Albert Clark whatever. Some men can cry on this scene if it gets to them. How stupid are you? You want a pussy scene? Watch Crash, how's that for a pussy scene
This can't begin to show the true horror of withdrawal. You watch this and see a man detox in less then 6 minutes. The truth is that every second feels like days. You can't sleep because you're legs feel unbelievably restless. You're constantly sweating and then freezing cold amplified by the sweat that's covering you in every inch, every crack and crevice. You have to shit every 10 mins and piss every 15-30 depending on how much you drink. And the worst is no sleep. If you have a cold you just take some cold medicine and sleep through it. But with withdrawal you can NEVER sleep. So you experience every second of it. God help and bless those that have this fight ahead of them. It isn't impossible, you just need to submit to the love and will of God and seek help. I know because that's what helped me. God bless and take care.
Joseph Mike Why would I worship a God that makes me beg for relief from the torture he created? He should just see someone’s in pain and help them. Either he has the power to do so and doesn’t want to (all powerful but not all good) or he wants to but doesn’t have the power to (all good but not all powerful). He can’t be both, and I am not going to worship a selfish, mean-minded, egotistical God who claims that he is.
Brennan Barber I’m really lateeee but I wanted to say this, I know how you’re feeling but you just have to understand that everything is test a faith. Maybe God wants to prove something to you that you may not understand now. Give God a chance to work new wonders in you, all it takes is faith and trust. You’re not alone in this world trust me you’ll son discover you’re purpose but you just have to take the first step and God will always heal you and bring you out of every difficulty. Remember God never promised us a wonderful life but, he gave us tools to bring us out of every difficulty. The reason was meant to show the greater purpose. A purpose that each and everyone of us have . Ps.-Sorry for misspelling and typo ❤️
**I KNOW THIS IS LONG, BUT PLEASE READ. I THINK IT WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM** I understand, but when people say "I can't prove it to you, you just gotta believe", that helps no one. If I told you I had an invisible unicorn beside me at all times and told you there isn't a single piece of evidence to support my claim, but "you just gotta believe me", you'd think I was crazy. That is the *logical* way to live. I understand (most) religions teach good morals, and can help a young man/woman grow up to become a wonderfully kind adult, but my problem is when people of faith are passing off these ideas as if they are fact when they haven't the evidence to call it that. How us agnostics operate, is we are by no means saying that there isn't God, I think that is important for you to know. But what we *do* say is, we are not going to spend our lives on our knees thanking a God that there is no evidence of. I understand you have good intentions, but there is nothing anyone can tell me that can make me change my mind. I need to be shown undeniable PROOF or else God, to me, sounds like a bunch of bullshit people made up in the old days back when they thought the sun was a few miles away, thought the earth was flat, and didn't even know what a germ was, in an early attempt to understand how everything happened. But *now* , we live in a world of SCIENCE, where we conduct thorough studies and explore space to give us a better understanding of how everything got here. So what makes more sense to believe, decades and decades of tests conducted by trained and educated scientists with highly advanced tools which can be used to present FACTS and EVIDENCE to the people on Earth (which is way older than the bible says it is, which there is undeniable proof of), OR should I believe the people who, like I said, hadn't the tools to study the earth or the scientific knowledge of a middle school student today, with nothing but a book written by some dude claiming to be compelled by a magical all-powerful creator that we have to believe exists, just because? And if we DON'T, He (God), who claims to love us, will send us to be tortured in a pit of fire and demons for all of eternity...that is not love, that is the act of an egotistical, mean-minded God who's face I would spit in for the pain and agony he has caused if I ever came face-to-face with Him.
Brennan Barber well I must say I’m glad you replied and I will try to understand. My foundation is not yours. we’re not the same, so I don’t know how you lived or how you were brought up. To tell you the truth, I have TOO many questions that are still not answered. All I know is that as long as I believe in God which you believe in too (in a different way) , things will eventually unfold I’m actually happy you spoke you’re mind most people would actually tell me to shut up. I know you need evidence, we all do but ,just know things will eventually unfold. I’m happy at least you know that there is a God. Alright well Iol sorry I’m not trying to preach so I wish you well but I do hope you get the facts you’re looking for one day
It still gives me chills up to this day when he “regains” his eye sight because he literally sees the way his surroundings were before he officially went blind.😞
Watch leaving las vegas, the scene where nicholas cage has a withdrawal from alcohol. It wasn't even the fact that he tried to stop, in the movie he drinks so much that his body cant go without it for long periods
That is exactly what opiate withdrawl is and barbiturate/benzo/ethanol. How horrible that he suffered like this, at least he had a real DR who had balls to offer him meds to help him through not like this trash we have today .
They did a good job portraying the horrors of cold turkey detox. I've done it multiple times and Everytime it's agony. Pain, sickness, soaking wet in sweat but freezing than burning up a second later. And when the no sleep for days catch's up the hallucinations start. Then the depression and confusion. It's a very harsh experience that can't be described to a non user. Best description I would say would be worst flu you've ever had times 10 on top of a week of no sleep, while the thought of craving something times a hundred haunts every second of the day. To anyone going thru this. I'm so sorry. Keep your head up and remember it's a timer that will eventually end.
What makes it so difficult is like you said the lack of sleep by day 3 and no sleep you’re just done. That and knowing that this can all go away with 10 bucks and phone call takes a toll on your psyche.
@@Duzz14 that's what drove me crazy to. Knowing a hour wait, a lil cash, and boom feel like a million bucks even if it was only back to normal. Cause it's so much better than bring that sick. I've had to convince friends to ignore my calls ilor tackle me if I tried to leave.
