Battling Addiction During a Pandemic
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- It’s been months since COVID-19 brought the US to standstill, upending the lives of millions of Americans. And while states around the nation grapple with how to return to a new normal, many people have started to notice the indirect effects that COVID has had on the millions of people struggling with substance use around the US- a deadly impact that experts worry will persist long after the pandemic is over.
In this Episode of Latest with Lee, Vice correspondent Lee Adams explores the pandemic's wide ranging impact on people grappling with substance use, and its indirect consequences recovery and treatment options by talking to experts around the country and going on the ground to see first hand what happens when one epidemic meets another.
Since the filming of this documentary, Elwood Porter III started working for Prevention Point. He was not employed at the time of filming.
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I’ve been clean for nearly 13 years. The first five years I went to meetings daily. I cannot imagine trying to get sober in 2020. Prayers for all my brothers and sisters trying to get or stay sober.
Thats why we need second ammendment, more guns will help us fight all these mexican druglords
@@HercadosP Its actually insane how stupid you are, it makes me scared.
@@HercadosP clueless comment
@@HercadosP troll lol😂
How do you stay clean?
I was homeless and addicted In Kensington Philadelphia. I celebrated 4 years of continuous sobriety on October 23rd of this year
I hear its really bad over there. Congrats hun!
Congratulations!!
Keep it up!
God bless you. Just before covid my husband and I were homeless. We got a home and sober during the pandemic. I feel so blessed to be sober.
Hey that’s my birthday! But congrats 🎊🎉
My boyfriend was clean for 16 months. He overdosed and died March 28th, 2020 🥺 He couldn’t go to school, or work, or the gym. All the things that kept him busy and sober. This reporting is very personal, and so important.
I’m so sorry for your loss 💔
Drugs did not kill your boyfriend. Politics and how covid was handled did. I am so sorry for your loss and may your boyfriend rest in peace forever.
I'm an addict myself and it's been so hard .
Sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry for your loss
@@ANDIBO987 bro drugs killed him. not covid, not the goverment. he had his own will and took this drugs. Thats very tragic and so fucking sad but it was drugs. i also lost my bestfriend, i was with her mixing all drugs and i was okay and she died. and i dont blame goverment or covid or whatever i blame only myself and drugs BC i was taking it not fucking goverment
I was in recovery when Covid hit. I was at a sober living and I relied on meetings, group therapy, therapy, and my sponsor to stay clean. Suddenly, my house was put on lock down and I could no longer access group therapy, my therapist, meetings, and my sponsor. I tried meetings on zoom but they seldom helped. I was forced to isolate and the thought of using started to sound better and better as the weeks went on. I kept feeding the thought, it turned into a craving, and I ended up relapsing. I was kicked out and moved back home, and I started using fentanyl again. I relapsed for 6 months. I had to go to rehab for the third time. I have 51 days clean today.
🥰❤️❤️
51 days is awesome! Please ignore the hate. Thank you for sharing and continuing to fight. Addition is an illness, one that the conditions of 2020 has allowed to flourish. So be proud that you have 51 days sober during a really tough year! Tomorrow is 52. Just keep going one day at a time.
@@xXViper-9Xx okay smart guy if the person is a weak human then what ...
@@xXViper-9Xx you don't know her how can you judge you're being an ahole
@@xXViper-9Xx easier said than done
Sober for 93 days. Never been sober for this long!!
You got this!! 💕💕💕
I am so proud of you keep going ❤️👍
Keep going brother
congratulations!! you’re so strong, you can do it 💜
i’m proud of you
rest in peace to everyone who did not make it through 2020 :(
i really wish trump didn't make immortality illegal
Im gonna kms in february
Yes, R.I.P.🥺🥺💔
@@aa-md4qr noo why?
I know of three chronic pain sufferers who've taken their lives because they've been cut off their meds because of new policies created to combat the opioid epidemic. The forgotten victims.
Props to that girl helping people at prevention point. Those positions require a lot of understanding & compassion
Thats my supervisor and its crazy because she cares ALOT!! About everybody!! And they showed and portraid that perfectly!!💯😷😇
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@@melvisachama3444 yeah if I'm ever throwing money away to get nothing in return I will check that out
@@elwoodporter9171 weren’t you in the video?
Found my best friend dead in her bathroom from a fentanyl overdose back in July of 2020. The lockdown made her so depressed 💔
RIP Kylie 🤍
Oof sorry to hear
Hugs
Sure she died doing what she loved.
Damn I dislike that drug.
"When this is over you gonna find bodies in apartments...alone" Chilling quote from 2020
That was
I went to clean a house and the neighbour next door killed himself and left the dog there. He was in an apartment..
@@yungmentalproblems that's crazy, I live in New Zealand and hear about this maybe once every few years. Said to know people out there really have noone.
