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  • This 2011 film investigates how and why meth use spiraled out of control and contributed to the drug abuse problem in America.
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    Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among West Coast motorcycle gangs in the 1970s then spread across the United States. In “The Meth Epidemic”, FRONTLINE, in association with The Oregonian, investigates meth addiction in America: the impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficulty of controlling an essential ingredient in meth-ephedrine and pseudoephedrine-sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.
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  • @robjohnson5833
    @robjohnson5833 Před 2 lety +3653

    I smoked the stuff for ten years, I thought I was hiding it from people until I saw my first mug shot.... Now I am 3 years clean, the body and mind heal in time, the teeth do not

    • @rcknrdnk
      @rcknrdnk Před 2 lety +322

      Congratulations on your recovery. 2+ years off opiates/benzos myself. I wish you many more brother

    • @andreasaylor6831
      @andreasaylor6831 Před 2 lety +104

      Best of Everything to you !!!!

    • @loisroos6874
      @loisroos6874 Před 2 lety +141

      Truth about the teeth.

    • @lynngilliss7108
      @lynngilliss7108 Před 2 lety +90

      Congrats on 3 years sober!

    • @Lioness1499
      @Lioness1499 Před 2 lety +139

      Congrats. You can get implants, partials or dentures. Just life your best life.

  • @DudeCapone
    @DudeCapone Před 2 lety +4092

    “Addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.”

    • @buzzlightyear1191
      @buzzlightyear1191 Před 2 lety +35

      totally

    • @elliot1850
      @elliot1850 Před 2 lety +61

      Unless you’re a poly drug abuser then it’s quite a lot of things

    • @nota7660
      @nota7660 Před 2 lety +21

      And it NEVER WORKS ONCE A METH HEAD ALWAYS A METH HEADI have been around tons of methods and they never stop

    • @richjacob3072
      @richjacob3072 Před 2 lety +22

      I like that very good saying I agree totally with

    • @cowtchkushin3294
      @cowtchkushin3294 Před 2 lety +11

      @@elliot1850 That is really good advice.

  • @JennifeeSchroader
    @JennifeeSchroader Před měsícem +9

    I was on meth for over 20 years. But today I'm 76 days sober. I'm so Thankful to God. He can do it for anyone. ❤

  • @ticamatthews76
    @ticamatthews76 Před 9 měsíci +90

    I'm a 47 year old woman and I'm a grateful recovering meth addict and I've got 8 years clean, much love for those still struggling, one day at a time!!!!!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

  • @karlwashere123
    @karlwashere123 Před 2 lety +1992

    March 16th will be 5 years clean. Fentanyl. No one ever told me how fast you can turn your life around. I wish I knew how fast you got your life back. I probably would have sobered up a lot sooner. Things just kind of fall into place when you're doing the right thing.

    • @jalifritz8033
      @jalifritz8033 Před 2 lety +45

      Congratulations I am so happy for you!

    • @karlwashere123
      @karlwashere123 Před 2 lety +135

      @@jalifritz8033 Thanks. It was a freaking nightmare. And I do my best to put word out there that life can turn around really fast. If anybody's reading this and struggling with addiction my advice to you is Don't Look Back. All these psychologists and classes that have you sitting around telling war stories looking at all the stupid mistakes you made. This is detrimental. My advice is to not look back. Focus on what's in front of you and tomorrow. Don't live in the past. Baby steps. Think about what you can do today to make tomorrow slightly better. Even if you think it's insignificant.. It adds up really fast.

    • @zen9571
      @zen9571 Před 2 lety +71

      Been there. I personally had to "reraise" myself, become my own cheerleader and isolate myself from just about everyone. I keep it simple, eat healthy, exercise and sleep well.
      Your right it is baby steps, and you have to "baby" yourself to stay well.
      No matter how much anyone screwed up there life they can do better.

    • @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem
      @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem Před 2 lety +26

      Congratulations. I don't know you but I'm so proud of you. May your story inspire millions to turn their lives around.

    • @zen9571
      @zen9571 Před 2 lety +31

      @@karlwashere123 Wow, we have more in common than I knew. Many abused children go on to abuse themselves. They think they are less than. I just feels normal...ect.. but I think. God knows what we've been through and is forgiving.I have learned to love myself in spite of my flaws.Had to learn to let go of a lot of anger.

  • @corynnahardy3099
    @corynnahardy3099 Před 2 lety +2210

    My husband and I are both 11 months 1 week and 4 days sober today 🖤 congrats to everyone who is sober today, today is all that matters.

  • @carlybowers-smith8088
    @carlybowers-smith8088 Před 2 měsíci +16

    I started using that year and I was on and off until I was 26. Today I can proudly say I am 17 years clean from meth.

  • @DonnHowes
    @DonnHowes Před 7 měsíci +88

    Meth addiction actually destroyed my life for over 26 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 4 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

    • @BrownGeorge-pw2xo
      @BrownGeorge-pw2xo Před 7 měsíci +2

      they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus.

    • @Edennnn926
      @Edennnn926 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

    • @NicoleCtirad
      @NicoleCtirad Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yes I'm sure of Dr.benshrooms

    • @SusanaGomez-mp8sk
      @SusanaGomez-mp8sk Před 7 měsíci +5

      I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice!

    • @laurj09
      @laurj09 Před 7 měsíci

      Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without meth, alcohol and cigarettes.And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to meth, alcohol and cigarettes etc that can cause so much damage to health.

  • @paulpetersen9603
    @paulpetersen9603 Před 2 lety +652

    I'm so glad I quit using this drug. It was some of the darkest moments in my life. Life is so good now. Thank you Jesus

    • @davidlynch9049
      @davidlynch9049 Před 2 lety +8

      Going from one drug to another is not the answer. At least Jesus won't kill you unless you join a weirdo cult.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 Před 2 lety +18

      @@davidlynch9049 I didn't go from on drug to another. Where did you get that idea ?

    • @forestdweller5581
      @forestdweller5581 Před 2 lety +10

      You sustituted drugs for religion? Wow that puts you in a worse place. If you truly get over addiction you won't need no religion at all. You'll be standing on your own two feet not needing any messiah.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 Před 2 lety +44

      At least I have peace. More than I. Can say for you. You sound like an angry person. Don't bother texting if you have nothing positive to say.

    • @paulpetersen9603
      @paulpetersen9603 Před 2 lety +7

      @@forestdweller5581 also. Learn how to spell.

  • @jamesstreet856
    @jamesstreet856 Před 2 lety +347

    A woman I knew tried to get me to try some meth. I refused and she said "Try it, you might like it." I said "I know, that's why I'm not trying it."

    • @barefootarts737
      @barefootarts737 Před 2 lety +22

      So right

    • @stephenc2481
      @stephenc2481 Před 2 lety +17

      Besides, the teeth look nice..

    • @magical8013
      @magical8013 Před 2 lety +29

      Misery loves company and you will understand that everybody will try to get you the use drugs to come on their level because their f****** miserable

    • @margotdourand2507
      @margotdourand2507 Před 2 lety +8

      Smart. So did Trump because his brother had an addiction. H e was smart enough to not even try anything

    • @rickp3753
      @rickp3753 Před 2 lety +9

      I've never tried it either. Thank God. I'd probably love it. 🤣

  • @exoticone42
    @exoticone42 Před 2 měsíci +15

    Watching this documentary now in 2024 while living in Portland OR is wild!! They had no idea how bad it was actually going to get. It’s so heartbreaking.

    • @CatroiOz
      @CatroiOz Před 2 měsíci

      Is it that bad ? In my country people are only exposed to MJ, I've never even seen someone on harder drugs. It's incredible to see what's happening in the US from a foreigner's pov

    • @KevBotM
      @KevBotM Před 2 měsíci

      The issue with Oregon's solution is that it worked on the assumption that drug cartels wouldn't move production into Mexico. This assumption ultimately proved incorrect. Turns out it was just a bandaid solution. I'm glad I don't live in Oregon and can get pseudoephedrine behind the counter.

    • @KevBotM
      @KevBotM Před 2 měsíci

      @@CatroiOz It kind of depends on where you live. Where I live I almost never see people strung out on meth but I know it happens. When I recently visited Los Angeles for a few days I saw at least 2 or 3 people on something making them tweak out. The US is a huge and very diverse country, so this is the case for pretty much everything.
      What's your country if you don't mind me asking?

  • @seithlovelace1482
    @seithlovelace1482 Před 10 měsíci +80

    Excellent documentary! I'm a long time critical care and nursing generalist who chose to start working in a detox setting. Understanding better how we got to where we are has helped me immensely.

    • @julianb5413
      @julianb5413 Před 9 měsíci

      Where can I get it

    • @julianb5413
      @julianb5413 Před 9 měsíci

      Like from a professional setting or whatever

    • @johnmike121
      @johnmike121 Před 7 měsíci

      I liked the part where they said a 9 year old girl is a meth cook 😂

    • @charles2521
      @charles2521 Před 7 měsíci

      21:25 He just forgot to mention how exactly the US government convinced other countries to shut it down. After all, bribery, sponsored terrorism and threats are better than letting people own their own bodies.
      Land of the free, the propaganda says.
      ps: Not to mention the fact that the US, the British Empire and the Israeli lobby got rich through drug trafficking, and now they don't want others to use their strategies.

