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@matthewsill-ei5gf

3 ай бұрын

This channel deserves way more subscribers than it has this is real journalism props to you man

@Wistfuldemon

3 ай бұрын

Nice 👌

@user-ru5xz3lz9c

3 ай бұрын

I am injured from blue. 🤔

@bingmarshall6937

3 ай бұрын

From past experience w them... find someone else!

@Karl-076

3 ай бұрын

Making Ads for these kinda lawyers who only make society more and more about money and less about people. Can we please live without being afraid to be sued. it's a negative trend that does not make society any better. I know its something normal in the US, but here in Europe it smells like creed, something that has destroyed this world since day 1 That said,..thx for the doc !

I'm in recovery and I'm 7 months sober today. I watch these videos when I have cravings to use because it reminds me why I don't want to live life as an active user. This country has gone to hell and there's something huge happening behind the scenes. Right before our eyes we are seeing the fall, but there is something much more larger. Addiction is insidious. God help us.

@JohnKay110

3 ай бұрын

​@@Rodderz1thank you but I haven't been cured. I work hard everyday to not become one of these people. Everyday it does get a little easier.

@Mongieboy

3 ай бұрын

7 months is a seriously impressive achievement my friend. Keep it up, do whatever helps 2 stay on the right road. Clean living beats addiction hands down!! Stay strong.

@darrenking109

3 ай бұрын

Hi. Stay strong and take each day as new day staying clean. Am lucky I live in England Croydon Trust I do understand starting a new good life without any drugs Trust 7 months we'll done .

@lenxiabuda8338

3 ай бұрын

Well done! You're doing so well, it's not fkn easy! It's good to hear these videos are helping sum1 stay clean.. Keep going strong!

@M.TTT.

3 ай бұрын

TRANQ GANG

Last two nights been up getting my son off fentanyl. Stay strong folks. I'ma get him back to good. God bless you all 💗

@tomtroy3792

2 ай бұрын

Maybe try a little Kratom tea for your son the withdrawals must be horrendous

@medb8882

2 ай бұрын

Get him on suboxone, never methadone

@RebeccaRuano

2 ай бұрын

❤ You’ve got this. ❤

@christiangirl2222

2 ай бұрын

Hi Angela- Wow that's not going to be easy, I will Pray for you and your son.. GOD Bless you Both...

@Frei_Sinn

2 ай бұрын

Stay strong. Don't judge, Stay calm. Hug him.

I am an ex-heroin addict (18 years clean) and I don't recognize any of the shit I see today. It is SOO much worse in every way. The fent and other stuff make old school heroin look like child play. And it looks miserable. At least the old stuff made you feel good. This stuff just knocks you out and is now turning you into a literal rotting zombie. I'm so grateful that I got clean. I hope these people can find their way out ❤

@timetravelkitty425

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s no joke, I have almost 5 years right now so I got out of New York City just as lockdown hit and was able to mostly avoid fentanyl, completely avoided tranq. But there were a few times where I got some thing with fent in it and it was the worst because you would wake up sick after being knocked out for hours. It’s a miracle I’m alive!😂

@JanBadinski

20 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your sobriety. Best of luck to you.❤

@domovancan

14 күн бұрын

@@timetravelkitty425 Congrats on almost 5yrs! I’ve got 2.5yrs. 90’s quality heroin was hard to find at the end there and fentanyl has no legs and is so much more deadly. I’m so glad I’m outa the game. ✌️

@kathleenryan1371

14 күн бұрын

Congratulations on being sober 🎉

@JasonWh

11 күн бұрын

I'm 24 years cearn from Hydrocone living on the street but I have mad respect for a heroin addict getting clean and dropping that spike. Congrats, really.

I appreciate the humanity on display in this sort of film. No judgement, no telling the people off, just reminders that almost anyone can become a victim of addiction.

@panda17284

10 күн бұрын

I do t have an addictive personality and addiction doesn’t run in the family so no. Not everyone gets addicted.

@kareta24

9 күн бұрын

I actually saw a lot of wisdom and lived humanity in them. So interesting, diff perspectives.

I was addicted 30 year's, my beautiful husband died so i put that addiction in the coffin with him to take away, the last time i used was the night before he died, i miss him and i miss my addiction id be a lier if i said i didn't, but ive made my mind up and am doing well ..15 months clean. And feeling so strong..

@AsheleaPenquite

2 ай бұрын

That had to be the absolute hardest time of your life. And I'm sorry you went through it but glad it helped you find your way out.