@first last Reality hit home when he said that. But you right
2 suicides & 3 overdoses among my acquaintances 💔
These draconian lockdowns aggressively have hurt more than helped!!
Sober since October 1st 2020 🙏 stay strong out there everyone
So proud!!
Little over two months! Congratulations man. You're on your way and trust me when I say that it gets so so so much better bro.
Stay strong!! You are worth it.
Congrats! I’ve been clean and sober since July. It’s hard when they keep shutting down meetings. But we can get through this! Keep it up man, happy for you!
Congrats!
I’m almost four years clean. and let me just say to whatever addict or ex addict that might read this, I AM PROUD OF YOU. Even just for today, if you don’t use you have completed a miracle. getting clean? Proud of you. Thinking about getting clean? I’m proud of you. Still in the grips? Still proud of you. You. Are. Alive. It is not too late and you are strong enough.
I see a lot of people on here excited about their sobriety. I’m so proud of all of you. Even if you were to slip up I’m still proud of you. You are a person and you have people and strangers who care about you ❤️
♥️. Wonderfully expressed
Your comment needs more likes
Slip ups happen but eventually you will beat thet and its totally up to you to get clean and stay clean.
Look I literally eneded all relationship with all people who I used with or bought drugs from.
Addiction is how you lived . We forget what life is like sober.
Its scary. Getting sober feels strange because when we use we dont feel .
Then being sober you feel every thing and its over whelming at first .
Stick with one day ay a time. , do not count clean days .
Just accept life and enjoy the feelings all of them .
Life happens before you know it. I had so much emotion and regrets wash over me .
But I felt it and soon I controled it better and better .
I made peace with my self and family , friends who I hurt.
Most accept you and understand.
Takes time but you can do it .
Stick with it for yourself , and for every one else to know the real you .
As an opiate addict myself, 2020 has BY FAR been the hardest time to stay sober. It's such a struggle.
Me too
Keep your head up, you got this, much respect to you from New Zealand.
You got this Chris, I’m proud of you for expressing this concern
Same boat dude, be safe my hope is with you
Why did u guys start this, by no mean am I judging anyone.
How many people say they feel privileged to work with the homeless community? Love that lady. You won't hear the same from those who are rich, because if it doesn't generate a profit for them, it's not worth their time and effort.
only in the U.S. you can have a Job, still be homeless and feel privileged at the same time. It's absurd.
direct care workers definitely deserve more money! how about cutting DC and doctor's pays!
@@bitzlibutzli1004 work just to pay the bills! good Ole usa💀☺
Theres alot of rich people some bad some good. I dont think theyre worse than any other group
Why should the rich be singled out -- there aren't many from any economic strata that would say that.
3 years clean from fentanyl. 5 months since my last dose of methadone. It’s possible and it’s so worth it. Anyone out there struggling with addiction or is in recovery you CAN do this.
Sending peace love & empathy. 💜💜💜
Right on!
@@bschuler6216 ☺️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@madisonmacmillan congrats!! That really is amazing, quick question if u don’t mind. I’m actually in the process of tapering off methadone and just wanted some insight on what I can maybe expect from someone who’s been thru it. This is my last step to finally and truly get my life back, im excited but im also scared and nervous because I don’t know what to expect and im terrified of going backward after all the work I’ve done to get to this point. Any advice is welcome and thank in advance to anyone who can give me any advice or guidance. Also, I’m incredibly proud of all who have managed to get sober and stay sober, sending much love and hope to anyone and everyone in the struggle or not. 💜
Sober for 2 years, 3months, and 18 days
💕💕💕
Any advice on how to start? Like I know that’s a stupid question but did you have to hit rock bottom before you quite
Proud of you❤
@@melvisachama3444 you're a real smelly peice of sh*t
*I had 5 YEARS clean and relapses past July due in part of the pandemic. Being out of work and having too much time on my hands played a big factor. I spent $12,000 of my savings. I'm getting back on track now 3 weeks clean. I've been keeping it a secret afraid to tell anybody. Thought maybe saying it here and putting it out into the universe would help.*
Don’t give up your sobriety..... we are all depending on each other for hope.
Speak out at a meeting everyone will be there for you
I believe in you. It’s hard but you are a warrior! ❤️ you can do it
You’ve got this!!!
Lose any guilt about the time and money. You're gonna have to move beyond it sometime so it might as well be now. You're still alive. Best from NZ
This is the worst time for people with mental health issues and addiction.
I almost fell off the deep end into a spiral of addiction during this pandemic. I am thankful I managed to overcome it and to not fall into it. I totally sympathise with these individuals.
You really dodged a bullet there.
Not everyone was as lucky as you
And it fucking sucks dirty balls
~Blessed holidays my friend
Yep I totally understand where ur coming from... I'm sober now tho I made a new years resolution.
