Congratulations 💯

Congrats

Congratulations 🎊

Good shit my brother. I am trying so hard... i keep losing the battle.

Guiseppe Rios only you can change the things that need to be changed in order to succeed just don’t give up 😚

Or a Drug Cartel who terrorize their own people

Like the methadone clinics.....

@@myto8871 I have wisdom about humans but nobody listens to me

In germany you have to tax illegal money. So its legal to apply to a business license for a illegal drug dealing business, so you are able to pay taxes.

If you don’t have a permit to live you are fncked.

They were drug pushers who got away with murder

They deserve worse than jail.

They are above the Law -total corruption! But maybe after the Nexlix series -they will be tried!!

They should all jump off a cliff. How could one sleep at night

​@@yahs808death, a torturous death

Strong mindset. Congratulations

Good on ya.

That's will power!! The way you felt I just not worth the havoc that comes with it.

I don't know you, but he'll I am proud of you.

🎉❤ Wow. You are incredible

Cocaine doesn't stop opiate withdrawal the hell you talking about?

Damn. Thats Hard. Please keep stay strong. I wish you all the best for the Future

I just love how these stories are all a lack of responsibility on the part of the script holder or the end user.

My mom had surgery & got a script of 5s & complained about feeling too high. I was like 17-18 in high school and heard the same about it making u feel good. I stole the bottle and started taking 1-2 everyday and sold a couple. Until a couple of weeks ago i was taking Oxys everyday up to 120mg a day & im 25 now. I’ve found out about suboxone & it’s helped me stopped taking Oxys 100%. Im a single father & couldn’t even get up from bed to make my 3 year old breakfast, didnt wanna take him to the park, stopped caring about haircuts and hygiene. I was literally on the verge of suicide because i couldn’t take it anymore. I felt like i was stuck in a nightmare and couldn’t wake up. Was spending $500-$600 a week on Oxys which added up to 24k a year not including food,rent, clothes for my child & I.. IF UOU TAKING OXY AND NOT YET ADDICTED STOP NOE WHILE AHEAD. OXY IS THE DEVIL MAKES U FEEL GREAT BUT UTS NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!!

@@RayFromBK I always say no to those hard pain medications when my doctor has asked me if I need any for pain. I want to understand why people get addicted to this stuff, though I do vaguely understand it, but i think without actually experiencing it there really is no way to fully understand it, and there is no way i want to experiment just to find out. I think of things that I have tried to give up like sweets, but when a box of cookies are in front of me, I can't help it. That's probably the closest thing I can relate it to for me and I'm sure it pales in comparison. I kind of also see a similarity with how much Coca-Cola is advertised and distributed in areas of Mexico and it has lead to massive rates of diabetes. At the end of the day I know and can see the damage this stuff causes for people and that's why I know I don't want to ever try any, that's why I want to understand the addiction part. If people know it destroys their life, is there a way to get them to recognize that and say no to the short term high it gives. I know it comes off as nieve to think people can just say no, and I don't mean to say it's that easy at all. I only want to understand the addiction part because I wish there was something that could be done to help all the people that this is destroying.

Hope it lasts. I was addicted too for 7 years and now have been clean for 2 years. But it is still everyday struggle. And you really should be proud of yourself. God bless you

I'm glad for your sobriety! Please, help others out of this hell.

Congrats God bless your brave soul!!

Well done Cynthia! That's a very long time - you should be so very proud of yourself, and I wish you and yours the very best of happiness and fulfillment for the future.

amazing! very strong to stop after 20 years! make the next 20 years the best years of your life, you deserve it!

I hope your family is able to heal and find some peace!

😞

Was it addicting?

You're so strong. I lost my brother to drugs too. I feel your pain.

How did you stop?

hey, well done! hang tough!

C that’s great. Keep it up!

@UCdxyUeDXJwbDXcQZvW-exUw I was on suboxone for about a year after going into rehab. I then weaned myself off of the subs... I'm working off memory here this was like 7/8 years ago. I want to say they had me on 2 8mg subs a day. Every 10 days I would half/-25% it until I didn't take it anymore, at the end I was literally taking crumbs of the subs. It's a bitch, body temperature control, shitting water, legs shakes (I STILL deal with leg shakes somewhat and I'm 7 years clean) but yea I stepped the subs down and did so without dealing with the doctors.

@UCdxyUeDXJwbDXcQZvW-exUw I wish you luck sir, I know that demon very well... I'm no expert on shit but if there's any advice I can give let me know. Fight it man, it's hard and it'll take part of your soul fighting it. However if you want it you'll persevere and come out the other side clean and a better person for it.

@Justin Zhao I never said any of that.

Congratulations

Awesome, congratulations!

@@janejones8672 thank you

@@djquinn11 thank you

💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿

😢

I am sooo sorry for your loss. 😢

I’ve had chronic pain since 2009,been on opioids ever since. So 2023 there is a shortage all of a sudden. I would get my prescription and no pharmacy had them.my doctor would not give me anything else even though I never had a problem. I always used them as prescribed by my doctor and never failed a drug test. I was taking a low dose of norco. Well I had to go cold turkey and thought the withdrawal would be awful. I really did not crave them,but the pain came back like crazy. As of a couple months, I’m off them but can’t get no relief for the pain. I’m taking over the counter meds,but not helping at all. There is a lot of people out there in severe pain that needs help. People that don’t need them is screwing it all the hell up for the people who REALLY need it.

Definately right there. Go to doctor with nothing wrong and theyll find something to sell you pills for, lucky really you could have lived your whole long life without even knowing you needed to take pills everyday.

My own Dr said that to me bro..wtf

@@karenfavs.6520 at least he's honest lol. A good doctor will find something wrong with you.

It's like a A.D.D meds, and antidepressants, you get on lifelong maintenance .