    • @Dad4lillily
      @Dad4lillily Před 7 měsíci

      Are you fucking kidding me it is horrible news reporting absolutely horrible news reporting. Big Pharma puts her name on meth and calls it Adderall hey step every kind of opiate imaginable be because they fight opiate with opiates but as long as they’re legal ones that are prescribed it’s OK. So no horrible horrible documentary not telling the truth the governments war on drugs is that making money!

  • @daviddntait
    @daviddntait Před 2 lety +1353

    I beat Meth addiction 16 years ago. Haven't looked back since. It is a battle I will fight till the day I die. The addiction lies in wait, just hoping for the day you get weak and run back to the drug. It tried to steal my life and soul. But I fought back...and have been winning the battle. Don't let your guard down. Remember where you came from...don't forget the misery and heartache you caused yourself and those who cared about you.

    • @cherylthomas1268
      @cherylthomas1268 Před 2 lety +36

      Stay strong my friend. Keep fighting.

    • @MichelleRad333
      @MichelleRad333 Před 2 lety +7

      Amen!!

    • @geroldminhofer3295
      @geroldminhofer3295 Před 2 lety +17

      I‘m proud of you and i‘m happy you got clean. You Made it. 🙂. You are strong and will do good. ☺️

    • @cris102178
      @cris102178 Před 2 lety +8

      Congratulations

    • @daviddntait
      @daviddntait Před 2 lety +36

      @Shell m well, I was a normal teenager that did well in school. After graduating, alot of us started partying alot drinking and doing blow. I knew it's reputation of course and swore I'd never touch that stuff. Well one night while waiting for a friend to pick me up to go get more blow...I was hanging with a security guard I knew who worked in a building at the end of my street for years. He smoked meth. He laughed when I said I was waiting for coke and said to "try this instead" so like a dumbass, I tried it and LOVED it! The rest was history. That night was the beginning of the end for me. I eventually ended up getting locked up a few times and all kinds of drama came into my life. That stuff is GUARANTEED to destroy you and whatever sense of normalcy you had in your life. It doesn't care if you are rich or poor or what race, religion or whatever you are. Meth WILL destroy you. Stay the hell away from it and anyone who does it.

  • @imalright2837
    @imalright2837 Před 2 lety +2311

    My dad lost his mind on that stuff. Pulled a gun on me and mom causing us to flee for our life from ID to WA over night.
    One of the most difficult times in my life even just adjusting to the culture shock. Fortunately my dad was arrested 2 years later and forced to stay clean on probation or risk losing everything including his house.
    Long story short he stuck with it and my parents got remarried and I got to actually have a great father for the last 6 years of his life.

    • @happygilmore1844
      @happygilmore1844 Před 2 lety +114

      good story man, glad it turned out for the better bro

    • @coshyno
      @coshyno Před 2 lety +14

      did he passed away ">? what happened ?

    • @elbinx760
      @elbinx760 Před 2 lety +12

      @@happygilmore1844
      same here man.... 🙏🏼

    • @organenthusiast5803
      @organenthusiast5803 Před 2 lety +33

      Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad it ended well for you. I know people who have lost their lives to drugs. It's a sad and empty end.

    • @cameronmcglade2941
      @cameronmcglade2941 Před 2 lety +55

      I have sent myself to hell n back a thousand times on meth it is the devils drug

  • @constantelev8tion1
    @constantelev8tion1 Před 9 měsíci +29

    Here in Hawaii it’s very bad, my mom and dad both died young due to their addiction to meth. It’s kind of a double edged sword, on one side it ripped our family apart, on the other it also made me despise anything and everything about drugs.
    Instead of using my bad childhood upbringing as an excuse, I use it as motivation and vowed to be the best parent I can be to my daughter. It’s just sad my parents couldn’t kick their addiction and watch her grow up. Dad died a few years before she was born and mom died a couple months after she was born.

  • @jmb9701
    @jmb9701 Před 8 měsíci +11

    Cop here; the problem with alot of these drug law enforcement types is that they fail to consider the response when / if they "win" against a certain cartel or drug. Drugs are a hydra, you will never defeat. For (some) very intelligent people working around law enforcement, its shocking to see the lack of foresight when positioning funding towards such frivolous endeavours. Congrats man, you got rid of quaaludes, and spawned every other evils.

    • @Icetubexd
      @Icetubexd Před měsícem +4

      I was thinking the same thing while watching that part. The DEA guy was completely deluded. Meth is being used is on an entirely different scale and has been for a loooong time. Besides preventing a couple dozen factories to stop delivering a very specialized chemical ingredient to Columbia is entirely different from shutting down access of everyday Americans to an over the counter product available im abundance WORLDWIDE. Even if the law would've gone through, you'd have cooks using Mexican or Canadian ingredients in a hearbeat. These days a criminal organization could probably find a sketchy factory in China to smuggle the compounds needed for cooking directly to the USA.
      The Drug problem needs to be tackled in a different way, with law enforcement playing only one small part of a greater solution. Easier said than done, but there is truly no other way. The DEA will never 'win' against drugs, especially not in an increasingly multipolar world.

    • @BronzeDragon133
      @BronzeDragon133 Před 18 dny +1

      I didn't quite get that, either. Yeah, you got rid of quaaludes. Didn't they just start using something else? Wouldn't preventative efforts help at the front (for every one kept off, that saves a fortune), and work on those who do get hooked to get them off. In the mean while, assure they don't catch deadly diseases and try to keep everybody as safe as possible. It's imperfect...but life is imperfect.
      I'm also a soap maker with bad sinuses who paints. I'm sure I'm on plenty of lists as I buy lye, solvents, and Sudafed. I wish them great good luck in tracking me as I rescue feral cats and give them better lives.

    • @BronzeDragon133
      @BronzeDragon133 Před 18 dny

      @@Icetubexd And you will get the only medication that works against my sinus headaches away from me over my cold, dead, sinus-aching body.

  • @chopper1168
    @chopper1168 Před 2 lety +765

    14 years sober I have all my belongings back and have savings now. It’s has been a long road. Anybody out there struggling don’t give up you can do it.

    • @buddyrebel_Garcia
      @buddyrebel_Garcia Před 2 lety +7

      Let’s do one more for the road!

    • @KRACKERJACK6913
      @KRACKERJACK6913 Před 2 lety +1

      @@buddyrebel_Garcia 😁

    • @rawforreel3384
      @rawforreel3384 Před 2 lety +3

      Right on!

    • @Ken_Mags
      @Ken_Mags Před 2 lety +3

      you got any advice for me my friend? been smoking shit since 1996, I'm 41 years old now 😬

    • @chopper1168
      @chopper1168 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Ken_Mags I got myself into rehab back in 2008. I had relapsed 10 times before this final time. I’m on a low dose of subs. Most people don’t like that but it keeps me on track. It also helps to find a hobby to keep you busy.

  • @Nanoscape30
    @Nanoscape30 Před 2 lety +502

    Im 2years sober and still lack pleasure, feel gray and off, through the grace of God i stay clean.. God helped me go through 18months of rehab and has been with me through everything im so grateful for that...

    • @medinasalazar8014
      @medinasalazar8014 Před 2 lety +11

      Blessings bro I'm still struggling

    • @liverbirdxoxo1984
      @liverbirdxoxo1984 Před 2 lety +13

      It can be hard but stick with it one day at a time.. you can do this… I still struggle with depression daily.. 8 years sober, 9 years clean but things are still better than they were x

    • @e.v.8949
      @e.v.8949 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm sorry you're feeling that way. It's great to know you've been working hard to get better. Your fish tanks are really cool, too.

    • @peacockhorsepower3181
      @peacockhorsepower3181 Před 2 lety +6

      Meth is soul poison. It takes a lifetime of feelings snd emotions and squeezes it out of your soul then there is little left for life.

    • @jonathanvamos8636
      @jonathanvamos8636 Před 2 lety +6

      Stay strong, buddy. the longer you stay away from that shit, the better.

  • @AutumnRyan713
    @AutumnRyan713 Před 8 měsíci +5

    I can't explain how terrible this drug is in text. There are no words. As a person in recovery, it is the black pit of hell.

    • @JenniferNewLife144
      @JenniferNewLife144 Před měsícem +1

      It is, the drug took several years of my life and I hate it!!!

  • @runawaylostmymind
    @runawaylostmymind Před měsícem +3

    PBS always publishes the most interesting things. the stuff i seek out on social media now is very akin to the docs i used to watch on public tv.

  • @mckaylaaelisee
    @mckaylaaelisee Před 2 lety +2820

    Grew up with a mother who was addicted. In Oregon as well actually. She has been clean since I was about 10, so over 13 years now. I just want to say, all those people who have overcome addiction, your current and future families thank you. I thank you. And if you haven’t yet, I love you, you can get better.

    • @Guidancewithgrace777
      @Guidancewithgrace777 Před 2 lety +42

      Love this!

    • @gypsonny2
      @gypsonny2 Před 2 lety +1

      I was gonna say you look 30 in your thumbnail pic, do you smoke meth?

    • @russellcox3299
      @russellcox3299 Před 2 lety +22

      U look great from wa

    • @mckaylaaelisee
      @mckaylaaelisee Před 2 lety +93

      @@gypsonny2 I’m 23, I’m not sure what your comment was trying to achieve there but I actually look really young for my age! And I have never been addicted to any drugs but again, thank you for that comment you were clearly trying to bring me down to your level. I hope you can find some happiness today!

