The Meth Epidemic (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
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- This 2011 film investigates how and why meth use spiraled out of control and contributed to the drug abuse problem in America.
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Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among West Coast motorcycle gangs in the 1970s then spread across the United States. In “The Meth Epidemic”, FRONTLINE, in association with The Oregonian, investigates meth addiction in America: the impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficulty of controlling an essential ingredient in meth-ephedrine and pseudoephedrine-sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.
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I smoked the stuff for ten years, I thought I was hiding it from people until I saw my first mug shot.... Now I am 3 years clean, the body and mind heal in time, the teeth do not
Congratulations on your recovery. 2+ years off opiates/benzos myself. I wish you many more brother
Best of Everything to you !!!!
Truth about the teeth.
Congrats on 3 years sober!
Congrats. You can get implants, partials or dentures. Just life your best life.
“Addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.”
totally
Unless you’re a poly drug abuser then it’s quite a lot of things
And it NEVER WORKS ONCE A METH HEAD ALWAYS A METH HEADI have been around tons of methods and they never stop
I like that very good saying I agree totally with
@@elliot1850 That is really good advice.
I'm a 47 year old woman and I'm a grateful recovering meth addict and I've got 8 years clean, much love for those still struggling, one day at a time!!!!!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Stay clean❤
oh wow, that’s a real success story!
Good luck 🍀 😊
I'm 47 also. I quit in 2012❤
Meth addiction actually destroyed my life for over 26 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 4 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes I'm sure of Dr.benshrooms
I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice!
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without meth, alcohol and cigarettes.And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to meth, alcohol and cigarettes etc that can cause so much damage to health.
My husband and I are both 11 months 1 week and 4 days sober today 🖤 congrats to everyone who is sober today, today is all that matters.
God bless you both!✝️
Yes Sis! We're doing it. One day at a time🙌🏼✝️❤
Don't give up life is great..
Congratulations on your sobriety. God bless you both 🙏❤
Congrats and please don’t f- it up.
March 16th will be 5 years clean. Fentanyl. No one ever told me how fast you can turn your life around. I wish I knew how fast you got your life back. I probably would have sobered up a lot sooner. Things just kind of fall into place when you're doing the right thing.
Congratulations I am so happy for you!
@@jalifritz8033 Thanks. It was a freaking nightmare. And I do my best to put word out there that life can turn around really fast. If anybody's reading this and struggling with addiction my advice to you is Don't Look Back. All these psychologists and classes that have you sitting around telling war stories looking at all the stupid mistakes you made. This is detrimental. My advice is to not look back. Focus on what's in front of you and tomorrow. Don't live in the past. Baby steps. Think about what you can do today to make tomorrow slightly better. Even if you think it's insignificant.. It adds up really fast.
Been there. I personally had to "reraise" myself, become my own cheerleader and isolate myself from just about everyone. I keep it simple, eat healthy, exercise and sleep well.
Your right it is baby steps, and you have to "baby" yourself to stay well.
No matter how much anyone screwed up there life they can do better.
Congratulations. I don't know you but I'm so proud of you. May your story inspire millions to turn their lives around.
@@karlwashere123 Wow, we have more in common than I knew. Many abused children go on to abuse themselves. They think they are less than. I just feels normal...ect.. but I think. God knows what we've been through and is forgiving.I have learned to love myself in spite of my flaws.Had to learn to let go of a lot of anger.
The children break my heart. My mom was a meth addict. No child should ever go through the horror and neglect of living with parents on meth. We used to pray to be put in foster care, but the courts always made us go back to our mom. It didn't matter what she did. When I was 15, I ran away and ended up in a shelter for teens. I begged to be able to stay there, but they made me go back to my mom. Every single time.
I wish there were laws where a parent with a meth history had to get tested every 3 days in order to keep their kids.
One of the sickest parts is the only reason the parents even want the kids is for the welfare money and the food stamps they can sell for cash or trade for drugs. My sisters and I would steal some of the food stamps from her purse so we could sneal and get food. Unfortunately, we couldn't get hot food. I remember once my sister stole one of those warm cooked chickens from the store since we couldn't get it with the food stamps. We hid in the bushes and devoured that thing. Now, they have the debit card for food stamps, so kids can't steal the food stamps like we did to buy food.
Sorry you had to go through all that. The system sucks. Kids who have every reason to want to get out are sent back and families who have done nothing wrong get their kids taken away and put with people who abuse them. I hope things are better for you these days.
The philosophy of reuniting families has its upsides, but you're a perfect example of when it fails. Adults need to listen to kids.
I don't understand why you can't get hot food with SNAP. Those chickens in particular. You can buy nothing but junk, yet hot food is off limits? I also hate that they don't make exemptions for non-food necessities like toilet paper and tampons all
It's so sad that the child welfare system today pushes for family reunificationat all costs. Then you have girls on TikTok proclaiming that all children should go back to their bio parents instead of being adopted out of the foster care system and their dumb followers parrot those talking points. I don't understand why people want to send innocent children back to their abusers over and over again instead of giving them a safe, stable home.
This is so true I went through the same thing. Was used for child support and food stamps. And to be a baby sister to my younger siblings. They took me out of school in 4th grade to “homeschool me” when in reality I baby sat a newborn baby untill she was old enough to go to school herself. Nobody seemed to care though
@@kaylalong2929 Exactly! Nobody cared. One thing is for sure, it turned us into survivors.
Watching this documentary now in 2024 while living in Portland OR is wild!! They had no idea how bad it was actually going to get. It’s so heartbreaking.
Is it that bad ? In my country people are only exposed to MJ, I've never even seen someone on harder drugs. It's incredible to see what's happening in the US from a foreigner's pov
The issue with Oregon's solution is that it worked on the assumption that drug cartels wouldn't move production into Mexico. This assumption ultimately proved incorrect. Turns out it was just a bandaid solution. I'm glad I don't live in Oregon and can get pseudoephedrine behind the counter.
@@CatroiOz It kind of depends on where you live. Where I live I almost never see people strung out on meth but I know it happens. When I recently visited Los Angeles for a few days I saw at least 2 or 3 people on something making them tweak out. The US is a huge and very diverse country, so this is the case for pretty much everything.
What's your country if you don't mind me asking?
My dad lost his mind on that stuff. Pulled a gun on me and mom causing us to flee for our life from ID to WA over night.
One of the most difficult times in my life even just adjusting to the culture shock. Fortunately my dad was arrested 2 years later and forced to stay clean on probation or risk losing everything including his house.
Long story short he stuck with it and my parents got remarried and I got to actually have a great father for the last 6 years of his life.
good story man, glad it turned out for the better bro
did he passed away ">? what happened ?
@@happygilmore1844
same here man.... 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad it ended well for you. I know people who have lost their lives to drugs. It's a sad and empty end.
I have sent myself to hell n back a thousand times on meth it is the devils drug
I beat Meth addiction 16 years ago. Haven't looked back since. It is a battle I will fight till the day I die. The addiction lies in wait, just hoping for the day you get weak and run back to the drug. It tried to steal my life and soul. But I fought back...and have been winning the battle. Don't let your guard down. Remember where you came from...don't forget the misery and heartache you caused yourself and those who cared about you.
