The fact that your dad or you thinks he "used to" be an alcoholic and that he recommended a "therapy" system who refuses to report their success statistics because they're so bad.... Do what you gotta do and I'm glad you're sober, but AA and NA are notoriously shit.

AA and NA are scams too.

Where you at 2 years later? Asking from an addict.

@@mnschoen not sure about your experience, but my grandfather just got his 40 year chip from AA. no clue about how NA works though. seems like it just might not be a good fit for everyone, but don't knock it til you try it :)

Maybe your dad should‘ve given you the advice to not take drugs in the first place. What the fuck is it with american and get addicted?? Get some grip, you losers.

Congrats on your sobriety, man!

Congrats on your sobriety man. Every day is another victory. It is possible but rare to get clean without going to rehab, but as someone who tried (and failed) to get clean on my own several times and then finally went to a real rehab and learned the skills, tools, and lessons about staying clean, I was finally able to stay sober. It's been 2 months shy of 8 years for me now. So congrats on your sobriety, but so many people need to truly learn how to stay clean. The failure rate for even those going to rehab is like 70%, and I imagine the failure rate for people without rehab is much, much higher. So TL;DR congrats to you and your sobriety but rehab (an actual good, accredited rehab, with actual doctors and medical personnel) can save your life. And I say that from years of experience.

Faithfully? I've been an addict more years than I've been sober and I'm afraid you lost me there. Like heroin only? Or devoted to your daily fix? Or what? Just curious not trying to upset you. Congrats on your sobriety.

@@Deimoclese I think they meant "regularly" as in heavy usage

It's been a year and I hope you passed your 872th day. If you did congratulations

wow this is exactly what i thought of! the creators of that show really thought everything through

bojack is relatable to all of those struggling or in recovery, this real asf

Same here! It really was a very powerful show, especially Bojack’s treatment and recovery arc.

Congratulations. That is a wonderful milestone! I’m sorry you did it yourself, but I’m so glad you did it. Much love and respect to you. ❤️

Congrats on doing so! It takes a huge amount of courage to change and do it with help. I cannot imagine what it would meant do it by yourself.

Congratulations on your 3 years! 💯🙏

For my brother it took a SERIOUS rehab for a year or prison. You start and end sleeping with the homeless and it actually worked. Sadly they are overwhelmed and need to expand.

Alicia I just wanted to give you a hug after I read your last sentence! That is amazing, and to have done it on your own, seriously! You have my sincerest respect!

Good on you ☺️👍.

Me too! And yeah the phone... I have to make a doctor appointment but I would have to talk to someone to make the appointment so....

Congrats on your two years, I'm almost 90 days clean from xanax. I went "One and Done" as they say and I can say with certainty that I did this completely by myself. The Rehab I went to claimed to have evidence based treatment, but only did CBT and DBT which in most cases are not very effective. Needless to say, I pretty much got scared straight talking to the other patients who'd been in rehab multiple times and lost many friends. And that's really all it took for me.

Congratulations! 😁

I'm sure the withdrawal was harder.

Jesse Torres that “feeling bad” part is what makes you a decent person.

SJ is also what makes you a left winger. Being able to empathize

Alex Cuellar Empathy is a non political thing. Want a hug?

And the fact you've never helped any of these issues makes you a lazy a-hole. (I am too, just calling a spade a spade)

Waffles The Wookie nope bullshit my man. Liberals look at fucked up shit and go "damm how can we make sure people do not have to go through this crap ". Conservatives mostly go " well fuck it ain't me I'm doing fine

don't give up and don't fight alone. people care if you live or die

Yo how you doing man?

Take it one day at a time. You’re not alone.

I hope you’re doing better these days. There is always hope, even if it doesn’t seem so.

Hey babe, I know it's hard. We're out here and we care. Hope you're safe

Detox is tough. 30+ days in rehab is tougher. Staying clean is the toughest part.

@Anna Alfieri What's an ED if I may ask?