    • @realityhurts8697
      @realityhurts8697 Před 2 lety +37

      My mom was meth head and horse junkie, the first 12 yrs if my life, what a shit show. Then she cleaned up got and stayed sober... to this day I have tried Lotta of drugs, luckily for me I don't like feeling out of my head. So I guess I'm a teetotaler, I don't use drugs, don't even take prescription pain pills, and rarely drunk.

  • @midnightblues5931
    @midnightblues5931 Před 2 lety +202

    I’m still battling my meth addiction please pray for me

    • @tiffanyprestwich2676
      @tiffanyprestwich2676 Před 2 lety +11

      You are a Beautiful soul. Love yourself for where you are right now in this moment. You are not bad, evil disgusting,"worthless, ugly or any less Of a human being. You are a strong and beautiful person who not only is fighting an addiction but is doing so with zero dignity. The battle is much easier when you love what you are fighting for. Love your self and be kind to your self. I personally think that the way this drug is and has been portrayed has played a huge part in an already broken system. Shame has never been a good or healthy motivator for one to want to get sober. Much love to you and all my fellow beings. Love is the answer folks. The kind of radical love that breaks down the stigmas and judgements the we humans are placing and allowing to be placed on our fellow human beings. You who are down need to stand up and hold your head up high with honor and dignity regardless of where you are in your journey sober or not because you are NOT defined by that in which keeps you down. instead identify with the strength inside of you that keeps you going. There is much love for you here. Nameste

    • @AmyJoJoo
      @AmyJoJoo Před 2 lety +11

      Getting clean is SO hard, but you got this! I used to be horribly addicted to heroin and the needle.. There is life in recovery tho 🙏 and don't be discouraged or give up when you relapse. Everyone does. Relapsing is a part of the process to getting sober. It will happen, and when it does, don't allow it to consume you. Pick yourself back up and keep going. Go to N/A, work the 12 steps, reach out to your loved ones and/or your higher power for strength. I believe in you.

    • @valeriecasias3068
      @valeriecasias3068 Před 2 lety +6

      You are not alone in trying to fight this as I try and fight the good fight everyday. I'm losing

    • @gasparsanchez3530
      @gasparsanchez3530 Před 2 lety

      God and his universe filled with so much that we can't fathom be always with you, give your suffering to God, or anything you feel is your rock, I have struggled with the same demons and I can understand, plus COVID did not help, but I can say this, the feeling is amazing and it's not easy, but the path of positive and good is difficult, but rewarding in a way that is impossible to describe, it isn't a promise of a ridiculous number of virgins or anything unrealistic like that, I can only say it's an inner peace and harmony that you will feel, n after I only wanted to evolve more to do more, and I love the labor now.. you can do it and you will I promise. It's not easy like I said, and it is really easy to get into the shit again, it literally just comes to your feet and still does for me.. probably always will. I prefer not to go back.. and I'm grateful for being able to say this after 20+ years of being a zombie.. not everyone gets to live... I send you only positive vibes and I pray for you to see and hear clear that you can make the best of choices for you and the ones that love you.💪🙏💯

    • @ashotofmercury
      @ashotofmercury Před 2 lety +1

      You can do it! 👌🏻🙌🏻🖤

  • @diannalazan2846
    @diannalazan2846 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I grew up in Portland but left in 1978. My husband still works in Portland several months out of the year. It’s so tragic to see this!

  • @relaxingtones2031
    @relaxingtones2031 Před 2 lety +146

    13 years this October , never go back.

    • @stephenc2481
      @stephenc2481 Před 2 lety +3

      Good.
      First, you gotta help yourself. You can't make a mess of yourself and wait for someone to bring you back. You have to make the decision to stop. Else, no amount of help will work.

    • @echointhenight2125
      @echointhenight2125 Před 2 lety

      Awesome. Im proud of you for making the decision to stop the death drug. Stay strong for another day my friend.

  • @mhauser9457
    @mhauser9457 Před 2 lety +203

    I’m so happy I got off that shit. 2 years clean! I’ll never go back. That nasty shit made me a shell of my former self

    • @vvolfbelorven7084
      @vvolfbelorven7084 Před 2 lety +19

      I'm very happy for you. I dont know you and I dont think we will ever meet, but knowing that your life has taken a path for the better is something in which I can also rejoice because a life well lived is something we could all want for each other. I do hope all goes well. Stay safe, my friend.

    • @victoriastone2975
      @victoriastone2975 Před 2 lety +11

      Well done! I don’t know you but I’m proud of you & wish you well for a great future! Take care, everyone.

    • @dvandeun
      @dvandeun Před 2 lety +6

      bless you

    • @billcox8870
      @billcox8870 Před 2 lety +5

      Welcome back to real life ☺️. I raise my daily cup of coffee to you for breaking the cycle of addiction☕

    • @aaronc4724
      @aaronc4724 Před 2 lety +4

      Praise the Lord you are clean my friend.

  • @joowlz
    @joowlz Před 10 měsíci +9

    I live in Australia and was addicted by IV to meth for 17 years, but the latter part was ice. I'm now clean over 2 years. I didn't realize that meth changed the brain in that getting clean one experienced anxiety, depression etc. Explains my negativity and going down worm holes because everything was grey. It's only been the last few months that I'm mentally well, but it has taken a lot of therapy. When I started 2004, it was believed meth wasn't addictive despite addicts clearly craving it. That life I had - you are not in control: drugs control you. I was fortunate never to have experienced psychosis or the 'sores' from picking, but I did look 15 years older weighed 15kg less and it was a toxic false lie meth fed. Thank-you for the video and I am inspired by others' honesty. I have my own channel which especially 2022 I discuss addiction and trauma. With love x Jem

    • @JM-el8ri
      @JM-el8ri Před 2 měsíci

      Ice is just L-Meth washed in Acetone and dried

  • @kasiestockdall2954
    @kasiestockdall2954 Před 6 měsíci +2

    My little brother died after going on a binge. He had been sober for a year and a half. He didn't get sober willingly and after he was released from his program he relapsed. He was so ate up and he really wanted to be better. After we lost my sister and mom we both went crazy. I moved away and stayed away from all my old friends. I begged him to do the same. I miss my family and I'm so grateful I didn't lose my kid's from the drug use. It's been 7 years since I have used. I would never go back to that miserable existence.

  • @teresabotts3987
    @teresabotts3987 Před 2 lety +178

    My youngest son is a meth addict. I cry a lot and I pray for his sake. GOD HELP US.

    • @MelModica
      @MelModica Před 2 lety +10

      I’m so sorry! I have two people in my family addicted to this poison! God bless our families and friends I hope they can find the strength to quit ASAP! 🙏🙏🙏

    • @alexcajiao7489
      @alexcajiao7489 Před 2 lety +10

      Continue to pray to GOD. Plead with the Lord Jesus to set your son free from the bondage he is in. And fast as well! And if you have any problems in your life as well then repent of them as well. And don’t give up! GOD bless you and yours! And I will pray for you as well!

    • @teresabotts3987
      @teresabotts3987 Před 2 lety +7

      Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement. I will never give up and I'll never stop praying.

    • @laurafleming7408
      @laurafleming7408 Před 2 lety +10

      There is hope. Both my grandkids beat it.

    • @jamesstauffer6427
      @jamesstauffer6427 Před 2 lety +6

      My faith in God is strong but if prayer isn't working my suggestion would be to slowly integrate yourself back into his life. I'm not your son but I might as well be and can tell you from firsthand experience there is a difference between tough love and abandonment. Helping someone with a ride or food or a place to sleep does not make you an enabler, it lessons the chance of that person turning to alternative methods when faced with those obstacles. If you can cross that bridge it's in these moments that you may gain a little influence. Combine your influence with specific prayers for best results. Of course trust being an issue in all situations not just drug-related I would only give enough rope to trip oneself and not to hang. May God be with you and grant you all that is needed from within. Expect and believe in miracles.

  • @mariejohnson2993
    @mariejohnson2993 Před 2 lety +468

    15 months sober!!
    We do recover 💜

    • @dannyshepherd7142
      @dannyshepherd7142 Před 2 lety +11

      Don't give up!

    • @maureen8930
      @maureen8930 Před 2 lety +11

      Please focus on you and good people around you. God Bless 🙏🙏🥰🥰

    • @87clits
      @87clits Před 2 lety +9

      You made a choice to do something different. Everyone has the power to change.

    • @randyrqbbins9931
      @randyrqbbins9931 Před 2 lety +11

      🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Congratulations. I’ve been off opioids 26 months.

    • @steveissexy
      @steveissexy Před 2 lety +3

      Great to hear I mean that it was it very smart to go telling the cops and the rest of the world . Your whole body tingles all over the place yeah that's a heart attack

  • @sallyrose9507
    @sallyrose9507 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I’m the mother grandmother of a ice addicted daughter it’s devastating and hard to comprehend why my daughter has disowned her own daughters, just breaks my heart I can honestly say if I was asked to transport meth for $5,000000 I wouldn’t even flinch to do so after seeing the devastating effects of my daughter and grandchildren.
    Remember when you play a part you enabled this devastation of many.
    Think be for you act.
    Heart brake from
    Australia
    Australia

  • @kaylalong2929
    @kaylalong2929 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I hope my mom can get clean from meth. My children don’t even know her. I miss her so much she’s been an addict my whole life but the meth addiction got bad about 9 years ago when she moved away. I just wish she would come home so I could help her somehow

  • @blackicex1622
    @blackicex1622 Před 2 lety +588

    I was an addict for 5yrs and been clean for 16yrs now. Meth will make you turn on those you love, even yourself. One day I just took a good long look at myself and those I was associating with and said I can’t do this anymore. I realized I was losing myself and heading straight to prison or hell for no reason. Now I’m a successful business owner, shareholder, and live for my two little nephews who mean the world to me.