@@frankpaya690 Thing of it is though, SSRI's like prozac actually help with addiction. Addiction is caused by depression and depression causes addiction. I used to be addicted to Vicodin and became addicted to it because I have lower back issues. I still take Percocet but I also take Prozac for major depressive disorder. Percocet is far stronger than vicodin but now that I have been diagnosed with Major Depressive disorder, I was prescribed Prozac. I still have some pretty bad back issues but thanks to Prozac, I am not addicted to anything anymore. That may sound weird and you may say it wouldn't be of any help, that may be true in other cases. But in my case, it has worked wonders for me.

Jesus was a Palestinian Socialist thank you very much. I pray for anyone struggling with this makes it through.

ᎷᏗᏁᏖᏒᏗᏝᎧᏉᏋᏁᏝᎥᎶᏂᏖ your doctors could’ve helped by weaning you down off the Med by slowly decreasing your doses , over a few weeks .

Ann Feeney yeah but the moment my pain doctor found out I wanted off they took the hands off approach with me. It was a brutal reality.

Incurable Romanticist the more I’ve shared my story the more I’ve realized how rare it is. God saw me through it. My family meant more to me than those pills. So happy to have them so far behind me and a great life. Thank you

@@shesgoneforeverlife they were just as bad then

Good job Dad!

Got all 4 wisdom teeth removed awake and never touched opioids. Your dentist shouldn't of prescribed that

Wow, thats a heavy med for wisdoms tooth pain! I have had two wisdom teeth removed and only got ibuprofen and paracetamol for the pain.

Sure it wasn't oxycodone/acetaminophen? Maybe 5 MG? Percocet orTylox? That's what my oral surgeon prescribed me. Unfortunately I had no-one to limit me? I was able to con that doctor into prescribing that to me for 6 months. That's also an affect of addiction, you become a cross between a car-salesman, lawyer, and politician in how effectively you learn to lie, cheat, con, steal, for some even kill

I refuse to touch opioids no matter how much I want that painless bliss. I suffer from Fibromyalgia, so 98 percent of my body is in pain constantly. What I would do to live pain free. I would do a lot of things but I…shall not touch opioids. I’d immediately let it take over my life, because I’m so desperate to live a normal life. I’m only 18. But I’ve been in pain four years already.

I really connected with what you said here as after getting prophanol? (the Michael Jackson milk) for a biopsy I realized how much muscular pain I had always had. It was an eye-opener for sure.

The US is just crazy, in other country I had my gallbladder removed and was just given a prescription (not sure which drug) for 3 days after leaving the hospital. Any movement did hurt like a bitch the next day but I had to see the doctor in less than a week to view the progress so I new I need time to see if it got less painful.

@@0Clewi0 even in India we are only given a local anesthetic at the dentist office during tooth removal, nothing more and for kids pain meds for 2 days after, for adults nothing.

Howd you do it? I’m in the same exact situation

Congratulations! Best wishes for an addiction free future.

Congratulations!

may you get justice

I'm so sorry. I almost made my son grow up without his mom bc of this crap.... We need to demand MAJOR changes to all of our systems

Same

Best damn decision I made was to refuse to take the codine when I got my wisdom teeth removed.

I'm so sorry to hear that, my heart goes out to you and your family.

Its because of all the junkies who get addicted to it then take zero responsibility for it. All they do is blame the doctors, manufactures etc but never themselves. I've taken just about ever pain med you can think of, never been addicted, never had ANY substance abuse problem and all is good... Maybe, just maybe it's the people that are the problem, not the drugs. All this BS made up epidemic does is hurt those that actually need the medication due to stupid decision made by people who have no self control. Addiction is a choice, they made it so they can live with it. I know it's hard to believe but some people live in chronic pain 24/7 that actually need these types of medications and cannot get them due to all the cowards who refuse to take any accountability for their actions.

So sorry my friend, the gov't screws us in the end.

I am truly sorry for your family's loss, but maybe he chose to end his life due to the physical pain 🤷‍♀️

So sad 4 your loss. Merci'.

YES HE IS SIR I TOO AM A VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES I KNEEL IN HIS HONOR

So sad 😞

thanks for getting clean and sharing your story

Thank you for realizing you were hooked and decided to change your life for the better. You do matter!

That’s wild. I’ve been stuck on drugs but for completely different reasons and rations. It’s always been wild to me, stories like yours. It just doesn’t make sense. I’m not undermining it, just from a different perspective “a previous injury” is a crap excuse. I had many of broken bones growing up and was prescribed loratabs/oxy etc and never felt hooked. The script runs out within days. Idk maybe I’m a critic but people like you sound either super soft or attention seeking. #3yearssober

Also.. pain pills are nothing like H. I’ve done them both. It’s just an excuse for people who took pills for pain, to continue onto something for their self.

I'm hurt right now, bad back limping for months, I've told doctor, give me pills to help with inflammation but no pain relievers like hydro and opiate likes. I rather deal with the pain then to get another addiction

that's interesting. i'm a doctor in australia and in my training we were strongly encouraged to be wary of prescribing opiates. short course for severe pain and in palliative care. that's the only way i would prescribe opiates. i started my training in 2008.

My experience is that otc acetaminophen/ibuprofen combo works better for most dental pain (i have had a few root canals, implants) as opioids are not anti-inflammatory.

Honestly this underlines the problem with healthcare. Our training is inexplicably mixed up with the pharmaceutical industry’s bottom line. It’s the same reason why doctors’ and nurses’ training emphasizes prescribing and administering medications, labs, scans, and procedures more than we are taught how to care for mental health or post-discharge care /primary care, which I would argue is a foundational reason why most patients end up being hospitalized and readmitted for chronic disease.

