I was a meth addict for over 10 years. I currently have 6 years clean, and studying to be an LCDC in the State of Texas. This interview is absolutely awful and I take it as he thinks its a joke. If you need to do research, hit me up. I can share my story, Im actually working on it as of now. My story will be shared one day in hopes of changing lives, even if it's one. I have literally lost everything you can imagine and have gained it all back being clean and trying everyday of my life to live a life I always wanted. It is a struggle every single day and never give up on yourself. Your worth it, we are all worth it.

I understand exactly how he feels being apprehensive to speak with his daughter. I haven’t been through his experience but I know dealing with anxiety and depression can make self forgiveness really hard. just like he said, I find it hard to put into words. For me, apologizing to the people I care about can be difficult especially because the emotion is so overwhelming, but you want to make things right and choose the right words. sometimes you feel like you don’t deserve the forgiveness. it’s daunting. if you’re reading this man I’m so glad you’re alive today, and so is your family.

I've been clean for 5 months off meth. I have no energy, no motivation. No hobbies anymore.. guilt and sadness and regret... I'm not the same person. I hope it'll get better. I exercise to get a lift but doesn't work.

@bigmac1719

5 жыл бұрын

Hang in there, im only a few months in front and it does start to get better. If you wanna talk, I'll be here. Clean since November

@dotaboy888

4 жыл бұрын

just be patient dont be weak and go back or else you will regret it

@erikjj235

4 жыл бұрын

Your not alone. Just passes two months and I'm still depressed. My social anxiety is bad but I'll get there

@UncleChillGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Keep going Life is not easy...you get used to being clean after some time. The hours turn into days, months, years until you realize you are not the same person that you were.33 years of being clean has taught me that it was the best decision of my life.

@melisssacunningham8925

4 жыл бұрын

Dopa,hang in there one day at a time its going to take a fair while to start feeling normal again,I know BC I been there done that,each day gets better,,anti depressants helped me.

I was on meth daily for twelve years....I'm almost 11 months clean and making steady progress...I'll never go back...to me one hit equals three years lost.. if u are addicted there is hope ...u can stop it's rough but it's not impossible

Thank you to both of you. To the interviewee, your honesty was eye-opening and authentic. I admire your courage to move forward with your life. To the interviewer, I'm finishing up my counseling internship at a sober living center now & I wish I had seen this video at the start. It reaffirms how non-users can engage with people in recovery and have open, positive dialogues.

My cousin literally hit rock bottom with this drug too, like I mean rock bottom rock bottom, I’m glad to say he finally accepted to go into rehab and wants the help 🙏🏼 it’s never to late

@user-zp8ih2bj4q

Ай бұрын

Your cousin probably don't even fw you lol you sound like an annoying ass self righteous square

They don’t like talking about it cause they start craving it

This was a great interview. He really asked some great questions.

Keep going Life is not easy...you get used to being clean after some time. The hours turn into days, months, years until you realize you are not the same person that you were...33 years of being clean has taught me that quitting was the best decision of my life.Its hard to go it alone when you lose the “friends” in your dysfunctional world. Beyond that world a new world awaits with new friends and experiences. I’ve seen lots of casualties along the way that broke my heart, but that was their journey.

@melisssacunningham8925

4 жыл бұрын

Tb,so true totally agree with what u said,same for myself b clean best thing I ever done,I have 4 years up now.

@robertestrada1683

4 жыл бұрын

They say only 6percent lf meth users are successful in kicking the habit there is hope you just have to want it for yourself

@viovenda8922

3 жыл бұрын

This comment is absolutely tragic but written beautifully. The last sentence really touched my heart. You can only do so much for people who don't want to help themselves, and you can only press on for yourself.

Been to treatment got 6 months clean in narcotics anonymous been slipping for over a year now once every 3 months but lately it's been every other week it fucked my mind up really bad I turn 24 in a few weeks this is the first KZread comment I ever wrote just wanted to say congrats and today is the day I decide I'm never going to pick it up ever again

@cynthiadavis5227

3 жыл бұрын

Praying for you love. You ARE worth it

Nav, I watched all of your videos. You do a great job with all the people you talk with. And to the gentleman being interviewed stay strong brother and open up when your ready to your daughter when you feel you can. I think it’s important for the both of you.

For the guy in this video recovering... You have done so good man! To answer your daughter.... From what I have learned about myself.... How can I love you when I am not Loving myself? And Now you are learning self love to love her unconditionally!!! Proud of you!!!

Even if you can get off this stuff the consequences will follow you forever. Don’t start.