Stay strong my friend. Keep fighting.
Amen!!
I‘m proud of you and i‘m happy you got clean. You Made it. 🙂. You are strong and will do good. ☺️
Congratulations
@Shell m well, I was a normal teenager that did well in school. After graduating, alot of us started partying alot drinking and doing blow. I knew it's reputation of course and swore I'd never touch that stuff. Well one night while waiting for a friend to pick me up to go get more blow...I was hanging with a security guard I knew who worked in a building at the end of my street for years. He smoked meth. He laughed when I said I was waiting for coke and said to "try this instead" so like a dumbass, I tried it and LOVED it! The rest was history. That night was the beginning of the end for me. I eventually ended up getting locked up a few times and all kinds of drama came into my life. That stuff is GUARANTEED to destroy you and whatever sense of normalcy you had in your life. It doesn't care if you are rich or poor or what race, religion or whatever you are. Meth WILL destroy you. Stay the hell away from it and anyone who does it.
I started using that year and I was on and off until I was 26. Today I can proudly say I am 17 years clean from meth.
Awesome. Keep it up with 12 step work
Here in Hawaii it’s very bad, my mom and dad both died young due to their addiction to meth. It’s kind of a double edged sword, on one side it ripped our family apart, on the other it also made me despise anything and everything about drugs.
Instead of using my bad childhood upbringing as an excuse, I use it as motivation and vowed to be the best parent I can be to my daughter. It’s just sad my parents couldn’t kick their addiction and watch her grow up. Dad died a few years before she was born and mom died a couple months after she was born.
How u can die becaude of metz
@@P0Lak2012I'm sorry
I'm sorry for your loss
Grew up with a mother who was addicted. In Oregon as well actually. She has been clean since I was about 10, so over 13 years now. I just want to say, all those people who have overcome addiction, your current and future families thank you. I thank you. And if you haven’t yet, I love you, you can get better.
Love this!
I was gonna say you look 30 in your thumbnail pic, do you smoke meth?
U look great from wa
@@gypsonny2 I’m 23, I’m not sure what your comment was trying to achieve there but I actually look really young for my age! And I have never been addicted to any drugs but again, thank you for that comment you were clearly trying to bring me down to your level. I hope you can find some happiness today!
My mom was meth head and horse junkie, the first 12 yrs if my life, what a shit show. Then she cleaned up got and stayed sober... to this day I have tried Lotta of drugs, luckily for me I don't like feeling out of my head. So I guess I'm a teetotaler, I don't use drugs, don't even take prescription pain pills, and rarely drunk.
I'm so glad I quit using this drug. It was some of the darkest moments in my life. Life is so good now. Thank you Jesus
Going from one drug to another is not the answer. At least Jesus won't kill you unless you join a weirdo cult.
@@davidlynch9049 I didn't go from on drug to another. Where did you get that idea ?
You sustituted drugs for religion? Wow that puts you in a worse place. If you truly get over addiction you won't need no religion at all. You'll be standing on your own two feet not needing any messiah.
At least I have peace. More than I. Can say for you. You sound like an angry person. Don't bother texting if you have nothing positive to say.
@@forestdweller5581 also. Learn how to spell.
Excellent documentary! I'm a long time critical care and nursing generalist who chose to start working in a detox setting. Understanding better how we got to where we are has helped me immensely.
Where can I get it
Like from a professional setting or whatever
I liked the part where they said a 9 year old girl is a meth cook 😂
21:25 He just forgot to mention how exactly the US government convinced other countries to shut it down. After all, bribery, sponsored terrorism and threats are better than letting people own their own bodies.
Land of the free, the propaganda says.
ps: Not to mention the fact that the US, the British Empire and the Israeli lobby got rich through drug trafficking, and now they don't want others to use their strategies.
Are you fucking kidding me it is horrible news reporting absolutely horrible news reporting. Big Pharma puts her name on meth and calls it Adderall hey step every kind of opiate imaginable be because they fight opiate with opiates but as long as they’re legal ones that are prescribed it’s OK. So no horrible horrible documentary not telling the truth the governments war on drugs is that making money!
Cop here; the problem with alot of these drug law enforcement types is that they fail to consider the response when / if they "win" against a certain cartel or drug. Drugs are a hydra, you will never defeat. For (some) very intelligent people working around law enforcement, its shocking to see the lack of foresight when positioning funding towards such frivolous endeavours. Congrats man, you got rid of quaaludes, and spawned every other evils.
I was thinking the same thing while watching that part. The DEA guy was completely deluded. Meth is being used is on an entirely different scale and has been for a loooong time. Besides preventing a couple dozen factories to stop delivering a very specialized chemical ingredient to Columbia is entirely different from shutting down access of everyday Americans to an over the counter product available im abundance WORLDWIDE. Even if the law would've gone through, you'd have cooks using Mexican or Canadian ingredients in a hearbeat. These days a criminal organization could probably find a sketchy factory in China to smuggle the compounds needed for cooking directly to the USA.
The Drug problem needs to be tackled in a different way, with law enforcement playing only one small part of a greater solution. Easier said than done, but there is truly no other way. The DEA will never 'win' against drugs, especially not in an increasingly multipolar world.
A woman I knew tried to get me to try some meth. I refused and she said "Try it, you might like it." I said "I know, that's why I'm not trying it."
So right
Besides, the teeth look nice..
Misery loves company and you will understand that everybody will try to get you the use drugs to come on their level because their f****** miserable
Smart. So did Trump because his brother had an addiction. H e was smart enough to not even try anything
I've never tried it either. Thank God. I'd probably love it. 🤣
14 years sober I have all my belongings back and have savings now. It’s has been a long road. Anybody out there struggling don’t give up you can do it.
Let’s do one more for the road!
@@buddyrebel_Garcia 😁
Right on!
you got any advice for me my friend? been smoking shit since 1996, I'm 41 years old now 😬
@@Ken_Mags I got myself into rehab back in 2008. I had relapsed 10 times before this final time. I’m on a low dose of subs. Most people don’t like that but it keeps me on track. It also helps to find a hobby to keep you busy.
I grew up in Portland but left in 1978. My husband still works in Portland several months out of the year. It’s so tragic to see this!
I live in Australia and was addicted by IV to meth for 17 years, but the latter part was ice. I'm now clean over 2 years. I didn't realize that meth changed the brain in that getting clean one experienced anxiety, depression etc. Explains my negativity and going down worm holes because everything was grey. It's only been the last few months that I'm mentally well, but it has taken a lot of therapy. When I started 2004, it was believed meth wasn't addictive despite addicts clearly craving it. That life I had - you are not in control: drugs control you. I was fortunate never to have experienced psychosis or the 'sores' from picking, but I did look 15 years older weighed 15kg less and it was a toxic false lie meth fed. Thank-you for the video and I am inspired by others' honesty. I have my own channel which especially 2022 I discuss addiction and trauma. With love x Jem
Ice is just L-Meth washed in Acetone and dried
Im 2years sober and still lack pleasure, feel gray and off, through the grace of God i stay clean.. God helped me go through 18months of rehab and has been with me through everything im so grateful for that...