I’m 31 days clean off a 10 bag of fetanyal a day (at the very least). You fucking summed it up better than anyone ever has. After five days of being awake, I started sleeping 2 hours a night but it didn’t even feel like I was sleeping. Every night, two hours. I was going insane. Last night is the first night I slept all night. It’s day 31, and I’m finally out of it. No suboxone. No methadone. Anyone can do it, as long as they are ready for the withdrawal to strip you of Everything and leave you in the hole you dug for yourself for a little while. Hard isn’t the word, it’s literally the fight for your life. Anyone who has quit cold turkey, you are literally one in a million.
@@davids4192 christ you're lucky you're alive. Fentanyl is a killer, almost more so than dope. I'm amazed and humbled by your strength. I mean that. Keep doing whatever you are doing, because it's working for you.
What a brave man! To choose to quit heroin cold turkey (especially when injecting it) is an extremely brave move! Ray went through so much turmoil his whole life, and even losing his eyesight didn't defeat him, but made him stronger. This movie makes me cry! This man overcame so much!
It made cry when said he kept his promise and his mom said he still became a cripple and when he knew he let his mama down and Started crying hit me hard
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think he started using drugs so he could heal from the pain that was too deep inside that wasn’t easy to heal. Losing his brother, his vision, and having to cope with it all was obviously the catalyst that led him to try and self-medicate. The thing about addiction and drugs/alcohol is that it never “fixes” a person. It only makes the pain worse. It’s a good thing Ray was able to break free and live.
This is what it's like alone in a dark room dealing with guilt ,shame , hatred, and other negative thoughts . I used weed to suppress them and without it I felt like my life was over
You’re right. Weed is on a much lower scale, but again, any drug is an escape, and the fact you’re figuring out you were using weed to run from things is very mature. Just NEVER make the mistake of using other drugs. Because I’ll tell you something, if marijuana withdrawal (which I know is real) made you feel bad, you do not want to experience this. This is a whole other monster. Addiction is cunning and powerful. And the fact is, most people don’t quit dope because they don’t want to go through this. Stay away from pills, if you don’t, you’ll wake up one day just like this
I hope you make the choice one day to seek help and resources that will help you address the issues that cause you to want to avoid those emotions with substance use, and know that managing those root issues IS possible and so, so worth the effort.
@Brandon Gravitt No it really isn't all that addictive. If you can quit drinking soda you can quit smoking weed. This person just wants attention for lacking any self-control it seems.
Not just alcohol and coke He was a junkie to fillest at one point in his life, and any real junkie knows that term junkie only applies to someone strung out on heroin
Ray Charles is so real. Represents a lot of us who us are strong, who we were ,who we are,will be able to overcome. Doing all we can on our own. But sometimes we just need to receive and accept help from others
I am a recovering heroin addict, I was smoking heroin for a year and a half, and dabbling another year and a half before that, this scene depicts it so well, you are on your hands and knees, sickening cold chills, sweating, nausea, stretching your body like you just got out of bed but all the time and with so much agony, and the worst one of all (at least for me) is the restless legs, when you are going through proper heroin withdrawals, it feels like someone is grabbing your legs really hard every single second, it doesnt stop, you have so many muscle spazms and agonizing pains, it forces you to take more, seeing this scene, reminded me how good sober life is, when you try to stop smack it feels like the devil is laughing at you. Ray is a goddamn soldier, he inspires me so much, stay strong everyone
I always got the worst of it in my hands for some reason. The same restless body aches, but concentrated in my hands. Felt it all over of course but thats where it was worst. Id try laying on them all the time, just get some minor relief....Thank God I'm not currently going through it.
I’m a recovering opiate addict myself and I can tell you without a doubt being dope sick is probably the worst feeling ever, imagine having the flu but times 100, wanting to jump out of your skin, feeling extremely tired and restless at the same time, your legs and arms throbbing with pain and the anxiety that would make anyone do anything to make it go away, that’s why for us doing anything and I mean anything to get the next one so you don’t feel sick forget getting high, it stopped being about getting high and enjoying it long time ago this was just to feel normal enough to climb out of bed so maybe you can get some food in your system
I’ve been there before with alcohol withdrawals, it’s the exact feeling cold and with a the flu but I was never blessed enough with nurses to rehydrate me I had to deal with it on my own, with the vomiting 🤮 and IBS sometimes I didnt make it to the toilet 🚽 I had to piss and shit at the same time being on the toilet for an hour at the time and being accused of being on drugs. It was so hard mentally and physically to this day I’m 60 days sober no alcohol.
Ray was in a lot of pain. He'd probably snap if you were trying to talk to him "Did you lose your little brother right in front of you? No, you don't get it. You weren't there". Someone should have told him "Ray I know what its like to blame everyone else for your pain and to blame yourself". It wouldn't help if you said to him and shouldn't say to him "Ray, there's nothing you could have done". Ray would still say painfully about George "He needed help and I didn't do anything. I just froze". Seeing him and his mom is definitely what he needed.
I watch this clip and it brings back the memories of my father at the end of his life who died in the throws of a Detox or we call it here the D.T.'s his liver failed from years of heavy drinking non stop for 24 years. My father became septic while in the deepest part of D.T.'S in the end at the hospital he didn't even recognise me, his own son. This clip only shows the tiniest sliver of the pain but it is a start of an accurate portrayal.
1:45 Jesus. This was probably the most intense and disturbing scene I ever walked in on as a kid. I had no idea what the hell was going on, and I just couldn't stop looking lol
The most poignant and significant focus of the whole movie was wrapped up into this single scene, Jamie Foxx definitely EARNED the Oscar and the admiration of the entire viewing audience for his portrayal of the wonderful Musician Ray Charles! KUDOS AND KARMA combined into ONE!