    • @babe1er
      @babe1er Před 2 lety +10

      i hate the ppl associated with it i am trying to cut them all off

    • @Ommateum
      @Ommateum Před 2 lety +10

      @@babe1er I don’t hate them I pity them, addiction is a disease. They’re fellow human beings caught in a terrible spot the last thing they’d need is ppl hating them, if everyone did they’d all be doomed to a short, miserable life with a lonely and probably agonizing death.

    • @redkelson1845
      @redkelson1845 Před 2 lety +5

      Explain to me how doctors and lawyers use the shit and keep outa trouble and there mind .??? And don’t tell me that is doesn’t happen

    • @ACasualNPC
      @ACasualNPC Před 2 lety +4

      Great to hear :) congratulations on fixing your life.

    • @beckyrockwell7964
      @beckyrockwell7964 Před 2 lety +5

      @@babe1er That's what my husband and I did. We moved across the state and nobody knows where we live.

  • @kendrajohnson2520
    @kendrajohnson2520 Před 2 lety +406

    I'm a recovering meth addict I lost everything in the 6 years that I lost in my meth use including my child my family my self respect and my will to live but now I'm almost three months clean and 18 weeks pregnant and changing my life little by little every day

    • @rahnuma11
      @rahnuma11 Před 2 lety +12

      You can do it!!!! God bless you.

    • @jeffhammond7499
      @jeffhammond7499 Před 2 lety +17

      That's GREAT Kendra,,I was shooting heroin for years,,,now on 5 years clean SUBOXONE SAVED ME ☠️

    • @donnamariewilliams8261
      @donnamariewilliams8261 Před 2 lety +6

      I am very happy for you!! Keep the faith!!

    • @Noneck1999
      @Noneck1999 Před 2 lety +9

      Keep it going girl! Think of that beautiful baby and you!

    • @dorelyherrera5872
      @dorelyherrera5872 Před 2 lety +6

      Congratulations God Bless you

  • @Deenicolee__
    @Deenicolee__ Před 11 měsíci +2

    Wow a Very informative video about this substance thank you for bringing so much awareness to this topic here on this channel always great work !!

  • @alabamared2568
    @alabamared2568 Před 11 měsíci +3

    As a former user no treatment or class or anything like that will do anything it will bring awareness..UNTILL THE USER DECIDES ITS TIME TO QUIT NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK PERIOD I'm 6 years clean!!

  • @armandoreyna9228
    @armandoreyna9228 Před 2 lety +143

    I've been clean for four days now. I have to report to probation in a few days. Oh God help me.

    • @outinthesticks1035
      @outinthesticks1035 Před 2 lety +13

      How are you doing ? You can do it . I was never an addict , but only because I recognized I could be at a very young age . Am a alcoholic , but with support from family been dry for 45 years . My wife is a crack addict , ( never refers to herself as a " ex addict") been off for 20 years , she turned to alcohol , but been sober for 7 years now . She uses weed to substitute but says it's not the answer . Life will get better . Every time she thinks about it, she says she thinks of her husband,home, grandchildren. She has had to change all her friends , but her family has all come back to her. Stay strong

    • @ecuadorexpat8558
      @ecuadorexpat8558 Před 2 lety +10

      YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!

    • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
      @goatpepperherbaltea7895 Před 2 lety +2

      Gang

    • @Senaihh
      @Senaihh Před 2 lety +3

      Good luck!!! Do well.

    • @rinaelsayed901
      @rinaelsayed901 Před 2 lety +8

      Make it four weeks, then four months, then four years…then forever. Blessings 🐶

  • @antoliimayra1356
    @antoliimayra1356 Před 2 lety +326

    It's absolutely heart-breaking to see those "before and after" photos.

  • @AnnaThebodeau-vj4vg
    @AnnaThebodeau-vj4vg Před 7 měsíci +2

    Yep my son at 28 died from lethal doe of methamphetamine inches year of 2022 and have been grieving ever since.

  • @katmcdaniel6840
    @katmcdaniel6840 Před dnem +1

    Same same lost every thing including my teeth,became disconnected from life,was in pain ,it made me forget my troubles,but I lost my sanity and my love of self, I'm sober and clean since 1996 ,& tobacco free since 4/20/ 2020,& I love me again, I love my new teeth,I love God,I love life,again ,it can get better,day by day, can be a blessing, keep your Faith, strong 💪 🙏🙏💓🙏 Amen

  • @wendylott6920
    @wendylott6920 Před 2 lety +616

    Congratulations to anyone whose gotten clean from any addiction! Welcome Back!

    • @jesusislord6545
      @jesusislord6545 Před 2 lety +8

      Repent to Jesus Christ!!!
      “When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”
      ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94:19‬ ‭NIV‬‬

    • @user-sh2mk8ew4c
      @user-sh2mk8ew4c Před 2 lety +3

      @LIQUID FX i mean if you have chronic pain a person is addicted to opiates. But as long as a person lives a productive life, has quality of life, then they are fine.
      There is nothing wrong with that addiction.
      However, if it was me I would move to a state that has Medical marijuana vs. living off opiates every day.
      But I do not judge a person who has to rely on opiates to live a productive life.

    • @TheGripMuse
      @TheGripMuse Před 2 lety

      Let's get it 💪

    • @ArKritz84
      @ArKritz84 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jesusislord6545 stop shaming people, instead congratulate them on their achievements. Don't you have any empathy?

    • @jesusislord6545
      @jesusislord6545 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ArKritz84 Read the Gospel!!
      “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
      ‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3:9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

  • @Anonymous-pm7jf
    @Anonymous-pm7jf Před 2 lety +1891

    Funny how we elected politicians to represent us. Instead the politicians represent the corporations.
    Meanwhile we peasants fight each other defending politicians.

    • @eyasulegesse6208
      @eyasulegesse6208 Před 2 lety +30

      not really we pay them an average of 179,000 a year but corporations given them up to 20 mil a year depending on their level of cooperation. Who would you serve?

    • @OhioFootHills
      @OhioFootHills Před 2 lety +47

      @@eyasulegesse6208 My country.

    • @topcat365
      @topcat365 Před 2 lety +36

      Facts. One of the biggest forms of distraction, is entertainment.

    • @mallorihaze3016
      @mallorihaze3016 Před 2 lety +22

      I've never heard more truth!

    • @keelyevans7692
      @keelyevans7692 Před 2 lety +6

      May we do both and remove the fuse of military subversive control?

  • @mohdhadapi6333
    @mohdhadapi6333 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thanks you so much for information...

  • @Eitner100
    @Eitner100 Před 25 dny +2

    I worked in an extremely harsh detox camp. We cut the hair of the junkies military style. They were not allowed to smoke, drink coffee, tea or soda. All they were allowed to drink was water or milk. Lots of water. Three good meals per day. No music, no posters of rock stars.
    They had to work 8 hours per day, six days per week in the fields of the camp to grow their own food. They got paid for that work and the money went into a saving account with interest. That money was for them after a year of very intense treatment, sports, work and therapy.
    Aggression meant exclusion form the treatment. Any way of not following rules, meant the same. Worked quite okay.

  • @Irate_Beau
    @Irate_Beau Před 2 lety +282

    I was on meth for 3 years. Been clean since '17.
    I will _never be able to forget_ both how amazing it felt, and how the comedown made me want to dive out of the window.
    The only thing stopping me was that any movement was impossibly painful. Not in my muscles, but in my head.
    It's a small miracle that I'm here to say this, and I'm even luckier that I didn't need any help to quit.

    • @yespls4184
      @yespls4184 Před rokem +5

      I'm glad that you were able to lock the addiction. My boyfriend's brother is dealing with it and it's scary

    • @rabbit3212010
      @rabbit3212010 Před rokem +5

      My heart feels fuller because of you.
      That's an amazing feeling to be able to love a stranger. The internet really is good.

    • @Irate_Beau
      @Irate_Beau Před rokem +5

      I was just curious honestly. Always being told not to do something makes one want to do it.

    • @Shurmstick
      @Shurmstick Před rokem +1

      💯

    • @cambell9
      @cambell9 Před rokem +2

      The comedown is horrible

  • @Rakel6784
    @Rakel6784 Před rokem +375

    This hit me hard..I divorced my husband because he was a meth user and abused me...I left with my 3 sons and never looked back

    • @maryshoemaker5781
      @maryshoemaker5781 Před rokem +5

      Amen gf 📖

    • @danrook5757
      @danrook5757 Před rokem +1

      Wheres hubby now

    • @tommandich4648
      @tommandich4648 Před rokem +12

      He's with me now.We are in a homosexual relationship.We share our meth pipes and our other pipes.