What pisses me off with anyone who has had any medical training is just how utterly wrong you all on how addiction works. Were the Sacklers parasitic opportunitists? Yes but the utter ignorance regarding the mechanism behind addiction, tolerance and withdrawals (their all tied together). Hutchinson and Watkins, 2007, showed that morphine-3-glucuronide activates the Toll Like Receptors (TLRs), of which we had no idea existed until the 2000s. These systems look for the molecular detritus produced by bacterial and viral infections (PAMPs), with each TLR fine tuned to release a different mix of anti and pro-inflammatory cytokines. In particular Interleukin-1 (IL-1), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), Interleukin-8 (IL-8), Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), Interleukin-12 (IL-12), Interleukin-17 (IL-17), Interleukin-18 (IL-18), Interleukin-23 (IL-23), Interleukin-33 (IL-33) which are the primary cause of the symptoms of infection. From destroying tissue in joints and muscle (razing sites at risk of being infected), to binding to serotonin receptors in the stomach to cause cramps and diarrhoea (to excise the infection from the stomach), to causing fever. Incidentally there is a huge body of work showing these cytokines bind to dopamine (motivation, focus, attention) , GABA (calmness, anxiety) , 5-HT (empathy, appetite, love) and a host of other critical systems disrupting them. Ever wondered why you get depressed when you have the flu.... It's your own body produced cytokines binding to 5-HT. When you take opiods and opiates they for most part have active and, what were previously thought to be inactive metabolites, for example Buprenorphine-3-gluuronide, morphine-3-glucuronide bind to TLR4. Whilst the pain relieving metabolite morphine-6-glucuronide binds to mu, Ku, dopamine, serotonin (in the brain and stomach hence the constipation) and a host of other sites. They have a much higher affinity then the cytokines. The problem is half life and metabolism. Cytokines have 6-12 day half life. Opiates have a 6-12 hour (opiods a bit longer) The other problem which is speaks to the root cause of all addiction is what exactly physical and emotional abuse during pre and post natal development causes. Hutchison and Watkins worked out in animal studies rats that were exposed to physical stress during pre and post natal development would not voluntarily give up opiate laced water. See the classic Rat Park study showed that rats born in a environment filled with vegetation, borrows, and a host of things to do and eat woild, even which forced to drink opiates woild voluntarily give them up. It turns out happy rats didn't want to be addicted. Lab rats devoid of all this however would refuse to give up opiate laced water, even when introduced to rat Park environments. It meant that something was happening in their development that was making them different. After detecting elevated levels of cytokines in their subjects and learning of the TLR system these researchers gave their rats a TLR4 antagonist, ibudilast (a extremely safe almost non toxic substance) the rats voluntarily gave up their opiate laced water. As ibudilast was already in use human trials for opiate addictoon (phase IIIb) found that it markedly reduced withdrawals and surprisingly tolerance. See what's happening is in humans who have suffered chronic physical and emotional abuse during their life it turns out the TLR that inhibit the glia were becoming ultra sensitive to stress (cortisol), activating and producing chronic levels of particular cytokines, binding to receptors as noted previously. Which is why kids with ADHD, IBS, chronic pain, joint pain, cramps, headaches, depression, eating disorders a host of odd auto immune are happening. Worse by the time their tested the event causing the stress/abuse has abated and thus its not easily identified as the symptoms come and go. The moment the kid breaks a limb, suffers an injury their exposed to opiates, or their exposed to the blackmarket And thus the first time they take a pill or shot their shown what life is like without pain. Imagine being born with a headache. You simply would never know you had this until you had your first pain relief. The problem is with these people anything making it pass the blood brain barrier will cause the hyper active TLR to activate and produce cytokines. Whether it's amphetamines, cocaine, or opiates. More cytokines mean awful hangovers. To dislodge these cytokines more drug is required. More opiates, more morphine-3-glucuronide, more cytokines require more opiates to break through the the ever increasing number of cytokines. This is a positive feedback loop known as addiction which is why we have some people who can use opiates for short periods and not get addicted whilst those who have suffered, in particular, multi-generational abuse, sexual assault, rape, physical abuse, and so on are so much more likely to use drugs. Because their in pain. Now before you say bullshit know that ibudilast is not only on the black market but high end clinics are giving it to their patients. Now the American system refuses to accept and understand complex things like this. Western medicine is filled to brim with conservatives who refused to see addictoon as anything more then a personal failing. Mainly because they lived pampered lives (rich doctors and the upper middle class are the ones who can afford the uni and tuition for medical degrees) they don't have hyperactive toll like receptors. The US government, media and other groups are happy to deflect their culpability and lack of empathy and care onto addicts and their dealers, even if that happens to be the Sacklers or the cartels. But the truth is addiction is caused by our own pain and misery, the abuse and stress in the family and society (the rat race). Instead of funding early intervention programs, social housing programs and opiate clinics that provide opiates and opiods in return for modified behaviours and adherence the governments instead invest sickening amounts of money into law enforcement. Meanwhile conservatives in law enforcement, attorney General departments, health departments, academica, government and the health systems ensure that rabid policies ensure that we have a system that takes licences, prosecutes and sues doctors for giving pain relief to people in pain. It's why people with chronic pain are killing themselves when the DEA slaps prescription restrictions on their specialists. It's why liver disease and death from chronic NSAIDs is the top 10 of killers. But you know what let's just blame the Sacklers and ignore our culpability.....

I have to agree, I'm a nurse in the US and have watched the joint commission, the centers for Medicaid services push healthcare professional to aggressively treat pain even to the point of cutting funding if you don't. But then they never really give any guidance on how you are supposed to do that until there's a crisis.

@Biology Discussions so many people lost most of their lives fighting addiction...