This scene is so shocking and sad but important to know in life, make great decisions and don’t risk your life on drugs and stay strong always!! 😢😢😢❤❤❤!!
I watched the movie recently and I was in tears watching this scene cause I do relate Ray's situation. He has definitely gone through so much since his childhood with his guilt, pain and struggle with being blind and dealing with drugs to kill his pain during his business with music. Jamie Foxx was really worth to win an Oscar for this main role.
Hard part is realizing what you're missing. Sometimes it's hard to remember what you even used to want. The worst demons are those that you put upon yourself. Shortcomings you wouldnt allow yourself to live down. Shortcomings that never exsisted. I blamed myself for my fathers death for so long. "If I had gotten there sooner" cut so deep...for so long. It wasnt my fault, I didn't know, I didn't have the ability, If I did it would've been different. after 5 years..I relapsed.(sure not a good way to honor his memory) honestly, worstly.... It helped. and eventually the pain of blaming myself and missing my dad became... a very painful footnote that I relish and resent every time I think of it. a memory slowly being filed away nearer to the back... . But my go to drugs- weed, alcohol.... sometimes a 2day binder with friends didnt. It's hard. It's hard to stop doing shit that's easily fun.... But it's also easy to enjoy shit that was hard once you've earned it. To all of you struggling with addiction and its been so long that you think you lost sight of everything you loved other than the rush, or push back what hurt you when you were younger.... I really don't have a slick phrase or cure all answer. For me, I had to face my demons after figuring out what they were- Sitting in a room crying sometimes for 10-20 minutes at a time about your dead father. In pain every moment as you replay and break down the situation second by second that has bothered you- Why did it happen? Could I do anything to change the outcome if I was in the exact same position again? If I couldn't have done anything different, sadly.... life can be really fucking lame. Some things are planned for, or even somewhat expected. Save up, buy a house, go to work, not necessarily the plan... but nobody is shocked if maybe some issues with mortgage, or neighbors, or the boss is a cock sucker, right? On the other hand when something rare and unfortunate happens- people often take it personally as if the universe intended it, or it was their doing. Things do just happen. Basically I just hope nobody is in my shoes, which I know a lot of people are. Learn from the past, dont dwell. Have a plan to kick ass. you can't change something thats already happened. You also dont need to repeat the same mistakes. But I will say this - this cliche garbage, but here goes. There's so much great joy to be had in life. I know you're so far away from the joy you once had that the only thing you know is that dragon..... but you know there were times you felt just as good, maybe even slightly better than on drugs maybe as a kid or early in highschool. You still can feel that good sober, after 5 years of no dope.... I felt like I had a laugh again. Your brain will recover plenty to enjoy yourself- I did. AND To those who never have- I realize there are people much much less fortunate than I. There is joy, and real happiness to be had out there. In america if you work only missing 5 days a year. in 3 years you WILL be happy. You WILL have a car, and you WILL have your own place. As for squandered friends, social relationships. Bridges were built before.... I suppose even in ashes there has to be a few nails still worth using. Reach out, it's probably not important who was wrong or right. Tell them what you're doing to change- if they write you off... So what? Ok yeah- that really fuckin hurts. leaves a pit in your stomach.... but dont stop doing what you need to do. Which is 1 Apply for financial assistance- any way shape and form 2 after applications for assistance are out, go through craigslist calling the first 3 pages of job listings. Dont have those skills? Ask if they'll train you starting at the bottom. 3 no job from craigslist? Where is somewhere you want to work? Show up in person early, clean asking for a job. Still no job? go to an employee staffing agency. If you still don't have a job you probably beat a child to death, but even then.... there are day laborer companies that pay you to sign up and wait on a corner for work. pay per day random jobs.
I remember as a kid watching this but remember the rest but three months ago I watched it again on BET and this scene was emotional and when Ray hugging his mom and his brother is the most emotional scene I’ve ever seen. I watch the scene again on TH-cam and it made me cry. This was the first scene I cried, I never cry while watching any movies but this one did.
That sequence where he flashes back is real. During withdrawl your body temperature can become so elevated that you go into like a fever dream or have fever hallucinations. These might be different for everyone but during my worst bout of withdrawl I had an experience just like this but I was hallucinating in my minds eye that I had become part of a jonestown like cult. Still is very real to me
this scene scared the shit out of me when I was in middle and high school because it's pretty damn raw - and Jamie Foxx's portrayal of detoxing is pretty accurate to what I've heard people describe - but at the same time, the weird frantic editing, the inserts of ray charles on snorricam, and how he's just really hammering in the point that detoxing is NOT FUN lends itself to comedy, especially after seeing Walk Hard. I laughed at Johnny Cash ripping out a sink when I saw Walk the Line in theaters. I know what it's like to realize a serious dramatic moment and inspired piece of acting can be made funny by accident.
I remember hearing that withdrawals last for 3 days! This last time it was about a month…with the worst of it lasting about 5 days…(10 years methadone..in a county jail cell).
4:03-5:45 Imagine 🤔💭 if this exact scene would be another added scene for the Bobby Brown story just so in Bobby’s hallucination and/or dream would take him back to where he started just so he can see his family again that he lost years ago including his best friend James “Jimbo” Flint one ☝️ more time before he goes back into the real world to keep making changes like he’s been doing I know they had a cookout with his new family but I feel like their needs to be a tribute for everyone who was gone too soon from his life at the ending of the tv series?!.
The fact seeing the character Ray Charles with his eyes opened is actually really cool but if you try to find the real late Ray Charles with his eyes opened well good luck because there's only pictures of him with his eyes shut.