@@Bluen thanks mate. Happy new year and I wish you all the best. Keep the faith and you’ll get over your demons. You’re not alone. Always Remember, you once lived without the influence of whatever you are addicted to. Which means you have the ability to do it again.
I feel you I dodgef a bullet just the same but I did see close friends turn to hard drugs just to get an hour away from reality. But after that 1 hour they realise they just dug themselves deeper and now they have this crazy itch to get another hit and its downhill from there. Makes me crazy sad, we need to legalise weed especially in the uk and I'm not talking about the bloody big companies taking all the business but small folks getting into the business and giving out weed to.make a living and making other people live just a bit much easier. Weed was harder to get this pandemic that is why people were turning to other drugs such as coke which has been laced by a 100 chemicals.
My step brother passed away from a heroin overdose during the pandemic because he couldn’t go to school and couldn’t go to his NA meetings. This pandemic has so many indirect casualties that it blows my mind. Rest In Peace Mitchell ❤️ We love you and I know you are no longer in pain, but I still wish you were here.
VICE needs to do more drug doctumentrys especially with on location interviews. There reports need to get back on the streets
more? thats the only thing they do : Drug use
@@bxlis Not true at all
@@bxlis Check out Vice News, they usually have more of the international and conflict related material that made me fall in love with them.
@@bxlis you think drug use is different then diabetics who ate too much sugar? Soldiers with ptsd and wounds ? It’s all the same . Health issues . Sugar pushed on out population same as war and same as drugs. Anti weed commercials ran same time as opiate commercials .
I agree with you!
Lost my brother during lockdown. Suicide rates are way up too
💕💔💕
stay up king 👑
I'm so sorry for your loss
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️
So sorry for the loss of your brother.
For all those suffering from any kind of addiction, may you recover and be fully healed 🙏
First full week I've been off fentanyl in years never have I struggled with anything Soo strong always playing on my life I truly hope I have a future I don't want to die
would of been nice to do together but very proud of you
@@brandonmanchen7966 how are you now?
I know you can and will get through this, people are on your side❤️
Its so important to keep that reverence for life, your future is worth fighting for. It is hard but very possible, ive struggled with addiction 22 years off n on. I hope you find your way out of the darkness friend. Best wishes
As a recovering opiate addict, my zoom appointments with my clinician have been a life saver. But I'm moving to Sweden in 21 days...lol I'm ready to be done.
What are you doing in Sweden?
@@MarkWalmsley i think moving
Suomesta? I'm on buvidal and It's a damn life saver! No way to abuse it or sell it even if I wanted. And literally saved my life
Idc what anyone says, moving out of my home state helped me stay clean, people say no matter where you go if you really want it you will find it but i do not think that is true for people who don’t want it but can’t seem to leave the place they know nothing else
@@ilarious5729 funny how many of us are here
I was clean for 7 years and relapsed in April. Got clean again in October. The isolation and anxiety, stress was unbearable.
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@@melvisachama3444 dude come on now, don't do that....
@@melvisachama3444 you the devil
@@melvisachama3444 how low can you go
Sober 7 years 🤘🏻from heroin ... to methadone to getting off at 2mgs and never went back
Yeah you gotta ween off that slowly! Glad to hear you are doing well!
You're a warrior. 💪👍
I’m two years sober from opiates, my dose got up to 130mg at one point, but I’m down to 40mg, and weaning off slow! Congrats on 7 years!!
Yay I’m so happy for you i hate when people hate on methadone it is a great alternative for people to get clean and your living proof so happy for you i want to cry very happy you made it
@@itsasarahmichelle4475 congrats to you also very lovely
Im a recovering addit. 10 yrs clean, and I cant imagine not being able ti get the help you need during this time. My heart really goes out to all the homeless and addicts. I follow Frank on youtube, his channel is called MORALS OVER MONEY. He interviews and helps out in kensington, and I think hes working on opening a sober home.
We need to do more about addiction. End the war on drugs and rehabilitate
brave soul right here
put on your mask and hide in your basement! don't you know you could kill grandma
@first last it's all bullshit.
It shouldn’t be a war against drugs it should be help finding better substances other than methadone that is highly addictive and slowly eats at you and eventually will kill you
@Mostly Insects I seen your comment earlier, so I do not mean this to be insulting in any way. However, I think every person that struggles with addiction wants help. Many may want the drug more a lot of the time, but they want help.
Its just hard,especially when you deal with depression and Anxiety....I wish i could stop but something bad always happens that brings my hopes down..
I broke my ankle, then found out it has a birth defect. I went to a pain clinic for a while.
Then I started suboxone. After 5 very long years, I'm now proudly on day 38!!
If I hadn't wanted it so bad I would never have made it through the withdrawal. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done!!
I am about 6 months in recovery. It is a humbling experience for me. Sending love to everyone out there. There is hope! Please don't ever give up. It is doable.