    • @markfisher5628
      @markfisher5628 Před rokem +11

      Crazy how people will lose everything for meth

    • @Rakel6784
      @Rakel6784 Před rokem +7

      @@markfisher5628 You're right.. It's sad that they rather have the drug than their own family

  • @cindytackett7106
    @cindytackett7106 Před 11 měsíci +17

    I have a 19-year-old granddaughter that is currently fighting for her life because of the Meth. She went from a beautiful, intelligent, loving, young woman to a meth zombie in a very short time. She was addicted immediately and within a month went from snorting to smoking it and all hell broke loose. Our family will never be the same because of all the trauma she inflicted upon us for over a year. She is currently in detox. She has a very long and bumpy road ahead to recovery. I will give her all the moral support I can. I will never abandon her. I will love on her and encourage her to stay on a path that is healthy and happy. For all the families that have a loved one who is addicted, please never give up hope. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

    • @tree777tree3
      @tree777tree3 Před 10 měsíci

      You probably abused her mentally for her to try meth in the first place. Maybe your sin caused it

    • @MamaLeahRocksIt
      @MamaLeahRocksIt Před 10 měsíci

      There is a light at the end of the tunnel. 20 years ago, my family supported me the way you are supporting your granddaughter. I have 2 wonderful children, a job I really enjoy, and my parents tell me all the time how proud of me they are. The love of my family and friends is what helped me get and stay sober.

    • @cindytackett7106
      @cindytackett7106 Před 2 měsíci

      This is a follow up to my post 8 months ago. My granddaughter is doing well. She continues weekly therapy with mental health counselors, a social worker who specializes in young women with trauma. She is not 100 % but with ongoing care, love/support from family she continues to heal. She is working part time and living with her father. Please understand the recovery from Meth is a very long process.
      As I turn 70 my wish is to have my granddaughter healthy and happy.

    • @LittleHatori
      @LittleHatori Před 21 hodinou

      ❤❤❤

  • @mattt198654321
    @mattt198654321 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I remember in about 2005, walking into a Meijer pharmacy and seeing 30 pill box of pseudoephedrine on the shelf for $2.99. As someone who had bad allergies, it was a godsent, but in retrospect I can't believe it was that easy to get your hands on.

  • @jendagesse4524
    @jendagesse4524 Před 4 měsíci +6

    This world is sick

  • @randomguy4116
    @randomguy4116 Před 2 lety +450

    Nothing is more soothing the the tune in the beginning of a PBS documentary

    • @desertdetroiter428
      @desertdetroiter428 Před 2 lety +8

      Absolutely true. Love FL.

    • @desertdetroiter428
      @desertdetroiter428 Před 2 lety +14

      @LTrain45 45 Lol…it’s “fake news,” huh?🙄🙄🙄🙄

    • @lauraj9874
      @lauraj9874 Před 2 lety +12

      The narrator’s voice is so soothing to me, also.

    • @kiturselassie813
      @kiturselassie813 Před 2 lety +7

      Pbs always the best .grassroots

    • @tanjimpurno2560
      @tanjimpurno2560 Před 2 lety +3

      @LTrain45 45 you're right. We must double check everything. Because just like every human being (including you and me) the media people have a bias too. So, we mustn't make a decision based on just one source, I agree with you.

  • @aTruster
    @aTruster Před 2 lety +296

    I was an addict for 30 years. On July 17th, 1999 at 10:30am I was set free from addiction. I've been free since and I now know what addiction is and how and why it works.

    • @robbzooi
      @robbzooi Před 2 lety +5

      ok

    • @wobu5361
      @wobu5361 Před 2 lety +5

      did you get a free set of new teeth?

    • @aTruster
      @aTruster Před 2 lety +17

      @@wobu5361 Yes.

    • @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem
      @slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem Před 2 lety +14

      Congratulations on turning your life around. A friend of mine says the rest of our lives can be the best of our lives only if we make it so God Willing. You may or may not believe in God but just know that even though I don't know you, I'm proud of you. Have a wonderful life.

    • @aTruster
      @aTruster Před 2 lety +20

      @@slaveofAllahAlAzeezAlHakeem I didn't turn my life around. I was turned from darkness to light, for death unto life.

  • @ComradeDt
    @ComradeDt Před 11 měsíci +3

    Dam, this guy’s voice is great to Listen to

  • @sonjiachilds
    @sonjiachilds Před 2 měsíci +2

    There is a prescription form of methamphetamine & I don't know why addicts can't be hospitalized & "weaned" safely before they get that bad- like methadone clinics

  • @stevewarren5913
    @stevewarren5913 Před 2 lety +300

    Addition is giving up everything for one thing.
    Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.

    • @kaydog890
      @kaydog890 Před 2 lety +28

      Subtraction is taking away the thing for less.
      Multiplication is giving one thing or other quantities under specific rules to obtain their product.
      Equality; a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal.

    • @sousay2000
      @sousay2000 Před 2 lety +1

      Nice

    • @decimal1156
      @decimal1156 Před 2 lety +7

      As a recovering addict, this made a lot of sense to me. Thank you

    • @fccgrnp2968
      @fccgrnp2968 Před 2 lety +8

      dunno mate
      sounds way to simple to me
      worlds not only black and white

    • @annetteyoutube742
      @annetteyoutube742 Před 2 lety +6

      Steve Warren... Addiction?

  • @DQridesbikes
    @DQridesbikes Před 2 lety +186

    Lost everything including teeth , thanks to loved ones I'm now 7 years sober life is beautiful.

    • @friedchickenspecificallyca439
      @friedchickenspecificallyca439 Před 2 lety +2

      Listen to lil peep life is beautiful I have a feeling you will enjoy it

    • @maxsomerjoki8147
      @maxsomerjoki8147 Před 2 lety +1

      @@friedchickenspecificallyca439 Some people enjoy lil peeps "music"?

    • @friedchickenspecificallyca439
      @friedchickenspecificallyca439 Před 2 lety

      @@maxsomerjoki8147 some of his music isn’t the best but that’s okay I don’t have to like every song to be a fan. And I already know your some old man who thinks peep isn’t “real music”

    • @friedchickenspecificallyca439
      @friedchickenspecificallyca439 Před 2 lety

      @@maxsomerjoki8147 do the world a favor and just don’t answer the world doesn’t need your opinion on music.

    • @Number1FanProductions
      @Number1FanProductions Před 2 lety

      @@friedchickenspecificallyca439 legit why that song is fucking depression fuel, I love lil peep but there’s a lot I just can’t listen to after pulling myself from a darker place, if I do I just get sucked right back in and especially post mortem songs about hard core drug addictions n shit they just don’t have any cathartic release

  • @lauralei7678
    @lauralei7678 Před 9 měsíci +1

    35 years on anything i could get my hands on. 3.5 years clean. Absolutely the hardest thing I've ever accomplished.

  • @selenadiaz2665
    @selenadiaz2665 Před 2 měsíci +1

    it is so devastating...all these people and just broken lives, broken dreams. 💔

  • @markdoe353
    @markdoe353 Před 2 lety +393

    What really hurts is when your kids follow you in your foot steps
    No matter how much we as parents don't want them to turn out like us .
    Change your life. So our kids have a chance...

    • @MrStaybrown
      @MrStaybrown Před 2 lety +7

      I've got a friend who turned his kids onto it to normalize it.

    • @markdoe353
      @markdoe353 Před 2 lety +5

      That hurts pray for them is all we can do1

    • @sarahlouise6507
      @sarahlouise6507 Před 2 lety +10

      My dad normalized his alchaolism untill it bit him in the ass he laughs at junkies but cant laugh at himself he sucks lol

    • @markdoe353
      @markdoe353 Před 2 lety +7

      @@sarahlouise6507 its always easier to tell some else how dirty there backyard is...when there back yard is twice as dirty!
      I agree with you it Sucks!

    • @brendabaker3953
      @brendabaker3953 Před 2 lety +15

      I’m A Momma Of A Child Who Passed Away From An Accidental Overdose And Of 3 Children Who Have Served Time In Jail & Prison Because Of Drugs💔💔💔 I Didn’t Do Drugs….. The Only Drug I Was Addicted To Was Tobacco!! My Firstborn Died Mar 21, 2011💔
      I HAVE HELPED My Children With Rehab, NO JUDGING, LOVING KINDNESS & MANY MANY PRAYERS!!!!!!! I Am Currently Living In A Nursing Home(I Am Disabled Due To Being Bedridden(11yrs)) & This IS Where I Will GO HOME TO BE WITH GOD From!!!!! IF ANYONE NEEDS TO TALK(Texting) I AM HERE FOR YOU…..NO JUDGING OR STRINGS JUST LOVING KINDNESS And I AM PRAYING FOR YOU & YOUR FAMILIES🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻🕊🙏🏻
      ♥️💕♥️

  • @jennifercastaneda4593
    @jennifercastaneda4593 Před 2 lety +326

    Oct 16th ill be 3 years clean. Saved by Gods grace and living a life I've always hoped for. My fiancé and I are expecting our first baby Jan 1st. ❤

    • @echointhenight2125
      @echointhenight2125 Před 2 lety +6

      Im proud of you for not doing this death of a drug. Stay strong cuz you belong to the sober life.

    • @mysticmeg111
      @mysticmeg111 Před 2 lety +5

      Congrats you deserve a medal as well as a lovely baby coming into this world! May you continue to thrive!