@nateennen8496

2 ай бұрын

LOVE

@solyluna1778

2 ай бұрын

Wishing you all the best from now.🙋

@mah3223alia

2 ай бұрын

What an amazing tribute to your husband...and gift to yourself. He would be sooo proud of you ❤️

@jennfontan188

2 ай бұрын

That's amazing!!! I know how hard it is. It's an everyday struggle. You can do it, you are loved❤❤❤❤❤

To the young man who gave up his kids, please don’t stop trying. My own dad was in your situation, and my sister and I your kids, once upon a time. We never hated him for being an addict, we just missed him. He got clean, and we forgave him. And when he relapsed, he got clean again, and we forgave him. Again and again. It took him twenty years to get off cocaine completely, and he’s a living a good life now, and he is everything to his grandkids that he couldn’t be to us. Your kids just want you to try. Please don’t stop trying. They’ll resent you more for not trying and for giving up, than for trying and failing.

@unLuckyFetus

2 ай бұрын

❤

@erikawoods8975

2 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you for sharing ❤

@dharkling890

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely right!!! The young dude was the one who really got to me and I do hope he keeps trying and never gives up. Congratulations to your dad! I'm happy for you and your family.

@cynthiacampbell4702

2 ай бұрын

He's the one who got to me the most also. 😢

@alicewonder0

2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

I got stuck on a layover flight from Sacramento to Texas in Seattle and ended up being homeless for 6 months. Everyone homeless around me were doing drugs and I was super depressed because of my circumstances so I began using too. It left me even more depressed as well as suicidal. Then I met my now husband, who stuck with me through my severe depression and now we are happy and I’ve been sober four years and will never look back.

@bluedressable

2 ай бұрын

Your flight was from SMF>SEA>to HOU or DFW? That’s a strange flight path. You were homeless in Seattle or Texas? If Seattle, why couldn’t you complete your flight?

@AmazonEspionage

2 ай бұрын

@@bluedressable My flight was up on Alaska airlines, going from my employers could find to Texas. Apparently, that was the most cost-effective flight they could find. But I left at a later flight from Sacramento and that lead to a later flight time from Seattle and my original ticket says something different, so I spent six months homeless in Seattle, because my parents didn’t care, and I had no one else to help me.

@bluedressable

2 ай бұрын

@@AmazonEspionage that is so horrible. I am sorry you experienced that. 😔

@AmazonEspionage

2 ай бұрын

I thank you so much. you’re so much an encouragement to us regulated!!!

@pressleytoney4763

29 күн бұрын

i am so sorry you had to experience that, but i’m so happy something beautiful came out of it. i wish you and your husband the best ❤ you are never alone

My heart bleeds for these poor lost souls. I am a recovered meth addict of twenty years. I was so close to living on the streets. I am so grateful to have gotten a second chance.

@watchuwant1560

Ай бұрын

Proud of you! So many want sobriety but don't even know where to start, don't have anyone to help them, just such a shitshow. Been trying to get my brother sober for decades at this point but his head injury makes it near impossible. I've lost count how many times he's relapsed :( Ugh..

Want to clarify two things for other viewers: 1. Narcan (naloxone) is not like "smelling salts" and doesn't just wake someone up. It directly negates the effects of opioids by preventing them from acting in the body. It does this through a mechanism known as competitive inhibition; fentanyl hugs the opioid receptor but Narcan hugs it even tighter meaning fentanyl can't exert its effect. This is why it's so life saving but also why it leads to point 2. 2. Narcan makes people who were "sleeping" suddenly "anxious" because by directly blocking opioid action through competitive inhibition, it puts the person into withdrawal. This is very uncomfortable but generally safe - not all withdrawals are safe, but opioid withdrawal will very rarely result in harm to the individual. The person may be anxious/uncomfortable, but they won't be dead.

@erikawoods8975

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@koolkitties8552

2 ай бұрын

Heroin withdrawal can kill

@darcihoudeshell2588

2 ай бұрын

​@@koolkitties8552So can fentanyl.

@mightbebatman3659

2 ай бұрын

Good explanation. I work in the ER. We use a lot of narcan 😢

@michaelmayeur8906

2 ай бұрын

Opiate withdrawal kills people all the time

I had 14 years and 7 mos clean then went through the death of my closest family member then was displaced from our home after a flood. I’ve been living in a seedy hotel that has triggered all my fears and anxieties. On top of that stress, the person who raped me as a child tried to contact me after he got out of prison. It was the perfect storm of pain and instability and I had that drink which led to many more. I am highly disappointed in myself and super ashamed. This is the first time I’ve said this. I will do that work to get back on track, I just pray for the strength. Sorry to vent. Thank you for any support

@tchlin

2 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about what you went through. Be strong and take care of yourself.

@kaylieterrones6755

2 ай бұрын

You went through a lot at once, don't beat yourself up for the relapse as this will keep you in addiction. Reach out for help, I pray you have the strength to get sober again, you already made it to 14 years which is a great accomplishment so you can absolutely do it again. I believe in you!! Sending hugs and prayers!

@myrna...1877

2 ай бұрын

You go girl...