Addiction is a terrible thing. Always pay attention to the veterans in your community. Happy holidays y'all.
What does this have to do with veterans?
Maybe they are at a high risk of use?
Idk but Thanks! @1st black PM.
Happy holidays to you as well.
Thoughts & prayers to all ❤🙏
@@solanum6039 veterans already have a very high risk of addiction and suicide, and very little access to any meaningful or helpful care. With the pandemic their access to care has gotten even worse and in some cases have lost it all together. Add on top of that increased difficulty making income and lack of socializing/loss of support groups, their already high risk is incredibly higher.
@@solanum6039 Justin Trudeau
@@itwasaliens Oh okay, I wasn’t aware, thanks for explaining.
These are the types of videos we like from you Vice. If it’s drug related, a lot of people relate to addiction even if they’re in denial about it. Went full blown into relapse and blamed it all on the pandemic. Hope this video blows up!!!
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Piss on me, beat me. Try it out.
I'm STRUGGLING with MY ADDICTION as we speak!!!!!!Its hard to get right im on Methadone but slip..I feel like my life isn't going anywhere im depressed,alone,fat and can't get myself right.Please pray 4 me people.Thank you im trying so hard
good luck :)
I feel you, I'm taking subs to stay off oxycodone but still struggling and slipping and it's hard as hell I know, we can only take it a day at a time, I wish I had better words or could actually help
@@shelby8364 Thanks this helps and we will all beat this ADDICTION!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
been clean for 7 years off heroin, was on methadone after that... i decreased from 120mg to 1 mg in the last year, been off since early September. feel so bad for the all the homies that aren't able to do the same.. still got many friends strung out on fentanyl, and this pandemic isnt helping at all. stay safe out there , and make sure you got narcan.
PLEASE stop requiring patients to come in to clinics daily or weekly at insane hours like 6 a.m. to get meds. You don't do that to anyone but addicts, many of whom live in rural communities without public transport. It's just one more giant hurdle to getting well. These are restrictions put in place by the gov't, not medical professionals. Gov't has no place in our medical decisions whether it's reproductive health, addiction, pain mgmt, end of life care or anything else. The doctor-patient relationship is sacred.
Was at the clinic for 2 hours outside in the cold because they’re only letting 10 people in at a time. The colder it gets, the less people that are going to come the more people will do dope. That means more people will die
@@melvisachama3444 what a rock star
Battling a pandemic during an addiction is more like it
Truuuuu
Or just 2 pandemics crossing over really
@synchromorphnothing else to add? Seems like ya might.
@synchromorph does your psychobabble have a point?
@@joshd8921 exactly! I'm an actual addict struggling to get through life. The diatribe of some overly verbal commentor is just what I need!
In loving memory of Nadia and all the others who lost their lives in Kensington this year. ❤️
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I got clean (again) October 22 2020 still going strong ... so grateful I’m here and waking up
I work at a homeless shelter/treatment facility and this can't be more true. Everyone stay strong out there.
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I’m an ex addict and have been waiting for someone to cover drug addiction during the pandemic. I bet overdoses skyrocketed after the stimulus payment, most drug addicts never get a chunk of money all at once.
Ex-addict? You’re always an addict, it doesn’t go away. You can be an addict in recovery but never an ex-addict. I’m an addict myself.
Money wasted in worthless junkie at least deaf you lot can't harm society any more.
@@erinkathleentaylor1771 I would focus on your own recovery and not worry about trying to pigeonhole others into groups or labels. If something works for you buy it by the bucket full. If someone else has been successful with a different program you should be happy for them. Let them decide how they want to define sobriety.
my uncle did, his whole check. we found him, he was dead from having 1200. at once.
@@gabrielmendiola2965 people who self medicate with drugs are in deep trauma and pain, they need to have counseling and love , and understanding. you are wrong they are children of earth and all deserve love and a second chance , and counseling I am a survivor of horrors I won't write out, I am a non practising addict, someone saved me from myself, it was me. some people are so lost in the abuse pain, they never can face it and die, that's sad, how horrible to say that about people you don't know, and around yule too~ merry holidays.
"15-20% of americans are addicted" im pretty sure the number is morevlike 40% cause of tobacco, coffee and prescription drugs... Its not only "real drugs" that count...
More if what your saying is correct
Which i wouldn't doubt. I have seen that in the 70s, 40% smoked according to health america but according to tobacco like 74% or 78% smoked.... So your on to something brother
Include pornography. That's like 90% of men
I was thinking the same thing. Addiction doesn't always mean drug addiction, could be literally anything
@@enea_7280 True
And food. I used to think food addiction was bollocks, but when people are 400 lds and can't stop, maybe there's something in it.