Hey, awesome comment. Good to see such a caring person out there! You certainly made at least a few people smile and feel a little bit better. Thanks! 🤘

The Evil One has entered the world and even though The Church was mentioned in the video I would recommend going to Jesus’ Church.

@@Misael-Hernandez how about no

I’m referring to the ones you are referring to on your thread, excuse me.

Cody first I want to say that's awesome...good for you! It gives me some hope. I do roughly 100MG's per day and I'm so tired of it because when I run out, you know what that feeling is. Worst physical feeling in the world and you pray for death when that happens. Would love to know how you did it. In any case, happy for you and I pray I can somehow duplicate what you did. God bless. Happy new year, be safe and stay strong brotha! Thanks for posting this comment as it affected me in a good way!!!!!!!!

@@DamageLLC you can do it! I have been clean for ten years now, but i used methadone at first to get off. It can be really hard to get off of methadone, but it helps you to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Subutex and suboxen are also helping people get off of opioids

@@jessicaxhanning2111 Thank you!

I wish sackler family and everyone supporting them a nice and endless stay in hell

Well done you!

You had the power to wean yourself. Stop blaming everyone else.

@@nonameshere1592 I was following doctor's orders. I trusted her and had never been in a position like that before. All I knew is the pain I felt was horrible and I didn't want it to come back. I had no freaking idea what was going on with the opioid epidemic because I wasn't watching the news about it and my family physician didn't warn me either. NO one told me anything different! I bet you don't have 9 herniated disc and needed both hips replaced. I tried for over 3 years to tell the 'specialist' who read my MRI I thought it was my hips but he kept saying pain travels and I needed back surgery. I couldn't get anyone to listen so I did what my pain specialist did until the DEA busted her for over prescribing and I went through 8 days of withdrawals. I didn't go looking for drugs on the street. So when I finally got a new pain doctor I told him I only wanted what I absolutely had to have and I have been on a much lower dose since. I got both hips replaced in 2015 and can walk again (I forgot to mention I was in a wheelchair for over a year) but I have learned to do research and am trying to hold off on back surgery as long as I can. So 'no name's here' or chicken shit might be a better name shut the hell up until you've been in my situation.

@@nonameshere1592 oh and I tried everything before I resorted to pain medication. Over 30 steroid injections, hours of physical therapy etc. Man people on social media are so quick to judge others! I'm going to stop saying anything because there's always some asshole like you who doesn't know anything about a person's situation but start typing as soon as you read something you think you're an expert on.

You really hit a nerve with me. I don't mind that you choose to hide your name but I would like to know what you do for a living. Are you a doctor? Maybe you were a drug rep or maybe your last name is Sackler. I had always been healthy and a hard worker all my life and had only been to the doctor for stitches and a case of strep throat once. So yes I trusted doctors! Why didn't my pain doctor start weaning me off the high doses of meds in 2016? I had so many people take advantage of me and steal from me bc I was too drugged up to know. And my sister in law worked for the police department and court system. No one told me anything and my insurance company kept paying for the drugs and my pharmacy kept filling them. I always took them as prescribed and I passed my drug test every time and my count was right. So where were you then??? I lost so much materially and the worst part was the years of my life I can't get back. Now I'm waiting on the results of another MRI on my neck. But I haven't asked for more medications. I wish I could never see another pain pill in my life!!! Not even a baby aspirin.

@@shannonfrench6893 lol all throughout your response you're still blaming other people for your sh!t life. You don't like to take responsibility for anything apparently. No one forced you to remain on high doses. Just because you had them doesn't mean you had to take them. But you did. And now you want to blame everyone else for the consequences of your choices. You literally have an addicts mentality. You could have read the rx printout. Googled it. Decided to find another doc to wean down. You had so many options, AND AN OBLIGATION, to inform yourself. But you prefer blaming others. I'm not a doctor but I do work in medicine. You're no different than street junkies in your thinking.

@Inckblot thank you so much. Addiction kills. I'm lucky to still have her.

The drug was appropriate for the injury, the way it was prescribed was the problem, too liberally, a refill should not have been an option and a low dose should have been given.

@@nicholasr39 The medication was too strong. She was so messed up she couldn't tell the floor from the ceiling. She literally tried to drive to get refills and drove into a Walgreens, and no I don't me the Drive-Thru. She hit the building!

@@paytonpryor 5mg to 10mg max would have been fine if Purdue marketed it properly, instead they had pills with a 160mg dose. If she was given 7 pills of OxyContin 10mg and advised to use them when the pain was at its worst she would have been fine, instead Purdue made out they were not addictive and doses too strong. Marketed properly and honestly it would have been a different story. I’m so sorry things went really bad, The whole way drugs are approved and marketed needs to change. Perhaps America needs to follow the British system, we don’t have as many issues with prescription drugs in the UK and advertising on TV for prescription drugs is not allowed. The fact you guys in America have commercials for prescription drugs clearly shows the pharmaceutical industry has too much control.

@@nicholasr39 I hate drug advertisements.

A lot of the DRUGS r MANUFACTURED in other countries that the FDA > DOES N O T < regulate= true...& our doctors still prescribe with a "million" side effects which r WORSE than your/our initial problem/pain/aailment...

All doctors do mate. I worked alongside doctors for 10 years. I got lost in HSK trying to find the secret animal labs. All drug companies are far more powerful than the even the spin doctors put on the drugs out on the prescription market.

@Julia A I agree

@@louiseevans5752 If I was you I'd be more worried about what you cant controll: both 4 and 5 G

Alex Flockhart HEY HEY HEY! Let’s not get logical and caring with our decision making. That’s unacceptable in any civilization

Your story brings tears to my eyes. I'm a mother who suffers from alcoholism and I've recently gone on the wagon. I never want my sons to have to go through that pain of losing me to an addiction.