@youngsomalia1511

2 ай бұрын

W post, my lady. You are not attempting to defy or run from your conscience, but instead broadcast your lowest lows to the entire world, that perhaps we might know of your struggle and hold you to your proper account. By not running from it, but confronting it, you take the first step necessary to challenge its influence over your life. And you know what? You will do it, because you show courage and fortitude. Keep facing it and keep fighting it, and you will prevail. And if ever you lapse and get knocked down again, that's okay too, because one bump and a fall doesn't throw you off of the entire mountain, as long as you get back up, reclaim your footing, and keep climbing it again with that same determination. You will win. You must win. I believe you can do it.

@inkedmomblu1510

2 ай бұрын

@@youngsomalia1511 🥹 thank you so much! I’m gonna fight to get back there. Thank you for lifting me up!!! It means the world to me

I've been abusing drugs for the past 17 years but thanks to NA I'm clean and sober now for 2 years 3 months. Thank you lord for the path you've shown me.

@saint-jiub

Ай бұрын

👍🙏☦️

@Love_OPX

11 күн бұрын

Lawrence Flowers & Intercession - Come Down

I was homeless in Dublin, Ireland for 2.5 months, in 1999. I used to have my entire experience narrated on my website but removed it. When I tell people I was once homeless, they unfortunately picture a life like this. I say unfortunately because telling my story has brought all sorts of negativity upon me. Therefore, I don't talk about it anymore.

@BikerB215

Ай бұрын

I love the Irish accent. Why do irish hate each other?? Gorger and gypsy??

@Chloepickle15

21 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing here. I am sorry you have received such negativity when sharing your experience. It’s a shame people don’t want to listen, empathise, and learn. If more people did this, we may all be able to create a better society for each other.

I just celebrated 10yrs sober in February. I am beyond grateful that I live everyday actually happy being sober. I never thought that would be possible. Utilizing any and every program has helped me significantly. When I quit, that's when fentanyl started hitting my area. To anyone struggling in active addiction, getting sober is possible, once you're ready❤❤❤Don't ever give up hope!! I was in active addiction for 15 yrs, and I am clean. No relapses. Please, be safe!! Lots of live, and big hugs!!

@73monochrome

2 ай бұрын

You got out right in time. I got out too B4 Fentynal started to get real bad. I couldn't find H anymore so I started doing Fentanyl but I knew it would kill me so I got clean. I'm clean 2 years now. Fight the Good Fight, God Bless

@kdsowen2882

2 ай бұрын

Well done , not-many Make-It ! They should give olympic-medals to those that Do Dave nz

@sarakhalidi0513

2 ай бұрын

​@@73monochromeI live in the Western New York area and I got out in 2016. I moved about an hour and a half southeast of Buffalo to get clean. It was the best thing I ever did I met a man who's not my husband and he helped me to get into a methadone program I work the methadone program and now I'm fine. I still get cravings But I deal with them and my life is fine.

@mirjamweibel9678

2 ай бұрын

Its only possible for a very small percentage. Lets be real. I am addicted myself for 22 years

@demo3456

2 ай бұрын

going on 6 years myself. It was almost like some kind of light came down and saved me right before this world went completely off the rails. We are in some kind of war maybe the oldest war of them all. We all need to pick a side and soon. My heart goes out to all these kids man.

Over 20 years ago as a kid we were arrested and harassed by the cops over pot and now they ignore this terrible drug.

@KanyeKetchup

2 ай бұрын

Same

@jamesolalde523

2 ай бұрын

So true , it’s crazy how much freedom this nation has to the Point it’s backfired

@pbdparkbiz602

2 ай бұрын

I have thought of that before but it's still jarring to read. Even I have seen that same progress. Lord help us, whatever Lord you pray too.

@user-ej4jo6fl4y

2 ай бұрын

Police aren’t allowed to do anything Politicians made it legal.. I mean dam people always blaming cops and Seattle is the epicenter of the anarchy defund the police movement. This is what the beginning of lawlessness looks like and it only goes downhill from here. Same devolution that occurred after the 60s in NYC. The Bronx looked like a bombed out London in the 1970s, subway system was nasty, burned out stripped cars, trash, graffiti, etc Zero Accountability = zero sanity and they all have sob stories and “wisdom” until your in the way of their next fix

@andrewczski1969

2 ай бұрын

Biden's America.

Lived in Seattle for a year from 2021-22, had to take a bus to 3rd and Pike at 4AM for work. Loved Seattle, but man this side of it sucked, and I never carried pepper spray with me until going on that commute. I feel for the people who suffer, yet at the same time, it's out of hand on so many levels.

I work downtown Seattle and it is sad to see. I worked nights as a garbage man and I work in the very dangerous part of downtown EVERY NIGHT!!! It is going to get worse and there are no cops, no drug helping places, nothing. They just push people along and let them do their thing. It is sad and heart breaking. The city is dying slowly and it is almost DEAD!

Sad to think these people were once someones innocent little babies.

@tjwright-df2cu

2 ай бұрын

and PPL with hopes & dreams of a future at one time. What would they tell their teenage self?