Hey everyone. Been sober for just over a month. I'm currently in a recovery program. I'm 37 and have never been in this place in life before. Anyways this documentary really sheds light on things. Thanks 👍
I'm telling you the economic fallout, addiction rates, overdoses, deaths and abuse are going to overshadow the death toll by a large number. Also not to mention the prices of drugs has skyrocketed during the pandemic because of the border crossings being shut down. In some instances addicts are having to spend double in order to feed their addictions. Now that they're playing political games with stimulus money people are growing more desperate by the day.
Prices of drugs "skyrocketing" is just plain false
@@craigklemencic6329 Drugs are cheaper than ever as far as I have seen during 2020, Phoenix, AZ.
What can someone do about it the system political and justice are broken and people are to busy arguing left vs right Dem vs republican to actually find solutions .the people in charge are dropping the ball in Evey way but theres no repercussions for them
LOL border crossings are shut down now and then but e-commerce has almost doubled the number of freight containers circulating in the world... both the big stashes and the casual small ones hidden in parcels travel in those containers buddy, not good old border-crossing Mexicans on cars or trucks.
There is way too much checks at the border...there are checks at freight ports too but the sheer number and volumes in transit, we are talking MILLIONS of 44 foot long containers per day, make it totally impossible for law enforcement to even scratch the surface there.
In Italy for instance in some sensible freight ports like Gioia Tauro in Calabria, a huge naval freight facility that was basically built by the local "ndrangheta" mafia and is still partially controlled by them, every single container gets scanned with thermal and airport-like technologies looking for drugs and immigrant smuggling in a huge effort to thwart cocaine import that in the early 2000 was up to 4000kg at a time (ndrangheta is estimated to control 70% of all the cocaine imported into Europe)...
Cocaine supply and prices haven't even flinched.
> China drops fake videos of people dying. > nancy pelosi encourages people to go to Chinatown and not be racisis. > italy (faked)? > America toilet paper scandal > Hospitals report large numbers > hospital workers report that their superiors were encouraging falsifying reports > bill gates and all of hollywood emerge from the shadows > internet censorship > mask requirement > nancy pelosi defies her own order > vaccine hype > censorship > vaccine first mass public test > mandatory vaccines in black communities first > mandatory vaccines for everyone. Second dose of vaccine also mandatory.
I work in a mental health facility and the isolation is taking a MASSIVE toll on our residents
This comment section has me in tears - but for all the RIGHT REASONS - im proud of you all please stay strong and sober - and if you haven’t heard it enough - I CARE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LIFE IS WORTH IT ❤️
To anyone struggling with addiction: please know that you were meant for greater things. It is never too late to be what you might’ve been. You have all you need inside you for you’re stronger than you know and have worth and value and the world needs you. You can do this!
Before covid happened, I had a moment of clarity in early February. For myself, I found it was a blessing to keep me sober since February 2020. Stay safe all! Work on yourself!
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Fell asleep driving on Fentanyl on Thanksgiving weekend. Woke up driving off the road into a field. Glad i didn't flip the truck. I'm from a small area, 300,000 people and we have Opiate deaths all the time. in Highschool one of my friend's woke up to her Mom dead in bed from Doctor prescribed medication. Be safe y'all.
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I went to treatment right when the shut down went down. We didn’t know what the world was going to look like when I got out of treatment. As an addict in recovery, another video from Vice that didn’t actually have an addict in recovery perspective. There are MILLIONS of AA, NA and recovery meetings using a Zoom Platform. Sponsorship. Communication over the phone, there’s more WORK for us in recovery but adaption is vital to comprehend when committing to recovery and living in recovery. I am so grateful to be clean and alive today. This time has allowed for so much focus on my steps and it’s interesting to hear the perspective of those that was interviewed. Recovery is a mixed bag and it’s our responsibility to take ownership. I am grateful to be alive today. I just wish more addicts got to have a voice in these videos to explain what is available and what is working. There is hope. We do recover.
For me it was the opposite, when I got laid off from work I had nothing to do so I went to treatment and have been clean since July 2020!
Go Hannah!
You were just ready Hannah. People who decide to quit finally get to that point to where they are physically and mentally done with the repetitive tail chasing just to not be sick, then a moment in time aligns where us not wanting it anymore and having an actual out to finally rid ourselves of a life altering demin, is nothing short of a miracle. Congratulations to you and I wish you the best on your journey!
Lost someone to overdose this year.. Relapsed myself after 4 years clean..
Yoga helps plz try ❤️
Stay strong brotha! Hope you make it out 🙏
💕💕💕
Hugs
I know it is hard to process, but you can absolutely overcome this!! I don’t know but I believe in you. Peace and love.
I have 3.5 years sober from fentanyl. I’m hanging on by a thread now.
Try harder and focus on getting better and doing better... look on to God for strength to stay clean 🙏
Stay strong! You can do it!