A party on the woods????

sorry to hear. im sure that hes watching over u and would love to see u live ur life to the fullest. Enjoy life to the fullest for urself, everyone who loves u, and him. 🖤🖤

Good thing man that's 95% poison

My daughter also suffers horribly from migraines-just a suggestion or idea; Had she tried the Botox injections? My daughter has had good luck with them…they inject around base of skull, forehead; first couple treatments were sore; but been couple years & it had helped tremendously! Good luck with whatever therapy try , but narcotics are def not easy to go! Try holistic approaches first! 🙏 of you!!

@@lindahenault3598 have her doctors look into intercrainial hypertension. My wife had the same problem Botox injections were helping temporarily but eventually barely helped at all and she continued to suffer . After many Dr switches and begging for help ( she didnt want pain killers all the Drs were willing to write her a script ) she wanted to figure out what was wrong have it fixed without becoming addicted to pain killers. Finally we found a doctor who had experience with similar situation. Sent her to a neurologist to have her optic nerve looked at. After that they did a lumbar puncture And found hour her body produced way more spinal fluid and couldn't get rid of it fast enough putting a lot of pressure on her brain/stem/nerves etc . After the medicine they put her on she hasn't had a migraine since.

Yeah, it's not appropriate for migraines. In fact, from what I understand, opioids can contribute to intracranial pressure and worsen migraines.

@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 and yes HE IS

Oxycodone is very similar to hydrocodone and morphine. They should all be legal.

@@Cbd_7ohm You are not particularly intelligent are you?

@@TRPGpilot I question your statement. Have you read the “War on Drugs” a report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy U.N. 2011 I’ll cut to the chase. The Executive Summary states, “ The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world”. It goes on to call for the end of criminalisation, marginalisation and stigmatisation of people who use drugs, recommending models of legal regulation of all drugs to undermine the power of organised crime and safeguard the health and security of all citizens. So before you infer a lack of intelligence by those who call for the legalisation of drugs I suggest you read the whole document allowing you to make informed comments rather than meaningless and false assertions.

Not anymore

This scandal happened to a bioethics professor, who preaches against this kind of predatory practice! LOL

I take a opioid based pill for my back, knees and hips (bricklayer) I have never abused them or taken more than the recommended dose. But I’m still a slave to them. Withdrawal means no work. No work is no pay.

It's fkn brutal. I was on Vic's for a long time when I came off the withdrawals were so bad I had them for years . Yes years can't believe I didn't lose my wife and house. Finally got on Suboxone and then weaned off that. Suboxone totally saved me.

Wow! Kudos! Good on ya, mate!

Yeah you really are. Amazing

How did people ever get on before Oxy? After my surgery, I just said NO. There are other ways to deal with pain, and your doctors should have done better. Not your fault, and glad you got out.

World wide unfortunately!

@Oliver Von arx It's everywhere but the US is objectively the worst at this, in other countries doctors can't legally recommend only one brand and commercials for medications are way more heavily regulated, Oxy also is not commonly prescribed in other countries

Say that last sentence to family members who have lost loved ones to this opioid epidemic

@@ethericboy Bro that last sentence was sarcasm?

@@abilea4081 The use of sarcasm should be apparent when used or it can and will often be misinterpreted

Me too 😢

I am very sorry for you 😢...but I am sure you going to meet him after this life ....

​@@CrashOutTiming718😢

You made a smart decision. Pills was my ex husbands passion. He destroyed me and my children's life.

@@NtheMist thank you. I’m very sorry to hear. Thoughts and prayers to you and your children.

Yes now ur a weed addict

The sad part for so many of us is the government and corporate pharmaceutical companies. Neither profited from cannabis so it was vilified. Greed is bringing our government around but the pharmaceuticals continue to produce deadly drugs that in many cases makes life worse

You haven't tried Chiropractic, specifically Gonstead Chiropractic by any chance? I got a concussion when I was younger and my chiro was able to help a lot

Who even is the FDA? Owned by who?, operated by who? The people that can’t answer these questions aren’t also going “hey it’s that FDA again this is their fault” Instead transfer the blame to a more tangible source like the doctors or pharmaceutical companies in this case

Thank you. I've always heard blaming towards the Sacklers but not once for FDA.

@@blackadam6445 FDA is operated under the department of HHS. Any approval of any medication is entirely at the discretion of the Executive. This crisis as it's called wouldn't have been possible without a willing participant in the Federal government.

@@timothybayliss6680 very good point I feel that way as well.I believe a bunch of people could’ve prevented this but they made more money if they allowed it. Just like that here we are

i read that the FDA does n o t regulate drugs manufactured in other countries , true OR not I do not know, heard this !!! & generics " do not work " a doctor told me this !!

We forget that the judgment afterward is all that matters. We can't escape that one

The settlements were a fraction of what they should've been bc theyve been dumping profits into offshore accounts for years

Prometheus Midway through I had to look it up as well. Weird how it’s always gods chosen tribe who is gaming the capitalist system and buying off politicians...

Emil T. Keppie are you seriously associating all jews as being corrupt and evil? Ignorant fuckhead

@@mftripz8445 Zionist Jews he said, not ALL Jews. Jews are not a race, heck their not even a religion, it is factual ONLY if you came from Judeah were you considered a real Jew, all others were Zionist. These "people" are not in any shape or form Jews, they indoctrinated themselves into the belief system created by Zionist Jews. Even Jesus didn't believe in their ways, or the name Jew. He was a Nazeren, not a Jew. When you hear anyone say the Jew are the chosen people of God, they don't mention which God, after all Lucifer is considered God of this world by Jewish writings and testaments.

rosewendy42 I get banned every time I mention the chosen ones. But here goes, every chosen Ive spoken to either said z-nism was gr8 or it was the bad group who arent real chosens. I dont trust gods chosen at all anymore, I really want them to be removed from my society because they really have caused all the world wars, all the opiates, all the media misinformation and degeneration of the average idiots mind, and all the usury that has destroyed the average person and taken away their political power, created and perpetrated communism, and basically caused the death of evrope and the death of the soul in the coming hundred years. But yeah its in the bible that “there will be chosen ones who are not chosen ones, but say that they are” and that they are “the chosenite temple of satan” Its just best that we amicably segregate and never allow anyone of that descent to have any influence or power over other races again. . .