@over-educated-sp

2 ай бұрын

That these are parents of those little babies! WHY ARE SENDING ALL OUR MONEY TO OTHER PEOPLES WARS, AND NOT HELPING OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL CITIZENS?!

@lisamoore9238

2 ай бұрын

Very sad ..god bless them all 😢🙏

@joecampbell6486

2 ай бұрын

I feel bad for them, no help from Democrat America either,

@lewisgarland1259

2 ай бұрын

They are damaged people with traumatic childhoods that got left behind.

We need to start showing this in schools. No one ever thinks this could be them, but it only takes a few bad things that can really jade your appreciation for life. If you can't cope w/ those things, you fight or give up...and it's really easy to give up

You can tell most of these people started using young. Their maturity level is stuck at the age they started at. I know from experience. You cannot mature and grow chasing that high. God bless and good luck

4months clean from opioids i thought i was never getting out and i had lost my will power until i found myself desperate enough to look for help and there is help addiction is so messed up that you actually believe that there is no hope and might as well die using.I watch these videos to remind myself where I will end up if I ever relapse I pray everyday for strength I don’t wish this on anyone

@pressleytoney4763

29 күн бұрын

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!❤❤❤

The denial is strong in some of these folks. That was me, once. I'm a heroin addict, been clean for almost a decade now. I still watch these type of things as a reminder that I never want to go back to that lifestyle (sometimes, after awhile, I remember the good times, but forget some of the really awful bits). We do recover! Stay strong everyone ❤

@synterlu

2 ай бұрын

I like how you said I AM, it's a healthy reminder that one doesn't ever really heal, you just learn to cope and stay the fuck away from it. Godspeed.

@luckylala1224

2 ай бұрын

Stay clean the drugs are trash now a days anyways lol seriously tho there's no real H around it's all this china fet mixed with God knows what!!!! Congratulations on your sobriety!

@ivonned32

2 ай бұрын

Wow I applaud you for your will and intelligence!!!!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏾✨✌🏽

@hi-d12forlife

2 ай бұрын

Girl same, 10 years off heroin and I freaking live 15 mins away from Seattle!! It's so f***ed.

@taramco1110

2 ай бұрын

Congrats on your sobriety! You’ve done a lot of hard work. I’m proud of you!

Was addicted to opiates, benzos, and amphetamines for 20 years. Been sober since 1-1-24. Quit cold turkey and never looking back. With God all things are possible.

@KILEE-4yt

2 ай бұрын

Amen to that! Sending you Best Wishes from Canada on ur continued your journey of sobriety. ✌🏼

@RMBlake007

2 ай бұрын

Good for you JJ! My Dad quit cigarettes & alcohol cold turkey in the 1940's when he was 19. Started living for God....never looking back. I wish you Joy in your journey with God my friend.

@88Petry

2 ай бұрын

That's only 3 months. Ur talking like u been sober for years

@sueess59

2 ай бұрын

@@88Petryzip it

@Novi903

2 ай бұрын

Glory Amen 🙏🏿

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

@EmmaFischer-sk3tv

2 ай бұрын

Congrats on your recovery. Most people don't realize that psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives.

@fernandolopez5817

2 ай бұрын

To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

@AnoukHendriks-fq2df

2 ай бұрын

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

@EmmaFischer-sk3tv

2 ай бұрын

Yes, Sporeville. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

@ElianaBravo-hr3qk

2 ай бұрын

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

I was an addict for 30yrs, I’m now 7 yrs sober. These people need to want to quit. Don’t feel sorry for them, no one felt sorry for me or any recovering addicts. Its mind over matter, only the strong survive and the weak will die.

@davidabest7195

Ай бұрын

I was an addict for a decade or more and couldnt agree more. I been sober for almost 5 years and now i view it as weakness. It makes me sick to know i was this pathetic at some point. If anything people should have treated me worse so I could see the truth faster. It's revolting how this society infantilizes adults nowadays. Normalizing drug use is a dumdest thing we can do

@tshlk

Ай бұрын

how did you quit?

@Dirtbagoutdoors-qh4nk

Ай бұрын

I just quit. Just focused 100% on working. Every ounce of energy I had went into being clean. I set goals that I could achieve to build my confidence, then I made my goals bigger, I just bought my first home, I’m a superintendent of a major company, I have a 4 yr old daughter.

@tshlk

Ай бұрын

@@Dirtbagoutdoors-qh4nk you're amazing, I'm happy for you🤲

@cinnamoslut

Ай бұрын

@@davidabest7195 that's really sad you view these suffering people with such disgust. I have 12 years sober and my empathy is stronger than ever for those still suffering. I suppose the revulsion and hatred maybe helps you stay sober in a way? Is that your motivation? Sounds like there's a lot of self-hatred in there. 'If anything people should have treated me worse' wow. Tough love kills. It can be done in a beneficial way, but so often it's not done right and it makes things worse. Medication assisted treatment is the most effective treatment method we have. And a 25th/30th birthday, when the brain is fully developed people make better choices. Doesn't work for everyone, but I know many for whom it has been effective. You don't have to hit 'rock bottom' to recover.

