Sending you love and strength in your journey of healing ❤️‍🩹

YESS congrats. I went to rehab 13 times before I got clean and now have 3 years and am totally set free

Recovery comes in all different ways. It’s okay to get any help one needs. Congratulations!

@Chris LA yes, when abused it is. I used it very short term. When my pills were done i could feel the mild but crappy withdrawal. Similar to a hangover. Never refilled next prescription.....took 2 weeks to feel right again. No thanks. 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day discomfort of anxiety is nothing compared to what drugs are causing someone. Poison.

@Chris LA ~ it definitely can be bad.

This is how I feel. I’m clean from Fentanyl for about 9 months now. And everyday is hard. I sit back and think like-I really gotta fight this for the rest of my entire being? Its daunting.

​@@0mfg0wnthope you're still doing well

Hello. My name is Sonny. I'm 51 years young, and used drugs for close to half my life. I'm in recovery from powder and crack cocaine. I did most every drug, but Cocaine was my huge demon that almost killed me. They talk about having a monkey on your back, referring to a person having a very bad addiction to drugs. Shit, I felt like I had the Planet of Of The Apes on my back. Biggest and hardest battle that I ever fought in my life. In Early July 2013, I had a bad heart attack and stroke, that was very much needed and long overdue, because it Scared Me Straight. I lost many important years in my life, that I can't get back. I've seen people with 40 years clean and sober relapse. There is no cure for alcoholism and drug addiction. The best and smartest thing that any alcoholic or addict can do for themselves, is to stop living in active addiction, and get into recovery, to save their lives and get their life back. That can be done by dropping out of active addiction, and putting the disease in remission, back in it's ugly cage, by staying consistently clean and sober, no matter what happens in your life, regardless to how bad or upsetting a scenario is. . I'm coming up on 11 years clean, this upcoming July 18,,2024. Luckily for me, God gave me one last chance to redeem myself. No doubt it was my last chance, since God gave me so many chances already. To this day, almost 11 years ago, now, I can still vividly remember every second of that bad heart attack and stroke. All of my doctors and nurses tell me I'm a walking Miracle to be alive, and especially to not have become a permanent vegetable for life. Luckily for me, I, nor can anybody else tell that I had that bad heart attack and stroke. I'm fully convinced that God gave me my last chance, because I was willing to do something I never ever did before, in the many years that I did drugs, which was to throw the cocaine away, by flushing it down the toilet. I literally wore my body down, over the years, with cocaine. My body can no longer handle, even the smallest amount of cocaine. I will never ever do it again in my life. Sadly, alcoholics and addicts already have the odds stacked against them, with their being a very low success rste in recovery. If a person wants it bad enough though, and they fight for their life, it's doable. I was a bad chronic relapser for years. I would always fuck up and relapse at the 14th to 15th months mark. Recovery is for those that want it, not for those that need it, because every bad off alcoholic and addict Needs It. If they don't want it, or if they want to do it for any other reason, than to do it for themselves, the chance of it working, is slim to none. I would never relapse for short periods of time, when I would go back out. My last relapse was a 3 year run, until I was scared straight in early July 2013. I was very hard headed for years, always wanting to do things my way, and never wanting to listen to anybody, since I foolishly thought I knew everything. I had to almost die, to learn how to live again. The disease of addiction is more powerful than any one person. The only thing that is stronger than the Disease Of Addiction is God and Jesus Christ. Anybody can stop drinking, snd stop using at any moment. The hard part is Staying Consistently Stopped, no matter how hard or bad life gets. You don't drink and you don't use, no matter what. Anything bad or upsetting in life that happens, will only become that much worse, if a person drinks or uses again. God Will Always Help Somebody As Long As They Are Willing To Do The Footwork and Have The Willingness To Help Themselves. Take Care Brother. Much Love and Respect From Sonny in New Orleans, La.

Yes, I've got 1 year, and I feel like the chains are broken, but " what if"😢

Still have to work for it. I was offered a place in an art academy, but i had to do the work. I also wonder how well he would have taken the fame, if any. Eta: And congratulations❤

Godbless you, keep going

Hope you can stay clean. Good job so far!

Good shit bro 💯

@@thematriarchy2075 I wondered how far he would have gotten in his professional career before his life unraveled. Hi, honey!🙋😘

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How you going with it ?

@@Laayon19 9 months sober and in welding school now. Life Is great 👍👍

@@madisonbliss1528 that's awesome 🙂

@@madisonbliss1528 Good job buddy. Best thing to be addicted to a good job making good money, women and good food! haha

Thats great..keep going and learning

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As I sit here drinking before work 😫 you ain’t lying

No doubt.