I have been using for 20 years. With the introduction of Mephedrone and MDPV I became a hopeless case. After being committed and no longer using I became extremely disconnected. I ask God to help me but I always fell to the control of my mind and body. I can keep clean but is exhausting and eventually I end up having frightening body changes like heart rate, difficulty breathing, my thoughts are sabotaged, and only remember why I was working so hard not to consume after i set myself up. I have been clean in the past, I also hurt my daughter. I do know that the disfunction may never go away because there is damage. What I need is something I can use to maintain my guard even when the attacks manifest

I live in absolute chaos from the aftermath of being with a chronic meth user, attempted to get him help many times...he destroyed my home...took the gutters off the house for no reason at all one day while I was at work for example??? He built nests of shit he'd collected from the tip...stole all my previous partner's tools to sell for it (he is deceased and we had sons and the tools meant something to them)...I didn't realise...he would so chronically lie I was losing my mind...he wouldn't leave and kept threatening to go me for the property etc (even though he came with nothing)...it was horrific. It has been 3.5 years now since he finally left and ended up in jail. You can't help them, save yourself, and your children if applicable. And, get help to get them away

I love this guy! I pray for him so much! I am so proud of him and his courage. We need to help each other and make this world better and anything where we can be helpful is a blessing from God.

@northline1987

5 жыл бұрын

Ur so nice! Wish more was like you 💛!

Thanks for doing this interview. Stay clean, people need you and the drugs take you away from them.

Excellent 👌 style... interview... professional and pro at the same time... incredibly informative... Thankyou Nav.... subscribed!

Thank you. My brother is right now on this it's been hard for us we are working on it. Thank you.. I really wanna see him out of this

@ewantaylor8681

4 жыл бұрын

Akim Sano how is he now

@JoseGomez-ny3nf

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you

@gilbertpaiz8096

3 жыл бұрын

Hi I've recently been losing if not lost my best friend with this and I can't even contact him.... does not respond to texts or calls,..if possible I need help now to endure the pain of this... dialogue would be great just to share .... gilbert.paiz01@gmail.com. Thanks

My brother said a lot of the same garbage this guy did. It's a cop out excuse to say all that BS about being, "so hard to apologize for the past, don't want to discuss it, let's just move forward'. Face the music and apologize to your children for how you've screwed up their lives, that's the least you can do. It's such a narcissist mindset - which is applicable to many addicts.

@viovenda8922

3 жыл бұрын

I agree that you need to face people and apologize for the things you feel sorry for. Being anxious is understandable to a point, but after a while it just feels like they dgaf about anything they did or caused you. When you go to rehab one of the first steps of recovery is making amends. You need to apologize when you're sorry, even if people dont accept it.

I wish he could forgive himself. I know it is hard but if he could talk to his daughter and tell her how he was feeling, explain it and basically swallow his shame, it would put him on a path to start forgiving himself.

You need a better face blurrer i can basically tell what this guy looks like if i knew him id be able to tell who he was

This gives me hope for my son thank you

The longer you use it and the harder you go at it, eventually it causes brain damage. Synapses get burned up, dopamine has been pumped into the system and eventually the body stops making it. On top of that, it forces serotonin release as well which can cause insane ups and downs mentally. Eventually, it too stops being produced due to the system being overworked. Then the user is in a constant state of depression and the only way out is going back to meth just to feel normal. According to studies, it very well may lead to early Parkinson’s and other central nervous system maladies. Say no to research chemicals folks.

Congratulations to him for getting clean!

I hope he found the strength and courage to forgive himself. My prayers go out to him and his family. He has a genuine heart. 🙏❤️

I’m trying to quit meth I hate this shit but it keeps coming back

@Polecat-qz5om

5 жыл бұрын

Issa Scam hey I don’t know who you Are but I am struggling to get off suboxone and I have never been on meth but I really want to say is that i hope you never give up and I’ll pray for you. It is very hard to get clean but I truly believe that if you are watching this and you know you are a addict then you are on your way. Though the road may be highs and lows.... I believe we can be strong and fight off our triggers everyday and learn to love ourselves and others.

@Damiensissues

5 жыл бұрын

Be real here, friendo. Meth doesn't knock on your door, it doesn't put itself on your couch, you don't wake up and a loaded meth pipe has flown in through the window and appeared next to your bed. Meth doesn't keep coming back, you keep going back to meth. I think it's easy for us drug addicts to externalise our problems as if they're something that happens to us rather than something that we are doing to ourselves, but we have to try to remember that ultimately we make the decisions in our life - we are the ones who burnt our lives up so it's only us who can rebuild it back up. I hope you manage to beat your addiction and leave it behind.

@mclovin1272

5 жыл бұрын

@@Damiensissues nigga my friend gave me a rock during class sooo

@nessaalixanderia

5 жыл бұрын

@@mclovin1272 and you took it

Thanks for doing this.

If it ain't green, it's mean!

😥 Nice guy......sounds like he is riddled in shame and guilt. Hope he is much better.