Been an addict for almost 10 years. Fentanyl meth crack. 1/2/23 sobriety date. I pray that everyone makes it to recovery. Unfortunately I know that’s not the case.

@Animal-Reaction-Clips

2 ай бұрын

Me and you are on the same boat bro lol we stopped the same time crack n heroine ❤l

@billj4525

Ай бұрын

Yeah, most don't even want it unfortunately.

@billj4525

Ай бұрын

Glad you're clean and doing well. I have 8 years myself.

@javybeaz3236

Ай бұрын

They got stronger drugs then Fetalyn coming out everywhere. Killing thousands

@samirahaslet8227

Ай бұрын

You are strongest.

I've watched alot of these videos where youtubers are going around these kind of streets and I would like to say you have been the most respectful person and only asked questions that were important or relevant on how there journeys started and the effects on their lifes rather than filming a side show,well done sir.

@PM-vv3uc

2 ай бұрын

but why did this video get so many dislikes? I dont get it.

@mr.nobody10101

2 ай бұрын

​@PM-vv3uc maybe it's after getting to the end, and hearing this guy @24:43 saying, "tax me...tax me...take another 5%"...yeah OK, sparky...keep that liberal 💩 to yourself! 🥴🤦‍♂️

@Popcorn_Pillow

2 ай бұрын

@@mr.nobody10101 this is a documentary. He goes around to see what these people are like, what they think, and how they feel about it. He never said he agreed with him or not.

@mr.nobody10101

2 ай бұрын

@@Popcorn_Pillow no, I know. But I was just "spit-balling" ideas on why so many dislikes. 🤷😉 P.S. And for the record, I liked & subscribed. 😊

@Popcorn_Pillow

2 ай бұрын

@@mr.nobody10101 Fair. I guess people disliked it after seeing a strange number of dislikes along with the fact that the video would seem in bad faith before you actually finish it.

He says he don’t like the feeling of Narcan, it’s because it takes the high away

My heart hurts for the mothers that have to see their babies like this. I can’t even imagine…

My son is 2 years off Fentanyl. Suboxone saved his life. It’s a long journey. It is simply a miracle and luck he is still here. So many of his friends are gone. Stay strong and never give up.

@My1upshroom

Ай бұрын

I'm carrying on with Suboxone as well, took a long time to realize there were other paths. I maintain a great life with the prescription and couldn't be happier. - Don't let anyone tell you that its just as bad, I made a complete 180!

@emilienlaliberte7325

Ай бұрын

Suboxone saved my life too from Dillaudid(hydromorphone). Im from Montreal,Canada. Here it's THE drugs in the moment...

@billj4525

Ай бұрын

@@My1upshroom Suboxone is fine, so is methadone. As long as the person is staying clean and it's causing no issues in their life. That said, weening down is very doable. I have seen many people do it. It's a personal choice though. As long as someones not using drugs anymore and is happy with their life then I say they're doing great. Glad you're clean and doing good man, that's awesome.

@billj4525

Ай бұрын

Glad you're son is alive and clean. I have 8 years years myself, and have built an amazing and successful life for myself in my 30's. In my 20s I did absolutely nothing other than drugs and alcohol, so it's possible to get clean and achieve a lot for sure. It's always possible as long as the addict is still alive. I was using for like 12 years straight every day multiple drugs and alcohol, so I was battling so much at the time. I have to know 20 or 30 people that have died. Not all friends, but names that I knew of. Glad you're son made it. I feel you on the luck too. I feel there was some luck in my success too, there always is going to be some, and there is bad luck for others, like people who die. You're son is doing awesome, just make sure he keeps it up

@user-hx8mc5uo1r

Ай бұрын

The hard part is getting on suboxone, it puts you into heavy withdrawal immediately

I do the same thing. I had about 4.5 years clean and my sister died, I lost my business and got a bone infection in my hip that rendered me bedridden for the past 1.5 years. I was on methadone which I stopped last week. I'm still having withdrawals it's really hard but I know I can do it.

@nancyayotte2297

2 ай бұрын

💜 recovering addict thinking about you and hoping you're ok. Keep fighting the good fight luvey.

@inkstain7193

2 ай бұрын

You got this!! F hard drugs!

@DebyNieto-kq2ci

2 ай бұрын

You can do it and those are the magic words you tell yourself Everyday ! Great thoughts and prayers in your corner .

@terryyakamoto3488

2 ай бұрын

Life your life, not the life drug dealers want you to

@hansr417

2 ай бұрын

You can do it 💪🏾 We believe in you 🙌🏼

Went to Pike Place back on Spring break in Seattle. It was a hellhole (And I am from LA) so I know a thing or two. Wild times.