    • @earlenebussey9143
      @earlenebussey9143 Před 2 lety +3

      Praise God good need

    • @lizbueno6327
      @lizbueno6327 Před 2 lety +1

      Proud of you! God bless you and your little family

    • @rodneyhickman598
      @rodneyhickman598 Před 2 lety +1

      Congratulations to you for doing your best to be safe and sober and Congratulations to you and your fiance on the new addition to the family. 🙏

  • @joshuapetersen2079
    @joshuapetersen2079 Před 21 dnem +2

    I used to shoot meth for about 4 years or so. And boy did it fuck with my head and my life. Been sober 3 years 7 months

  • @elizabetherne556
    @elizabetherne556 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I remember when this hit. I graduated in 1994. It was pretty rare in my state. My sister graduated in 2000. All her friends were on it. We are still seeing her friends and classmates going to jail because of meth related crimes. Once it showed up, a generation of kids became hooked. It was really bad with teenagers here in my state.

  • @valeniusthekat
    @valeniusthekat Před rokem +452

    As a former user, (clean from meth since 1997, I'm 50 ), I had to move from my childhood home in Los Angeles to central Indiana to get away from it all and start over. It was one of the hardest things I've had to do to save myself

    • @foreignuser_
      @foreignuser_ Před rokem

      this is a romantic and ultimately unrealistic success story that has basically zero statistical backing. i'm glad you overcame yourself by moving your self to a new location, but i really struggle to believe someone who says this type of shit. there must be more to the story, or you would have just brought your old self with you to the new location. you provide here a success story with absolutely zero indication that "doing something really hard" actually means hard commitments to the self and doing things we know are right even when it might feel wrong to the twisted self.
      in other words: your comment is clearly designed to garner support and upshits from people who don't even know what the fuck they are looking at, while giving those actually in trouble a false idea of what lies ahead should they decide to run away and think it will fix everything

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 Před rokem +21

      If you have no access to it, it helps. I would have no idea where to get it.

    • @sharonmclean2647
      @sharonmclean2647 Před rokem +4

      🕊

    • @cpb.
      @cpb. Před rokem +12

      its all around me. but nothing to me. amen

    • @debrahaymons76
      @debrahaymons76 Před rokem +10

      Amen. I know what you mean. Giving up people you care about to save yourself is/ was the hardest thing. It. Had. To. Be. Done.

  • @Dabby724
    @Dabby724 Před 2 lety +120

    Was nearly a decade on meth, this drug is really the "Devil's Drug". Sober for 2 years now. To people who haven't yet kick this deadly addiction I believe in you. If I could do it, trust me, you can too.

    • @Dabby724
      @Dabby724 Před 2 lety +10

      @@alienno.9 Bro, I FEEL you! I was in the same boat, well sorta. The first Year, every once in a while I would dream about it as well, but In my dreams I only dream of picking up the piece but never smoke from it. And in reality I've picked up the dick pipe on a few occasions and I felt no urge to smoke it. In fact, the opposite occurred. I felt completely repulsed by holding it bc it reminded me of all the anxiety, psychosis, delusions, hallucinations and isolation from when I was high off my mind.
      I will note that, doing a large dose of magic mushrooms after 2 months of sobriety, helped me completely to rid of my addiction and thoughts of meth. However I don't recommend this to anyone bc a bad trip is more likely than not. Although, If they truly want to quit from it for good, I think magic mushrooms can be one of the most useful tools in doing so.
      Anyway, Alien, hang in there brother. I've known people who quit and get back on it immediately. Its a vicious cycle. So you're doing great, A year and a half is quite is a HUGE milestone. Be proud of that.
      Lastly, One of the best natural methods is to Incorporate some type of daily physical exercise into your life and things will get easier, I promise you. By the 2 year mark you won't have any lingering thoughts of the Devil's Drug.
      You got this ! 💪

    • @judithvela4274
      @judithvela4274 Před rokem +1

      @@Dabby724 Congratulations on your great and fast recovery GOD bless you! Someone very special that I know has been on meth for over a decade and I have tried to help him but he gives up easily the most he sober was for two weeks then later, he relapsed. He goes thru everything you used to go thru including anger issues when he is sober. He was trying to be sober for me but I don't think it was ever from his own will. If I ever talk to him again I will show him your advice on how you started recovering maybe there is still hope for him but again it has to be from his own will not from mine and I had to learn that the hard way. Did you have to go thru rehab? He doesn't want to go thru rehab which makes me think is another sign that is against his will. Stay safe, strong, healthy, and happy! Thank you for your comment.

    • @dellingson4833
      @dellingson4833 Před rokem +2

      @@alienno.9 Sure does my 2nd. year has become my 7th.

    • @margaretyoung2666
      @margaretyoung2666 Před rokem

      What is it is it smoking crack

  • @revolutioninc7081
    @revolutioninc7081 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I tried meth a couple times and I have to say the amount of fun you get really isn’t worth it, here’s what I experienced on meth
    I had huge steady stream of energy, my eyes were glued open, I was extremely cold, even when I hopped into a hot shower it wasn’t warm, I had a lot of pain resistance, so much so I was able to straight up ashtray myself and I didn’t feel a thing.
    The biggest thing about it was that it made me extremely anxious, I never felt really that good because I was so fuckin anxious. Not fun
    All that said the addictiveness of meth is super dependent on who you are, and I’m not currently using meth and don’t plan to again because the whole experience was more traumatizing then fun.

  • @DG-sn1rt
    @DG-sn1rt Před 7 měsíci +3

    Treatment works for meth addicts I did merry everyday for 5 years lost everything I had ended up on the streets for 2 years went to rehab got clean am 5 years sober as of like a week ago. I work a good job have a wife stepson 2 dogs a cat. It’s a fight everyday but it does get easier.

  • @lindsayc1567
    @lindsayc1567 Před 2 lety +1102

    Imagine if we as a nation addressed the underlying problems that drive people to turn to drugs for escape in the first place, in addition to treating addicts like people who need help, not criminals.

    • @ryanmaddeaux357
      @ryanmaddeaux357 Před 2 lety +83

      Thank you, at least one other individual has a clue regarding what is going on. Thank you.

    • @janiceslay6883
      @janiceslay6883 Před 2 lety +62

      Exactly .Why is this not addressed?Start at the root.

    • @dreaminez472
      @dreaminez472 Před 2 lety +77

      Like outsourcing quality jobs and smashing unions so every working person makes bare minimum wage and is enslaved to the corporate hell machine. Workers at Amazon and Starbucks are rising up though. We may indeed see an age where working people are treated with respect. Drugs are often a disease of despair, its not hard to wonder why when you look at what middle class people have been through.

    • @ryanmaddeaux357
      @ryanmaddeaux357 Před 2 lety +34

      @@dreaminez472 Imagine what lower class people have been through.

    • @sweetielady7710
      @sweetielady7710 Před 2 lety +7

      👏👏👏

  • @mackbecker4031
    @mackbecker4031 Před 2 lety +361

    As a recovering addict watching this show brings back tears and sadness

    • @elskankhunt42
      @elskankhunt42 Před 2 lety +3

      You'll be back

    • @parkerswaxmuseum3746
      @parkerswaxmuseum3746 Před 2 lety

      Yeah man...i usually only watch these types of vids, while I'm high, and telling myself to get clean. In some cases, one drug may be more import than the other, so I don't wanna second guess any other people's opinions about me, at the time of whichever inebriation....heh. 7 years clean...(soap wise)

    • @mackbecker4031
      @mackbecker4031 Před 2 lety +3

      Doubt that but you never know

    • @karibennett5847
      @karibennett5847 Před 2 lety +1

      How long have you been HEALTHY(prefer this instead of 'clean' because it relates more to the physiological disease process)?

    • @parkerswaxmuseum3746
      @parkerswaxmuseum3746 Před 2 lety +1

      Clean in the sense of not pawning possesions to get drugs... Not spending rent money on drugs type... Getting over the hump to where you're "over" it style... Rock bottom 44 times over fed up... Life is worth it, when you can swim out of the muck and see the horizon...life can be beautiful to the sickest of minds, once you give yourself a chance☝. Word up!

  • @karenbochinski
    @karenbochinski Před 3 měsíci +3

    My hearts go out to the addicts.

  • @karenjensen2345
    @karenjensen2345 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Is there a new update for 2023? My daughter is hooked.

  • @tracyconfair1
    @tracyconfair1 Před 2 lety +67

    I've got 18 years off meth! Thank God!

  • @vinnieravioli4653
    @vinnieravioli4653 Před rokem +130

    Sober since I went to Jail in 2019, this stuff really does take over your life completely. It took a felony to sober me up, but jail knocked some sense into me

    • @eigleenalegri2664
      @eigleenalegri2664 Před rokem +6

      The financial and emotional damage done is seldom restored

  • @jasonwhite5107
    @jasonwhite5107 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent reporting.

  • @april6662
    @april6662 Před 7 měsíci

    Not only Oregan it’s everywhere just came from TN & VA it’s taking over there too!!

  • @angelwings1888
    @angelwings1888 Před 2 lety +257

    The best way and the only way to get off meth and staying away from meth is losing all of the friends that do it....misery loves company. Start hanging out with friends that do not use drugs.

    • @jnb756
      @jnb756 Před 2 lety +32

      there are no friends on meth - only acquaintances, co-conspirators, fuck buddies and marks - once you leave meth those people don't matter anymore even if you want them to

    • @naomih4885
      @naomih4885 Před 2 lety +13

      @@jnb756 that is the whole truth in a nutshell , well said .