@@atheisticallyyours1600 girl go to hell lmao

@Anna Alfieri Its been some time but I hope you’re doing well! even if you stumbled it happens and you’re no lesser for it 💕 wishing you good health both mentally and physically

@@atheisticallyyours1600 this may be the case for some people, but others actually have physical symptoms that are alleviated by continued use of whatever they are addicted to or they don't know of any other way to cope with whatever may have caused them to use it in the first place. Not everything is as simple as how you make it sound. It does help a lot if somebody is commited to not using something anymore, but not everyone can stop cold on short notice.

Well for the one dye-sweating vampire who shall remain nameless, it's the latter.

I was surprisingly let down that they missed this punchline. My expectations were so high, and then we just moved forward faking that this was the punchline we wanted all along.

@@Dustinson This episode is from 2018, the Four Seasons Landscaping incident wasn't until the 2020 election

@@Dustinson This episode predates the 4 Seasons Landscaping debacle by two years. They couldn't have made a joke about it at the time. Though it's fun to imagine all of the things they could have said since we are here looking back on it.

Do you mind sharing the litmus test qualifications that you used? I’m interested in doing this!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Yes, please share your litmus test! I almost signed up for one this morning, but something kept telling me to re-watch this episode and I am so glad I did.

I hope your daughter is doing better now

My son was in a Military Veterans establishment in Los Angeles. I am not sure how much they did to help him. I went to visit him there a couple of times. It was not particularly clean, rather dingy and depressing. Guess I would not expect it to be all that "cheerful" but it was so dingy, and the couch in the waiting room was literally ripped. So sad. Glad you found a good place.

💙 all love to you brother. I hope things are going well.

♥️

It truly is the realest nightmare there is

Aw, crap. This statement resonated with me more than I wanted it to.

Try going to an hairdresser when you're feeling suicidal & being asked; "What you doing after this?/at the weekend?", or being asked by a taxi driver what you do for a living when you're too ill to work (bipolar & chronic pain.) Even an "How are you?" from someone you know makes you wonder where a sinkhole is when you need 1✌🏻😓 Try binaurals amigos, they help restore us to a peaceful state without human interaction😊 Much Love x

Psychkemia agreed

Psychkemia nah. I am a total introvert but after staying on bed for more than 5 months and not walking due to a knee injury, I’d love to talk to someone for more than 8 hours. You get lonely.

John Oliver 🤝 Richard Hammond Hating horses for no apparent reason

@@andrewhailstorm4081 see his vid on gurbanguly burnimukhammadov. The horse relationship changes.

@@zaidzehn The enemy to lovers story the world didn't ask for, and really doesn't need.

Maybe he got trolled with the Enumclaw Horse video Yknow, the video where a horse stuck its dick in a man and the man later died in the hostpial from.. i think its called a hemorrhage

@@zaidzehn ... If he were a horse. But, to be fair, that's how they make new horses.

That's not how it works. Sobriety is always a personal decision. You can lead a lamb to water, but you can't make it drink my man.

@@bbbbbbb51 Yeah because that moralising, individualistic approach has worked so well. So well that one’s odds of dying of a substance use disorder or related condition are as high as they’ve ever been in most industrialised countries. /face palm

@@bbbbbbb51 Disease and illness are not 'decisions', you donk.

AA is a good place to start, if she hasn’t yet! Some AA members go to several groups to support their sobriety! Either way, it is a good idea to try out several groups to see where one feels more comfortable! You can also ask when u call up AA if they could send an experienced AA mentor to talk with her! Meanwhile, u could use help, also! ALANON, ( for families) , ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) ! There are good books on the topic, also, at ur local library! The librarian can help u finding the support groups and resources! You need to recover, to heal, also, to learn how to cope with an alcoholic, do’s and don’ts! You need much support for yourself, irregardless if your Mom ever gets help!