The saddest and the most disgusting thing about this crisis is that it is MAN MADE.

that guy broke my heart when he mentioned his kids and started crying . You can tell he dont wanna live like that and misses his kids a lot. God help him to get out f it asap.😔

@myfoodishere

2 ай бұрын

if god wanted to help him, he would have

@jeremias-serus

2 ай бұрын

@@myfoodishere There can't be just happiness because if there's just happiness then there is no happiness. In order to have happiness, you also have to have sadness. Just like a loving parent taking your child to the doctor to get a vaccine, you allow your child to have some sadness--that to the child feels senseless--in order to have happiness later down the road. The child has inferior intelligence to the parent so the child doesn't think this is good. The parent has superior intelligence and thus knows it's good. God is so much more than you or I, if God deems that helping him in some fashion will bring the correct amount of happiness either to him or someone else, God will do that. God knows what's best just like your parents knew what was best for you when you were a child.

@myfoodishere

2 ай бұрын

@@jeremias-serus god is not real and this is really stupid. i live in a country that has zero tolerance for drugs. it is safer, cleaner, and people are better off without drugs.

@nikitaw1982

2 ай бұрын

unless have 50k for lawyer and the ex lies then not much u can do. System run by perverts

@NightFlight1973

2 ай бұрын

@@jeremias-serus Or maybe things just happen, god or no god. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My 33 year old brother passed away on one of those streets June 2023 from fentanyl overdose…they tried but couldn’t save him. I wish so badly he was in this video so I could hear his voice one last time.

@Playsinthedirt

2 ай бұрын

I am so sorry😔 God bless you❤️

@staceymichaels9530

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

@michellemarrs8080

2 ай бұрын

I'm sorry I lost some one to fentanyl back in 2018 on their mother's birthday. They tried to keep the use age a secret but people could tell right away some thing was wrong. It was only after their passing that their mother discovered about it in their journal. Some where in the time-line I feel that he was on borrowed time and nothing could help at this point. He died a very painful death

@JordanEst

2 ай бұрын

one of my best fucking friends overdosed and died in the work trucking just making a pit stop on the way home from work. we worked together and lived together and he was the funniest guy and always made everyone feel like they would be ok he died in the middle of covid when everything was locked down and i just wish he couldve got to have a better year before he passed. he was only 22.

@JordanEst

2 ай бұрын

im still a little mad he decided to use alone though. but no one is sure that he really was. he might have been ditched by someone who got scared when he didnt wake up and after he passed out he was alone without help for about 8-9 hrs. will never know.

20:23 as hard as it is to watch somebody register that thought an emotion and see the response that their body has to it, it’s actually a good thing. He’s in there still, it’s not too late. There’s hope. I genuinely hope that he receives the help that it’s going to take to get him to a good place a good state of mind, and eventually to have his babies back. I just recently hit 5 years of sobriety and it wasn’t easy but it was so worth it.

Man, drugs are fucking terrifying in today’s world. Can’t trust anything from anyone. These kids on dope is far beyond tragic.

I've got 25 months clean. The thing about addiction is that you are trapped before you know it. By the time you get through that realization, you are ass deep and it feels like you are just resigned to your fate. And the further you fall the harder it is to see light again. No one aspires to live like that but it happens so fast. My heart goes out to anyone struggling with addiction. If you are addicted, get help. You can do it. I KNOW you can 💙

@MEAT_CANNON

2 ай бұрын

I just smoke weed, idk what the fuck the rest of you idiots are doing.

@_Y.Not_

2 ай бұрын

did you not know drugs are addictive before you even took the first time??? are you saying that you didn't know before partaking the first time that drugs are destructive? no one told you? I just don't get the mentality of doing it KNOWING the path it will lead down, its like standing on a highway knowing a car is going to hit you, then being surprised when a car hits you.

@rabbid123

2 ай бұрын

Nobody plans on being a drug addict. Of course everyone knows it's bad for you. Same with alcohol all of that. It's usually a more subtle thing.. Little by little sometimes it can reel you in. That's why I agree that pot is just the beginning. We are going to watch this whole country go down.. soon. It's a combination of everything. When they took prayer out of schools it was just the beginning. Look where we're at now where kids think they're animals and parents let them. Everything is so subtle. America is just too nice. Pretty soon we're going to find out how stupid we are . May we all repent and turn to the Lord.. He's the only hope and the only way out 🙏🙏🙏

@onelove8062

2 ай бұрын

Opiates are stupid and ruin you, coke is fun and expensive and is a choice even if its annoying to stop -Former sleep deprivation hallucinator

@wasntme3651

2 ай бұрын

@@_Y.Not_ You do realize a ton of people’s addiction started from doctors writing them scripts right?

The Morgan & Morgan advert was the most terrifying part of this video

@uunn1ttyy

2 ай бұрын

He never blinks

@JohnAntonucciNooch

2 ай бұрын

Lawyer epidemic

@SPQR_14

2 ай бұрын

Juice pushed opiates on America in the first place... Look up the Sackler family... They specifically targeted White communities with pills because of their hatred for Whites... And now they advertise while you watch their destruction. Truly sick and awful people.

