this interview blew me away as a recovering addict i see his pain but he shows a high level of self awareness i hope he is able to find recovery one day
@@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet if you can't see that this troubled man shows a high level of intelligence then maybe you don't posses the same thing that he has. It's ripping out the man, he knows what's going on and why he is where he is.
@@4kingace379 I agree, he doesn't care or want to change otherwise he would have done, I was a drug addict and alcoholic for 30 odd year's and spent alot of that time on the street's, however I chosen to sort myself out, so it is possible but at the moment he's clearly happy doing what he's doing!🙄😂
4 years clean for me yesterday. My key worker convinced me to change from my methadone script to a monthly injection 4 years ago. The change was terrifying at the time. I can never thank my key worker enough for helping change my life. Truly believe I would be 6ft under if I'd have carried on using
@@mloc-u8u There is using and not using, that's obviously all that matters. I don't keep track of how long it has been on purpose or as some kind of badge. It just easy to remember because of how much life has changed since then. It's not part of my identity. It's since I got a completely new life.
@@BirmzisgrimeRawUncut Hi, I think that your video could use the start of a song I made. The name of the song is Horror Depts by Disco Drizzle and can be found on Spotify. I'll leave a link in the next comment as they are sometimes deleted.
Sometimes the right music and video can be as addictive as a drug, maybe not as much so as the ones that Rikki is on. If you don't use this tune, I hope that you find one or even if you don't use music, good luck, this content is among the best that I have seen in this genre. The telling part of the video is when he says that 'it' was legal for 5 years and then they pull the carpet from underneath everyone. This happens on an individual and national level, thanks to the authorities.
@@CharleneRees-g8jYep! It’s a cesspool unfortunately and the council, police force has just left it to go to rack and ruin! It used to be a great city but over the last few decades it’s just become a dump! The street crime has got to such a stage that people are scared to go out at night, it really is that bad! Some of the estates, the police won’t even go there and they have become lawless with open drug dealing, prostitution in the streets, feral gangs on e-bikes whizzing around terrifying the locals! - I am not exaggerating, it’s a flipping dump and I don’t see how it can be turned around! The council is financially bankrupt too so there’s no funding! The police are completely demoralised and don’t even bother to police some areas. It’s beyond hope and the locals are trapped in their homes whilst all around them the place disintegrates. It’s not even safe in the town centre as people are regularly robbed in broad daylight- like I say - the police barely even try to police it! It has one of the highest crime rates of any city per capita in Europe! I feel for anyone living there because it literally is one of the worst places you could possibly live and there doesn’t seem to be any plans to fix it! They’ve literally given up on Birmingham. The place is completely fucked!
There must have been about 100 different kinds of spice that came through Perth, Australia about 10 years ago. I bought a $20 packet one day purely out of curiosity and smoked a fat pipe of it before completey and utterly losing my mind. I was hallucinating so badly that at one point I thought I was riding a horse through the city. When I finally came back down to planet earth I was in the corridor of some high rise apartment block in the city and had absolutely no idea how I had got there. It was terrifying. I immediately threw the rest of it away. I was shocked at what it did to me psychologically.
I was a bit of a stoner at uni back in the early 2010s and a girlfriend brought some of the original JWH stuff over. We smoked one joint of it and I have never had an experience like that. I was paralyzed in bed, full on visual distortions like I was sinking into a hole in the ground, body melted away, I needed to move but just couldn't. Had an absolutely wicked headache all the next day. And that was one of the better adjusted ones, fuck knows what the later shit was like.
@@Nosterartis Yep, sounds about right. I've met lots of other people who have very similar stories to tell. That they experienced severe hallucinations, disassociation, paranoia and paralysis. I'm amazed the shit was legal for as long as it was.
Just read your comment and just want to ask how do you maintain your recovery?.... I'm interested because I'm in recovery also and I find some days are a struggle and wanting to know how you cope and what helps you to stay clean each day? Congratulations for getting clean. I was in addiction for over 30 years and it took me so many attempts to get clean
Yeah, a real ray of sunshine when discussing conning and robbing the elderly. You sap. Easiest thing in the world, throwing your life away on drink and drugs. Cry me a river about his tough upbringing, who didn't.
Sad thing is that although it's great he's taking responsibility, I'm sure there ARE actually other people to blame. Childhood trauma, abuse and poverty combine to create these people suffering.
I see this guy every day and I’ve given him money before that’s why I clicked on the video. He’s obviously not stupid even if he’s on drugs and can’t get off them. Where I’m conflicted is he seems proud that he scammed people with the roofs etc which would have been peoples nans etc and also laughs about people being mugged. Drugs are an excuse for a lot of things but he’s smart enough to know what he’s saying. I won’t be giving this guy any money anymore.