​@@JohnnyAmeriquebrother I don't think they understand how this actually works

Dale Gribble The hard part is that you are only $20 away from relapsing its very hard those dudes are insane for making those claims

Agreed. I relapsed 4 times and went to 4 inpatient rehabs and 2 outpatient rehabs before I got my shit together. Now I have over 4 years. Do you know what honestly made the difference? Well, 3 things actually. 1. I stopped going to AA and replaced it with SOS which is much less culty. 2. I started taking suboxone. 3. I stopped being wrapped up in what other people thought of me. I spent my entire life trying to be who I thought other people wanted me to be, to the detriment of my own sense of self. But even now, I'm not cured. I am abstinent from drugs and thus this condition is being managed. But I'll never stop being an addict. If I stop managing my condition, I am likely to relapse

John missed a few things btw. I wrote an article about this issue several years ago. I reblogged it on Tumblr if anyone is interested. I found mob ties for some of the owner of some of these south florida rehab organizations and uncovered a number of shady business practices to boot. My post is a bit long but impeccably researched with screenshots and everything. www.tumblr.com/blog/skepticraven

@@D_skeptic hey Dana, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm currently trying to get and stay clean & sober as well. What exactly is this "SOS" you mentioned? The extreme culty-ness of AA/NA is putting me off, so I'd love another option ..

@@chipskylark5500 P.S. I should probably add to my last comment that there are also LifeRing Secular Recovery meetings which are similar to SOS from what I've heard. And SMART Recovery Meetings are kind of like free group therapy and there is generally a licensed therapist running the group. If you feel like AA/NA isn't working for you, its probably time to try something else.

Andrew Zhoe the term drugs is predominantly used for illegal drugs

A beer can't kill you, a syringe of heroin can. It takes years of abuse for alcohol to kill you, not to forget it doesn't automatically lead to addiction. Those are big differences that justify alcohol and drugs being separated.

While many things about alcohol are positive in comparison to other drugs, there is one very negative thing about alcohol. It kills brain cells. A drugs addict that recovers will get his/her full use of her brain again. An alcohol addict is drinking him- or herself stupid. Your brain does not recover from the lose of brain cells.

L'impie Ever hear of alcohol poisoning? If your system isn't accustomed to alcohol, your chances of dying from it are much higher. And I've tried heroin, no immediate addiction. It didnt kill me. I don't think you really know what you're talking about.

L'impie Also, it's competely unfair to compare beer to heroin when much stronger alcohol is available. You had a better chance at a valid argument if you used everclear or moonshine in comparison to drugs.

Congrats and keep moving forward. Its not easy - I know.

@@wcolautti Thank you. I don't think there's anything in the world that would make me give up what I have now and go back to using, but just the fear that it's possible keeps me terrified of any opiates lol. I hope others are able to free themselves from it as well. It's the only thing id classify as pure evil, bit the allure is strong.

@@altusshow7574it’s big of you to know your struggle and do what you can to keep fighting for your loved ones 💙

Dude me too I felt like I was watching Infinity War again.

RIP Horse Guy. He seemed so real and down to Earth..... :(

That hit me in the heart when he said that. R.I.P funny horse guy.

Aww that's sad. I haven't gotten to that portion yet. That's awful.

My question was, what did he die of, if it was of something unrelated to drug use then the only reason to mention that fact is to score points with the audience.

I think that this issue of addiction is the ultimate challenge. I hate drugs, cigarettes and alcohol but food is my Achilles heel. I sometimes feel like going into a rehab center but after this video I think it's not really an option anymore.

@@ricardomurillo5205 You can send the money to me, it'll be about as effective. Also, I need money.

@@bigron8896 Probably even more efective because you won't waste my time;-)

Aeyhuaska cures 99.5% addiction cases with a single treatment.

@@unitedspacepirates9075 About as effective as Equine therapy!

Unfortunately writing a book would not help solve the problems, as the people in control of the money are too busy watching their massive 4K TVs from their yachts full of food they're going to throw away the next day to care about reading.

@@kyleguajardo I didn’t say it would solve any problems but it would help get the information out there, I obviously won’t be able to name all the facilities outright or I’d be sued but all this time later and I’m in school, still living and working in LA and going to school full-time to get my degree as I continue to write my book. I never claimed it would solve all the issues and unless you’ve been through it yourself, you can’t even imagine. The real, unfiltered, brutal truth of SA and physical abuse needs to get out there, as does how badly addicts are taken advantage of. I was over the moon happy to see John cover this story, I felt like he was telling part of my life that is still seen as taboo to so many.