I know this was a very serious scene & trust me, I been thru the same exact thing when I got clean but when he said "Oh no, no needles! We ain't doin' that!" 😂😂😂 That was hilarious because it's so true. That's exactly what I said in Detox. 😂😂 If it ain't gonna get me high, I don't want no needles stuck in me ever 😂😂😂
Yo I’m gonna be real bro everytime I watch this scene right here for some reason I just get traumatize from watching it because it’s like it feels so real like we are in his world like real great job universal studios
@@bobTom37 Yeah I was wondering the same thing too, like how is he doing heroin? Because it ain't easy peezy finding a vein not being able to see. Maybe he has a heroin helper.
It wasn’t his fault in real life he tried to get his brother he pulled his ankles but George was too heavy for him and he was to shocked at what was happening that he couldn’t get his mom but then he thought and ran to his mom and it also wasn’t his fault cuz he thought George was just playing but he realized what was actually happening
It was one of those performances where the actor disappeats and you feel like your watching the real person. Like Chadwick Boseman as James Brown, Wylie Draper as Michael Jackson, Denzel Washington as Malcolm X or Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla
The moment he sees his mom and his brother broke me. It took me an hour to calm down
Albert Clark whatever. Some men can cry on this scene if it gets to them. How stupid are you? You want a pussy scene? Watch Crash, how's that for a pussy scene
Duu. I agreed. It broke me too... My eyes got watery.. When hes brother said it wasnt your falt...
Just like the james brown movie when he was speeding away from the cops and then saw his parents
@@neomatrix6749 thank you
Sounds like you need therapy
“Even all that dope couldn’t keep you away from me”
That’s when it hit me strong. That mother love will never die out no matter where you are.
Андрей Бахарковскй yeah well that’s your opinion, smart ass.
And no matter what you do!
And no matter if you have something planned.
This can't begin to show the true horror of withdrawal. You watch this and see a man detox in less then 6 minutes. The truth is that every second feels like days. You can't sleep because you're legs feel unbelievably restless. You're constantly sweating and then freezing cold amplified by the sweat that's covering you in every inch, every crack and crevice. You have to shit every 10 mins and piss every 15-30 depending on how much you drink. And the worst is no sleep. If you have a cold you just take some cold medicine and sleep through it. But with withdrawal you can NEVER sleep. So you experience every second of it. God help and bless those that have this fight ahead of them. It isn't impossible, you just need to submit to the love and will of God and seek help. I know because that's what helped me. God bless and take care.
Joey Taplin *THAN & *YOUR
Joseph Mike Why would I worship a God that makes me beg for relief from the torture he created? He should just see someone’s in pain and help them. Either he has the power to do so and doesn’t want to (all powerful but not all good) or he wants to but doesn’t have the power to (all good but not all powerful). He can’t be both, and I am not going to worship a selfish, mean-minded, egotistical God who claims that he is.
Brennan Barber I’m really lateeee but I wanted to say this, I know how you’re feeling but you just have to understand that everything is test a faith. Maybe God wants to prove something to you that you may not understand now. Give God a chance to work new wonders in you, all it takes is faith and trust. You’re not alone in this world trust me you’ll son discover you’re purpose but you just have to take the first step and God will always heal you and bring you out of every difficulty. Remember God never promised us a wonderful life but, he gave us tools to bring us out of every difficulty. The reason was meant to show the greater purpose. A purpose that each and everyone of us have .
Ps.-Sorry for misspelling and typo ❤️
**I KNOW THIS IS LONG, BUT PLEASE READ. I THINK IT WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM**
I understand, but when people say "I can't prove it to you, you just gotta believe", that helps no one. If I told you I had an invisible unicorn beside me at all times and told you there isn't a single piece of evidence to support my claim, but "you just gotta believe me", you'd think I was crazy. That is the *logical* way to live.
I understand (most) religions teach good morals, and can help a young man/woman grow up to become a wonderfully kind adult, but my problem is when people of faith are passing off these ideas as if they are fact when they haven't the evidence to call it that. How us agnostics operate, is we are by no means saying that there isn't God, I think that is important for you to know. But what we *do* say is, we are not going to spend our lives on our knees thanking a God that there is no evidence of.
I understand you have good intentions, but there is nothing anyone can tell me that can make me change my mind. I need to be shown undeniable PROOF or else God, to me, sounds like a bunch of bullshit people made up in the old days back when they thought the sun was a few miles away, thought the earth was flat, and didn't even know what a germ was, in an early attempt to understand how everything happened. But *now* , we live in a world of SCIENCE, where we conduct thorough studies and explore space to give us a better understanding of how everything got here.
So what makes more sense to believe, decades and decades of tests conducted by trained and educated scientists with highly advanced tools which can be used to present FACTS and EVIDENCE to the people on Earth (which is way older than the bible says it is, which there is undeniable proof of), OR should I believe the people who, like I said, hadn't the tools to study the earth or the scientific knowledge of a middle school student today, with nothing but a book written by some dude claiming to be compelled by a magical all-powerful creator that we have to believe exists, just because? And if we DON'T, He (God), who claims to love us, will send us to be tortured in a pit of fire and demons for all of eternity...that is not love, that is the act of an egotistical, mean-minded God who's face I would spit in for the pain and agony he has caused if I ever came face-to-face with Him.
Brennan Barber well I must say I’m glad you replied and I will try to understand.
My foundation is not yours. we’re not the same, so I don’t know how you lived or how you were brought up. To tell you the truth, I have TOO many questions that are still not answered. All I know is that as long as I believe in God which you believe in too (in a different way) , things will eventually unfold I’m actually happy you spoke you’re mind most people would actually tell me to shut up. I know you need evidence, we all do but ,just know things will eventually unfold. I’m happy at least you know that there is a God. Alright well Iol sorry I’m not trying to preach so I wish you well but I do hope you get the facts you’re looking for one day
The woman who played his mama should’ve won an Oscar for her role!
