers,benzos,gabapentin, or course antidepressants) were so freely offered to me after I stopped opiates. The issue (the injury) was still there so we had to try other ways to control pain. For me it was fusion surgery,a fusion surgery that went bad that started it all. My neck surgery resulted in osteomyelitis (an infection of the bones, for me from staph aureus). The osteomyelitis while a lifelong infection is under control (I will be on antibiotics for the rest of my life) it was the surgical debridements that have ruined my life. A debridement is where infected or suspected infected skin, muscle,bone,tendons are cut away. A bit like an amputation. If the surgeon thinks it could be infected, they cut it out.

  • @clu1171
    @clu1171 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its probably more like one out of every five people that are using that stuff. I have to man my shoulders are a mess and just had a reverse total shoulder replacement and have an MRI scheduled to do the left one snd I have crawled up in some nurses rear ends when they’re were blatantly careless. I had a nurse wait over an hour and a half late 24 hours after that surgery. I was not happy due to the nerve block wearing off and her going almost two hours late and it was torture. Its evil stuff but needed when having joint replacements its not a lot of fun.

  • @CMoore8539
    @CMoore8539 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Video!!!😊Thank You, Ryan!!!

  • @scrappypat5612
    @scrappypat5612 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    back in the late 1800s early 1900s b4 the harrison narcotics act when opiates were legal, bayer heroin was used by about 30% of all housewives for the exact reason he explained. it helped them be better moms

    • @Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic
      @Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      But the heroin today is a much, much more potent cut that is sometimes mixed with fentanyl

    • @lakirkk6772
      @lakirkk6772 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the 60s 70s and 80s it was valium that the housewives were taking. It's always been something.

  • @linda-jeanhines4121
    @linda-jeanhines4121 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wanna know if from shooting in feet could they get swollen and infected...

  • @stancexpunks
    @stancexpunks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think if you’re an opiate user, you can usually tell when someone is using. Like how drug users can tell who else is using drugs and what kind. But if you’ve never had any experience with it, you probably can’t tell. I can’t count how many times I’ve been told (even by experienced users) “I would’ve never guessed you used”. I even would get asked when I picked up “is this for you?” lol. I live with my family and used for a year before they found out. I could’ve prob used for way longer without anyone finding out but one day they cleaned my room without my permission and found my paraphernalia. Otherwise, they had no clue. My friend that I was using with was like “how do they not know? You have track marks and don’t even cover them up” but he was an experienced user and my fam had never encountered opiate addiction or any addiction for that matter. But imo usually a tell tale sign of if someone is using is if they don’t have any veins.

    • @merncat3384
      @merncat3384 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      stancexpunks um.. most opiate addicts don't even shoot so track marks are normally nonexistent

    • @merncat3384
      @merncat3384 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      stancexpunks and most who do, don't use veins people can see, usually in the foot

    • @christinacunningham4493
      @christinacunningham4493 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mern Iez Nvr used my foot til I had no other option. But I did take measures to cover up any marks once I started banging. But, Over Time, it's "usually" pretty easy to catch on to a user due to certain actions or symptoms, esp if u are around them often enough

    • @stancexpunks
      @stancexpunks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mern Iez in my (and the majority of people’s) experience, most heroin users DO use needles (that’s why heroin is basically synonymous with needles) and only resort to the foot when all the easier veins have failed. Not sure what kind of users you know or are you talking about pill addicts?

    • @stancexpunks
      @stancexpunks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christina Cunningham I also wore long sleeves the longer I was using cuz I felt like the scars/tracks were becoming more noticeable and only did my foot when I couldn’t hit anywhere else... not sure what @mern lez is talking about...