    • @ghettocountry8678
      @ghettocountry8678 Před 2 lety +5

      exactly

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap Před 2 lety +8

      That's what saved me 😁

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap Před 2 lety

      @@mhp0810 Well you're young and free and you want to live a little 😁 not saying it's the best choice

  • @eeeeemeeee9047
    @eeeeemeeee9047 Před 2 lety +197

    This was filmed 10 years ago. Things were bad then.....Oh man it's so much worse now😭 The world is terrifying and I thank God every day I turned my life around.

    • @Zerpersande
      @Zerpersande Před 2 lety +9

      Imaginary deities had nothing to do with your change. Look in the mirror and congratulate the person responsible for the turn-around.

    • @larrythorn4715
      @larrythorn4715 Před 2 lety +5

      But at least DEA cracked down on cold and allergy medicine? They were successful in f***ing with law abiding citizens lmfao

    • @lofturhjalmarsson9896
      @lofturhjalmarsson9896 Před 2 lety +1

      so meth is strong again or

    • @larrythorn4715
      @larrythorn4715 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lofturhjalmarsson9896 law didn't make it go away.

    • @neily9961
      @neily9961 Před 2 lety +3

      Due to mental health issues I am ever so slowly losing my grip on reality. It is a slow and painful descent into my eventual death.

  • @Arcenia13
    @Arcenia13 Před 6 měsíci

    😮
    The determination is unbelievable!

  • @lauraprkr
    @lauraprkr Před 4 měsíci +2

    My brother has been to jail, because he got caught cooking the junk. He was clean while he was on probation. He is on it again. He’s never going to change. He will be 52 this month. I’ll never be free.

    • @user-et5qs2en4c
      @user-et5qs2en4c Před 4 měsíci +1

      Laura I am truly sorry for your situation I lost my youngest son to this poison,he got so crazy on this stuff that he gave up on his self and committed suicide at age 32. I will remember you and your brother as well as the rest of your family when I say my prayers , I sincerely wish you and yours the best of luck 🍀. There is a lot of help out there don’t give up!🕊

  • @bronxandrosie8015
    @bronxandrosie8015 Před 2 lety +265

    Words to live by or die...”Never pick up anything that you can’t put down again” -Kidd Rock.

    • @mattydread8148
      @mattydread8148 Před 2 lety +21

      Also kid rock- ‘here is to all my heros at the methadone clinics’

    • @sarahbaker1048
      @sarahbaker1048 Před 2 lety +10

      Also a raging alcoholic....

    • @mazrio128
      @mazrio128 Před 2 lety +3

      Also you can pick up a meth pipe....
      ...you can put down a meth pipe.

    • @chosen666sert
      @chosen666sert Před 2 lety +11

      shallow advice. you don't know in advance that you won't be able to put it down again

    • @heatherkline3048
      @heatherkline3048 Před 2 lety +10

      @Thou Swell - I know that you did not just call Kid Rock one of the best rappers 🤡

  • @eeyorelover32
    @eeyorelover32 Před 2 lety +809

    They should do a update on this documentary, especially now that Oregon has decriminalized the possession of all drugs. I’m honestly interested in knowing how it’s going.

    • @landrec2
      @landrec2 Před 2 lety +52

      That's what I wanted to know too. I'm guessing not good.

    • @alecwerme739
      @alecwerme739 Před 2 lety +166

      In every country that decriminalized drugs, use went down. They spent the funding for prisons and incarcerations on getting people substance abuse treatment. So, I suspect it will follow suit here as well.

    • @aurorab9727
      @aurorab9727 Před 2 lety +106

      Seattle is dying documentary is probably as good an update as you’ll get

    • @jaimejimenez4223
      @jaimejimenez4223 Před 2 lety +45

      @@alecwerme739 bahahahaha not in the US when you’re dealing with the Mexican cartels

    • @ponolovefarms3926
      @ponolovefarms3926 Před 2 lety +119

      My town in southern Oregon is being overrun with it. I can’t believe people voted for it, and I’m headed back to Alabama the first chance I get. These folks are crazy.

  • @jnj528
    @jnj528 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for the shake and bake recipe!

  • @chadwhite7290
    @chadwhite7290 Před 8 měsíci

    I live in Kentucky and i can say it has definitely went down in cases here

  • @astral_limits
    @astral_limits Před 2 lety +144

    One of my best mates and brothers in arms were addicted to meth after coming back from active duty in Afghanistan
    We were desperate for help
    Something to calm the PTSD
    I found spirituality
    He chose drugs..
    But we got there in the end
    He is now 2 years sober
    Couldn't be more proud

    • @rpmlinz86
      @rpmlinz86 Před 2 lety +6

      My brother, now 33, went into war at 17. He became a expert jump sniper by 19. While in Afghanistan, his convoy was attacked over 9 times. His best friend was killed in action and my brother was awarded a purple heart for his friend. My brother had to have a metal plate put in his face. While at home in Georgia, he couldn't cope, started drinking and wrapped his brand new charger around a tree, got locked up and dishonorably discharged. From then, he started using and selling meth. Then began going to jail and prison. Both his parents were addicts, but our mom didn't raise him as her and I stayed in Cali. He finally got clean after almost 10 years of active addiction. It blows my mind how little our armed forces get for help if they mess up

    • @pierrepiea3279
      @pierrepiea3279 Před 2 lety +5

      I'll bet you stood alongside him, too. The things you guys have witnessed? Seeing people at their most evil coming at you? Yeah, living with PTSD successfully can't be done alone. We aren't here on earth to be addicts. You have that gift from God now, I'll bet, you're a Wounded Healer. PTSD here too. Yelled, screamed at God many, many times - Why??? Once I shut up, he said, go and absorb whatever pain you can from someone who just got to where you once were. The gift of suffering is the grace you now have to remove even a molecule of another's pain by just being there silently and without judgement.

    • @trafficjon400
      @trafficjon400 Před 2 lety

      @@rpmlinz86 God thats horrible Hell for him and your family including you. today ADDERALL A Methamphetamine i been on and hard to get off having PTSD ADHD. it help a year slowly not working and they now don't care IT SEEMS AND NOW TELL ME THAT MANY ARE HAVING A VERY BAD TIME WITH IT. its legal now and if i knew what i was in for i would have not taken it. I quit drinking 15 years ago and now this. i don't get it for it will sell ten times better being legal Feeding the Pharma for our lives. Still Sheep for the suffering slow as if God allows it.

    • @lisacox8400
      @lisacox8400 Před 2 lety

      Congratulations to all of you!

    • @JoDo777
      @JoDo777 Před rokem

      EMDR therapy has a high success rate

  • @huntercrissup8766
    @huntercrissup8766 Před rokem +724

    I only did it for a couple of years, but the way it took me over and changed me entirely was scarey. I eventually sold or traded everything of value that I owned and then started stealing from my family to get more. Never understood beforehand when I'd hear that the drug would turn you into a different person. That drug took me to the lowest point of my life. Ive been clean for years but still dream about it and wake up tasting it. That stuff is the devil.

    • @joy.13
      @joy.13 Před rokem +22

      How long does it take to get out of the fog and become yourself again?

    • @ramsees9518
      @ramsees9518 Před rokem +29

      it is the devil! So glad you’re better

    • @Moonewitch
      @Moonewitch Před rokem +5

      What do you mean you can taste it? It has a taste?

    • @joy.13
      @joy.13 Před rokem +19

      @@Moonewitch yes, it doesn't taste good at all.

    • @huntercrissup8766
      @huntercrissup8766 Před rokem +27

      @@Moonewitch Hell yea ya can, Specially after a good line or two and ya get the drip. It's so good and so bad at the same time 😅

  • @lisaengland1048
    @lisaengland1048 Před 11 měsíci +2

    That was education. I never knew about where and how long this drug existed .

  • @kelvinrichardson8388
    @kelvinrichardson8388 Před 7 měsíci +2

    This is a first for me in any way to my knowledge I have never used but have been suspicious of being indirectly exposed to the possible use from uncertain cooking or use from.mental and physical issues thank God for the documentary it was very incite full thank you all very much

  • @yunowhatitis6783
    @yunowhatitis6783 Před 2 lety +420

    Big pharma concerned about "cost to consumer" if changed to prescription only? That's rich. I think they meant cost to their sales.

    • @adrianabonitaaziz
      @adrianabonitaaziz Před 2 lety +11

      Big pharma are making these Damn drugs !

    • @kellyfehr3719
      @kellyfehr3719 Před 2 lety +12

      Listening to the fellah compare it to the Pickle Industry was rich. Pickles don't kill people. It's more like Dynamite. Used for it's intended purpose it's perfectly safe. When not... it's not.

    • @perrypresley9630
      @perrypresley9630 Před 2 lety +10

      I use Sudafed in the spring and fall because it works. I should not have to get a prescription. Sudafed is no longer a problem because there isn't alot being made in this country anymore. The Mexican cartels are now making super meth and shipping it across the border

    • @Tential1
      @Tential1 Před 2 lety +5

      @@perrypresley9630 it was going to be over-the-counter not prescription. And because you're not willing to go over the counter to get this, it's easier for people to get Sudafed and turn it into meth. It's easier to be a shareholder of these Pharma companies knowing full well that you have demand of drug addict. That's why I got into investing in companies in the first place, it's easier than anything else, because companies are selling things that are essentially addictions and people cannot help themselves. Unless you are a massive shareholder of these companies making yourself a lot of money off their profits, if all you want is to pick up your Sudafed from a store and you're unwilling to do that because you want to make sure that people like myself making extra 10% more money a year be my guest.
      I see now that they actually wanted to make it a prescription drug, but again I don't see the harm in that

    • @skuzapo9365
      @skuzapo9365 Před 2 lety +6

      Unfortunately the big Execs little boy or girl gets taken down from time to time. Then they care.