Facts my nigga
I’ve been thinking about that for years.
Yes bro. I cried
@Devil Dog US Marine STFU you may not have emotions but others do
Damn just start handing them out like Oprah
The part where he's seeing his mom and talks to his brother is what I watch when I need a good cry. Just too much to handle for me emotionally.
Jose Chavez Same here
Youre a pathetic baby and you should go wear diapers you fuck
wtf? like I've always said....people here watch too many movies
It still gives me chills up to this day when he “regains” his eye sight because he literally sees the way his surroundings were before he officially went blind.😞
@Heidi Harper It was all in his head when he thought he "saw" his mom and brother. He was self aware that he's still a grown up during that moment.
Yep, but if you're looking to try to find the real Ray Charles with his eyes open well good luck.
This has got to be the most intense and most shocking piece of cinema I’ve ever seen.
Ever heard of requiem for a dream?
@@tyresefinney6602 marlon wayans killed that role
Tyrese Finney beat me to it lmao
Watch leaving las vegas, the scene where nicholas cage has a withdrawal from alcohol. It wasn't even the fact that he tried to stop, in the movie he drinks so much that his body cant go without it for long periods
You must not have seen Born on the 4th of July (1989). A Universal Pictures film.
jamie foxx is amazing here!
I remember this scene scaring the living shit out of me.....
I was only 10 yrs old I did not have a goddamn clue what was going on
I was traumatized by this scene as a kid when I saw it out of context. I was thinking " I don't want whatever that is".
It did
It scares me til this day
Felt sick just watching it 😶
box lover OMG YES
I seen this when i was 7 i was confused but i knew it was serious
same here!! i thought that was just me who had this scene engrained in their memory from childhood 😭
That is exactly what opiate withdrawl is and barbiturate/benzo/ethanol. How horrible that he suffered like this, at least he had a real DR who had balls to offer him meds to help him through not like this trash we have today .
we have methadone and buprenorphine...both of these saved my life
Any "meds" that help people through during opiate withdrawal just prolong the process of detox, due to those "meds" being opiate agonist themselves.
Will E. Fistergash its a legitimate debate.. People end up on methadone and suboxone for years.. I would know..
@@Jake-dc8yx Ah, are you a doctor?
What trash are you referring to, Jennifer?
They did a good job portraying the horrors of cold turkey detox. I've done it multiple times and Everytime it's agony. Pain, sickness, soaking wet in sweat but freezing than burning up a second later. And when the no sleep for days catch's up the hallucinations start. Then the depression and confusion. It's a very harsh experience that can't be described to a non user. Best description I would say would be worst flu you've ever had times 10 on top of a week of no sleep, while the thought of craving something times a hundred haunts every second of the day. To anyone going thru this. I'm so sorry. Keep your head up and remember it's a timer that will eventually end.
What makes it so difficult is like you said the lack of sleep by day 3 and no sleep you’re just done. That and knowing that this can all go away with 10 bucks and phone call takes a toll on your psyche.
@@Duzz14 that's what drove me crazy to. Knowing a hour wait, a lil cash, and boom feel like a million bucks even if it was only back to normal. Cause it's so much better than bring that sick. I've had to convince friends to ignore my calls ilor tackle me if I tried to leave.
I’m 31 days clean off a 10 bag of fetanyal a day (at the very least). You fucking summed it up better than anyone ever has. After five days of being awake, I started sleeping 2 hours a night but it didn’t even feel like I was sleeping. Every night, two hours. I was going insane. Last night is the first night I slept all night. It’s day 31, and I’m finally out of it. No suboxone. No methadone. Anyone can do it, as long as they are ready for the withdrawal to strip you of Everything and leave you in the hole you dug for yourself for a little while. Hard isn’t the word, it’s literally the fight for your life. Anyone who has quit cold turkey, you are literally one in a million.
I'm proud of you keep up the good work. God Bless You
@@davids4192 christ you're lucky you're alive. Fentanyl is a killer, almost more so than dope. I'm amazed and humbled by your strength. I mean that. Keep doing whatever you are doing, because it's working for you.
What a brave man!
To choose to quit heroin cold turkey (especially when injecting it) is an extremely brave move!
Ray went through so much turmoil his whole life, and even losing his eyesight didn't defeat him, but made him stronger.
This movie makes me cry!
This man overcame so much!
Incredible piece of cinematic art. Scenes like this really don't get enough credit.
That was my favorite part of the movie!!!
It made cry when said he kept his promise and his mom said he still became a cripple and when he knew he let his mama down and Started crying hit me hard
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think he started using drugs so he could heal from the pain that was too deep inside that wasn’t easy to heal. Losing his brother, his vision, and having to cope with it all was obviously the catalyst that led him to try and self-medicate. The thing about addiction and drugs/alcohol is that it never “fixes” a person. It only makes the pain worse. It’s a good thing Ray was able to break free and live.
That scene hit so hard. When he sees his mama and little brother again.
It's very sad.😢😢😢😢
A powerful scene and a powerful lesson. If you want to heal and I mean truly heal, you have to face your demons and learn to forgive yourself.
This is what it's like alone in a dark room dealing with guilt ,shame , hatred, and other negative thoughts . I used weed to suppress them and without it I felt like my life was over
You’re right. Weed is on a much lower scale, but again, any drug is an escape, and the fact you’re figuring out you were using weed to run from things is very mature. Just NEVER make the mistake of using other drugs. Because I’ll tell you something, if marijuana withdrawal (which I know is real) made you feel bad, you do not want to experience this. This is a whole other monster. Addiction is cunning and powerful. And the fact is, most people don’t quit dope because they don’t want to go through this. Stay away from pills, if you don’t, you’ll wake up one day just like this
I hope you make the choice one day to seek help and resources that will help you address the issues that cause you to want to avoid those emotions with substance use, and know that managing those root issues IS possible and so, so worth the effort.
lol weed is less addictive than caffeine, im a heroin addict, fuck outta here.