Blessings bro I'm still struggling
It can be hard but stick with it one day at a time.. you can do this… I still struggle with depression daily.. 8 years sober, 9 years clean but things are still better than they were x
I'm sorry you're feeling that way. It's great to know you've been working hard to get better. Your fish tanks are really cool, too.
Meth is soul poison. It takes a lifetime of feelings snd emotions and squeezes it out of your soul then there is little left for life.
Stay strong, buddy. the longer you stay away from that shit, the better.
I was an addict for 5yrs and been clean for 16yrs now. Meth will make you turn on those you love, even yourself. One day I just took a good long look at myself and those I was associating with and said I can’t do this anymore. I realized I was losing myself and heading straight to prison or hell for no reason. Now I’m a successful business owner, shareholder, and live for my two little nephews who mean the world to me.
i hate the ppl associated with it i am trying to cut them all off
@@babe1er I don’t hate them I pity them, addiction is a disease. They’re fellow human beings caught in a terrible spot the last thing they’d need is ppl hating them, if everyone did they’d all be doomed to a short, miserable life with a lonely and probably agonizing death.
Explain to me how doctors and lawyers use the shit and keep outa trouble and there mind .??? And don’t tell me that is doesn’t happen
Great to hear :) congratulations on fixing your life.
@@babe1er That's what my husband and I did. We moved across the state and nobody knows where we live.
I was on meth for over 20 years. But today I'm 76 days sober. I'm so Thankful to God. He can do it for anyone. ❤
Imagine if we as a nation addressed the underlying problems that drive people to turn to drugs for escape in the first place, in addition to treating addicts like people who need help, not criminals.
Thank you, at least one other individual has a clue regarding what is going on. Thank you.
Exactly .Why is this not addressed?Start at the root.
Like outsourcing quality jobs and smashing unions so every working person makes bare minimum wage and is enslaved to the corporate hell machine. Workers at Amazon and Starbucks are rising up though. We may indeed see an age where working people are treated with respect. Drugs are often a disease of despair, its not hard to wonder why when you look at what middle class people have been through.
@@dreaminez472 Imagine what lower class people have been through.
👏👏👏
15 months sober!!
We do recover 💜
Don't give up!
Please focus on you and good people around you. God Bless 🙏🙏🥰🥰
You made a choice to do something different. Everyone has the power to change.
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Congratulations. I’ve been off opioids 26 months.
Great to hear I mean that it was it very smart to go telling the cops and the rest of the world . Your whole body tingles all over the place yeah that's a heart attack
Brilliant documentary, a real eye opener and reminder of the one great friend I lost to it. Thank you for an excellent report!
PBS always publishes the most interesting things. the stuff i seek out on social media now is very akin to the docs i used to watch on public tv.
I’m still battling my meth addiction please pray for me
You are a Beautiful soul. Love yourself for where you are right now in this moment. You are not bad, evil disgusting,"worthless, ugly or any less Of a human being. You are a strong and beautiful person who not only is fighting an addiction but is doing so with zero dignity. The battle is much easier when you love what you are fighting for. Love your self and be kind to your self. I personally think that the way this drug is and has been portrayed has played a huge part in an already broken system. Shame has never been a good or healthy motivator for one to want to get sober. Much love to you and all my fellow beings. Love is the answer folks. The kind of radical love that breaks down the stigmas and judgements the we humans are placing and allowing to be placed on our fellow human beings. You who are down need to stand up and hold your head up high with honor and dignity regardless of where you are in your journey sober or not because you are NOT defined by that in which keeps you down. instead identify with the strength inside of you that keeps you going. There is much love for you here. Nameste
Getting clean is SO hard, but you got this! I used to be horribly addicted to heroin and the needle.. There is life in recovery tho 🙏 and don't be discouraged or give up when you relapse. Everyone does. Relapsing is a part of the process to getting sober. It will happen, and when it does, don't allow it to consume you. Pick yourself back up and keep going. Go to N/A, work the 12 steps, reach out to your loved ones and/or your higher power for strength. I believe in you.
You are not alone in trying to fight this as I try and fight the good fight everyday. I'm losing
God and his universe filled with so much that we can't fathom be always with you, give your suffering to God, or anything you feel is your rock, I have struggled with the same demons and I can understand, plus COVID did not help, but I can say this, the feeling is amazing and it's not easy, but the path of positive and good is difficult, but rewarding in a way that is impossible to describe, it isn't a promise of a ridiculous number of virgins or anything unrealistic like that, I can only say it's an inner peace and harmony that you will feel, n after I only wanted to evolve more to do more, and I love the labor now.. you can do it and you will I promise. It's not easy like I said, and it is really easy to get into the shit again, it literally just comes to your feet and still does for me.. probably always will. I prefer not to go back.. and I'm grateful for being able to say this after 20+ years of being a zombie.. not everyone gets to live... I send you only positive vibes and I pray for you to see and hear clear that you can make the best of choices for you and the ones that love you.💪🙏💯
You can do it! 👌🏻🙌🏻🖤
I'm a recovering meth addict I lost everything in the 6 years that I lost in my meth use including my child my family my self respect and my will to live but now I'm almost three months clean and 18 weeks pregnant and changing my life little by little every day
You can do it!!!! God bless you.
That's GREAT Kendra,,I was shooting heroin for years,,,now on 5 years clean SUBOXONE SAVED ME ☠️
I am very happy for you!! Keep the faith!!
Keep it going girl! Think of that beautiful baby and you!
Congratulations God Bless you
My little brother died after going on a binge. He had been sober for a year and a half. He didn't get sober willingly and after he was released from his program he relapsed. He was so ate up and he really wanted to be better. After we lost my sister and mom we both went crazy. I moved away and stayed away from all my old friends. I begged him to do the same. I miss my family and I'm so grateful I didn't lose my kid's from the drug use. It's been 7 years since I have used. I would never go back to that miserable existence.
I can't explain how terrible this drug is in text. There are no words. As a person in recovery, it is the black pit of hell.
It is, the drug took several years of my life and I hate it!!!
As a former user, (clean from meth since 1997, I'm 50 ), I had to move from my childhood home in Los Angeles to central Indiana to get away from it all and start over. It was one of the hardest things I've had to do to save myself
this is a romantic and ultimately unrealistic success story that has basically zero statistical backing. i'm glad you overcame yourself by moving your self to a new location, but i really struggle to believe someone who says this type of shit. there must be more to the story, or you would have just brought your old self with you to the new location. you provide here a success story with absolutely zero indication that "doing something really hard" actually means hard commitments to the self and doing things we know are right even when it might feel wrong to the twisted self.
in other words: your comment is clearly designed to garner support and upshits from people who don't even know what the fuck they are looking at, while giving those actually in trouble a false idea of what lies ahead should they decide to run away and think it will fix everything
If you have no access to it, it helps. I would have no idea where to get it.