He just doesn't GIVE a shit, about other ppl and robbing them doesn't care about the struggles he cause these other ppl by robbing them, he is the perfect definition of WHAT we in ENGLAND call RAT... HAS GOT NO MORALS WHAT SO EVER, AND THINKS NOTHING ABOUT ROBBING A GRANNIE, AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS ALSO STRUGGLING, REGARDLESS OF HIS INTELLIGENCE..... HE ACCTUALY GIVES PPL WITH ADDICTION PROBLEMS OF ALL KINDS A REALY SHITTY NAME, WHEN THERE LOADS OF PPL OUT THERE WHO STRUGGLE WITH WORSE ADDICTIONS THAN HIM, AND WHO HAVE KEPT HOLD OF HERE MORALS, WHO NEVER STEAL OFF OTHER PPL OR FROM SHOPS N BUISNESS ES, WHO DONT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD , WHO WORK FOR A LIVING AND EVEN IF THEY DONT WORK THAY SUPPORT THERE OWN ADDIC1TIONS BEST THAY CAN, AND WHEN THAY DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO, THAY DO WITHOUT AND SUFFER AND HAVE TO GO THRU DAYS OF EXTREAM WITHDRAWALS ETC UNTILL THAY GET THERE OWN MONEY PAID TO THEM AGAIN FACT..... HE'S A DREG , A RAT... HE THINKS ITS COOL TO BE HOW HE IS, AND HOW HE LOOKS FACT HE LOVES THE LOW LIFE NAME HE'S GOT, AS HE'S GOT NO MORALS... MAYBE HARD FOR SOME PPL TO HERE BUT ITS ABSOLUTELY TRUE....... COMING FROM A FULLY QUALIFIED DRUG COUNCILLOR, AND A ONCE FULL BLOW DRUG ADDICT..... FACT... SO IM NOT BEING HORRIBLE AT ALL,, ITS THE TRUTH, AS HORRIBLE AS WHAT I'VE WROTE SOUNDS, ITS A FACT, PPL THAT THINK AND ACT LIKE HIM, THAT BECOME RATS HAVE NO MORALS AND LOVE LETTING PPL KNOW THERE GUTTER SNIPE LOW AND CANT GET ANY LOWER... FACT.
This young man seemed honest down to earth.If you read this young man please get clean as you have lots to offer.Still have human decency and your parents would love you to be back in there lifes
@Totalinternalreflection there's no exscuse for ripping people off imo..as I've said earlier in a post I'm a addict in Recovery and when I was broke I layed on the coach in pain and Rattled.its how were brought up imo, I would never rob or hurt someone and then to brag about it.nahh there's no exscuse. And there's plenty help out there too il assure u.He acctually says it " I get board when I get clean" well go to the gym or take up fishing idk but to be a bum on a bench is a choice.
@Totalinternalreflection don't get me mixed up though I know there's homelessness on plenty benches but that's the diff, given a chance most homeless would jump at any chance to change. He's made a life choice..jmo though.
@Scotland_the_Brave1984 while I agree that there's no excuse for ripping people off I disagree that his whole position is a simple choice, you just don't know what other people have been through or what mental health issues they have. We can't look at someone else and say to ourselves well I wouldn't do that so therefore it's a simple choice on their part. That's just not how it works.
Pure facts a proper clever guy. I have had to hold an addiction down since I was 13 and at 16 on the b and c and like this guy my employer s used to love me using coz I worked hard. Life is of a slower pace now in middle aged but I have maximum respect for Ricky he says it how it is. I wish you all the best. And great video 📹 👍 👌
This guy is disarmingly honest, he is interesting to listen too and has a base decency that you would not always expect from someone who has had some tough knocks . No whining or self pity. Refreshingly different.
I know a girl who started smoking spice shen she was 21. She was always smart, had a good job working for the council, had a nice car and holidays abroad. Within 2 years she lost it all
There's a good heart in there and a good brain. Figure out how to get this man back on track and you'll have figured out one of the worlds toughest problems.
No cap this was deeper than you thought, big up the guy for being real though respect I know where you are now I’ll pass down bring him a few things minor 💯
Bless that fellow Ricky speaks the truth Once an addict always an addict no such thing as an ex addict I’m an addict but clean wouldn’t say I’m an ex addict get down with the sickness
Seen this lad on the way home from work last week doing press ups and hand stands outside Newtown swimming baths. Then next day he was just walking right infront of the traffic not giving a care thought he was gonna get took out. Shame to see but can't help him unless he wants to help himself 💯
hes ok he might need help with some things but not with the drugs he clearly is happier and wiser than most of the normal public i dont think thats a problem for him he just unfortunate and can function on stuff when he has the chance.. Some people have no family end up homeless due to no fault of their own and you automatically think their problem is drugs which sometimes its just a family death so u lose ur house, how do i know? Im talking about me. I looked like that for 2years because i had nowhere to go had to shower in swimming pools but then everything closed Ldown so i had no restaurants for toilets or anything then.. And im back to normal now wasnt easy but have got a place and never had to stop my 'hobbies/self medication" some of us would rather trust ourselves to research whats best for us rather than trust a clueless Dr with no clue about anything they give you theyr just following orders and i promise you check the NiCE procedures they dont have your best interests at heart they focus on affordability and maximum profit by switching meds to avoid generics or totally not providing certain things a private paid for Dr would be happy to.. He seems wiser than most but its a short vid who knows he seemed sound tho.. i can however attest to my own highly above average intelligence which is a lifelong gift/curse iv always had regardless of my medication on breaks or during heavy use times im still able to do anything (taking things were normal too for most of historys geniuses, you wont find a sober one because the practise has only been villanised in propagandas in the last century and chemists quacks and Drs have only been told not to test things on themselves since the 60s!) And thats because a person with 1st hand experience cant be made to hand out just anything they are told because theyl know it doesn't do what they were told to tell people it does.. Mk ultra was meant to prove with enough drugs you could stupify a whole country and just walk in take over, it had the opposite result made people smarter and even de programmed soldiers of their existing conditioning. This scared them if it de propagandas someone willing to run into gunfire for you that quik imagine the effect it could have on a population whos had much less intensive conditioning than a soldier.. This lead to them quite successfuly trying to scare everyone ever since, scare them of medicine but cleverly use a buzzword to attach the emotions to they chose to use drugs and eventually now we no longer use that word for anything positive.. Much love i hope you expand your mind ✌❤️
Do you know if his name is really Rikki? This looks like my brother 😢 any way you can ask him if he knows my name. Its been years since I lost contact but some things don't add up. It's worth a shot X @BirmzisgrimeRawUncut
@@ChloeMorris-b4n his name is rikki and not many people venture around where he is begging at the lights. Just go there yourself it’s just past new town row the next big set of traffic lights before you go into the city centre. There is a big block of flats next to it and last time I went past was a tent erected by the bushes by the lights. If you need to get a bus the 51, 33 and 907 stop right where he begs. Good luck hope you find him and try get him so help he needs 💯🙏❤️
Such a waste of life! this lad is high on drugs but still talks more sense than the average person, matter of fact he talks more sense than the majority of politicians!! Brutally honest and tuned in this lad could achieve great things in life!