@Brandon Gravitt No it really isn't all that addictive. If you can quit drinking soda you can quit smoking weed. This person just wants attention for lacking any self-control it seems.
@Brandon Gravitt Call ur mom man, you only get one
Jamie Foxx absolutely NAILED that role.
This is one of the most powerful scenes from a movie! I love how he talks to his mom and brother. It’s an awakening. He’s in another realm for sure.
This part was the best, I just wanted to cry because he got to see his momma again
George was right; it wasn’t Ray’s fault. It was his mother’s fault for leaving them unattended near that washtub
Agreed, but accident happens. And it hard to avoided it most of the time.
Good will Hunting!
@@DinoTechTurboCharge ain't that the truth?
Rest in Heaven Paradise Mr Charles ✨✳️👏🏾
I guess this is what Robert Downey Jr went through. But he was on all kinds of drugs.
RDJ was on alcohol and coke.
Not just alcohol and coke He was a junkie to fillest at one point in his life, and any real junkie knows that term junkie only applies to someone strung out on heroin
@Braeden Roby no it isnt
@@taetomftigh what? Did u really just say Iron Man is not more famous I mean bruh come on man....lol.
@@taetomftigh I think it’s safe to say Iron Man is more popular than Charlie Chaplin at this point
This woman, the woman who makes ray's is beautiful. My God, her skin 😍😍😍😍😍
RIP the Genius of Soul!
The way she comforts her son is a miracle and He always has his little brother by his side And the way He stands on his own 2 feet always the same
Ray Charles is so real. Represents a lot of us who us are strong, who we were ,who we are,will be able to overcome. Doing all we can on our own. But sometimes we just need to receive and accept help from others
My favorite most real most influential movie in my life Describing me as a person Al the eay
Way
This scared the shit out of me as a kid!!
Mee too
Right! I thought I was the only one it really freaked me out, I will never put a finger on a drug.
@@milan_babex4458 factual.
If this doesn’t discourage kids from doing drugs, idk what will..
I was traumatized by this scene as a kid when I saw it out of context. I was thinking " I don't want whatever that is".
I am a recovering heroin addict, I was smoking heroin for a year and a half, and dabbling another year and a half before that, this scene depicts it so well, you are on your hands and knees, sickening cold chills, sweating, nausea, stretching your body like you just got out of bed but all the time and with so much agony, and the worst one of all (at least for me) is the restless legs, when you are going through proper heroin withdrawals, it feels like someone is grabbing your legs really hard every single second, it doesnt stop, you have so many muscle spazms and agonizing pains, it forces you to take more, seeing this scene, reminded me how good sober life is, when you try to stop smack it feels like the devil is laughing at you. Ray is a goddamn soldier, he inspires me so much, stay strong everyone
I always got the worst of it in my hands for some reason. The same restless body aches, but concentrated in my hands. Felt it all over of course but thats where it was worst. Id try laying on them all the time, just get some minor relief....Thank God I'm not currently going through it.
I’m a recovering opiate addict myself and I can tell you without a doubt being dope sick is probably the worst feeling ever, imagine having the flu but times 100, wanting to jump out of your skin, feeling extremely tired and restless at the same time, your legs and arms throbbing with pain and the anxiety that would make anyone do anything to make it go away, that’s why for us doing anything and I mean anything to get the next one so you don’t feel sick forget getting high, it stopped being about getting high and enjoying it long time ago this was just to feel normal enough to climb out of bed so maybe you can get some food in your system
I remember the ending very well as a kid. This gives me the chills
I’ve been there before with alcohol withdrawals, it’s the exact feeling cold and with a the flu but I was never blessed enough with nurses to rehydrate me I had to deal with it on my own, with the vomiting 🤮 and IBS sometimes I didnt make it to the toilet 🚽 I had to piss and shit at the same time being on the toilet for an hour at the time and being accused of being on drugs. It was so hard mentally and physically to this day I’m 60 days sober no alcohol.
Keep up the good work. God Bless You
Happy 1 year of being sober 💜
@@moonhattrelyrics The chances are he’s probably relapsed by now
Jamie fox is amazing
Indeed. That's why he won an Oscar for being Ray!
Man poor ray i cried
Ray was in a lot of pain. He'd probably snap if you were trying to talk to him "Did you lose your little brother right in front of you? No, you don't get it. You weren't there". Someone should have told him "Ray I know what its like to blame everyone else for your pain and to blame yourself". It wouldn't help if you said to him and shouldn't say to him "Ray, there's nothing you could have done". Ray would still say painfully about George "He needed help and I didn't do anything. I just froze". Seeing him and his mom is definitely what he needed.
I know you won't be able to find the real late Ray Charles with eyes opened.
I watch this clip and it brings back the memories of my father at the end of his life who died in the throws of a Detox or we call it here the D.T.'s his liver failed from years of heavy drinking non stop for 24 years. My father became septic while in the deepest part of D.T.'S in the end at the hospital he didn't even recognise me, his own son. This clip only shows the tiniest sliver of the pain but it is a start of an accurate portrayal.
I feel so so bad for him. I wish I was there with him to give him a hug. 😢😭
me too
@Carter Wop Yeah, but it would at least be sympathetic.