@samanthamorgan8117

2 ай бұрын

Why…?

@racasas431

2 ай бұрын

This Indian brit wanna be is just another profiteer from this tragedy. Doesn't help just profits from the misery. India is a worse country btw.

This is my daily commute - I am so used to seeing this day in and day out...

My prayers go out to all who are suffering/struggling 🙏❤

February 14th I hit my 6year sober milestone! 💪🏻 Can’t believe how hard it can still be day to day🤦🏼‍♀️ It truly is a lifelong struggle but it’s also a lifelong commitment to myself to keep pushing & fighting it for my kids & my grandkids!

@chrisjones3680

2 ай бұрын

Great job! YOU are doing it.

@Mark-gn5rw

2 ай бұрын

Drive on! Me too 6 years after 25-30 years addict. Stay on great Path .life still tuff. But a lot easier w/o addiction. Respect and have nice day!!

@Detroit-1980

2 ай бұрын

Many blessings to you in your life & success🙏🏽 Congratulations on 6 years🎆👏🏽 I'm 3 years clean & 12 years sober. I wish I'd never put that Poison in my body, but the guilt is worse than anything💔

@Detroit-1980

2 ай бұрын

​@@Mark-gn5rw Many blessings to you in life, love & success🙏🏽 6 years is amazing, I hope to get there, I've only got 3 years.

@user-zj2im5nt6e

2 ай бұрын

CONGRATS 🎊🎈🎉

"when people get hurt they dont know who to blame" prayers to u man your in a situation where the world doesn't understand your pain or life be safe please

Hello, I am a new follower/subscriber. I have watched a lot of these types of videos by a lot of creators. And I have to say that your videos are so insightful and interesting. You also seem like you care, and you are out there not only to document the situation at hand, but you seem to also want to help. This drug epidemic that the world is going through is HELL on earth. I live in N.C. in a small town, and I am starting to see the effects here in my small town and it is very sad. Thank you for all of your hard work and I hope that one day the people that are hurting will get the help that they need to carry on and live a more healthy and profitable life than they are now living. God bless us ALL.

I was a truck driver & hauled lumber from BC and Washington and Oregon to Nevada in the 1970's . Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco were such great cities back then . Now those cities are dangerous and filthy. I do not see how we can pull out of this. I just feel fortunate to have great memories of these epic places. 😢

@medb8882

2 ай бұрын

I moved from Ireland to Vancouver last year, visited Seattle and was in absolute shock. People walking around screaming at night, rats everywhere, people defecating on the roads… mental stuff. East Hastings over here is just as bad

@justinstuart2202

2 ай бұрын

I bet that was a time. I’m a regional northeast driver done a few years otr. Pacific northwest is stunningly beautiful

@shanewoods1980

2 ай бұрын

I’m an Iraq/ Afghanistan combat veteran that served 7 deployments and I came back to drive a truck every time I was stateside. I grew up riding in my dad’s KW and Mack cabovers in the 80’s. I THANK ALL TRUCK DRIVERS from the “good old days”. I’ve driven for 27 years and the country that we have around f us now isn’t the country that I and many like me signed up to stand for and lay our own life on the line for.

@etiennedegaulle3817

2 ай бұрын

They were great cities even in the early 2000s, though the current problems were already present, just not to the same degree.

@1fnklown

2 ай бұрын

if the powers that be let all this new meth & fet in nice and fast- with literally no option to buy H- then they can switch it back or change it up- or get rid of it- the jails and clinics wont have as many customers though.

Beware of the streets of Seattle when the sun starts setting. It's like someone flips a switch and instantly you're amongst the walking dead.

@sarahhale-pearson533

2 ай бұрын

Same here, in a small Canadian town, just like all the towns around us…

@mgk357

2 ай бұрын

every major city =-(

@HOTRODRICO

2 ай бұрын

gotta be armed like the walkin dead

@french1956

2 ай бұрын

It's a societal problem, impacting all aspects of life. Seattle is an example.

@Steve-ev6vx

2 ай бұрын

My ex moved out to Seattle over a decade ago. I hope she made it out, but I had to cut off contract so I will never know.

This is so sad man. I’m from London and was in Vancouver a few weeks ago and seen this first hand. Like the gentleman in the video said, it’s only a matter of time before this comes to London. What is this world coming to? I pray that everyone in this video finds peace

Dude you’re doing great work. It breaks my heart to see their pain. I pray eyes will be opened.

I'm from eastern Europe,a poorer country and we hear the stories all the time about how great America is... and then i see something like this and i go "nope,we're just fine over here.." What the hell happened ? How did it get to this ?

@DIVISIONINCISION

2 ай бұрын

America is Capitalism. Everything is consumer-based. When you have a country like that, you have the wealthy and the poor, with not much of a middle class. That's how.