@@xelafehc5036 May I ask what buisness is it of yours to judge my opinion! If you don't think the lad speaks some sense then that's your opinion!!! I respect yours so please respect mine and get a life! Have a great weekend 😀
@@BabushkaOnuk Read the comments mate,you obviously do!!! So you should see that there are many similar comments to mine!!! So why don't you spend the night questioning them?
@@waynekieft4952 No I agree with your original comment about the potential the Brummy vagabond. His mind is sharp. I just believe the guy who questioned you about the sense he was talking was actually asking for your insight. You should give your insight!
This guy also blew me away,very wise, At first glance i thought he we go same old but no, very interesting indeed one the best street talk if not the best! I would love to meet this guy for reel. Im keeping this one in my list forever. THANKS MUCHLYFOR A REAL LIFE TREAT
Problem with this spice aka mamba is that it used to be made with jwh 18 it is impossible to get hold of this now in the UK so they making it with acetone cockroach killer and poppers this is not spice
Manchester was ruined by spice over recent years, I’m unsure if it’s still as bad,I stay away from town now if I can help it, hope that kid gets help and turns his life around, 🙏🏻
He was coping hard at the end. Trying to reassure himself about the decisions he’s made in life by projecting his pain onto others he’s subconsciously envious of.
When the public is less aware than a man on long term spice use thats a huge worry! That stufs so strong most people just collapse or freak out yet hes still better at talking and more aware than 95% of people! Question being tho whats happened to everyone else?? Its crazy how many seem unaware
Wow he has so much to still give. He is intelligent and just needs the help and support to get him off the streets and off the drugs ...God Bless Him 🙏🏾
I was addicted to syntetical marihuana for months. Really addictive was smoking it 24/7. When i decided it was enough i went to terrible withdrawal. No sleep or eat for days and aniexty/depression for months! Took me at least 3 months to feel somewhat myself again. Almost 9 months sober now. Not even smoking real marihuana anymore because it gives me flashbacks
This guy is so smart and intelligent its practically heartbreaking. I work in this field and there's so many like this. Just lost. Just needs that helping hand, and obviously want to change. We do recover.
What a very intelligent man . He could be an asset to a company. I hope he gets on his feet n gets a grapple on his addiction cuz he's wasted on the streets ❤
@@galegrazutis964this ‘intelligent’ thing people are saying shows how unintelligent and narrow minded the commentators are. He’s a person, with the mind of a person. Do they think homeless people are some inept species or something?
Did everyone stop hearing him say that he smashed his mates face in after knocking him out ? Real intelligent. On another note, why do people assume drug addicted homeless folk are automatically unintelligent?
almost 0 withdrawal for as long as u keep eating em u need tons tho but it did something i didn't think was possible.. I was just having fun and accidentally near enuf stopped my tolerance is now 90%less! I can now feel just what absorbs thru my gums then spit it out and feel it still and it was no effort i literally felt great until i had none left to eat lol! Highly recommend 👍
I was in the same situation from 18 smoking weed homeless to 26 on all sorts of drugs and was on heroin and crack but got a job welding and used private landlords hmo now 45 and been clean for two years and never going back but got health issues and now can't work if it wasn't a good friend letting me stay on the sofa i would be homeless even if you want the help its not out there
Tried every drug going and never got addicted dont no how people can get addicted tbh especially to coke coke dont do anything for you mdma on the other hand is best feeling on this planet
Left wing, right wing, same bird..... the guy has gone down the wrong path, but he's more awake than most the sheep out there. Hope his path forks back towards a healthier future🙏🏼
just need a bit more volume on your mic in future videos other that great production, this is a really hard hitting video to watch, winters coming up soon, i hope he's alright. an idea for future video, be cool if you could get in touch with Vernon Burgess, from skint and get a update interview with him see how he's getting on in life.
oh yeah, and use the pin comment, to pin other videos, etc etc :), make sure your filling all the meta data out including tags, even chapters, everything helps the video hit that bit more
He seems like a really sweet and intelligent guy. Its heartbreaking that he has decided that this is the life he is stuck with. He's a similar age to me, I experimented with drugs, came close to addiction several times, and was deep Into the meow meow legal high thing at first too, but... I had too much to lose to allow myself to fall into it. He obviously doesn't know the value of a loving home and normal life as he sees the only option to drugs as the day to day grind, being skint and bored.
Damn!! This guy talking the realest….high AF and still talking more sense than 99% of the politicians, influencers and educators on social media. His lifestyle is a result of becoming disillusioned with this f’d up society in the uk. Great video thanks for sharing! 👍👍
levels guys , the biggest issue in society is self destruction & habits. did a great job twins... should definitely make more of these... open the eyes of the youth
Through all this gentleman’s addiction, he is very intelligent!it just shows that we should never judge a book by its cover! I wish this fella all the best for the future and hope he finds peace!God bless you!