Jesus help that man
OH MY GOSH THIS SCENE MAKES ME CRY!!!!😭😭😭😂
SAME AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT MY PIANO TEACHER MADE US WATCH THIS!!
This bloody scene makes me cry all the time.
This is the most saddest part of the movie
1:45 Jesus. This was probably the most intense and disturbing scene I ever walked in on as a kid. I had no idea what the hell was going on, and I just couldn't stop looking lol
I was one of those kids too 😅
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This gave me nightmares and scared me when I was younger.
The most poignant and significant focus of the whole movie was wrapped up into this single scene, Jamie Foxx definitely EARNED the Oscar and the admiration of the entire viewing audience for his portrayal of the wonderful Musician Ray Charles! KUDOS AND KARMA combined into ONE!
I'm a grown man and would love my mom to just say it once and give me a hug.
Absolutely beautiful movie about absolety greatfull blind pianist
ray going to get his brother this time i guess he was wishing he can save his brother the whole time
Clayton White the moment he said, "it wasn't your fault" that was the glass breaker right there
@@josephhernandez1885 yeah. So sad it took him so long to realize
This scene was so good
the fact he went to rehab many times shows he really wanted to end his addiction
This scene is so shocking and sad but important to know in life, make great decisions and don’t risk your life on drugs and stay strong always!! 😢😢😢❤❤❤!!
Oh man I broke down so many times watching this scene.
I watched the movie recently and I was in tears watching this scene cause I do relate Ray's situation. He has definitely gone through so much since his childhood with his guilt, pain and struggle with being blind and dealing with drugs to kill his pain during his business with music.
Jamie Foxx was really worth to win an Oscar for this main role.
Yep the best black history movie ever.
1:01 When she gets a new bf after y'all broke up 2 days ago
Hoodville 😭
Hard part is realizing what you're missing. Sometimes it's hard to remember what you even used to want.
The worst demons are those that you put upon yourself.
Shortcomings you wouldnt allow yourself to live down. Shortcomings that never exsisted.
I blamed myself for my fathers death for so long. "If I had gotten there sooner" cut so deep...for so long.
It wasnt my fault, I didn't know, I didn't have the ability, If I did it would've been different.
after 5 years..I relapsed.(sure not a good way to honor his memory) honestly, worstly.... It helped. and eventually the pain of blaming myself and missing my dad became... a very painful footnote that I relish and resent every time I think of it. a memory slowly being filed away nearer to the back... .
But my go to drugs- weed, alcohol.... sometimes a 2day binder with friends didnt. It's hard. It's hard to stop doing shit that's easily fun.... But it's also easy to enjoy shit that was hard once you've earned it.
To all of you struggling with addiction and its been so long that you think you lost sight of everything you loved other than the rush, or push back what hurt you when you were younger.... I really don't have a slick phrase or cure all answer.
For me, I had to face my demons after figuring out what they were- Sitting in a room crying sometimes for 10-20 minutes at a time about your dead father. In pain every moment as you replay and break down the situation second by second that has bothered you- Why did it happen? Could I do anything to change the outcome if I was in the exact same position again? If I couldn't have done anything different, sadly.... life can be really fucking lame.
Some things are planned for, or even somewhat expected. Save up, buy a house, go to work, not necessarily the plan... but nobody is shocked if maybe some issues with mortgage, or neighbors, or the boss is a cock sucker, right? On the other hand when something rare and unfortunate happens- people often take it personally as if the universe intended it, or it was their doing. Things do just happen. Basically I just hope nobody is in my shoes, which I know a lot of people are. Learn from the past, dont dwell.
Have a plan to kick ass. you can't change something thats already happened. You also dont need to repeat the same mistakes.
But I will say this - this cliche garbage, but here goes.
There's so much great joy to be had in life. I know you're so far away from the joy you once had that the only thing you know is that dragon..... but you know there were times you felt just as good, maybe even slightly better than on drugs maybe as a kid or early in highschool. You still can feel that good sober, after 5 years of no dope.... I felt like I had a laugh again. Your brain will recover plenty to enjoy yourself- I did. AND To those who never have- I realize there are people much much less fortunate than I. There is joy, and real happiness to be had out there. In america if you work only missing 5 days a year. in 3 years you WILL be happy. You WILL have a car, and you WILL have your own place.
As for squandered friends, social relationships. Bridges were built before.... I suppose even in ashes there has to be a few nails still worth using. Reach out, it's probably not important who was wrong or right. Tell them what you're doing to change- if they write you off... So what? Ok yeah- that really fuckin hurts. leaves a pit in your stomach.... but dont stop doing what you need to do.
Which is 1
Apply for financial assistance- any way shape and form
2 after applications for assistance are out, go through craigslist calling the first 3 pages of job listings. Dont have those skills? Ask if they'll train you starting at the bottom.
3 no job from craigslist? Where is somewhere you want to work? Show up in person early, clean asking for a job.
Still no job? go to an employee staffing agency.
If you still don't have a job you probably beat a child to death, but even then.... there are day laborer companies that pay you to sign up and wait on a corner for work. pay per day random jobs.
Samuel Mason great story. Terrible ending lol
Kelton Carroll This was such an amazing written story
Until the child beating part lmao
It makes me cry. Watching Ray Charles suffering. 😭
I remember as a kid watching this but remember the rest but three months ago I watched it again on BET and this scene was emotional and when Ray hugging his mom and his brother is the most emotional scene I’ve ever seen. I watch the scene again on TH-cam and it made me cry. This was the first scene I cried, I never cry while watching any movies but this one did.