@@mollyfoxxx I don't remember writing this comment, so I was probably tired when I wrote it. Yes, of course writing a tell all would be a wise idea just so the information is there. I think I was probably just feeling pessimistic at the fact that it is likely that the people that are the perpetrators will likely never see justice because they're too rich for justice to apply to them. Either way, I am sorry if I caused you distress or if you got frustrated at me. By all means, let the world know about the problems. At the very least, it may reach someone else who had the same experiences and let them feel affirmed in that they are not alone, and that someone else who had the same horrid experience can, and did, speak for them.

@@kyleguajardo Nice catch. Thoughtful. 💜

Sorry you had to endure that. I went to a rehab in CT in '86. Worked well for me but that was before this country had lost its collective mind.

William Olsen look into IBOGAINE for addiction. I can personally vouch it works. Good luck

Proud of you

So glad you're off that stuff. Good job and keep it up, man!

Thank you guys appreciate it.

Good job man. I worked as a counselor at a rehab place and while it paid very little, it was very rewarding when I would see a former client out in the community working and living a better life. Wish the best for you.

Rehabception

Technically that’s coincidence, not irony, but yeah haha

Lol! True, true!

Missed opportunity right there.

So true the treatment center I went to I had to do them 3 times a week and the tests alone where tens of thousands of dollars on my bill.

spooky mollz WHAT?! HOW MUCH?

It's an American show. American's wouldn't get the joke. He could have actually done a joke like that and it fell flat and was edited out. In America "taking the piss" is just a weird way to say "taking a piss". But yes, it would have been funny to some of us.

Sarkastik Leader right? Love this man. He can make light of everything and then the next moment show you everything horrible with a situation. He is great at what he does.

Or rather the harsh reality of the US some people are unfortunate enough to live in...

wesleysull true. That’s like that with any source of news.

ALL of my favorite artists and comedians, from the ancient ones until now, do this and do it well and originally. They are the true role models, not our alleged "leaders" and wealthy businessmen.

I guess it is too soon to rehash that old dead horse of a joke where I specify that I used to be addicted to soap but that I am clean now right? Sorry. Forget I said anything.

How true. Addiction affects all ages, all classes, all income levels, all races, all nationalities, all genders - all everyone. Indeed, the people who tend to develop the most severe addictions tend to be people at or near the top of the income distribution, since they have the most available cash to cultivate and maintain such a habit.

I was so upset when Oliver said he died, I missed the next three things he said and had to pause the vid

Yeah he seemed like a straight up cool dude.

Watch the one on opioids, just as fuckt... - Dialysis if you got the time...

Most people I know who use opioids are funny in a straight up kind of way, just don't trust them with your money.

j mace - what is the name of the documentary

@I. Wynn Wynn I seriously can't stand the dude

Space Dragon I was thinking the exactly that

I was seriously about to comment that.

It just makes me think about the rehab arc in Bojack horseman

@I. Wynn Wynn personally, I don't think I have ever even entertained the idea of John Mulaney being an overrated, cocky, and ugly asshole. You trolling or something? :-)

Devil Sephiroth I am very sorry for your loss. My heart hurts for you.

Susie, I hope they catch your heart before anybody else gets harmed.

My condolences to you. So tragic.

Donny Rickles Jr. That was so funny- like, holy shit, i am slapping my knee right now.

Devil Sephiroth, my heart goes out to you. Sending up a quick prayer for you to have comfort.

Cae Watson wow...you make a good point:/

Considering "evidence-based" is on the list of banned budget words at the CDC, not surprised.

Bingo. Anything can become a money-shitter for a dedicated scam artist.

And we can thank the Trump administration for that. But that's what happens when we let a known con-artist and narcissist run the country.

Kaija Schmauss Trump didn't start it. The regressive left was at it before him. Before the regressives were the neocons of the early 2000s. In the 80s and 90s it was a bipartisan effort to ban the scary new things that religious whackjobs were afraid of. I could go even further back, but I think I've made my point. Truth, logic, and sense has always been tangential to policy, not just in America but in every hall of power ever. Truth logic, and sense is just a little harder to come by today in this country than it has been in the last few decades.

wow, that is eye opening

One of the reasons I was afraid of getting sober long after I knew it was a problem was because of the way people would view me both as an employee and a person. I live in Texas where alcoholism is damn near mandatory for citizenship, and even mentioning that I had gone to an AA meeting caused people to look at me like "What's wrong with that guy?" Then a little over a year ago, I finally had to pull the trigger and go completely clean. I'm better off for it even with having to deal with a certain amount of stand-offish people (including one person who actually told me if I can't handle alcohol and have to quit completely, that's a sign of weakness). I sucks that my social life is now basically over, but I had to make a choice, and I know I made the right one.