I'm pretty sure that the majority of people would look at this young man and judge him but imagine if every single person sat for 20 minutes and had a chat with him I'm sure that they would walk away with feeling surprised on how well educated he is in life, his street life, lessons learnt ect. Drugs do ruin people's lives no doughty about it. I really wish l had an answer on how to turn this all around, world wide, cheers Tracey from Australia xo
Seems a good lad hopefully he finds the path of recovery! I'll be 2 years clean next week after a 30 year coke habit! There is help out there but you gotta want it ...God bless
No if all other thing are provided e.g security (social security, family, freedom to express thoughts ideas, exercise) then animals hardly get addicted and when they do they keep looking after themselves and others. But put them in a cage without enrichment then the mice get addicted.
@@benayers8622one thing I’ve learned about Asians is that they’re smart and that’s why they live comfortably also they look after each other so they have a great sense of community, I’m not Asian but massive respect to them.
I don’t give homeless nothing no more. I offered get one some food in Sainsbury’s guy didn’t even say thank you so changed my mind since then . Even one asked for money then said get bottle of pop 🥤 I just blanked him at that point.
this interview blew me away as a recovering addict i see his pain but he shows a high level of self awareness i hope he is able to find recovery one day
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He knew the score.. Hard to be sober while intelligent in this country you need something to keep u dumbed to other peoples level sometimes lol
@@benayers8622too right
A high level of intelligence? Why?
@@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet if you can't see that this troubled man shows a high level of intelligence then maybe you don't posses the same thing that he has. It's ripping out the man, he knows what's going on and why he is where he is.
He’s not beyond saving himself. If he finds that strength to want to change, he can still do well in this life for himself.
100& bro, well said
What are you talking about? he earns more than most people and spends most of his life high, sounds like he's doing ok to me
@@greenbunnyinabongo7299 true. Your got to want it enough
@@4kingace379 I agree, he doesn't care or want to change otherwise he would have done, I was a drug addict and alcoholic for 30 odd year's and spent alot of that time on the street's, however I chosen to sort myself out, so it is possible but at the moment he's clearly happy doing what he's doing!🙄😂
You have failed to comprehend what he was saying
£100 a day! It’s drug addiction that’s keeping him homeless, not lack of money
Finally a Real comment that makes sense!
I agree with that 100% bro you're bang on there
£100 don’t last an hour with what he is smoking probably about 3-400 a day more like
@@KennyperseThat’s mental! That’s a days wages to me and he’s just blazing it up in smoke! Crazy!
cry for him , he stuck in the matrix 😊
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4 years clean for me yesterday. My key worker convinced me to change from my methadone script to a monthly injection 4 years ago. The change was terrifying at the time. I can never thank my key worker enough for helping change my life. Truly believe I would be 6ft under if I'd have carried on using
Keep it up
Congratulations your doing great 🙏❤️
I was saved by a doctor and drug team worker in Newquay about 15years ago. They have my gratitude for as long as I live.
@@mloc-u8u There is using and not using, that's obviously all that matters. I don't keep track of how long it has been on purpose or as some kind of badge. It just easy to remember because of how much life has changed since then. It's not part of my identity. It's since I got a completely new life.
Time to get over it. It's boring to non addicts.
Big up BirmzIsGrime by providing a platform for homeless, and showing the other side of Birmingham.
Thank you 🙏 More to come
This is all of Birmingham😂😂
@@BirmzisgrimeRawUncut Hi, I think that your video could use the start of a song I made. The name of the song is Horror Depts by Disco Drizzle and can be found on Spotify. I'll leave a link in the next comment as they are sometimes deleted.
Sometimes the right music and video can be as addictive as a drug, maybe not as much so as the ones that Rikki is on. If you don't use this tune, I hope that you find one or even if you don't use music, good luck, this content is among the best that I have seen in this genre. The telling part of the video is when he says that 'it' was legal for 5 years and then they pull the carpet from underneath everyone. This happens on an individual and national level, thanks to the authorities.
@@CharleneRees-g8jYep! It’s a cesspool unfortunately and the council, police force has just left it to go to rack and ruin! It used to be a great city but over the last few decades it’s just become a dump! The street crime has got to such a stage that people are scared to go out at night, it really is that bad! Some of the estates, the police won’t even go there and they have become lawless with open drug dealing, prostitution in the streets, feral gangs on e-bikes whizzing around terrifying the locals! - I am not exaggerating, it’s a flipping dump and I don’t see how it can be turned around! The council is financially bankrupt too so there’s no funding! The police are completely demoralised and don’t even bother to police some areas. It’s beyond hope and the locals are trapped in their homes whilst all around them the place disintegrates. It’s not even safe in the town centre as people are regularly robbed in broad daylight- like I say - the police barely even try to police it! It has one of the highest crime rates of any city per capita in Europe! I feel for anyone living there because it literally is one of the worst places you could possibly live and there doesn’t seem to be any plans to fix it! They’ve literally given up on Birmingham. The place is completely fucked!
There must have been about 100 different kinds of spice that came through Perth, Australia about 10 years ago.
I bought a $20 packet one day purely out of curiosity and smoked a fat pipe of it before completey and utterly losing my mind. I was hallucinating so badly that at one point I thought I was riding a horse through the city.
When I finally came back down to planet earth I was in the corridor of some high rise apartment block in the city and had absolutely no idea how I had got there. It was terrifying.
I immediately threw the rest of it away.
I was shocked at what it did to me psychologically.
I was a bit of a stoner at uni back in the early 2010s and a girlfriend brought some of the original JWH stuff over. We smoked one joint of it and I have never had an experience like that. I was paralyzed in bed, full on visual distortions like I was sinking into a hole in the ground, body melted away, I needed to move but just couldn't. Had an absolutely wicked headache all the next day. And that was one of the better adjusted ones, fuck knows what the later shit was like.
@@Nosterartis Yep, sounds about right. I've met lots of other people who have very similar stories to tell. That they experienced severe hallucinations, disassociation, paranoia and paralysis.