🕊
its all around me. but nothing to me. amen
Amen. I know what you mean. Giving up people you care about to save yourself is/ was the hardest thing. It. Had. To. Be. Done.
They should do a update on this documentary, especially now that Oregon has decriminalized the possession of all drugs. I’m honestly interested in knowing how it’s going.
That's what I wanted to know too. I'm guessing not good.
In every country that decriminalized drugs, use went down. They spent the funding for prisons and incarcerations on getting people substance abuse treatment. So, I suspect it will follow suit here as well.
Seattle is dying documentary is probably as good an update as you’ll get
@@alecwerme739 bahahahaha not in the US when you’re dealing with the Mexican cartels
My town in southern Oregon is being overrun with it. I can’t believe people voted for it, and I’m headed back to Alabama the first chance I get. These folks are crazy.
I’m the mother grandmother of a ice addicted daughter it’s devastating and hard to comprehend why my daughter has disowned her own daughters, just breaks my heart I can honestly say if I was asked to transport meth for $5,000000 I wouldn’t even flinch to do so after seeing the devastating effects of my daughter and grandchildren.
Remember when you play a part you enabled this devastation of many.
Think be for you act.
Heart brake from
Australia
Australia
Wow a Very informative video about this substance thank you for bringing so much awareness to this topic here on this channel always great work !!
It's absolutely heart-breaking to see those "before and after" photos.
ya hu...
😔😔😔
@@rockercater idiot
My ex husband looks like he is on his after photo
Getting old before age, old soul.
This hit me hard..I divorced my husband because he was a meth user and abused me...I left with my 3 sons and never looked back
Amen gf 📖
Wheres hubby now
He's with me now.We are in a homosexual relationship.We share our meth pipes and our other pipes.
Crazy how people will lose everything for meth
@@markfisher5628 You're right.. It's sad that they rather have the drug than their own family
I hope my mom can get clean from meth. My children don’t even know her. I miss her so much she’s been an addict my whole life but the meth addiction got bad about 9 years ago when she moved away. I just wish she would come home so I could help her somehow
I remember when this hit. I graduated in 1994. It was pretty rare in my state. My sister graduated in 2000. All her friends were on it. We are still seeing her friends and classmates going to jail because of meth related crimes. Once it showed up, a generation of kids became hooked. It was really bad with teenagers here in my state.
Which state?
I was an addict for 30 years. On July 17th, 1999 at 10:30am I was set free from addiction. I've been free since and I now know what addiction is and how and why it works.
ok
did you get a free set of new teeth?
@@wobu5361 Yes.
Congratulations on turning your life around. A friend of mine says the rest of our lives can be the best of our lives only if we make it so God Willing. You may or may not believe in God but just know that even though I don't know you, I'm proud of you. Have a wonderful life.
@@slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem I didn't turn my life around. I was turned from darkness to light, for death unto life.
Congratulations to anyone whose gotten clean from any addiction! Welcome Back!
Repent to Jesus Christ!!!
“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”
Psalms 94:19 NIV
@LIQUID FX i mean if you have chronic pain a person is addicted to opiates. But as long as a person lives a productive life, has quality of life, then they are fine.
There is nothing wrong with that addiction.
However, if it was me I would move to a state that has Medical marijuana vs. living off opiates every day.
But I do not judge a person who has to rely on opiates to live a productive life.
Let's get it 💪
@@jesusislord6545 stop shaming people, instead congratulate them on their achievements. Don't you have any empathy?
@@ArKritz84 Read the Gospel!!
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
2 Peter 3:9 NIV
I remember in about 2005, walking into a Meijer pharmacy and seeing 30 pill box of pseudoephedrine on the shelf for $2.99. As someone who had bad allergies, it was a godsent, but in retrospect I can't believe it was that easy to get your hands on.
There is a prescription form of methamphetamine & I don't know why addicts can't be hospitalized & "weaned" safely before they get that bad- like methadone clinics
I only did it for a couple of years, but the way it took me over and changed me entirely was scarey. I eventually sold or traded everything of value that I owned and then started stealing from my family to get more. Never understood beforehand when I'd hear that the drug would turn you into a different person. That drug took me to the lowest point of my life. Ive been clean for years but still dream about it and wake up tasting it. That stuff is the devil.
How long does it take to get out of the fog and become yourself again?
it is the devil! So glad you’re better
What do you mean you can taste it? It has a taste?
@@Moonewitch yes, it doesn't taste good at all.
@@Moonewitch Hell yea ya can, Specially after a good line or two and ya get the drip. It's so good and so bad at the same time 😅
I was on meth for 3 years. Been clean since '17.
I will _never be able to forget_ both how amazing it felt, and how the comedown made me want to dive out of the window.
The only thing stopping me was that any movement was impossibly painful. Not in my muscles, but in my head.
It's a small miracle that I'm here to say this, and I'm even luckier that I didn't need any help to quit.
I'm glad that you were able to lock the addiction. My boyfriend's brother is dealing with it and it's scary
My heart feels fuller because of you.
That's an amazing feeling to be able to love a stranger. The internet really is good.
I was just curious honestly. Always being told not to do something makes one want to do it.
💯
The comedown is horrible
I have a 19-year-old granddaughter that is currently fighting for her life because of the Meth. She went from a beautiful, intelligent, loving, young woman to a meth zombie in a very short time. She was addicted immediately and within a month went from snorting to smoking it and all hell broke loose. Our family will never be the same because of all the trauma she inflicted upon us for over a year. She is currently in detox. She has a very long and bumpy road ahead to recovery. I will give her all the moral support I can. I will never abandon her. I will love on her and encourage her to stay on a path that is healthy and happy. For all the families that have a loved one who is addicted, please never give up hope. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
You probably abused her mentally for her to try meth in the first place. Maybe your sin caused it
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. 20 years ago, my family supported me the way you are supporting your granddaughter. I have 2 wonderful children, a job I really enjoy, and my parents tell me all the time how proud of me they are. The love of my family and friends is what helped me get and stay sober.
This is a follow up to my post 8 months ago. My granddaughter is doing well. She continues weekly therapy with mental health counselors, a social worker who specializes in young women with trauma. She is not 100 % but with ongoing care, love/support from family she continues to heal. She is working part time and living with her father. Please understand the recovery from Meth is a very long process.
As I turn 70 my wish is to have my granddaughter healthy and happy.
I been through opiate addiction for about 21 years plus, after I see the pain and suffering I was causing my family I decided it's time to stop I gotta stop my family is going through he'll because of my actions, I found myself in a detox center but after 1 month I was released from detox but within a week I was calling dealers up for a hit, well after about 3 tries at detox and that not working they decided I needed rehabilitation but away from London uk, I was sent to North Scotland right out the way from civil life I mean remote, anyway it worked but it took 2 years at rehabilitation and I've been clean ever since 22 years now 👍🇬🇧💯
Yep my son at 28 died from lethal doe of methamphetamine inches year of 2022 and have been grieving ever since.