Totally agree. Especially now that they're having good results using psychedelics with serious mental health issues like PTSD.

Very true

It's one of the most destructive, most irresponsible drugs ever created.

well we r not all as perfect as you darln.

@@davechristian7543 yeah I'm far from perfect. 💗🙏

You need an alternative. He loves drugs more than anything.

@@perrypelican9476 Booze and drugs are lots of fun as they ruin your life...🤔

They lure you in...you feel great! Then they turn on you, demanding everything and giving misery in return. Like a narcissistic lover...

@@miapdx503 who hurt u

@@miapdx503 You make perfect sense. Well said.👍

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Former stripper here... that statement is about 98% accurate 😂

ever hear of a guy Joey Diaz

@@jessica2brook pics or youre lying

@@ChauncyCharm I wish I was lying. Dancing for a decade isn't anything to brag about.

Your absolute right,if only everyone could do what u did &help one person,imagine what the world would be like,I live in Sheffield England& we get homeless people in residential areas sat outside supermarkets,I always ask them what they want 2 eat&drink that I'd like 2 buy them in the shop&also get a few more things that I hope they will like&give them a few £'s...I'm a functioning addict of 25yrs,but never been homeless or had 2 beg or sell my body,so watching allot of marks interviewes &hearing how awful some of their lives have been absolutely breaks my heart&makes me wish more people could watch marks channel&learn that humanity needs 2 change big-time &watching Mark's channel they can see how broken our society is&learn how 2 make it a better place,💜

Exactly! Amen.😉💯👍👏👏👏❤️

Great comment!

Did you let them in your car? 😬 hopefully you kept yourself safe. Please don’t misconstrue my comment-what you did was awesome and while we def need more of that, folks like that can be dangerous. (I say that cause I used to be there 😔 the things I did to get my “needs met” i never would have imagined I’d do) Anyways, thank you for you kindness ✨ stay safe

Look up Patrick he’s my FAVORITE I think you’ll like him but there’s SOOOOOOOI MANY other great others also!

A hari Krishna once said to me: drugs give you wings, but they take away your sky. It has stuck with me. He was right.

100% spot on. Never heard that one before.

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I can’t finish them because bits they same old, same old….

I like your analysis 🧐

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You can!

I’m 33 also and I too am struggling with a nasty fentanyl addiction 😔 I’m trying real hard to get clean but it’s HARD. We can do this friend!

You can for sure

You most definitely can! Do you realise how hard you need to work to make addiction work for you. When you realise this it’s not so hard to break free. I wish you all the best in uncovering this. X

@@ellamayoxoxo9510 Hope you are doing well ❤

Indeed😳😆

I agree

You watched this entire video and that’s the main point you got out of it? Privilege?

well at least he's trying not to mention feels it not like some ppl who don't give two f's about there past, good on him n i wish him well.

Articulate???? Lmao

@@jerryj2785 you're one to be speaking lol.

@@unknownpresences5627 you think?

take a look on craigslist, I'm sure you can meet up with him

Yeah i really liked the part where he talked about shooting up dope while beating the shit out of his gf to almost the point of unconsciousness. How captivating!

Why yo letters fat

Same 'ere...

Perhaps because they are core memories. There's also a difference between long term and short term memories. Especially living in a haze if a person is using and abusing substance when they get older.

I been through a lot of stress I barely remember how I use to be years ago I think since I been doing drugs a lot and stress. Lol

It’s the trauma that sears it

Keep on that straight path to full recovery! Best of luck

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Thank you

Amen 🤗💚

Well said 👏🏻

I don't think you realize this guy is not telling the WHOLE truth. His honesty is a cover for your sympathy. Addiction is the devil in disguise. 16 years sober.

@@WayCoolJr27 How do you know if he is or is not telling the truth? I don’t think someone sharing their story is cover for sympathy. 4-2-17

If he were lying for sympathy, in my opinion, he would have left out alot of the things that kinda make him look bad. I believe his story. Just because you are an addict doesn't automatically mean u lie.

And good job on the 16 years sober. That's awesome.

@@nicolebabb8283 He didn’t share his story for sympathy. He was speaking from his heart for sure.

I’ve been looking for someone to comment about that. I’m so confused. What were his charges? Why would she do that if he wasn’t guilty of something? I am just confused. Why is he a registered sex offender bc he pleaded guilty to what charges ?

@@meganmoe917 I really wanted to root for him as I do with all the subjects of these videos, but my alarm bells are going off on this one..

I believe something had to be going on. Some people start having difficulties due to a learning disability. If not dealt with can lead to problems later in life. Impulse control can really mess up a person's life.