I'm amazed the shit was legal for as long as it was.
Same, 5 minutes of madness. To intense for me. Stick to shrooms ha.
I tried it once in Arizona thinking it was cannabis. I thought I was a character in the movie Tron and world was a grid. Terrible stuff.
Cheers for giving these people a platform I really hope he can get off that stuff ✌🏻
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Poor lad decent guy addictions a curse sending blessings from ireland 🇮🇪 hope u get your life back 🙏
yeah he was just walking one day and addiction fell from the sky and got him! freaking addiction man it's dangerous out there
@@bajdooo see you around, when it falls on ya
@@bigsmiles768 been addicted but quit because I am not retarded
@@bajdooo lmao what a melon 😭😭
I was on drugs for 15 years and woke up one day and quit bin clean for 2 years
Just read your comment and just want to ask how do you maintain your recovery?.... I'm interested because I'm in recovery also and I find some days are a struggle and wanting to know how you cope and what helps you to stay clean each day? Congratulations for getting clean. I was in addiction for over 30 years and it took me so many attempts to get clean
@@iamoldskoolone day at a time
@@Bigbill-x5h Do you do the 12 steps? One day at a time?
@@iamoldskoolam still trying and I 1st started smoking H in skool in 98. How do people quit the needle. So hard.
Best interview I’ve seen in a long time… and big up my guy real as!
Wise man who's clearly lived it.
I hope he finds recovery.
Thanks Birmz is grime for interviewing him and keeping it raw and uncut.
He’s very honest….best of luck to him
Fair play to him, he owns his addiction, not blaming everyone else, also loved how his face lit up when he spoke zbout his job.
Job? He was scamming old people with the pikeys
Yeah he worked a real job n had a good family before his addiction 😢
Yeah, a real ray of sunshine when discussing conning and robbing the elderly. You sap. Easiest thing in the world, throwing your life away on drink and drugs. Cry me a river about his tough upbringing, who didn't.
Sad thing is that although it's great he's taking responsibility, I'm sure there ARE actually other people to blame. Childhood trauma, abuse and poverty combine to create these people suffering.
@@Callum38 you're probably right, they are all damaged to some degree.
Fair play to you BIRMZ showing the reality! And truth
All drug addiction must be treated as a health emergency rather than criminal charges.portugal does this.
💯 totally agree
Police trying to carry it on for ages.... goes on to give a full confession 😂
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I see this guy every day and I’ve given him money before that’s why I clicked on the video. He’s obviously not stupid even if he’s on drugs and can’t get off them. Where I’m conflicted is he seems proud that he scammed people with the roofs etc which would have been peoples nans etc and also laughs about people being mugged. Drugs are an excuse for a lot of things but he’s smart enough to know what he’s saying. I won’t be giving this guy any money anymore.
It was his legitimate job, of course he's proud. Thinking back on good times that favoured him
Thank you. People blaming drugs for shitty personalities is pathetic.
Paddy the baddie is looking rough
Self snitching is a strange phenomenon
He just doesn't GIVE a shit, about other ppl and robbing them doesn't care about the struggles he cause these other ppl by robbing them, he is the perfect definition of WHAT we in ENGLAND call RAT... HAS GOT NO MORALS WHAT SO EVER, AND THINKS NOTHING ABOUT ROBBING A GRANNIE, AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS ALSO STRUGGLING, REGARDLESS OF HIS INTELLIGENCE..... HE ACCTUALY GIVES PPL WITH ADDICTION PROBLEMS OF ALL KINDS A REALY SHITTY NAME, WHEN THERE LOADS OF PPL OUT THERE WHO STRUGGLE WITH WORSE ADDICTIONS THAN HIM, AND WHO HAVE KEPT HOLD OF HERE MORALS, WHO NEVER STEAL OFF OTHER PPL OR FROM SHOPS N BUISNESS ES, WHO DONT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD , WHO WORK FOR A LIVING AND EVEN IF THEY DONT WORK THAY SUPPORT THERE OWN ADDIC1TIONS BEST THAY CAN, AND WHEN THAY DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO, THAY DO WITHOUT AND SUFFER AND HAVE TO GO THRU DAYS OF EXTREAM WITHDRAWALS ETC UNTILL THAY GET THERE OWN MONEY PAID TO THEM AGAIN FACT..... HE'S A DREG , A RAT... HE THINKS ITS COOL TO BE HOW HE IS, AND HOW HE LOOKS FACT HE LOVES THE LOW LIFE NAME HE'S GOT, AS HE'S GOT NO MORALS... MAYBE HARD FOR SOME PPL TO HERE BUT ITS ABSOLUTELY TRUE....... COMING FROM A FULLY QUALIFIED DRUG COUNCILLOR, AND A ONCE FULL BLOW DRUG ADDICT..... FACT... SO IM NOT BEING HORRIBLE AT ALL,, ITS THE TRUTH, AS HORRIBLE AS WHAT I'VE WROTE SOUNDS, ITS A FACT, PPL THAT THINK AND ACT LIKE HIM, THAT BECOME RATS HAVE NO MORALS AND LOVE LETTING PPL KNOW THERE GUTTER SNIPE LOW AND CANT GET ANY LOWER... FACT.
Sick interview! Feel sorry for this lad, he seems like a real smart kid but unfortunately caught up in a bad situation.
Smart enough to get himself out of it too. The trouble is he probably enjoys it too much.
This young man seemed honest down to earth.If you read this young man please get clean as you have lots to offer.Still have human decency and your parents would love you to be back in there lifes
@ijustagirl74 Human decency really . He put his mate in a coma by "bouncing his head of the kirb " . That's not decency. That's disgusting.
Poor lad hopefully he finds the light in the tunnel.