Stay strong, it will be worth it I promise ❤️ take it easy
Hold on tight to that thread brother. As someone who let it slip through my hands through this pandemic, DO NOT DO IT.
I’m here to talk if you need me. wmcparla on Instagram. I’m just over 3 years sober off opiates.
Early pandemic made my addiction so much worse and thankfully I was able to seek treatment. Proud to say this week I hit my 1 year sober milestone!
Been struggling with fentanyl the last 3 years. Tried to get sober and would relapse due to withdrawal. Kratom has done wonders for me. would recommend to anyone struggling with opioid addiction or anyone who is skeptical. God bless have a great day 🙏🏼
Same!!!
Kratom helped me too! But I couldn't afford it and I got on methadone. I'm still doing great! But if you have the choice to do kratom absolutely do it!
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thank you so very much for shedding light on these issues to vice and their warrior Lee Adams, keep up the good work, god bless you all! ONE!!!
I am one of the lucky ones. My addiction “team” have been there for me throughout this pandemic and I know how very fortunate I am.
❤️
As someone who struggles with mental health and cocain addiction i can truely say that this hit the nail on the head, myself and a lot of other users i knows drug use has gone right up since the start of the pandemic and our mental healths gone down. Were not all strong enough to bite the bullet on our own and we need these meeting rooms and drop ins for the support to get out of the vicious cycle were in. Its getting worse each day and its going to keep getting worse when our hope for.humanity and a stable future keeps fading and were stuck with our own thoughts each and every day with no form of escape apart from the drugs that get delivered to the door
Went to rehab in Feb. for a heroin addiction. After completing the program, my first day back into the real world was the first day of lockdown in the U.S. Sober for 10 months, but it’s been difficult. Especially with the pandemic affecting recovery meetings and support groups. Stay strong and love yourselves my brothers and sisters because you’re worth it ✊🏻❤️
Been sober since April 11th 2013. Going on 8 years almost. This has been ny far the hardest year. Everybody stay positive and sober. Be strong! Much love
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Prevention Point saved my life on September 3rd, 2012. They got me into treatment after being homeless and addicted in Kensington. Unfortunately I relapsed during Covid, after losing my job at a treatment center. I recently got sober, only for my unemployment to get shut off, and I'm going to be homeless soon. I'm really scared and don't know what to do...but I dont want to use!
I am so thankful and grateful that during the whole pandemic my methadone clinic continued to operate at full capacity including the pharmacy while also maintaining a safe environment. People were still able to see one another with precautions and all of us got the treatment that we needed. I am so thankful to be Canadian and thankful to have the support I have. I am lucky to live in an areas with the infrastructure to support the ability to use telemedicine.
I’m a peer recovery counselor in my hospital Er and it’s so bad. I started April beginning of this pandemic and it was so hard getting people into rehab. Half places closed or at 50 percent capacity. So far we have gotten 120 people into treatment though in our little town. It’s deff scary what’s going on. It’s been a battle on my own recovery but I’m still sitting at almost 5 years clean from heroin
Props to the guy on Suboxone. That stuff saved my life.
Me too!!
Same
Seriously. I couldn't imagine where I'd be without it. Probably a ditch.
Awesome seeing others that are better now too.
@@fatbottombiker3038 saved me as well.
Struggling with getting clean now. This has definitely been a hard time to try to stop. I've slowed down to ween myself off, but its not very easy, especially in this pandemic. Proud of all of you for getting and staying clean...some of us are still caught in the struggle, but there's help and hope for all of us. I'm going to make it through, haven't had an opioid for a couple weeks. Stepped down to weed to get me off of that, now I just have to step off of that and I can start fixing my life. One step and one day at a time. Wish me luck y'all.
good luck ❤️
Good luck, same boat here. Been lucky lately (as far as money, despite being unable to find work) but I do want to make a plan and change things. I'm grateful for every day but I am scared of still being in addiction when stuff really gets bad (like war or something idk) and I'd just be better off if I was healthy. I am doing okay at hiding it but I know I could make a mistake & be found out at any time. Seriously, good luck!! You are stronger than you realize and I hope you get where you want to be. You deserve happiness. 💕
This is the thing I worried about the most. I’ve maintained sobriety since March 13, 2018. Luckily I have a firm foundation but it must be very scary for those don’t. I’m praying for everyone who is suffering with this illness.
I was addicted to heroin and coke IV for 5 years. I tried suboxone and methadone and they didn't work for me. Kratom was the only thing that gave me enough peace to quit and eventually quit kratom too.
Kratom helped me after jail for duis and helped me quit drinking now I'm tryna quit kratom and it's just as hard . Been on reddit groups looking for support. Covid disconnected and depression isolation. Has made it worse. It's like this year has been a blur . Idk what to do if I'll make it to 2021. Help. Lol.