Sad that Mitch also overdosed :(

I love Mitch. He'll be missed

ME TOO!!!! I bet that ad is what he was referencing.

My first thought exactly

Coke and steroids

Tbf he could be a former user.

after that they got the care they needed to quit the medicine" This is the part I do not see ever happening here in the Us anytime soon. Healthcare for anything long term is a joke

As a citizen of The Netherlands, it's pretty much impossible to be uninsured.

I live in North Carolina. I had to spend 4 hours calling multiple 1-800 #'s within my insurance company. It took 4 or 5 calls to different numbers to finally get someone to talk to me who could help me (Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance company). I was literally saying "I'm addicted to opiates and I need to find a doctor who can help me get treatment". I couldn't believe how long it took to find someone who could help me. I told them exactly what health plan I had with them and it took hours for the lady who finally helped me to give me literally 3 doctors names and phone numbers who could potentially help me that were covered under my health plan. God bless that lady and her patience for helping me. So I call those 3 numbers and one ended up being a pediatrician (obviously couldn't help me I'm in my 20's). The second number ended up not providing opioid treatment. And thank god the third number was a doctor who could help me. Bad news was that my first appointment got set for 2.5 weeks away. I could have died in that time frame. Finally, 2.5 long weeks later I went to my first appointment. $400 out of pocket (I have a $1500/annual deductible). I got a Buprenorphine medication right then and there thank God. But I had to pay $200 out of pocket every two weeks just to get another prescription until I finally hit my $1500 deductible. I only had to pay $30 a visit after that. But let me tell you, this whole process was way too difficult and expensive. I can see why people don't even try to get help because it's so difficult to find real help here in the USA from my experience.

I felt the need to make a comment about the maintenance drugs being “easier” to quit. This is untrue. I and several people I know are stuck on bupe. I am on 2-3mgs a day and am not in active addiction anymore yet I am still addicted (physically) to this drug. I ran out for 11 day earlier this year and it was hellish. Way worse than my iv heroin cold turkey attempts. Way. Worse. But.. If used “correctly” it’s very helpful. And by “correctly” I mean no more than a 30 day taper.

@@CasparSG And in Germany, you need insurance for your insurance, so that you know that you're always insured. Germans are controllfreaks with lovely Pretzels and a very fascinating harsh language.

Feakos I agree with this...

Flordia man strongly disagrees with you.

Uncannily accurate and perfectly describing so many different scenarios that come out of the "Wang of America."

Pretty much universally applicable, really.

King of Roses, i like horses ... Except when they shit 🤣

rewer so you never like horses?

Nikola Kanchev He’s done weirder.

If you have no money you can get emergency SNAP (food stamps) benefits on short notice in the USA although exact rules vary state to state. I know it's not that simple that that's an amazing answer but. If it's life or death there are things one can do.

A lot of employers have EAPs, which will help you get treatment if you self-report before you get caught. That includes employment protection.

DeAndre Enrico that could be a whole episode on it's own

下佐粉ケイ Holy shit. That kind of a nightmare scenario is exactly why I hid my issues. If the alternative is forceful treatment that makes you suffer and anxious and isn't planned for your needs anyway and basically wrecks the planned future then I'd rather continue on my own. Sorry to hear you had to go through it, hope you're doing better regardless.

What are you supposed to do with a frozen orange?

That is... horrifying. That should be unacceptable for a free public healthcare service, and the fact that you paid your college education's worth of money for it either breaks my heart or makes my blood boil, I can't quite tell yet.

Blake F it’s supposed to soothe you, help you focus on the cold instead of any emotion

Blake F That’s what I wanted to know! But honestly, I think the idea was that it was supposed to be that since a lot of the other clients had rubber bands they snapped against their wrists when they had urges, I guess gripping the freezing orange was supposed to be a less harmful way of hurting yourself.