Spice bad stuff, stay away from that FFS
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Yep, I was addicted to that shit for 3 years, it’s not much fun
Ripping off old people with Pikeys smh, and he sounds proud!
Ikr, acting like it's good honest work. Never trust the gypsies.
Hes high af though, worth taking into account.
@Totalinternalreflection there's no exscuse for ripping people off imo..as I've said earlier in a post I'm a addict in Recovery and when I was broke I layed on the coach in pain and Rattled.its how were brought up imo, I would never rob or hurt someone and then to brag about it.nahh there's no exscuse. And there's plenty help out there too il assure u.He acctually says it " I get board when I get clean" well go to the gym or take up fishing idk but to be a bum on a bench is a choice.
@Totalinternalreflection don't get me mixed up though I know there's homelessness on plenty benches but that's the diff, given a chance most homeless would jump at any chance to change. He's made a life choice..jmo though.
@Scotland_the_Brave1984 while I agree that there's no excuse for ripping people off I disagree that his whole position is a simple choice, you just don't know what other people have been through or what mental health issues they have. We can't look at someone else and say to ourselves well I wouldn't do that so therefore it's a simple choice on their part. That's just not how it works.
Great interview ..This guy made total sense, I couldn't disagree with anything he said ... bless
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@@BirmzisgrimeRawUncut absolutely correct bro
What a state to get yourself into. That’s not living that’s terrible!
Awesome start to your channel mate! Sad to see a good guy really down on his stops… hope he sorts his life out in the end…
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Good honest interview, entertaining/insightful too - hope your channel grows
Pure facts a proper clever guy. I have had to hold an addiction down since I was 13 and at 16 on the b and c and like this guy my employer s used to love me using coz I worked hard. Life is of a slower pace now in middle aged but I have maximum respect for Ricky he says it how it is. I wish you all the best. And great video 📹 👍 👌
Realest video and comment I've seen in a while
This guy is disarmingly honest, he is interesting to listen too and has a base decency that you would not always expect from someone who has had some tough knocks . No whining or self pity. Refreshingly different.
This dude is an articulate educated person,it's a shame.
he's a waster.
He's that intelligent that he chose to take a man made substance instead of sticking to natural ganja 🤷🏻♂️ He's brain dead.
Most addicts are intelligent and kind.
@@danielbooth5035he goes around ripping people off with his roofing and tree business.
Yeah super kind and intelligent
@@yobearpawthe gypsies he worked for did that. The lad was just getting used by them so he could feed his addiction
I know a girl who started smoking spice shen she was 21. She was always smart, had a good job working for the council, had a nice car and holidays abroad. Within 2 years she lost it all
There's a good heart in there and a good brain.
Figure out how to get this man back on track and you'll have figured out one of the worlds toughest problems.
No cap this was deeper than you thought, big up the guy for being real though respect I know where you are now I’ll pass down bring him a few things minor 💯
He is Very switched on and intelligent, could only imagine what his life would have been if he didn’t take hard drugs.
hes enlightened as fk man top dude
Great video bro
Appreciate it
Bless that fellow Ricky speaks the truth
Once an addict always an addict no such thing as an ex addict I’m an addict but clean wouldn’t say I’m an ex addict get down with the sickness
Seen this lad on the way home from work last week doing press ups and hand stands outside Newtown swimming baths. Then next day he was just walking right infront of the traffic not giving a care thought he was gonna get took out. Shame to see but can't help him unless he wants to help himself 💯
He seems to be known by alot by the locals of newtown. 😢 and you are right if you dont want the help you wont stop. Vicious cycle
@@BirmzisgrimeRawUncutyou can tell he ain’t a dumb lad either but just caught up by the horrible world of Addiction 💯
hes ok he might need help with some things but not with the drugs he clearly is happier and wiser than most of the normal public i dont think thats a problem for him he just unfortunate and can function on stuff when he has the chance..
Some people have no family end up homeless due to no fault of their own and you automatically think their problem is drugs which sometimes its just a family death so u lose ur house, how do i know? Im talking about me. I looked like that for 2years because i had nowhere to go had to shower in swimming pools but then everything closed Ldown so i had no restaurants for toilets or anything then.. And im back to normal now wasnt easy but have got a place and never had to stop my 'hobbies/self medication" some of us would rather trust ourselves to research whats best for us rather than trust a clueless Dr with no clue about anything they give you theyr just following orders and i promise you check the NiCE procedures they dont have your best interests at heart they focus on affordability and maximum profit by switching meds to avoid generics or totally not providing certain things a private paid for Dr would be happy to..
He seems wiser than most but its a short vid who knows he seemed sound tho.. i can however attest to my own highly above average intelligence which is a lifelong gift/curse iv always had regardless of my medication on breaks or during heavy use times im still able to do anything (taking things were normal too for most of historys geniuses, you wont find a sober one because the practise has only been villanised in propagandas in the last century and chemists quacks and Drs have only been told not to test things on themselves since the 60s!)
And thats because a person with 1st hand experience cant be made to hand out just anything they are told because theyl know it doesn't do what they were told to tell people it does.. Mk ultra was meant to prove with enough drugs you could stupify a whole country and just walk in take over, it had the opposite result made people smarter and even de programmed soldiers of their existing conditioning. This scared them if it de propagandas someone willing to run into gunfire for you that quik imagine the effect it could have on a population whos had much less intensive conditioning than a soldier.. This lead to them quite successfuly trying to scare everyone ever since, scare them of medicine but cleverly use a buzzword to attach the emotions to they chose to use drugs and eventually now we no longer use that word for anything positive.. Much love i hope you expand your mind ✌❤️
Do you know if his name is really Rikki? This looks like my brother 😢 any way you can ask him if he knows my name. Its been years since I lost contact but some things don't add up. It's worth a shot
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@@ChloeMorris-b4n his name is rikki and not many people venture around where he is begging at the lights. Just go there yourself it’s just past new town row the next big set of traffic lights before you go into the city centre. There is a big block of flats next to it and last time I went past was a tent erected by the bushes by the lights. If you need to get a bus the 51, 33 and 907 stop right where he begs. Good luck hope you find him and try get him so help he needs 💯🙏❤️
Such a waste of life! this lad is high on drugs but still talks more sense than the average person, matter of fact he talks more sense than the majority of politicians!! Brutally honest and tuned in this lad could achieve great things in life!