My youngest son is a meth addict. I cry a lot and I pray for his sake. GOD HELP US.
I’m so sorry! I have two people in my family addicted to this poison! God bless our families and friends I hope they can find the strength to quit ASAP! 🙏🙏🙏
Continue to pray to GOD. Plead with the Lord Jesus to set your son free from the bondage he is in. And fast as well! And if you have any problems in your life as well then repent of them as well. And don’t give up! GOD bless you and yours! And I will pray for you as well!
Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement. I will never give up and I'll never stop praying.
There is hope. Both my grandkids beat it.
My faith in God is strong but if prayer isn't working my suggestion would be to slowly integrate yourself back into his life. I'm not your son but I might as well be and can tell you from firsthand experience there is a difference between tough love and abandonment. Helping someone with a ride or food or a place to sleep does not make you an enabler, it lessons the chance of that person turning to alternative methods when faced with those obstacles. If you can cross that bridge it's in these moments that you may gain a little influence. Combine your influence with specific prayers for best results. Of course trust being an issue in all situations not just drug-related I would only give enough rope to trip oneself and not to hang. May God be with you and grant you all that is needed from within. Expect and believe in miracles.
Nothing is more soothing the the tune in the beginning of a PBS documentary
Absolutely true. Love FL.
@LTrain45 45 Lol…it’s “fake news,” huh?🙄🙄🙄🙄
The narrator’s voice is so soothing to me, also.
Pbs always the best .grassroots
@LTrain45 45 you're right. We must double check everything. Because just like every human being (including you and me) the media people have a bias too. So, we mustn't make a decision based on just one source, I agree with you.
I grew up watching one of my closest family members get addicted to meth. I also grew up seeing how meth took over some of my friends i had. No matter what I did or what help was offered, or how much i prayed. That person and my friends would not listen. It got to the point where I saw them literally change over time in appearance. How each one began to lose their normal lives and family they had, and how they affected others. It was hard to see and very painful. I decided to separate myself from those friends even though it hurt me. They began to call my phone and look for me desperately. I ended up finding out they were so high they wanted me to come by, so they steal my car and have me beat up by random girls. I never showed up. As for my family member, I began to slowly separate myself from that person. Before I did, this person tried to kill me. By poisoning me with an overdose of Meth. The amount that this person gave me was for 3 people. I never did meth before. I almost died. Thank God I didn't. I'm learning to forgive. But I Cannot forget. I send love, healing, and prayers to everyone on here, and in this world, being affected by this. May God give us strength and healing to make it through. For these truly are the darkest of times. Yet I feel we can still fight to make it right again. ❤❤❤
That’s honestly tragic, so sorry you had to go through such an unfortunate situation. You mind if I ask, did you ever end up getting your car back? I hope so.
And damn, about that poisoning, that’s messed up. How did they poison you..? And I can only imagine what the come down must had been like..☹️
Are you separated now from these degenerates..? I hope, stay up darling. 👍🏼🙂
As a former user no treatment or class or anything like that will do anything it will bring awareness..UNTILL THE USER DECIDES ITS TIME TO QUIT NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK PERIOD I'm 6 years clean!!
13 years this October , never go back.
Good.
First, you gotta help yourself. You can't make a mess of yourself and wait for someone to bring you back. You have to make the decision to stop. Else, no amount of help will work.
Awesome. Im proud of you for making the decision to stop the death drug. Stay strong for another day my friend.
I’m so happy I got off that shit. 2 years clean! I’ll never go back. That nasty shit made me a shell of my former self
I'm very happy for you. I dont know you and I dont think we will ever meet, but knowing that your life has taken a path for the better is something in which I can also rejoice because a life well lived is something we could all want for each other. I do hope all goes well. Stay safe, my friend.
Well done! I don’t know you but I’m proud of you & wish you well for a great future! Take care, everyone.
bless you
Welcome back to real life ☺️. I raise my daily cup of coffee to you for breaking the cycle of addiction☕
Praise the Lord you are clean my friend.
This is a first for me in any way to my knowledge I have never used but have been suspicious of being indirectly exposed to the possible use from uncertain cooking or use from.mental and physical issues thank God for the documentary it was very incite full thank you all very much
35 years on anything i could get my hands on. 3.5 years clean. Absolutely the hardest thing I've ever accomplished.
Addition is giving up everything for one thing.
Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.
Subtraction is taking away the thing for less.
Multiplication is giving one thing or other quantities under specific rules to obtain their product.
Equality; a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal.
Nice
As a recovering addict, this made a lot of sense to me. Thank you
dunno mate
sounds way to simple to me
worlds not only black and white
Steve Warren... Addiction?
Funny how we elected politicians to represent us. Instead the politicians represent the corporations.
Meanwhile we peasants fight each other defending politicians.
not really we pay them an average of 179,000 a year but corporations given them up to 20 mil a year depending on their level of cooperation. Who would you serve?
@@eyasulegesse6208 My country.
Facts. One of the biggest forms of distraction, is entertainment.
I've never heard more truth!
May we do both and remove the fuse of military subversive control?
In Connecticut I struggle with fentanyl and cocain addiction because meth isn't huge around here but I can say that when I have done meth I engaged in veeeeery disastrous behavior. Sexual especially. I was clean for 11 months and I used yesterday and man I woke up today and almost lost my will to surrender altogether. ( surrender in a good way) but the look on my mother's face. Her loving warm smile helped me choose.
Is there a new update for 2023? My daughter is hooked.
Oct 16th ill be 3 years clean. Saved by Gods grace and living a life I've always hoped for. My fiancé and I are expecting our first baby Jan 1st. ❤
Im proud of you for not doing this death of a drug. Stay strong cuz you belong to the sober life.
Congrats you deserve a medal as well as a lovely baby coming into this world! May you continue to thrive!
Praise God good need
Proud of you! God bless you and your little family
Congratulations to you for doing your best to be safe and sober and Congratulations to you and your fiance on the new addition to the family. 🙏
Lost everything including teeth , thanks to loved ones I'm now 7 years sober life is beautiful.
Listen to lil peep life is beautiful I have a feeling you will enjoy it
@@friedchickenspecificallyca439 Some people enjoy lil peeps "music"?
@@maxsomerjoki8147 some of his music isn’t the best but that’s okay I don’t have to like every song to be a fan. And I already know your some old man who thinks peep isn’t “real music”
@@maxsomerjoki8147 do the world a favor and just don’t answer the world doesn’t need your opinion on music.
@@friedchickenspecificallyca439 legit why that song is fucking depression fuel, I love lil peep but there’s a lot I just can’t listen to after pulling myself from a darker place, if I do I just get sucked right back in and especially post mortem songs about hard core drug addictions n shit they just don’t have any cathartic release
Going to rehab in two days. I now have heart failure and a pacemaker icd. Meth almost killed me
it is so devastating...all these people and just broken lives, broken dreams. 💔
What really hurts is when your kids follow you in your foot steps
No matter how much we as parents don't want them to turn out like us .