Awsamazing Eden what about the ad made you say that? What about your experience with alcoholism set off a red flag for you that others may not catch?

jennifer queen Don’t know about him or what being an addict might mean with regard to it, but I for one am just straight up cynical. Plus, pretty much all advertising nowadays has some element of legal-loophole-exploiting truth-shading to it.

Personally, I'm instantly suspicious of any rehab clinic that advertises. Advertising is expensive as hell. The only reason to do it is to try to attract new clients because you know you'll make more money on them than you spend on both the ads, and the cost of the treatment itself. Advertising means your goal is to make a profit, and profit, as has been demonstrated over and over again in the US, is a _toxic_ motivation for providing healthcare.

I had the same reaction to their ads.. anyone who claims to easily cure addiction is ridiculous and seems to at worst have a fundamental misunderstanding of how addiction and recovery works as it is a process which requires some level of constant vigilance and at worst is just telling patients and their families what they want to hear, promising a BS quick fix to a tragic problem that just doesn’t exist.. it takes work and honesty courage etc. if it worked that way the billions spent on it would reflect that those who have insurance get clean and are cured but the numbers and life experiences of people don’t reflect that at all.. this isn’t something you can throw money at. Don’t get me wrong I’m not disparaging families of addicts who spend their savings to try to help their loved ones... if anything thinking you are cured is a dangerous

Continued... thinking you’re cured is a dangerous mindset for most addicts IMO because it sets you up to maybe put yourself in dangerous positions like spending time with people who are still using because you feel like you have control of your addiction and get overconfident I’ve seen people say oh I can stop after one by one shot whatever because I learned these tools in rehab so I won’t get strung out again... see addiction makes you want to justify and rationalize stupid mistakes because your addiction wants to use it’s just that simple... and telling people this BS in rehab where they are so vulnerable and trying to get better and the fact that they even made it to rehab before their addiction led them to the morgue is such a crucial step... it’s harmful IMO it’s irresponsible it just sucks in short it’s wrong and shortsighted selfish and as someone that a family is trusting to save their kids or whoever’s life it’s doubly disgusting IMO. I’m not being melodramatic there look at the statistics I personally also know many many people who have died because of addiction and so the stakes really are just that high I don’t know if the cliff side Malibu douchebags realize that but dealing with addicts I think they must know and only care about the $ milking insurance... then there is the mental health industry and pharmaceutical companies... ugh 😑 privatized insurance obviously leads to the goal being the almighty dollar and not the health and well-being if your patients... I’m not saying it’s impossible to have s free market privatized healthcare system that works but might as well be seeing how things are now in the USA. That is A whole other can of worms that I don’t have time to discuss the nuances of here on KZfaq.. so cheers everyone if anyone reading this ishurting or knows someone who is be it from addiction or something else you are not alone feelings pass you are strong enough to get better if you’re willing to work for it you may not feel able to now but have some faith in whatever you feel you still can if there’s nothing you can believe in then maybe just try because you have nothing to lose anyway...you are strong enough but don’t rely on yourself alone your thinking got you to where you are today and your choices and some other stuff beyond your control like the addiction gene... ask for help and good luck to you remember you are not alone no matter how alone you may feel so many have dealt with the beast of addiction strangling them and stealing their life and dreams goals family freedom etc you can get better. Feel free to msg me if you need to talk or just someone to listen and not judge. I hope you are safe until you can get help chase a clean life like you chase a fix you know you can be determined for one so decide it’s a priority don’t worry about physical withdrawals to begin with just decide you are worth saving and don’t give up no matter how many obstacles might be in your path. You may not feel loved but you are still here despite whatever risks you took to use and you can get better. 😉 good luck 🍀👍🏻

LSD actually breaks the addiction mechanism in the human brain.

yeah, i have seen some news headlines that LSD can break addiction.

I've seen this happen for opiod addiction. Lsd is magical. Everyone should try it at least once.