Jesus is The Highest Power & He set me FREE in 1984 from Booze, Gambling, Nicotine, Workaholism and eventually Pornography... Progressively so...!! Praise God!!

Nav, why aren’t you still making videos?

I swear that's Kevin "Steen" Owens

Buddy, you need to make things right with your daughter. No offense, but it sounds like you’ve just been too lazy to talk to her. I know you’ve struggled and none of us are perfect, so don’t get me wrong. But she deserves to have a dad who can step up.

My ex who I loved dearly has been doing meth I dont know how long all I know is I found her meth pipe and she tried to say she was holding it for a friend and I said yeah rite

good interview

How long does it take to feel normalish again? A friend of mine is in recovery for like the umphing time. I asked hey how long before you start feeling normalish again? He said he didn't know. I want to give him hope. Thanks if anyone knows... I know is different for everyone. Just curious of a guesstimate time frame. Yes he will always be an addict... Just wanted to put that out there too. xoxo

@jaobyeden4143

4 жыл бұрын

@Trust Me For me liqour triggers cravings. Cause my inhibitions are lowered and I'm like ah let's go get a sack no biggie

@jacobmarshall5391

2 жыл бұрын

6 months to a year, and depending on severity and length of usage, it can be up to 2 years, or longer, before all off the effects, side effects, and withdrawal symptoms completely subside. On the other hand, acute-withdrawal symptoms only last around 2 weeks, to over a month. The main key to long term sobriety is environment, and routine. You don't want anything that resembles his life, and/or his old, "rituals," from his addiced life. And love, lots, and lots of love, joy and meaning. He needs to stop thinking of hisself as a meth user, and not think of hisself as in hes trying to quit, but as in someone who's already sober. With these things, and if he's trully desided this as something he wants, then it's not hard. But as soon as he's exposed to something that reminds him of his past, he'll start thinking, "what if I made a mistake," and, "what if sobriety's not for me," or, "what am I missing out on". Remember, that relapse is not using again, but rather it is, thinking about using again, because it's the thinking about using, that will lead to the act. Much love, and Yeshua bless you. Amen, and amen!!!

Is this @CG Kid? Lol

Maybe talking about it makes them emotional and that pain drives the thought to use it again to ease the pain

bruh interviewer looks like lil peep

@jrpapi5

4 жыл бұрын

What the actual fuck are u on?

NOTE FROM ANOTHER VIDEO THIS ADDICT WAS PROBABLY A RETLIN CHILD LIKE SO MANY OTHER OF THE METH ADDITICS NOW DAYS, AFTER THEY WERE ADDICTED BY THEIR SCHOOL AND PARENTS; AS A MINOR. THESE POOR CHIKDREN WERE ABUSED AND PERMANENTLLY ADICTED AS INOCENT 8 AND 10 YEAROLDS FOR NOTHING MORE THAN THE CONVIENANCE OF SCHOOLS AND STUPID PARENTS.. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD GIVE A CLASS A NARCOTIC TO A CHILD AND FOR AN EXTENDED TIME? AND THE DOCTERS SHOULD BF PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

Key and Peele?

HAHHAAH THAS MY BOY

You should start Reading the Bible For God's Healing He will give You Strengh And Ballance

@Juju-jo1pl

4 жыл бұрын

Blah Blah blah... Religion is as dellusional as drugs

@Juju-jo1pl

4 жыл бұрын

@Maz Nuñez for religion? Nope

Desperate mother , please Just tell me the answer how does someone stop using meth , my daughter is a meth addict , but I don’t know how to help her without enabling her , what will get her to stop , please help me ! Someone

@melindamartin9765

Жыл бұрын

The sad thing is you can't help them, you can only look after yourself...much love from someone who knows 💗

@soundofperserverance3363

Жыл бұрын

Jesus

This guy sounds like he's on it or should be on it. It's the Internet.

his problem was he was smoking too much. moderation, ppl!

@sterichardsson

4 жыл бұрын

There's no such thing as "moderation" with meth. You can get physically addicted the first time you try it.

@joshualett6536

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandra C the excuse’s you Meth Heads make And the lies you tell yourself... MODERATION!?!?!? You smoke BUG SPRAY BUB! Get it together

@joshualett6536

4 жыл бұрын

Lie to yourself but don’t ask us to lick it up

@sterichardsson

4 жыл бұрын

My comment was level-headed, the subsequent ones, not so much. Being aggressive and scornful toward meth addicts is counterproductive. If you really care so much avout them, don't berate them in KZread comments, go and volunteer at a rehab centre... Otherwise, you're actually doing more harm than good.

@camerondeceglie7447

4 жыл бұрын

Ur a fuckin idiot. You never do this drug and there is no fucking moderation in use of this garbage drug.