  • @jgkratom6681
    @jgkratom6681 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It honestly depends .. but the pupils never lie👈

  • @justinjordan9899
    @justinjordan9899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is using methadone truly a worse or harder detox compared to heroin? I've heard nothing but bad from methadone but at the same time those people have stoped using dope and switched to methadone. Any advice will help please

    • @susanwebb1666
      @susanwebb1666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Justin Jordan everyone is different BUT I was on heroine after that episode then onto methadone, then I reduced super fast 💨 ( in withdrawals the whole time reducing bloody night mare ) then off it n straight into the worst hell 24/7 withdrawals that lasted 7/8 weeks of torture, after that I still had the runs super weak n still freezing cold, n still major sleep problems, it took months for those symptoms to lesson n disappear n sleep came good, now I’m 16 months clean, not everyone has the same withdrawals severity, I was stuck on methadone prison for 20 years because I was afraid 😧 of the withdrawals n if your on methadone, don’t reduce like I did , slow as possible

    • @tdubbs8786
      @tdubbs8786 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's different for everyone. I tapered off methadone very fast and ended up relapsing because the sickness was so awful. I tried again and the second time around I went slooooow. It has a long shelf life in your body so u need to listen to your body and what it's going through. Dont be in a rush and dont compare yourself to other people and what dose they're on. I know u posted this months ago, but I hope it helps and hope u are doing well!

    • @valenteleanos4774
      @valenteleanos4774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im still taking methadone and been on it since Jan 2011. Im at the same spot as you I want to just stop but honestly methadone saved my life literally. I dont demonize it like everyone else does although I do feel that my time with it has been coming to an end for some time now so ive been slowly coming down from 100 mg a day. Wish me luck guys ive been clean ever since I started methadone

    • @tdubbs8786
      @tdubbs8786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@valenteleanos4774 just go slow... a milligram or two a week if u need to. Get tunnel vision when u walk into the clinic and keep your ears shut as well. Dont listen to others. I learned that the hard way and it's been a few years since I've been to the clinic. It's worth it....I promise u...

    • @Caleb-gb9ym
      @Caleb-gb9ym 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it definitely is. The withdrawals are on par with heroin, but it lasts for 3-4 weeks vs 4-5 days with heroin. Subs are the same way.

  • @alexpratt99
    @alexpratt99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like 3-4 guys that I went to the open door with worked in the restaurant business

  • @samvega1971
    @samvega1971 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Energy is what is does for me....

    • @texastoast2961
      @texastoast2961 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      MR. VEGA you mean lack of energy?

  • @ShannonDavis-eq4fj
    @ShannonDavis-eq4fj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in moline.his last stop.they gave him a narcol shot.thats why he died

  • @bettabegoodjr2104
    @bettabegoodjr2104 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What helps with hot flashes?? Otc meds please help

    • @chrism6904
      @chrism6904 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you ever figure something out?

    • @texastoast2961
      @texastoast2961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fluoxetine or Prozac helps but it’s not otc. It’s a generic rx

  • @kathyharris42
    @kathyharris42 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can not understand your email address for some reason. Can you spell it out slowly please. Thanks

    • @rose_274
      @rose_274 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He passed away back in September 😔

    • @sunkissedbeach
      @sunkissedbeach 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rose _ why did he pass away?

    • @rose_274
      @rose_274 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sunkissedbeach
      He had issues with blood clots & I think he had a pulmonary embolism.
      There's a video about what happened, I'll try to find it.

  • @TheSindee13
    @TheSindee13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg did I miss something !! Why are people saying RIP!???

    • @swizz1784
      @swizz1784 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. Donelly passed away

    • @TheSindee13
      @TheSindee13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man I cried when I found out all this time I had no idea i hadn’t been on in a while :( he helped me so much and is still helping me

  • @supdew7289
    @supdew7289 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sup dew

  • @footballrealist9171
    @footballrealist9171 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man you are not in pain I believe you white people are the major problem but I haven't heard you make mention of someone truly in pain now I have all kinds of pain boil infections from these lumps on your body and very painful. Headache, toothache, muscle pain, foot pain from a sports injury, neck pain back pain from military you name it.

  • @baronsamuels7911
    @baronsamuels7911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi there y'all wipper snappers it's ya boi Ryan Donnelly here from moralsupport.com, whenyour100thattemtatdoingTAPERfails.com, getyourasssestowork.net....
    Lol. Merry Christmas my fellow recovery friends I love all you guys out there. From Kelowna BC close to Vancouver where the 2010 winter Olympics where held. Wishing you all luck for the holidays and here's to being in control of yourself In 2018