Shrooms has a higher cure rate for most addictions. Aya (DMT) is better for heroin.

if you need any first hand accounts lmk

Yvonne Wabai Yeah harm reduction is a better and cheaper way of handling addicts. Just look at Switzerland. And Portugal also did a good job by decriminalising all drugs. This should be the focus. Not a hard-line and inefficient drug policy. kzfaq.info/sun/PLnRJvghVvf5ziaVkqQST4OpZ9UtsW1GwU

You think doctors arent just as cash hungry? If you live in the us you know doctors are mostly idiots shilling products sold to them by pharma companies.

noooo, no more regulation- don't be a fool- it's up to the client to choose what's right for them- government regulation (for the most part) doesn't end well.

If they're paying for it by themselves, then they can be free to choose what they're using. If they want to use insurance money, they should use what has proven to work. No regulation means I could be the guy that is organizing your rehab - some clueless dude from youtube whose qualification is that he watched an episode of John Oliver on how to suck insurances dry using piss.

Absolutely! My wife is a pharmacist in a facility like that. And sadly our county is the only one in Ohio, I believe it's he only one, that funds these facilities.

Also, he's going to be Zazu in Jon Favreau's Lion King. That will be amazing.

Addiction is a self-inflicted problem. Hardly what I'd call a "serious issue".

LWT only gets the issues right, most of the time. For example: When their segment on Opioids ran, there already had been a wave of suicides by chronic pain patients, in Washington State, who could not find another pain clinic, after the one they had been using closed. I've dealt with attitudes despite being a responsible patient for over a decade, and having broken four vertebra, due to being almost killed by a drunk driver. This is the part of the story that LWT basically ignored, and currently it is almost impossible to be treated for severe chronic pain, even if your injury causes debilitating pain, and is slowly killing you....

Ian Goodman Well be glad that you have not lost anyone dear to you. People dying by the thousands and not having anything resembling proper help is serious bud.

You shouldn’t be a doctor, I’m ashamed of the medical system now that you’re in it. You should know better than this. Yes changes need to be made, but everything in medicine does, and you should know better, you should be ashamed, you know why? You know damn well it’s dangerous to stop certain things without medical supervision, people can actually die.

@@patricia8254 I’m pretty sure they meant that when getting sober, the most important thing was starting by finding a doctor that was certified in addiction medicine. Not that they’re a doctor.

@@TheMaddestHatter234 Even if you go to a doctor; some people need to be monitored, which is more than they usually can at a hospital, it costs too much to just treat addiction in them, and mental hospitals are just as bad. Monitoring in certain people for more than a week is necessary, coming off a substance is shocking to the body, and uncomfortable, so rehabs serve a propuse, more regulation and over head is needed to improve them. John Oliver and his little team aren’t the best and their message has a lack of insight, as do other segments.

@@patricia8254 I feel that you may have misunderstood my point- I meant that when looking for a rehab center, the first resource one should go to is to a doctor who is board certified in addiction medicine, that doctor will know which rehab places are good and which are not. In the same way that if you were looking for a book, you'd go to a librarian. The librarian isn't the same as the book, but due to their job they can find you the right one.

Or look up life challenge, it's nationwide. You live there for free for a year, good donated food but...and here's a big but, you are not allowed phones,tv, books except the bible, if u go to the dentist or doctor you have a escort. Your tested weekly for nicotine also. You start at 6am with a full hour church service, then classes on the bible all day long, then another church service at 900 then 930 bedtime, oh and 5 min allowed showers at 830

Debbie Gross was she shot?

American society glorifies drug addicts like The Weeknd and drug-fueled clubs like fraternities and sororities, and ostracizes people as "uncool" if they don't participate in drinking and doing drugs. And then they wonder why so many addicts exist.

Most fraternities and sororities which are not based on a particular field, have at least one resident dealer, who has weed, cocaine, etc...Decades ago, while delivering pizza to a social fraternity at the University of Michigan, I accidentally walked in to their coke party....

Ian Goodman Drugs and heavy usage of them have been around a lot longer than fraternities and this culture that "glorifies drug usage". Could it be that altering your state of mind and the biologically addictive properties of these substances are inherent to the human condition and not just some problem we can collectively blame others for? Come on man. I don't know anyone past the age of 25 who thinks drug addiction is cool. I don't see know any adults who idolise alcoholics for their alcoholism. I'm sure culture has a role, but drug usage and addiction transcends cultures and time. What was the heavy use of amphetamines and opiates attributed to in the early 20th century, and why has the huge cultural backlash against the hazards of alcohol, opiates, tobacco, etc not created an equal shift away from drug usage if culture really plays such a significant role?