Change your life. So our kids have a chance...
I've got a friend who turned his kids onto it to normalize it.
That hurts pray for them is all we can do1
My dad normalized his alchaolism untill it bit him in the ass he laughs at junkies but cant laugh at himself he sucks lol
@@sarahlouise6507 its always easier to tell some else how dirty there backyard is...when there back yard is twice as dirty!
I agree with you it Sucks!
I’m A Momma Of A Child Who Passed Away From An Accidental Overdose And Of 3 Children Who Have Served Time In Jail & Prison Because Of Drugs💔💔💔 I Didn’t Do Drugs….. The Only Drug I Was Addicted To Was Tobacco!! My Firstborn Died Mar 21, 2011💔
I HAVE HELPED My Children With Rehab, NO JUDGING, LOVING KINDNESS & MANY MANY PRAYERS!!!!!!! I Am Currently Living In A Nursing Home(I Am Disabled Due To Being Bedridden(11yrs)) & This IS Where I Will GO HOME TO BE WITH GOD From!!!!! IF ANYONE NEEDS TO TALK(Texting) I AM HERE FOR YOU…..NO JUDGING OR STRINGS JUST LOVING KINDNESS And I AM PRAYING FOR YOU & YOUR FAMILIES🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻🕊🙏🏻
♥️💕♥️
As a recovering addict watching this show brings back tears and sadness
You'll be back
Yeah man...i usually only watch these types of vids, while I'm high, and telling myself to get clean. In some cases, one drug may be more import than the other, so I don't wanna second guess any other people's opinions about me, at the time of whichever inebriation....heh. 7 years clean...(soap wise)
Doubt that but you never know
How long have you been HEALTHY(prefer this instead of 'clean' because it relates more to the physiological disease process)?
Clean in the sense of not pawning possesions to get drugs... Not spending rent money on drugs type... Getting over the hump to where you're "over" it style... Rock bottom 44 times over fed up... Life is worth it, when you can swim out of the muck and see the horizon...life can be beautiful to the sickest of minds, once you give yourself a chance☝. Word up!
Down the street from where I live was an trash dumpster filled to the top full of drugs in bottles. All kinds of pills, capsules, etc. I do not even think it is legal to dump them out that way. The trash dumpster was in an public parking lot near a bank, and grocery store.
I live in Kentucky and i can say it has definitely went down in cases here
Sober since I went to Jail in 2019, this stuff really does take over your life completely. It took a felony to sober me up, but jail knocked some sense into me
The financial and emotional damage done is seldom restored
One of my best mates and brothers in arms were addicted to meth after coming back from active duty in Afghanistan
We were desperate for help
Something to calm the PTSD
I found spirituality
He chose drugs..
But we got there in the end
He is now 2 years sober
Couldn't be more proud
My brother, now 33, went into war at 17. He became a expert jump sniper by 19. While in Afghanistan, his convoy was attacked over 9 times. His best friend was killed in action and my brother was awarded a purple heart for his friend. My brother had to have a metal plate put in his face. While at home in Georgia, he couldn't cope, started drinking and wrapped his brand new charger around a tree, got locked up and dishonorably discharged. From then, he started using and selling meth. Then began going to jail and prison. Both his parents were addicts, but our mom didn't raise him as her and I stayed in Cali. He finally got clean after almost 10 years of active addiction. It blows my mind how little our armed forces get for help if they mess up
I'll bet you stood alongside him, too. The things you guys have witnessed? Seeing people at their most evil coming at you? Yeah, living with PTSD successfully can't be done alone. We aren't here on earth to be addicts. You have that gift from God now, I'll bet, you're a Wounded Healer. PTSD here too. Yelled, screamed at God many, many times - Why??? Once I shut up, he said, go and absorb whatever pain you can from someone who just got to where you once were. The gift of suffering is the grace you now have to remove even a molecule of another's pain by just being there silently and without judgement.
@@rpmlinz86 God thats horrible Hell for him and your family including you. today ADDERALL A Methamphetamine i been on and hard to get off having PTSD ADHD. it help a year slowly not working and they now don't care IT SEEMS AND NOW TELL ME THAT MANY ARE HAVING A VERY BAD TIME WITH IT. its legal now and if i knew what i was in for i would have not taken it. I quit drinking 15 years ago and now this. i don't get it for it will sell ten times better being legal Feeding the Pharma for our lives. Still Sheep for the suffering slow as if God allows it.
Congratulations to all of you!
EMDR therapy has a high success rate
Literally destroyed my life, it was forced on me physically and I became addicted for 3 years. JUST STOP BEFORE ITS TOO LATE TO REPAIRE BURNT BRIDGES.
I sadly found this absolute evil , really young and i'm still going through it's addiction and i've never regretted anything so much as finding this when i was in my toughest period of life. I was dealing with a lot of trauma and insecurities... And i'm getting better and better. And i hope every addicted person and myself find happiness in life and wouldn't let any drug to fully destroy their life! 💔
I just want to say how proud I am of each and everyone of you that have overcome your addiction. To the ones still struggling, hang in there… you CAN get clean. Keep fighting for your sobriety, your life, your family and children.
Its so darn human we just break down! Broke hearts Broken lives Families......
If the USA had decent mental health help, medical help & affordable food fewer would turn to meth
Thank you 😔🙏
@@richardvandenbosch9683 You are right ,but remember it's not your fault that happened,and there are many broken hearts club members across the country,I'm one different drug but same results my father tried to kill me with a extention cord around my neck,I was 12yrs old,I was on my own at 15yrs old,and it wasn't easy to go to school and go to work for 12hours,no friends,no life
@@bigthunder2860 was your mom addicted too? No other family to turn to?
I've been clean for four days now. I have to report to probation in a few days. Oh God help me.
How are you doing ? You can do it . I was never an addict , but only because I recognized I could be at a very young age . Am a alcoholic , but with support from family been dry for 45 years . My wife is a crack addict , ( never refers to herself as a " ex addict") been off for 20 years , she turned to alcohol , but been sober for 7 years now . She uses weed to substitute but says it's not the answer . Life will get better . Every time she thinks about it, she says she thinks of her husband,home, grandchildren. She has had to change all her friends , but her family has all come back to her. Stay strong
YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!
Gang
Good luck!!! Do well.
Make it four weeks, then four months, then four years…then forever. Blessings 🐶
Treatment works for meth addicts I did merry everyday for 5 years lost everything I had ended up on the streets for 2 years went to rehab got clean am 5 years sober as of like a week ago. I work a good job have a wife stepson 2 dogs a cat. It’s a fight everyday but it does get easier.
Thanks you so much for information...
Big pharma concerned about "cost to consumer" if changed to prescription only? That's rich. I think they meant cost to their sales.
Big pharma are making these Damn drugs !
Listening to the fellah compare it to the Pickle Industry was rich. Pickles don't kill people. It's more like Dynamite. Used for it's intended purpose it's perfectly safe. When not... it's not.