What sense did he talk may I ask
@@xelafehc5036 May I ask what buisness is it of yours to judge my opinion! If you don't think the lad speaks some sense then that's your opinion!!! I respect yours so please respect mine and get a life! Have a great weekend 😀
@@waynekieft4952 He asked you a polite question and you went on a tissy
@@BabushkaOnuk Read the comments mate,you obviously do!!! So you should see that there are many similar comments to mine!!! So why don't you spend the night questioning them?
@@waynekieft4952 No I agree with your original comment about the potential the Brummy vagabond. His mind is sharp.
I just believe the guy who questioned you about the sense he was talking was actually asking for your insight.
You should give your insight!
This guy also blew me away,very wise, At first glance i thought he we go same old but no, very interesting indeed one the best street talk if not the best! I would love to meet this guy for reel. Im keeping this one in my list forever. THANKS MUCHLYFOR A REAL LIFE TREAT
Spice is nothing to do with Canabiss!!!!! It gives Canabiss a bad name..stop mixing the 2 up in videos like this.
Ironically, the real thing probably has some benefits, whereas synthetic crap is gateway to hell
They get associated because spice works on the cannabinoid receptors.
spice is basically better cannabis
Spice is not cannabis, don't mix up the two
@@bajdooo lmao, "better".
He's a genuine guy, and he definitely knows his stuff.
I prey he gets his self sorted
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That qas such a eye opener of a video..please keep these kinda videos comimg..lovee fr yardley wood
An amazing intellectual soul that knows a lot about life that people just won’t agree on or actually think about love real people like you
So sad. Addiction is horrific. I'm guessing this guy suffered trauma early on in his life. Hope he finds some way out and can get well.
Problem with this spice aka mamba is that it used to be made with jwh 18 it is impossible to get hold of this now in the UK so they making it with acetone cockroach killer and poppers this is not spice
Nice one, next one dropping this 💯
I really like this guy. I pray he gets clean , especially because I believe he's a true gem . And gems look shiny good when cleaned up.. bless up
Good interview..
great video man didnt even know about the legal shit in shops
His Name ain’t Ricky it’s Gaz off the programme SKINT
What a sound dude. Really interesting interview, nicely done. Wishing this young fella all the best, safety and good health.
Manchester was ruined by spice over recent years, I’m unsure if it’s still as bad,I stay away from town now if I can help it, hope that kid gets help and turns his life around, 🙏🏻
He was coping hard at the end. Trying to reassure himself about the decisions he’s made in life by projecting his pain onto others he’s subconsciously envious of.
An intelligent dude, who can see the writing on the wall, most people are blind and can’t even see the wall
When the public is less aware than a man on long term spice use thats a huge worry! That stufs so strong most people just collapse or freak out yet hes still better at talking and more aware than 95% of people! Question being tho whats happened to everyone else?? Its crazy how many seem unaware
Wow he has so much to still give. He is intelligent and just needs the help and support to get him off the streets and off the drugs ...God Bless Him 🙏🏾
I was addicted to syntetical marihuana for months. Really addictive was smoking it 24/7. When i decided it was enough i went to terrible withdrawal. No sleep or eat for days and aniexty/depression for months! Took me at least 3 months to feel somewhat myself again. Almost 9 months sober now. Not even smoking real marihuana anymore because it gives me flashbacks
Great interview
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This guy is so smart and intelligent its practically heartbreaking. I work in this field and there's so many like this. Just lost. Just needs that helping hand, and obviously want to change. We do recover.
That sh!t has put so many people in the psychiatric ward for life.
What a very intelligent man . He could be an asset to a company. I hope he gets on his feet n gets a grapple on his addiction cuz he's wasted on the streets ❤
Such an intelligent man 😢 thanks so much for sharing this.
Whats intelligence?! Him not having enought intelligence to not be able not to use the F word every other deconf
Clamp your legs gale it stinks @@galegrazutis964
@@galegrazutis964this ‘intelligent’ thing people are saying shows how unintelligent and narrow minded the commentators are. He’s a person, with the mind of a person. Do they think homeless people are some inept species or something?
Did everyone stop hearing him say that he smashed his mates face in after knocking him out ? Real intelligent. On another note, why do people assume drug addicted homeless folk are automatically unintelligent?
@@Rice-oj6zf its got me beat!!!
Pain in his eyes and devil on his back, god bless him and hope he finds the light.
Sounds like an intelligent guy..feckin drugs are a bane on society
Intelligent? How or when or where was that then mate? I definitely didn't see any of that myself but I'll believe you if you say so 👍🏻😬👍🏻
Alcohol is
he's so inteligent he became a junkie, that's a big brain move right there
@@bajdooosomebody had a lovely life
@@bajdooo most intelligent people do turn out like this, stay behind the screen lad.