This is why I don’t do drugs
not IDubbbztv hell yeah
He did those drugs to supress his trauma from the past
Empty threats Like his granny and heroin destroys everything
There is nothing wrong with Smoking weed
@@Piano_improvisations coming from a pothead, it's always better to stay sober. But if you're already smoking weed, just stick to weed
This makes me sad 😭😭😭
I noticed when Ray shouts for the doctor to come back was the same as his mother when he was going through his struggle
1:02 When she sends a “I fell asleep” text the next morning.
That sequence where he flashes back is real. During withdrawl your body temperature can become so elevated that you go into like a fever dream or have fever hallucinations. These might be different for everyone but during my worst bout of withdrawl I had an experience just like this but I was hallucinating in my minds eye that I had become part of a jonestown like cult. Still is very real to me
Patrick Bauchau was always real good in roles like this doctor he played here
He played a Dr in House MD also.
this scene scared the shit out of me when I was in middle and high school because it's pretty damn raw - and Jamie Foxx's portrayal of detoxing is pretty accurate to what I've heard people describe - but at the same time, the weird frantic editing, the inserts of ray charles on snorricam, and how he's just really hammering in the point that detoxing is NOT FUN lends itself to comedy, especially after seeing Walk Hard.
I laughed at Johnny Cash ripping out a sink when I saw Walk the Line in theaters. I know what it's like to realize a serious dramatic moment and inspired piece of acting can be made funny by accident.
same, especially because my piano teacher made me watch this!!!!
A help from a mother’s love. When he saw his brother he told it wasn’t his fault.😢
1:02 when she text you goodnight at 7:30 but she post “who up” on her snap at 2:00am.
I remember hearing that withdrawals last for 3 days! This last time it was about a month…with the worst of it lasting about 5 days…(10 years methadone..in a county jail cell).
They turned this legendary scene into a friggen godly meme 🤦🏿♂️
😭😭😭
Which part of it is a meme?
@@True_Damage69 1:00
@@gvapanese dude now that I know it's a meme it's so funny now. I know its not a good thing to laugh at but I cant help it
I remember watching this as a kid feeling so bad for him
Those were some serious withdrawals he was going through
Ray...... it wasn’t your fault. It made me cry.
Reminds me of Good Will Hunting
One of the most realistic depictions of "quitting cold turkey," that I've ever seen.
When George came out I started to cry
Man I just lost it 😢
1:02 when the imposter is sus
😂😂
She raised him right
The easy part is the rehab. The hard part is every day after rehab
4:03-5:45 Imagine 🤔💭 if this exact scene would be another added scene for the Bobby Brown story just so in Bobby’s hallucination and/or dream would take him back to where he started just so he can see his family again that he lost years ago including his best friend James “Jimbo” Flint one ☝️ more time before he goes back into the real world to keep making changes like he’s been doing I know they had a cookout with his new family but I feel like their needs to be a tribute for everyone who was gone too soon from his life at the ending of the tv series?!.
1:00 when your girl posts a pic of her and your boys on Snapchat but she told you she’s at home curled up with a book and hot Tea.
The fact seeing the character Ray Charles with his eyes opened is actually really cool but if you try to find the real late Ray Charles with his eyes opened well good luck because there's only pictures of him with his eyes shut.
1:00 the real reason you here
1:02 me on my third day in Jamaica off my $13.35 flight 😂
😂😂 13:35?
Shit after watching as a kid, this scene affected me more than the DARE Program in school. SAY NO TO DRUGS Y'ALL.
Been there, going through it now.
1:42
I know this was a very serious scene & trust me, I been thru the same exact thing when I got clean but when he said "Oh no, no needles! We ain't doin' that!" 😂😂😂 That was hilarious because it's so true. That's exactly what I said in Detox. 😂😂 If it ain't gonna get me high, I don't want no needles stuck in me ever 😂😂😂
yup....thats withdrawal for ya...of course everyone is different...but its hell regardless
This is how you heal!
Yo I’m gonna be real bro everytime I watch this scene right here for some reason I just get traumatize from watching it because it’s like it feels so real like we are in his world like real great job universal studios
Imagine being blind and dope sick
@@bobTom37 omg 😂
@@bobTom37 Yeah I was wondering the same thing too, like how is he doing heroin? Because it ain't easy peezy finding a vein not being able to see. Maybe he has a heroin helper.
@@likkerland you can sniff dope. It isnt necessary to "cook" and shoot it. A blind person could certainly manage it.
0:56 We'll do it YOUR way.
Then he removed his glasses!
Here from TK and twitter memes
It wasn’t his fault in real life he tried to get his brother he pulled his ankles but George was too heavy for him and he was to shocked at what was happening that he couldn’t get his mom but then he thought and ran to his mom and it also wasn’t his fault cuz he thought George was just playing but he realized what was actually happening
He could’ve just tipped over the tub and the water would’ve spilled and George may have survived but coughing and spluttering to get it out
1:04 A meme was created😂
This is a meme? I had no idea.
That’s not funny, he’s sick, what if you were sick and someone will laugh at you
@@marilynrimmer9282 oh shut up it was a got damn meme I saw on Twitter of this
@@marilynrimmer9282 calm down
Strongest man I ever seen
Those problems are real you know? The shaking and the restlessness and the hallucinations and stomach problems. Withdrawal is evil.
This movie is great I watched it last night
😂😂I thought Jamie was da real Ray for da longest
This was Jamie's best performance.
It was one of those performances where the actor disappeats and you feel like your watching the real person.
Like Chadwick Boseman as James Brown, Wylie Draper as Michael Jackson, Denzel Washington as Malcolm X or Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla
That scene used to traumatize me as a child and now i can watch this scene and laugh because of the memes that been produced because of this! 🤣
Lol me too, had nightmares and everything
This is why I'm never doing drugs in my life.
man this movie is fucking powerful
Anita Baker - Angel - The Songstress (1983).