"Literal"

@@Juliankb39 a literal tsunami from left field. I guess they were playing baseball?

Thank you !!!

Thank you!

Great insight good sir

Why not just do some drugs and quit when you need to? Lol I've never understood people who call themselves "addicts" or "drug addicted" 😅. It's like someone with a "food" addiction.... hilarious. Air addictions? Water addicted? Like to take a nice crap addicted..... everything is a choice

@@juan4realz942 because it doesn't just work like that for some people. For some people when they consume drugs and alcohol it taps into something and it's very hard to turn off.... well, it never gets turned off which is why they say the monkey never leaves its always on your back.

@@9ckr716 still a personal choice though....Is it not?

@@juan4realz942 no it’s not a choice, it’s trauma based mind control. Very hard to break

@@juan4realz942 personal choice yes, however by the time you even have the chance to make that choice, something has already made it for you. For a MAJORITY of the time. Obviously there are times where you can fight it off and be successful for a really long time. But the whole purpose of things like AA is to build a support group in your life so that when the 'monkey on your back' begins to take over (and believe me it always does) you have the people to distract you and pull you out to prevent you from slipping back 'off the wagon' so to speak.

Bro, this is insane I live in ny but I did live in New Jersey! And my ex was from winter park Florida and had a ton of family there so I was down there a few times! I feel like a lot of stuff is aligning the more I get into the video the more stuff keeps popping up!

From one substance to another..dad thing. Lost soul

Almost any other drug is better than Alcohol... the withdrawals WILL kill you. And it's like your worst nightmare but real life look up delirium tremens.... if it weren't for meth honestly I'd still be drinking, and who knows I could've been dead cause I was _juuust_ starting to slip into full alcohol dependency....

@@9ckr716 it's because all microbiome is changing and fungus starts growing into more advances form and taking advantage on the liver. We are more microbes to than ourselves. It is fungus that makes human wants alcohol in the first place. Every person with alcohol dependency have some antibiotic story in their early life they don't even know cause not remember. You are right alcohol is the worst drug. Tobacco as well.

@@sil_ent_o Have you heard of Joe Tippens? He treated himself(cancer) with a de-worming pill for dogs. Very cheap pill.

@@thematriarchy2075 i have not heard. But actually checking and it is interesting. All bad bugs have cancerogenic properties. Bad bugs

Hi Michael, yes white deer run. Beautiful. I'm from Ocean city.

Nah street meth is dirty. Get a prescription or use caffeine & nicotine for adhd.

You could do a thesis on all this content 👨‍🎓SWU is a valued channel😲

focus on diet and gut biome, not the brain...... first things first.

Yes white deer run! Was beautiful. Thank you for your kind words!

@@Thoughtrip I have family that attended White Deer. I live close to Williamsport. Williamsport is close to White Deer. God bless you. 🙌

I told my kids, “We’re a family addicts. If you go down that road, it’s a long road back. Or a long road to death.”

Actually it’s not, it’s so called “addictive personality” and some of traits which lead to addiction are: Related to others who have developed addiction Experiencing other mental health disorders Adventurous and risk-taking Disconnected and cautious Obsessive and compulsive Apathetic Unable to self-regulate Having these traits ( some of them) and bad environment is a way to go into addiction

western dogma to sell pills.... focus on diet and gut biome for a healthy mind

@@indigomoon777 diet runs in families stronger than genes

@@curiousbystander9193 I hear you! As a ND student & Black person, I don’t totally agree with you.

Because he’s gay, and gay culture for people his age introduced heavy drug use but also having to look good. So they would know how to party , take supplements and drink water. It’s the lack of sleep , dehydration and poor diet that makes you look like faces of meth.

Drugs must change the brain chemistry. The person is able to apply logic but the neural pathways have changed in the brain along with physical cravings after a while. It must be hell.

Thank you!

SAME I don't believe a word of that story. at all

Meth can make a person angry and violent. His memories are probably skewed… he thought it was just rough … she experienced something else.

@@tinam761 I think he might just be garbage

Its very sad. Monstrous Evils is a good way to put it to say the least.

Hi. There's a really good older article in the NY Times about addiction and the 4 traits that put children at risk for addiction. ADHD is 1. You can find the article online.

Someone of this comment mentioned how his ADHD meds helped after he was diagnosed w/ ADHD. He states he went bak to school and was wondering the same thing. That perhaps he should try to see abt this being a possibibility.

@@thematriarchy2075 "They focus on four risky traits: sensation-seeking, impulsiveness, anxiety sensitivity and hopelessness. Importantly, most at-risk kids can be spotted early."

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