@@lilcreaper007 damn, sorry to read this. How much kratom a day are you doing? I lowered the doses until i could quit it, i couldn't do that with heroin or coke
@@lilcreaper007 again, reply if you actually need help. Kratom ain't that hard to quit if you've done hard stuff
@@satanas5975 it's not hard to quit it's just the ease of availability of it being the fact. Coke and xannax was easier for whatever reason
This is the real pandemic
Epidemic**
Epidemic dummy
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@@julianriojas8049 no, pandemic is a more accurate description
Its everywhere not just the US
I am 10 months sober today from being addicted to opioids for over 10 years. I am so grateful to be alive. I pray for the people who are still battling their demons and hope they will find the help they need. Anything is possible when you put the work in.
I thinks it’s great that y’all are shining a light on these issues & trying to find way to adapt to the way things are now! Been on MAT since November 2016
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Its always good when they have zero input and just let the people talk about their issues 100%
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Smells like butt, armpit, ashtray and vomit.
Dumb comment from the uneducated.
I'm 1 year & 1 month clean from Fentanyl.
I lost my boyfriend, my friends, and my life to opiates.
Please get clean.
You can do it.
Sending love. I’m 5 1/2 months off of fentanyl and lost my little brother and 5 friends in the past few years.. it steals your soul, chews it up and spits you out a shell of nothing. I’ve lost everything I ever worked so hard to get. So lucky to be alive after 3 od’s..
“Putting somebody through the rigors of treatment, which is a very difficult process emotionally, spiritually, and physically to go through, and then just cut them loose and hope they make good choices is a recipe for disaster “
So so true!! I pray for all who is struggling right now. God bless u all
I'm on methadone maintenance and have to travel an hour each way every morning to get my dose. I remember the fear of not knowing if I was going to have access to my medication and what that was gonna mean as far as severe withdrawal symptoms and having to find illicit opioids again to stay well. Luckily so far the clinic has been great at making sure everyone has access and are actually giving out alot more 'take homes' to make sure everyone has access.
Sober since November 7th 2019
If I can get clean and stay clean during a pandemic I guess that means I can do it when things are not so intense 🤷♀️
How do you stay clean?
Sober since yesterday
@@lise9481 idk I just don’t do heroin 😆
@@lise9481 I kicked through forced via jail.:.
I wanted to get clean already.. the kicking physically was the hardest part..
Almost died during withdrawals.. had a ton of seizures and complications
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2020 has been the easiest for me to stay sober. Nothin helped me sober up than being laid off and having to choose whether I was gonna spend my money on a day's worth of drugs or a week's worth of food. Be strong, people. We all got the strength. Just gotta believe in ourselves.
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I’ve been wondering why I haven’t heard anything much about addiction during this pandemic glad you’re covering it Vice
Congratulations to anyone with any time of sobriety! I had 3 1/2 years on December 13th. I’ve been saying this for months. Anyone struggling with their first months of sobriety during this pandemic is not in a great place . Accessible friends and meeting and support groups and all of the things that the rooms offer really helps keep you up. I don’t think I would be where I am today without those things.
I wish there was a cure for addiction
There is. Alot of compassion and community. Two things very lacking in the US.
@Caden Malcolm That's a joke right?
The don't do drugs, it's bad hmmkey-campain was just ludacris
Unconditional love is the cure 💯
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@@melvisachama3444 If you_re interested to become the Idiot of the Century, go on with such stupid posts!
I was hooked on drugs in San Diego, I got clean a year before my daughter was born. I've been clean since 2000 with a slip in 2002 for a few months. Been clean ever since. I do smoke🌳, it helps my seizures so good.
5 years clean January 2022
My group went from full of 20 long term successful recovering adults. To dwindling down to myself and two others before our group was dissolved and reconstituted with new individuals.
So much devastation.
KEEP FIGHTING GUYS AND GALS! WE GOT THIS!
I was getting through my brothers death (February) until COVID happened and I relapsed on April. When I decided to seek help in July it was very hard. Just hit 3 months sober. September 15, 2020. Thank God for A.A.
You are so strong and I am so sorry for your loss. 😔
@@cactusjackie9145 thank you 💜 4 months now!
Whoever reads this I hope you have a blessed day, stay safe!
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Thank you ❤️ stay safe.
Is not just the addiction but mental wellness of people that truly worries me, the kids getting depression and getting missed, future addicts in the midst
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I can attest to this. My severe depression as a teen led me to become an addict. I was just trying to live for those 4 or 5 hours a day when I didn’t feel like I wanted to die and actually had the energy to get up and take care of myself. Now that I’m on the right meds, I’ve been clean for almost 4 years. Help is out there, but hard to find in our society when mental health carries a huge stigma and the cost of mental health care is skyrocketing with many insurance companies refusing to cover these services because they don’t view it as a necessity for some people. Hopefully things change within the next 10 years.