I use Sudafed in the spring and fall because it works. I should not have to get a prescription. Sudafed is no longer a problem because there isn't alot being made in this country anymore. The Mexican cartels are now making super meth and shipping it across the border
@@perrypresley9630 it was going to be over-the-counter not prescription. And because you're not willing to go over the counter to get this, it's easier for people to get Sudafed and turn it into meth. It's easier to be a shareholder of these Pharma companies knowing full well that you have demand of drug addict. That's why I got into investing in companies in the first place, it's easier than anything else, because companies are selling things that are essentially addictions and people cannot help themselves. Unless you are a massive shareholder of these companies making yourself a lot of money off their profits, if all you want is to pick up your Sudafed from a store and you're unwilling to do that because you want to make sure that people like myself making extra 10% more money a year be my guest.
I see now that they actually wanted to make it a prescription drug, but again I don't see the harm in that
Unfortunately the big Execs little boy or girl gets taken down from time to time. Then they care.
This was filmed 10 years ago. Things were bad then.....Oh man it's so much worse now😭 The world is terrifying and I thank God every day I turned my life around.
Imaginary deities had nothing to do with your change. Look in the mirror and congratulate the person responsible for the turn-around.
But at least DEA cracked down on cold and allergy medicine? They were successful in f***ing with law abiding citizens lmfao
so meth is strong again or
@@lofturhjalmarsson9896 law didn't make it go away.
Due to mental health issues I am ever so slowly losing my grip on reality. It is a slow and painful descent into my eventual death.
My sister used meth and she had a stroke so she had to stop using it. She had a heart attack in church and she crawled out of the building to vomit on the grass. She struggled to get to her car, and then she called some family members who called 911. She was airlifted to a hospital for a brain injury and she struggled so much. This awful drug stole my sister from my life and I hate it so much! She died of a heart attack and she had open heart surgery and she was so weak that the machines were keeping her alive. She lived to be 69 years old. The drug literally eats you alive and it’s so toxic that you can’t even help yourself from using it. Don’t start it and stop using it! God bless you all! ❤
Why I moved from Oregon in 96' to Texas to break my meth addiction and have been clean for 27 years. Without arrest or rehab. It can be done, you just need to remove yourself from the lifestyle and friends you have.
Words to live by or die...”Never pick up anything that you can’t put down again” -Kidd Rock.
Also kid rock- ‘here is to all my heros at the methadone clinics’
Also a raging alcoholic....
Also you can pick up a meth pipe....
...you can put down a meth pipe.
shallow advice. you don't know in advance that you won't be able to put it down again
@Thou Swell - I know that you did not just call Kid Rock one of the best rappers 🤡
The best way and the only way to get off meth and staying away from meth is losing all of the friends that do it....misery loves company. Start hanging out with friends that do not use drugs.
there are no friends on meth - only acquaintances, co-conspirators, fuck buddies and marks - once you leave meth those people don't matter anymore even if you want them to
@@jnb756 that is the whole truth in a nutshell , well said .
exactly
That's what saved me 😁
@@mhp0810 Well you're young and free and you want to live a little 😁 not saying it's the best choice
I tried meth a couple times and I have to say the amount of fun you get really isn’t worth it, here’s what I experienced on meth
I had huge steady stream of energy, my eyes were glued open, I was extremely cold, even when I hopped into a hot shower it wasn’t warm, I had a lot of pain resistance, so much so I was able to straight up ashtray myself and I didn’t feel a thing.
The biggest thing about it was that it made me extremely anxious, I never felt really that good because I was so fuckin anxious. Not fun
All that said the addictiveness of meth is super dependent on who you are, and I’m not currently using meth and don’t plan to again because the whole experience was more traumatizing then fun.
Watching them mention what the East Coast could expect from the meth epidemic heading their way is crazy considering whats happening rn on Kensington Ave in Philly. They literally predicted the outcome 12 yrs ago.
Was nearly a decade on meth, this drug is really the "Devil's Drug". Sober for 2 years now. To people who haven't yet kick this deadly addiction I believe in you. If I could do it, trust me, you can too.
@@alienno.9 Bro, I FEEL you! I was in the same boat, well sorta. The first Year, every once in a while I would dream about it as well, but In my dreams I only dream of picking up the piece but never smoke from it. And in reality I've picked up the dick pipe on a few occasions and I felt no urge to smoke it. In fact, the opposite occurred. I felt completely repulsed by holding it bc it reminded me of all the anxiety, psychosis, delusions, hallucinations and isolation from when I was high off my mind.
I will note that, doing a large dose of magic mushrooms after 2 months of sobriety, helped me completely to rid of my addiction and thoughts of meth. However I don't recommend this to anyone bc a bad trip is more likely than not. Although, If they truly want to quit from it for good, I think magic mushrooms can be one of the most useful tools in doing so.
Anyway, Alien, hang in there brother. I've known people who quit and get back on it immediately. Its a vicious cycle. So you're doing great, A year and a half is quite is a HUGE milestone. Be proud of that.
Lastly, One of the best natural methods is to Incorporate some type of daily physical exercise into your life and things will get easier, I promise you. By the 2 year mark you won't have any lingering thoughts of the Devil's Drug.
You got this ! 💪
@@Dabby724 Congratulations on your great and fast recovery GOD bless you! Someone very special that I know has been on meth for over a decade and I have tried to help him but he gives up easily the most he sober was for two weeks then later, he relapsed. He goes thru everything you used to go thru including anger issues when he is sober. He was trying to be sober for me but I don't think it was ever from his own will. If I ever talk to him again I will show him your advice on how you started recovering maybe there is still hope for him but again it has to be from his own will not from mine and I had to learn that the hard way. Did you have to go thru rehab? He doesn't want to go thru rehab which makes me think is another sign that is against his will. Stay safe, strong, healthy, and happy! Thank you for your comment.
@@alienno.9 Sure does my 2nd. year has become my 7th.
What is it is it smoking crack
It's an old saying...difference between medicine and poison is dosage
Very true.. scary.
8:20 is the difference between red and blue. Why hasn't Biden done anything?
@@vivigesso3756 The only President that combats drug use in a serious way is Duterte in the Philippines. He kills drug users and dealers in the streets without a trial. Don't expect that to happen in the US no matter who the President is.
@@vivigesso3756 I think Biden is busy making sure the entire country won't collapse rightnow. Unfortunately, in life, we cannot depend on anyone (especially politicians) except God and ourselves.
and graphene oxide
I watched my ex bf become a meth addict right in front of my eyes. We were 16. Sadly, he got his new gf into it. She's only 15.
I've got 18 years off meth! Thank God!
Congratulations!
Wonderful Tracy Confair!!!!!
Proud of you. Stay strong.
WOW so happy for you!!! My partner has been clean for 21 years now life is good
I absolutely love to hear about an addict recovering from drug addiction. My son was not so lucky and I miss him terribly now he is not alive anymore. Please people, get help before it takes your life like it did my sons life. He was one of those that had no money, no insurance and we did all we could do. He fell thru the insurance crack and died.