You have hit golf here mate. Keep it up. U r asking the right questions. Def keep uploading
Shrooms heal addictions and meditation at same time you will see the light.
almost 0 withdrawal for as long as u keep eating em u need tons tho but it did something i didn't think was possible.. I was just having fun and accidentally near enuf stopped my tolerance is now 90%less! I can now feel just what absorbs thru my gums then spit it out and feel it still and it was no effort i literally felt great until i had none left to eat lol! Highly recommend 👍
@@benayers8622why spit it out?
They don't do a thing to help an opiate addiction I'm afraid to tell you mate, I'd love to be wrong but I know I'm right.
@@bishyeahbish3758 In your experience maybe.
@@bishyeahbish3758 Its wrote on the walls get your self connected stereo mc.
I was in the same situation from 18 smoking weed homeless to 26 on all sorts of drugs and was on heroin and crack but got a job welding and used private landlords hmo now 45 and been clean for two years and never going back but got health issues and now can't work if it wasn't a good friend letting me stay on the sofa i would be homeless even if you want the help its not out there
The government allowed this to be sold, pocketed the taxes, found out it's addictive and just left these folks twisting in the wind?
I hope this guy will get clean one day, bless you Ricky very highly intelligent man
spice is only popular in the UK because of how strict the law was and is for what its trying to imitate.
It's popular because it's cheap... Nothing really to do with strict laws to be honest...
Tried every drug going and never got addicted dont no how people can get addicted tbh especially to coke coke dont do anything for you mdma on the other hand is best feeling on this planet
God bless and protect this man.🫡
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Such a clever articulated gentlemen. I do hope one day he can recover
Left wing, right wing, same bird..... the guy has gone down the wrong path, but he's more awake than most the sheep out there. Hope his path forks back towards a healthier future🙏🏼
What an amazing testimony and soul. Blessing and love Brother.
just need a bit more volume on your mic in future videos other that great production, this is a really hard hitting video to watch, winters coming up soon, i hope he's alright. an idea for future video, be cool if you could get in touch with Vernon Burgess, from skint and get a update interview with him see how he's getting on in life.
oh yeah, and use the pin comment, to pin other videos, etc etc :), make sure your filling all the meta data out including tags, even chapters, everything helps the video hit that bit more
He seems like a really sweet and intelligent guy. Its heartbreaking that he has decided that this is the life he is stuck with. He's a similar age to me, I experimented with drugs, came close to addiction several times, and was deep Into the meow meow legal high thing at first too, but... I had too much to lose to allow myself to fall into it. He obviously doesn't know the value of a loving home and normal life as he sees the only option to drugs as the day to day grind, being skint and bored.
Great insight 💯
Fascinational Ricky. Enjoyed the podcast. All the best.
Damn!! This guy talking the realest….high AF and still talking more sense than 99% of the politicians, influencers and educators on social media. His lifestyle is a result of becoming disillusioned with this f’d up society in the uk. Great video thanks for sharing! 👍👍
4 years working the Lights, Christ it makes me appreciate what I have.
This cat is intelligent and well spoken. He’s still switched on. Fuck drugs. Hope he realises his dreams…
levels guys , the biggest issue in society is self destruction & habits. did a great job twins... should definitely make more of these... open the eyes of the youth
Through all this gentleman’s addiction, he is very intelligent!it just shows that we should never judge a book by its cover!
I wish this fella all the best for the future and hope he finds peace!God bless you!
Although we'd not wish to be in his current situation he was still profound when he notices all the wealthier people looking miserable and soulless
I'm pretty sure that the majority of people would look at this young man and judge him but imagine if every single person sat for 20 minutes and had a chat with him I'm sure that they would walk away with feeling surprised on how well educated he is in life, his street life, lessons learnt ect. Drugs do ruin people's lives no doughty about it.
I really wish l had an answer on how to turn this all around, world wide, cheers Tracey from Australia xo
Hopefully see you a lot more from this channel in future. Great interview cheers
More to come! 🙏
Seems a good lad hopefully he finds the path of recovery! I'll be 2 years clean next week after a 30 year coke habit! There is help out there but you gotta want it ...God bless
This was really good bro I enjoyed this. Keep it up.... would like a follow up with this guy
Ask him what his upbringing was, how he ended up like this, why he went to prison, does he have family etc
This guy is more awake than the general public!
He probably likes being where he is, seems very street wise. Hope he can get the help he needs. God bless.
Traveler story was mad. Hope that bloke can find some joy peace.
The guy on the blue bench, goes to show, we are all experts in a particular field.
Drugs are just pure evil, this lad seems like he'd do well for himself if he was on straight and narrow its sad to see people living like this!
No if all other thing are provided e.g security (social security, family, freedom to express thoughts ideas, exercise) then animals hardly get addicted and when they do they keep looking after themselves and others. But put them in a cage without enrichment then the mice get addicted.
@@maktiki what......?
🙏🏼 brother is enlightened ✌🏼 Hope this ricky is alright as this lad is sound 🙏🏼
Those traffic light beggars are a nause. The council or police need to stop it asap
You're a horrible person
Get a grip lad
He's talks more sense than most of these politicians
It's the Asians with all the money. Haha spot on it is. They don't waste it on drugs and beer.
Its the good networking, sharing property, and the using cash while also claiming full disability
They push the drugs
@@benayers8622one thing I’ve learned about Asians is that they’re smart and that’s why they live comfortably also they look after each other so they have a great sense of community, I’m not Asian but massive respect to them.
How do they get that money though 🤔
@@benayers8622Facts .
I don’t give homeless nothing no more. I offered get one some food in Sainsbury’s guy didn’t even say thank you so changed my mind since then . Even one asked for money then said get bottle of pop 🥤 I just blanked him at that point.
A street junkie who knows a lot about drugs. Thats not intelligence.
@bikeman123 I thought I was the only one .
He's a bright lad. Just on the wrong path.
Wow what an interview.. well done all.