  • @hellobaby9018
    @hellobaby9018 Před 2 lety +20

    I'm an ex addict- this is my motto and I wrote it: I never try new drugs and I never use old drugs in new ways.

  • @U.S.MARSHALLDEA
    @U.S.MARSHALLDEA Před 10 měsíci

    THANKS 4 DA VIDEOS ON OUR METH & FENTANYL EPIDEMIC NOW IN STL.MO.USA & ILLINOIS

  • @deborahtruthseeker112
    @deborahtruthseeker112 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Down the street from where I live was an trash dumpster filled to the top full of drugs in bottles. All kinds of pills, capsules, etc. I do not even think it is legal to dump them out that way. The trash dumpster was in an public parking lot near a bank, and grocery store.

  • @therealjacobtv
    @therealjacobtv Před 2 lety +98

    Y’all got this🙏🏾 the grass is greener on the sober side. Be strong

  • @dannysunay4386
    @dannysunay4386 Před rokem +85

    I was an addict, for ten years, I never thought I would see the end of it. The effects of my previous lifestyle will haunt me for the rest of my days. Do not do drugs.

    • @samshitboxcoonz
      @samshitboxcoonz Před 6 měsíci +1

      Any crazy stories?

    • @jessicafaithandKinsley
      @jessicafaithandKinsley Před 6 měsíci +4

      Same here, almost 8 years sober for me. Mine was H though, I always heard the withdrawals and come down from meth were horrific and that scared me enough to never try it but only one time ever. It’s been almost 8 years for me sober too, and I totally agree with you about the memories of being in active addiction. My god there’s things out there that I did that I would never tell anyone. I’ll take a lot of that to my grave lol it would be enough to give anyone nightmares. Good job also on being sober and congratulations. We got this🤍

    • @PooFace-qn4xb
      @PooFace-qn4xb Před 5 měsíci

      @@jessicafaithandKinsley Good on you. That's so great.

    • @ronthorn3
      @ronthorn3 Před 4 měsíci

      @@jessicafaithandKinsleyso hear yah sister, right there with yah. 3.5 years clean myself. I forget how transfix that life was, reading comments like this remind me of the dark corners I used to reside in, I’m so thankful I’m in a safe place now and have my health and family, I forget how scared I used to be.

    • @TigerBoyX15
      @TigerBoyX15 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@ronthorn3it's Dancing with the Devil...that's what it is .🌼🏹🏹

  • @user-bv8wo2mb1x
    @user-bv8wo2mb1x Před 10 měsíci +2

    Damn some of those mugshots make me at my worst feel like a supermodel lol bloody stunners

  • @claudineschubert6435
    @claudineschubert6435 Před 8 dny

    My daughter died on the 4th of May 2024. She was so addicted to meth, she had to have some while in I CU . They found her in the bathroom.

  • @unclefoiley819
    @unclefoiley819 Před 2 lety +126

    Remember kiddies,"Sleep is cheap, it's staying awake that's expensive"- Uncle Foiley.

  • @Lisa-zj9dd
    @Lisa-zj9dd Před 2 lety +65

    February 12 will be 3 years clean from meth. After being up for 4 days, I had a stroke and have heart failure from using. I was very lucky for I fully recovered, however not everyone does. My life is completely different now and I’m so blessed. Never thought being clean would make me feel so happy. Thank you Jesus!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @braulionico
      @braulionico Před 2 lety

      Thats what you get for putting drug shit in your mouth

    • @Ommateum
      @Ommateum Před 2 lety +2

      Amen, my mother is a former addict and though I don’t know what it’s like I empathize with how hard it is to get clean and stay clean from that specific substance, I commend you deeply for doing that for yourself, for those that love you and for God.

    • @sandysheltonwoods8759
      @sandysheltonwoods8759 Před 2 lety +4

      So good you found the right road ,when you did ,I'm proud of you ,never look back ,keep up the good work and reach for the sky

    • @carlawilliams5-26-27
      @carlawilliams5-26-27 Před 2 lety +3

      @@braulionico i pray you never have a downfall, problem, heartache, disappointment, sorrow, pain, back against the wall, abuse..in your path of life & your able to walk through life on a bed of roses.....

    • @sadyoshhours2769
      @sadyoshhours2769 Před 2 lety

      @@carlawilliams5-26-27 incorrect response. Pee on them instead to assert dominance.

  • @crivket1235
    @crivket1235 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Every drug claims to be the biggest problem.

  • @NextStopHEAVEN-ci5vg
    @NextStopHEAVEN-ci5vg Před 10 měsíci

    EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY 👍👍

  • @kennamartin8225
    @kennamartin8225 Před 2 lety +90

    It's not the treatment that works, it's the person. I went to detox and treatment sooo many times over the years. The last time I went to treatment, worked. And it's not due to the treatment, it was my mindset and the fact that it was ME who decided to admit myself.
    Clean & Sober since Nov. 8th 2018

    • @judithvela4274
      @judithvela4274 Před rokem +5

      Congratulations please never give up you can do it!

    • @lynamor2959
      @lynamor2959 Před rokem +5

      Amen Amen and Amen. Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉. So proud of you!!! 🙌

    • @weaverdreams
      @weaverdreams Před rokem +2

      Congrats!

    • @jamesmclean4495
      @jamesmclean4495 Před rokem +2

      You can never be clean until you really want or have a reason to

    • @josetapia9605
      @josetapia9605 Před rokem +3

      I agree if you don't want to quit and and experience the beauty of life with out drugs the treatment is not going to work. I was in rehab 17 years ago when I was 25 im 45 years old , my first treatment and from there just fighting one day at the time.I have the opportunity to see my mom so happy because she knows what she doesn't have be looking for me on the streets anymore , she's my real heroe 🙏 just tried to stay clean for 24hrs and the next day the same I know you can do this 🙏

  • @marthaaldridge5346
    @marthaaldridge5346 Před rokem +60

    I have successfully struggled against meth addiction. Ex-husband murdered my bf coming down off meth. In 2019 my daughter that was a meth addict committed suicide because she was afraid "the demons" would make her kill her child or myself. So sad. She was college educated and very successful in her job as a medical professional. She did it (the death) in the wee hours of her daughter's 6th birthday. She had started using hard substances as a result of postpartum depression I believe, and the last six years of her life were largely spent in a psychosis. It was like watching a slow motion car crash every single day for six years. God rest her soul. ❤️ I will always miss her.
    Meth is the worst evil and precipitates awful crimes. People just want to party too much. Then it gets its hooks in them and stops being fun.

    • @mimim7026
      @mimim7026 Před rokem +6

      Very sorry for your tragic loss. I think you're on to something with the post-partum theory. It didn't result in me using meth, but postpartum depression AND also postpartum psychosis (very real, but much less popularly understood) are horrible. And they last FAR longer than most people think. My son just turned 8, and I feel like postpartum depression is just starting to subside.

    • @kellypearson-nu7lj
      @kellypearson-nu7lj Před rokem +1

      Meth wasn't my drug of choice but I used it off and on. I knew from the book meth=sorcery that it was demonic and I could see it was evil but when I got off my mental health meds I used and heard alot of evil accusations from an evil entity and fought for 2 1/2 yrs but finally I first felt Jesus in a jail cell and got Jesus back and then my meds thank u Jesus

    • @bobmiller7502
      @bobmiller7502 Před rokem +1

      feel your pain sister stay strong and focused, live your life for those lost lost to you, we can all change our world everyday we are given a new start/chance,xxxlove and contentment from liverpool UK,, xx

  • @janetmedina1135
    @janetmedina1135 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I grew up watching one of my closest family members get addicted to meth. I also grew up seeing how meth took over some of my friends i had. No matter what I did or what help was offered, or how much i prayed. That person and my friends would not listen. It got to the point where I saw them literally change over time in appearance. How each one began to lose their normal lives and family they had, and how they affected others. It was hard to see and very painful. I decided to separate myself from those friends even though it hurt me. They began to call my phone and look for me desperately. I ended up finding out they were so high they wanted me to come by, so they steal my car and have me beat up by random girls. I never showed up. As for my family member, I began to slowly separate myself from that person. Before I did, this person tried to kill me. By poisoning me with an overdose of Meth. The amount that this person gave me was for 3 people. I never did meth before. I almost died. Thank God I didn't. I'm learning to forgive. But I Cannot forget. I send love, healing, and prayers to everyone on here, and in this world, being affected by this. May God give us strength and healing to make it through. For these truly are the darkest of times. Yet I feel we can still fight to make it right again. ❤❤❤

    • @energydriver46
      @energydriver46 Před 8 měsíci +1

      That’s honestly tragic, so sorry you had to go through such an unfortunate situation. You mind if I ask, did you ever end up getting your car back? I hope so.
      And damn, about that poisoning, that’s messed up. How did they poison you..? And I can only imagine what the come down must had been like..☹️
      Are you separated now from these degenerates..? I hope, stay up darling. 👍🏼🙂

  • @lancebettridge8003
    @lancebettridge8003 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Brilliant documentary, a real eye opener and reminder of the one great friend I lost to it. Thank you for an excellent report!