+Ian Goodman Exactly. I wouldn't say it makes me uncool. I just don't want to end up brain dead.

I don't know. Why don't you ask his 5 Wax Presidents?

Praise Be! (He could do it no questions asked in Florida...)

T4silly maybe they can staff it

Was totally expecting that. Hoping they were going to do that. Lol xD

But then again, in this case, it adds to the problem where lives are technically in danger... The church they started had no danger involved... unless you count Oliver being exposed to stranger's "Seed"

Congrats man. Keep it up brother

congrats!!! just hit 1 year sober last month :-)

That's wonderful! Congrats to all with even one day of sobriety under their belt.

Yay

Congratulations you got this bro

spot on!!

straightforward, truthful ,and refreshing

If he's a meth-head he'll eat your hat, too

you like eating hats?

He's a total creton. I worked for him. My understanding is that after this aired, Richard sold Cliffside. Pussy. Lol

Monk Killedababy I live in (South) Florida and *all* Floridians know Florida is fucked up.(We still have or least try to have a good and happy life though) I’m sorry people you knew were stuck in the Florida shuffle and it is sickening.

I’m so sorry.

Tell that to the idiots who come on here and say that he's a slave to corporate overlords because he criticized Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.

Not just America. We even started to discuss about John Oliver episodes in english classes (germany)

Milo, he is still on air, if Americans didn't like him, he would have been kicked to the curve like Piers Morgon. The thing is as an American I'll tell you. Americans hate hearing about politics we hear it every day how shitty how President is, how bad gun violence is, how the system is broken. Oliver comes approaches problems in a light hearted way, which is appericated due to how stressful life is in the states already.

And sad thing is that nothing is changing or has changed. So many topics he discussed where u see how fucked up the system and the politicians are and nobody gives a fuck. It just continues...

So glad to read this. I volunteered for a school year at a Christian residential rehab facility (using the term "rehab facility" very loosely here) in Edmonton and was, frankly, very disturbed by their operation. To be blunt, what I saw was the substitution of drug addiction for fanatical religion. I have no idea what practical skills they were actually teaching the women to help them stay clean, but man, that injection of day in, day out religion cannot be healthy. I don't believe it's ethical to proselytize like that to vulnerable people, ever. I spent time volunteering on East Hastings with street ministries and came away with the same observations. I'm very grateful this country has coverage for actual evidence-based care, but I'm sad that these unqualified religious organizations are all too willing to take advantage of the shortage of bed spaces and treatment options.

Thanks John, now please stop making fake accounts to comment your own videos.

Aditya - absolutely! And he is not only joking about things, he is working with them, like when he did the interview with not-Assange 😁

I can not get enough of his quick, snarky, wit. Love him.

Not only that, but after he's done complaining he always poses or describes a solution in the end.

Yeah, well, it would be cool if he realized that his critiques, the premises of most of his long segments, are only addressing symptoms of the primary problem infecting our culture: the capitalist economic system, its corresponding paradigms and therefore its negative impact on our values (more more more ... profits). It's convinced all of us that the only way people will be innovative is if there is competition and a monetary incentive to do so. As long as a system driven by profits is in place, people and societies will be exploited & manipulated & decimated(like with the pharmaceutical industry - WE are its longitudinal test subjects since long-term studies are not required for a new drug to be released. The drug is released onto society, immense profits are made from that drug, long-term public health impacts occur after immense profits, mass tort claims are filed and happily and handily paid off by those profits. Hey, your baby had congenital birth defects from zoloft, hey you got diabetes from atypical antipsychotics ... sorry ... but no problem judge, the 2 billion in mass tort claims is a mere 10% profits from 1 drug in our entire portfolio) so as to make as much possible. This is our culture. This is why rehabs proliferate. This is why the planet is being fucked up, etc etc etc It's time for capitalism to end, people.

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