My son is 36 living in another state addicted to meth and homeless..
Damn I'm sorry
I understand what you are going thru. I lost my husband n 2012 from one line of heroin. I lost my best friend.
I'm so sorry mama 😞
my condolences may he rest in peace
My dad and I did meth together for years when I was in high school and my early 20s. I quit and he's dead now (OD).
My brother has been to jail, because he got caught cooking the junk. He was clean while he was on probation. He is on it again. He’s never going to change. He will be 52 this month. I’ll never be free.
Laura I am truly sorry for your situation I lost my youngest son to this poison,he got so crazy on this stuff that he gave up on his self and committed suicide at age 32. I will remember you and your brother as well as the rest of your family when I say my prayers , I sincerely wish you and yours the best of luck 🍀. There is a lot of help out there don’t give up!🕊
Lets give a moment of silence to all those who lost their fight to mental illness and addiction…
I'm one of them but don't use "passifiers" to cope. My Buddy Bear 🐕 is my best friend and savior.
There's monsters out there that's pushing people to suicide. God bless the people that tries to help people overcome mental illness suicide and drug addiction.
Amen too Jesus Christos
@@bigthd2044 fight still goes on !!! !
NO...
I was an addict, for ten years, I never thought I would see the end of it. The effects of my previous lifestyle will haunt me for the rest of my days. Do not do drugs.
Any crazy stories?
Same here, almost 8 years sober for me. Mine was H though, I always heard the withdrawals and come down from meth were horrific and that scared me enough to never try it but only one time ever. It’s been almost 8 years for me sober too, and I totally agree with you about the memories of being in active addiction. My god there’s things out there that I did that I would never tell anyone. I’ll take a lot of that to my grave lol it would be enough to give anyone nightmares. Good job also on being sober and congratulations. We got this🤍
@@jessicafaithandKinsley Good on you. That's so great.
@@jessicafaithandKinsleyso hear yah sister, right there with yah. 3.5 years clean myself. I forget how transfix that life was, reading comments like this remind me of the dark corners I used to reside in, I’m so thankful I’m in a safe place now and have my health and family, I forget how scared I used to be.
@@ronthorn3it's Dancing with the Devil...that's what it is .🌼🏹🏹
The chemistry in this documentary is way off. D-methamphetamine (D for dextro) - or as they call it "biker meth" - is not a half as strong "variant" of meth. D-methamphetamine IS the active isomer of meth, and is what you are after if you want to make the drug. The other isomer is L-methamphetamine (L for levo), and that isomer is not as powerful in inducing euphoria, though it has other uses such as medicine for parkinson sufferers. "Biker meth" only refers to method of synthesizing the drug AFAIK.
Thanks for the shake and bake recipe!
Remember kiddies,"Sleep is cheap, it's staying awake that's expensive"- Uncle Foiley.
Reynold is that You???
Wat
LOL great advice
This is a great quote
Gosh what a conundrum!.....U mean sleep as in opioids? And staying awake as in speed?
My sister was addicted. It completely changes you as a person and makes you into the worst version of yourself. She’s been clean for years now but we’re still working on fixing our relationship.
did it damage her brain at all.
I know how this goes. It’s like someone breaking your trust over and over once that trust the piece of paper has been crumpled up, they can never be flattened out again the same.
This whole thing is extremely heartbreaking and actually soul wrenching watching it
You know what, I've been usen meth since 1982 here in northern Cali, in the late 1980s I learned how to cook meth my self, I was given rules to how to conduct my self while in this game, I could have any thing I wanted as long as I take care of my self, most meth heads for get basic commen needs. I assume that's because of you're up bringing, not saying I'm better than any one, I feel iv been blessed to have all my teath still,for most part i believe I'm in good shape for my age and the length of time iv used meth and the amounts of meth iv used. I was told my body is like a car, in order for it to run , it has to have basic needs to operate like gas water oil air our body is the same so in order for me to stay up for weeks on end I had to eat food every day. I had to drink water every day I had to brush my teath every day specially if I was smoken it. An any time we use dope don't ever act outa the rules, we don't rape we don't mess with kids don't use in public keep it clean don't be careless leaving needles out baggies pipes guns or bullets out, live by the rules an it wasn't so bad for me, iv been to at least ten drug programs n I still can't get off it, an at the same time I kinda believe if I stop now it might kill me I'm 57 yr old I use about one oz a week, when I slow it down my body will feel like I been ran over by a truck n my head will hurt this just started n I'm wondering if it's because of lack of the drug or is this a new effect caused by the drug
It’ll be three years in December when I celebrate my third year of sobriety from alcohol and meth (God-willing). 🎉
I have always heard about the recurring meth-flashbacks, but never experienced one until last night… I woke up in a cold sweat from a NIGHTMARE, I literally (and I hate using this word) felt like I had the stem of a bolo in my mouth and my mouth was metallic and dry when I finally woke up.
I had to convince myself it was a nightmare and I didn’t use. 😅
🗣️DONT EVER TRY METH IF YOURE READING THIS AND HAVENT
Also God Bless those who are in recovery and those who want to be found and recovered. God healed me, and I know he can heal you too. Just say, “Heavenly Father, I am a sinner and need help. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, Amen”.
A lot of times people don’t care about these types of issues (across our nation) until it hits home! Like mine…my 29 year-old daughter has been in recovery now coming up on 3 years and she looks amazing. She didn’t use for too long (a couple years); nonetheless, it cost her everything! Living in her car under a bridge on the same street I live on (in the homeless camps) and she would come by just to shower, get a bite to eat or rest. Now, she has her AA and got accepted to a University to finish and achieve her Bachelor’s degree. It took jail to stop her and she always says it saved her life!! There is Hope and getting them into Treatment centers is crucial. However, you can’t help a person until the person is “ready”…
that’s really great, for you and her, glad she decided to give it up and get back to real life, seems a lot don’t choose to do that and stay in that scenario
@@user-oz5xb9ed3w That’s very true. Her counselor told us that if a person has a support system (family & friends), they have a better chance of staying in recovery then those who don’t…bc there’s nothing to gain back, no incentive.
MOST IMPORTANT, and I mean an eye opener for me, was learning the truth behind addiction. I used to think like most and blamed her for trying it to begin with. Little did I know, IT (the addiction) was there years before we ever saw it surface. The addict doesn’t even know it was there.
Nowadays, it angers me to hear people bash them and blame them. Yes, they too, need to take responsibility but it’s how it ends that’s the key. Support from loved ones, understanding where it came from and lastly, fighting your trigger EVERY DAY!!
Wow sounds like my story with my daughter! Living under a bridge across the street. She been in jail. She says shes " done " . I guess I'll see. I'm hopin.
@@mscandycane400 Get her into a Recovery home for women, if you can. State pays if it’s court ordered. And leave them in jail to serve their entire term because that’s where they “kick” and the recovery begins. Best of luck & hope to your daughter - and you and her family! 🖤💜✝️ SUPPORT HER…
How long have you lived in California?