Bryan Lint. And, they never will be, except in the next life!

The system protects their own kind. System is the beast ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ioOFYYiipK6Qp2Q.html

As long as you set up a big profitable business, all is forgiven.

They sold a product that was legally approved and monitored by the us government. More people die from guns why aren't we putting them in prison. It's not there fault it's the greedy pharmacy owners and bad Dr. Replace opioid in this story for guns its the same thing.

@@joearsenault8026 god please give americans brains...

Wishing you the best in your healing We have to heal Shame and guilt is just another way they control us We are the most powerful important thing in this world They don’t exist without us We just have to remember who we are We must heal and learn to love ourselves We are many

I totally agree.

Like that's gonna happen. Hippies. 🤣🤣😈

Nah, that'd never work. Hopefully we murder them in the streets someday soon though. Piles of dead billionaires can save the world. Not that it's anything but self defense when it's a billionaire dying.

Bryan Gichuhi they will be dead soon

or make a.peoples government with refferendems on all serious matters

Why r u labeling yourself a junkie......??? Pain medication isn't for "junkies" stop with the victim mentality....you have recovered....that's it....

Rhonda Whyte she clearly said she’s a recovering addict which she is not junkie

A young woman in my town committed suicide because of prescription meds addiction. They're traded on the street by the same people who sell heroin. Just because it's prescribed use is legal doesn't make it less of an addiction. ,RIP this beautiful young woman. And well done for surviving this curse Sophia. I hope you thrive.

God bless you.

sophia foshee congratulations Sophia. It’s only something that a person can understand that has been through it. Be proud of yourself.

Not in Australia. It's so difficult trying to get any pain relief at all.

good job :)

GOOO GARY!!

That's awesome bud! Hope you are in a much better place now.

Gary Wills ...I’ve been on pain medicine for about 9 years now..I’m under a doctors care every month for pain management but at my age, guess it’s gonna kill me.....I don’t have any hope at being off this stuff....I’m happy and grateful you are.....

In a detox as I type this. Much respect to you!

Thats great news man

Well done on pulling through, and I'm happy your son is doing better now as well. I'll say a prayer for you and your family.

I really hope you and your son are fine :D

Wow! I lost family members to drugs and it hurts like hell! Stop the greedy amoral predators/sociopaths who are brainwashing our society! Expose!

Buy your manager a drink they were. Trying to give u synthetic heroin.

not really

@Julia A So , you admit the drugs they are using such as fentanyl, dia morphine and other powerful opioids are non addictive. I feel you are being contradictive.

@Julia A They can also be tailed off without nurses or doctors help. You seem to have some obsession with addiction. What is your problem or interest with addiction. Do you see the need to repeat the dose as stronger than sugar or nicotine. Have you considered what you're saying?

@Julia A Do you understand how ion channels work? Perhaps you do or yor definition of addictive is different to mine. Addiction doesn't matter that much anyway unless the substance causes damage. So far I have seen no evidence of this. Forget acute pain and think solely of women giving birth to new born babies. Why do those new born babies not suffer opium dependency or damage? Biology is a 2nd language to me so if you have any questions to ask it's ok, I won't judge you.

@@illplacemusic1659 perhaps you need to go back to school or scientifically test whether every new born baby goes through morphine withdrawal . Just being a nurse doesn't automatically make you understand pediatric health and medicine and whether a few doses of morphine lead to addiction in babies. Sorry mate, your talking gibberish

Its USA. They paid the right people so they are untouchable. Sad but true. Its capitalism at its extreme...

@@ExcessumGaming ha.. yes everything bad is because of capitalism, it's always capitalism

@@imanidiot2180 No its because of extremism. In this case extreme capitalism. Anything in excess is toxic.

@@ExcessumGaming They are not untouchable, just hard to get to. Trump is in the pockets of oil companies. We have presidential candidates, senators and protestors that are fighting back

Excessum Gaming Not capitalism sir corruption

Stay strong

MadyMoi696969690 Thank you Mady I will 🌸

Hi there. Would you mind telling me how you got through the worst of the detox? Thank you. ANY info is appreciated

Kim Bolina hi Kim 😊 I was on these pain meds long term (around 3 years) then my Doctor changed me to Norspan Patches which then I tapered off them gradually. I had a few really bad weeks once I was off the patch . I still have restless legs of a night but I’m finding magnesium and an iron tablet each day helped me a lot. When I felt at my worst I had a ibuprofen and Panadol together .Just check with your Doc about the iron tablet . Goodluck Kim it’s a hard road but stay strong and positive and things get better each day your free from opioids xxxxx

Peppermint Crisp thank you so much

I've been thru it and u really dnt know how bad its destroying u until u stop using!!! Peace & Blessings

Thanks. It has been hell. The suffering of withdrawal can't be emphasized enough. The loss if loved ones makes it a hell like no other, and somehow, a few made it though. But I'll never be the same. Bless all who went though it.

@@patrickcharles7190 amen brother

@@trcole8904 Amen. Im glad you made it.

@@patrickcharles7190 it was a hell of a battle, but i continued to fight brother. This might sound crazy but i would rather be in solitary confinement then to experience withdraws again!!! Salute my brother!!!

You can. You just won't.