My cousin Who helped get me sober passed away in March of a overdose because her Naltrexone appointment was pushed back from 30 days to 45 days, she died the day before her appointment. I am SO blessed my Suboxone appointments were still available during lockdown. Praying for other families who have losed love ones and those who had their treatments halted. #slowthespreadofaddiction
I’ve been going through treatment for 2 years now and am on my way to becoming totally opiate free in 15 weeks. I’ve been taking it slow and steady and am excited for the future. Just remember it gets better. You can change your life!
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As a person in recovery from Alcohol at 3 years 9 months sober.. It's been very difficult. I rely on reaching out to see if others are doing ok. Hang in there and reach out to someone to see how they're doing, it'll help you get through this. :)
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I relapsed on xannax after being about a year clean from it back in May happy to say after that experience and an entire week not being in my memory helped me realize that I actually never want those again. Can't say I'm not in love with them anymore but I for sure know that if I am ever taking them I can't moderate it and would quickly slip into a bartard hole again.
Good for you! I'd be lying if I said reading this didn't make me want a couple of bars but it went away as fast as it came. I'm not going back to that hell either.
Drugs can be tricky, best not mess too much with them. Stay strong
My sobriety birthday is August 13th 2019. Sending my thoughts and love to anyone who has found the strength to embark on the path to recovery in these difficult times. Keep it simple, it's 100% the best thing I ever did!
I relapsed during the pandemic after years of sobriety. My fiancé cheated and left me, I had to move and was in the middle of a busy architecture semester. I was a heroin addict before and got on fentanyl. All my friends are on it now and I’ve lost 7 people. It’s no joke and it’s in everything. I have been sober since 9/9/20 by the grace of my Higher Power and I’m so thankful daily. I feel so much for the addicts still suffering. I pray for love and healing light to come their way. We can’t do this alone. Isolation is the worst part of this disease! It’s POWERFUL to see a dirtbag junkie who couldn’t get clean stand before you SOBER. That is how the program WORKS.
Sober for a year now, alcohol included. A friend I used to drink with got stage 3 kidney failure, and it was a wake up call.
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Before covid, I was going to school to be a drug counselor; to pay it forward. Quarantine/Lockdown got me effed up though - I relapsed.. My mental health is suffering.
That's crazy I'm currently going to school to be a drug counselor and I've relapsed so many times this year. I've felt like a fraud
It's been horrible. What a terrible year.
@@alanmorales6866 fraud. You hit the nail. That's exactly how I feel too. Things have been getting better though. Still some shittyy things, but the good is outweighing the bad. I've started counseling myself. Lol. Reintegrating healthy coping mechanisms, goal setting, being active, and keeping to a routine/schedule. I didn't go through hell, making it out alive, just to jump back in again. No matter what life throws at you, it's best not to run away.
@@SSolis-pp9sn same here, back in counseling as well. I hope 2021 is your year.
@@alanmorales6866 your feelings are validated but don’t be so hard on yourself. Take it one day at a time and remember if you did it before you can do it again. You can do this!! Peace and love.
Ive been sober since july 1, 2017. I couldn't imagine having to go back to that life. I'm praying for everyone out there still struggling. If you want to recover you can don't give up!
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As an addict myself for the last 6 years , sure I’ve learned things about myself and have a better understanding of addiction itself after 5 rehabs but during this pandemic it’s almost impossible for me to stay clean. I don’t have to go to work yet the government decided it’s a good idea to hand out 1000s of $ per month. I’m tiered of living this life style and wasting all my money. It’s just so hard without support in person
I wish you the best, friend. That sounds really difficult to go through.
6 days sober now. Used to take 200mg of
Oxy was hard at first but I’m coasting now everybody stay strong
Hoping to get to this step. Last week I tried going as long as I willfully could without taking any. My willpower lasted 37 hours before I took an Oxy. Hoping to get more sober hours under my belt and turn them into sober days and then sober weeks.
You got this. Congrats.
I'm the guy in the video who tells the Dr. "Here's Elwood". I have 8 years clean now. Save yourself a LOT of suffering and get on Suboxone to manage withdrawal.
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At midnight a few months ago, I was so overwhelmed by work. Driving to the beach park thinking that it's better to just jump from here and get free. Thinking that there is no better time to smoke than now, even if I have tried to quit smoking for many years. While smoking a cigarette, I saw the lights of the city on the other side just so beautiful. Then I cried drove home and did the unfinished work. I feel so ashamed of myself that I started smoking again, but it's good to be alive.
No shame. We are all truly just SURVIVING at this point, and as long as you’re here, you’re winning. Keep trudging onward. 💕
@@cactusjackie9145 Thank you for the kind words, I know it sounds weird, but just knowing there is another person out there understand the struggle is very comforting.