Ritalin is the solution for all addiction except porn and sex addiction

@@fooddrugadministrator4079 lol no it really isn’t, I know heaps of Ritalin junkies who take their kid’s meds!

@@johayes7529 If you are saying Ritalin should be for kids, are you saying kids should give consent to sexual predators?

@@fooddrugadministrator4079 wtaf drugs are you on? And wtaf have paedophiles got to do with ritalin? FFS I'm so over you flogs calling everyone a paedophile! RITALIN is a kids medication you flog!

@@fooddrugadministrator4079 wth?

The real criminal is everyone involved, not just the FDA examiner... Just because corrupt people exist, making use of them isn't justified and doesn't steer the user clear of criminal intent

That FDA examiner probably got money under the table.

@jamie white collar is highlighted as opposed to blue collar; which means elitist. This has nothing to do with race/ the colour of your skin... because every race can be white collar. It’s more about how these people are „educated“ and in high positions; therefore had access to so many resources and are even people who belong to the highest circles.

@@chinigirlX3 yes u are true,they have high relations and have access to such sources that nothing is imposible for them to get

@@kjell744 lol

Reminds me of the slogans that large tech companies and banks use to bamboozle the public into thinking that they really care, while one hand is making a benign gesture, the other hand behind their back is the one that causing all the mayhem. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hnpoi2x_fX6Buqc.html edit; recently got those chills when watching the TED interview with Elon Musk, hailed as the Saviour Reincarnate that's going to redeem mankind, while pushing to the world new technology that is just as polluting, and selling virtual reality as a means to 'connect' the people. The most prominent CEOs of tech companies don't even let their kids use Mobile devices, that alone says alot about hypocrisy.

Typical J!

I think he took that quote directly from Hitler.

It's all about what one's standard for a better place is.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

And ironically, it was the Roosevelt family ( the Delanos) who made they're Fortune through opium, spreading it around the world and getting people hooked in the Orient.

Bat, it's not rich people ( who pay most of the taxes and create jobs and innovation ) it's the globalist, elite families who pay nothing and destroy the very fabric of society. Those are the villains, chase their cars down the street, protest at their property.

H Healy Well by rich I’m talking about the 1%. And why the hell would I chase a person’s car down the street or protest about them being super wealthy? You must’ve mistaken me for someone else.

lobby for national healthcare then, big pharma does everything it can to prevent it because it affects their bottom line

A person that gets involved in Politics know how high the stakes are. The only way to become a politician is to be corrupt. It's happening right now before our eyes. This is why they Hate Trump, because their being exposed and it's playing out right in the media. Red devils, blue devils at the end of the day you still have a devil.

Opioids for wisdom teeth?!? WTF is wrong with that dentist! I got mine removed and I had 6 of them (2two on both sides top row) and I got through that with just ibuprofen

Yeah great move by your dad

@@sotakoira1390 Some people have lower pain tolerance than others. Ibuprofen, Naproxen, & other NSAIDS do nothing to me, never have. I was given 20 hydro 10’s after my wisdom teeth. Most of the pain passed right by me.

“Threw it in the trash” 😂honey sorry to break it to you but your dad took those . You are stupid and very ignorant to believe your dad would actually throw those away 😂 but if it makes your childhood feel better ok

​@@uberghost9064 sure but doctor have to identify that you're one of those people and not simply prescribe oxy.. Wtf.. After wisdom tooth removal I still had pain with regular pain killers but I survived rather than going for oxy.

That’s actually my birthday so thank you for the amazing gift. I’m proud of you both. ♥️

Govt hates competition

A point lost on the 1%.

@@patrickhayes7407 yeah that''ll show em

They would just pay guards to help them build a motorcycle tunnel under the prison.

Smart criminals call themselves shareholders, the stupid ones call themselves drug barons.

Maybe you can find a way to fix it?. I know its hard. But you don't want to live in regret. I also don't know your situation, I'm not judging here.

Proud Boyz problems seem so easy to fix from a distance

@Tatea Thank you Tatea. I really appreciate your sincerity. I also appreciate that you didn't tell me to overlook the destruction she caused to every aspect of my life because I would later 'regret' not having a relationship with her. People who have never been betrayed to that magnitude are the first to recommend reconciliation. Only God can fix this brokenness because I cannot.

I hope you can find a way to forgive her. That shit is a monster and makes you do shit you would have never dreamed of doing. If you have never been addicted to anything you couldn't possibly understand.

I am a mother of a 19 yo daughter and have been in recovery from opiates since Feb 24 2015. I started on tramadol, Vicodin, Percocet, to eventually chewing 2 100 mcg fentanyl patches a day. I got help from a 12 year addiction for the love of my daughter and thank God we have an amazing relationship. She is my reason for living. I hope things get better for you and if you ever need anyone to talk to or ask questions about anything, I am more than happy to be there for you. Breaks my heart to hear the way you feel. Opiates have stolen and broken many families... Peace , love, and positive vibes to you.

That's an absurd amount of oxycodone.

​@@McFwoupsonSounds like they were sharing them anyway.

Some really cold, and cruel remarks being thrown out by judgmental type people who have not walked in their shoes

Take care sister. Praying for you and family 🙏

Stay safe amen 🙏

Fr

Right because the government is complicit. The FDA, who is supposed to be protecting the public, failed miserably.

5 hour energy has caused more deaths than vaping, yet I see ads for that stuff everywhere.

Ya doesnt make a lot of sense till you realize the money the government makes as well.

People who vape dont pay the added tax on cigarrettes, cant happen.

almost 6yrs 😎

Me too. I just got off it after 20 years. I took my last Oxycodone tablet 2 1/2 weeks ago.

@@MaxPower-js1sk congrats man

Good news; Ritalin is the solution for all addiction except porn and sex addiction

I've been on it about that long. No way out. I get 10 times more resistance talking to them about getting off of this crap.

Bush family behind it. Can't remember my sources but was good.

No it isnt a coincidence to answer your question. Coincidence that the vast majority of countries we are at so called war with have masses of resources.

Nope definitely not a coincidence. Rockefeller also funded methadone treatment in New York too. Another drug i thought was the answer to the pills but really methadone is worse than all of them imo. I'll finally be free from this nightmare in 6 weeks!

@@YahshuaLovesMe maybe it was that ship owned by the bush family that was loaded with the drug. i forgot the source to

Good job, and no, it's not a coincidence. These people make the Narcos look childish.

I had the same experience. I am seriously injured. Now I am on a maintenance dose of another lesser drug, and am carefully monitored. Luckily, I live in Minnesota where we have the Mayo system and other great ethical clinics.

I spent a week in Hospital with some severe pain (Central Europe). I was put on opioids until I could have surgery, but I was always actively encouraged by staff to opt for lesser, non-addictive drugs whenever possbile, pain permitting. The opioids helped me keep my sanity, that is for sure. But even after a week of that stuff, I felt some withdrawal symptoms. Not serious, but I can only imagine how bad things get when you have largely unregulated access to this stuff...

​@@kain0m Yea, you only need to take them for a couple of weeks, and your body/brain is hooked

I remember having been shot 4 times in a row with morphin at age 12 for a tooth removal as I am really sensitive when it comes to my teeth and I still felt pain when the dentist was pulling with his tweezers and I really hated the feeling, the weird numbness of my face (maybe it's because I had to walk a very long way home in the very hot turkish summer)

yeah not sure why the US fails so horribly at protecting their people from these horrific drugs

Paul Holt?

1-10 is complete bullshit. Some people think stepping on a lego is excruciating. It's literally nothing but minor discomfort. And ever time you think you have had the worst possible pain, there is another medical condition that you can later develop that makes that seem almost a pleasant memory. I have broken bones, herniated discs, had spasms of the urinary tract and have passed gallstones with accompanying bilary spasms. Each new condition was a pain greater than I previously could have conceived. By the time I was passing gallstones a broken bone would have been if placed on a linear scale of the pain I have had experienced would only rate a 3.5. Yet it doesn't actually become much less painful, although it does a little, only that you know there is so much worse. I have come to realise that as bad as a situation is, it can always not only get worse, but get worse by an amount that is inconceivable to you. And likely it will if you don't take responsibility for yourself. But the 1-10 pain scale is literally this: if you say 7 or higher, they will consider giving you medication stronger than tylenol.

In this day in age anyone can google ingredients and know what they are putting in their body, don’t trust anyone but yourself.

@@MrGoatflakes i know this is unrelated but how did you manage to injure yourself so much if you don't mind me asking

@@ob1934 well, I was in the army reserves and I used to fight with my brothers before that :P

@@MrGoatflakes I was curious too. And I agree with you sir. Your explanation is quite true for most ppl when it comes to pain. In my country you don't decide which drugs you take on a scale. Most ppl can do with a fast acting paracetamol or sth slightly lighter than morphine. Morphine is also only maybe a one day thing while in hospital not out or for terminal patients only like end stage cancer. All the rest of us have to do with much lesser doses of painkillers and you get used to it in a few hours. I think Americans got used to instant pain relief instead of waiting sth like 15-20minutes for relief that will last hours and help you function better.

You can do it! Drinking will kill you, i seen how bad it is first hand,i seen it take my mom this july..

Alcohol is a hard drug

Ethanol is much more toxic than pure diacetylmorphine. The average dose people take is much higher than something like morphine aka 1 serving = 10-14 g ethanol depending on country.

@@jadem4893 thanks still going strong not planning on ever drinking again

@nathan blades Your dad should've been prosecuted.

Guys why do you not raid Iceland?

Or lowering gas prices

@ANTI-KIKE SUPERSTAR lol, you know the Talmud is a written book of oral laws put together by Rabbis around the year 500AD right? It's just a book of how to conduct court proceedings. The only "holy book" is the Torah. Which is also known as the "Old Testament" that Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe in.

@@zdzichus.3264 Dude this is a discussion on the opioid crisis and not on parties. There are Icelanders who are involved in this scandal.

I could get behind that.

We should kill them then tbh

Sacler or sadler heads of pedo file ring and Mr aisa masterminds behind twin towers and all other terrorism physical mental and chemical I thought Saddlers were natzis truth is Hitler was trying to stop this evil but they've stolen the Ark and tainted all religions with lies to support they're agenda any one can be brought or knocked of or commit clintonside using gangs controlled by a adiction and extortion they way anyone joins is by doing something bad so if wen you find out how evil the people are that you work for and try to expossed them they fabricate evidence and set you up with they're corrupt pirate court system wen the crest at court says in God we trust they're not taking about God all mighty they're talking bout gold oil drugs God the endoctrinated organisation breaching every one of the ten commandments thou shalt not judge!!! Who makes decisions at court a JUDGE enforcing maritime law on land

Medicide is genocide

@@kjell744 True, the Sacklers are Jewish and also they are hyper-Zionist. Intentionally poisoning Gentles for profit.

I hope that was a joke?

Actually mate there not that addictive but well done turning down the scripts.

Colin Hunter Good decision.

yeh, and you can grow your own small batch of opium no problem that is organic. It'll really take your pain away with.mo withdrawal apart from a bit of diahorrea in some people but just drink.half a cup a day and you'll be fine. weeds better and more controllable but for God sake dont add yourself to the stomach ulcer and death list from IBUPROFEN

@@morejoy5188 i take ibuprofen now and then, its rly not as dangerous as you make it out to be lol

@Julia A not for me