@osoriotj

2 ай бұрын

stay in eastern Europe broth, enjoy life

@nolanmartin6601

2 ай бұрын

@@DIVISIONINCISION Theres other Capitalist countires that dont have this problem, nice try

@GenXForPresident

2 ай бұрын

America is Canada to Chile. The U.S.A. doesn't consist of one intersection in one city. Don't be ridiculous.

@Lakeman23

2 ай бұрын

Democrats

"Trauma makes people wanna be less than they really is" That's so true. Dang.

@Jenny-uv4dl

2 ай бұрын

TRAUMA+DNA+ENVIRONMENT +PERSONALITY =ADDICTION

@michaelandrews4783

2 ай бұрын

@@Jenny-uv4dlPure Capitalism makes the negative environment

@DHGxMcFlurry

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelandrews4783 Yes blame everything EXCEPT for these disgusting lowlife junkies

@sarachae7751

2 ай бұрын

Can go the other way, too. Trauma can make one stronger and more resilient. ;-)

@ADAMSIXTIES

2 ай бұрын

Dang is not a word.

To all the people in the comments who have gotten clean. HUGE respect and stay strong & safe 🦾♥

My brother was a fentanyl and meth addict for years (IV user). He is sober now and is connecting with his children. There is hope for everyone out there.

im sober from meth crack and heroin, 7yrs on thanksgiving of 2023. and im glad i got out. God opened a door by my downstairs neighbor apartment caught fire due to electrical wiring. I thank God every day for getting me and my kids out of that situation. moved from Minnesota where most of the people i knew and was related to did drugs and i had to get away. i took that opportunity to start over and be a better version of me. and a better mom to my kids. im glad i moved across country where i know no one. and i will never go looking for them drugs because i don't want to end up on the street. This looks absolutely frighting out there on the streets.

@mikedonnarumma5337

2 ай бұрын

Its NOT about god, its about your strength of character and will, good luck my friend, dont give your power away

@tahneamariabeareaglebrown265

2 ай бұрын

​@mikedonnarumma5337 How dare you denigrate someone's praise to their Creator? Why would you? Perhaps you don't yet have a personal relationship with The One who made you. I urge you to use that critical thinking organ and reflect on that... millions of people in addiction have reached and obtained sobriety through starting with surrendering to their Higher Power... but you know better? Ask God to manifest in holy presence to you and see what happens.

@jndking9419

2 ай бұрын

Good for you and especially your children, giving them a life away from drugs. God be with you sister!

@mikedonnarumma5337

2 ай бұрын

@@tahneamariabeareaglebrown265 you see the anger you people carry around for others that dont believe in the all powerful,all giving,all loving god who stood and watched as his child almost destroyed his life on drugs, a god who gave permission to sell your daughter, that my friend is the essence of disgusting

@carrier7399

2 ай бұрын

Yes, God is the only one who can help you, but you have to ASK Him for help. He gives you the strength to resist temptation. Otherwise, the evil one has control of your life and the evil in it!

One of the things that does not get mentioned or addressed for a often is the hypoxic brain injuries that some of these people are walking around with. I have 2 family members that are addicted to this drug and I have watched their mental health and cognitive function decline steadily. You see their lips turning blue when they look wide awake. You see them becoming more impulsive and less sharp and intelligent. It's almost like they are truly becoming a vegetable or a zombie from it - especially when they have had multiple severe overdoses with long periods of time without oxygen to the brain. This makes it even more dangerous, as you become even less intelligent or controlled with how you are managing your drug use.

@alisonmercer5946

2 ай бұрын

Wow

@NightFlight1973

2 ай бұрын

Yep

@iterativegrowth

2 ай бұрын

Neuroplasticity is a wonderful thing, but to your point - it is possible reach a stage of “no return”; I myself have overdosed more times than I’d care to admit, but I’ve been shocked by how much my mental wherewithal has returned at even 2 years clean. Most noticeably in terms of impulse control (as you mentioned), but also in practical areas like memory & verbal acuity. Getting here has not been easy, but I do believe that with the right recovery supports + the right environment around you in terms of everything UN-related to recovery (so - work, hobbies, physical health, interests, passions, learning and growth opportunities, etc) remarkable leaps of recovery are quite possible. Wishing the best for you & your family members.

@jesipohl6717

2 ай бұрын

pharma drugs are the problem, not decriminalisation. open drug use being policed is not the solution. this use culture also consists of people who have migrated to escape harsher consequences elsewhere. sure you can imprison all of them, but it will solve nothing. most of these people are coping with something or were presrcibed opiods or tranqs by a doctor. The prolem isn't grass or acid or mdma. it's almost all pharma based, even crack, comes from coke, that doctors once presribed.

@johnruiz6743

2 ай бұрын

How many brain cells die everytime they OD? 🤦

thank you for covering this and putting yourself in these sitiuations. I was a heroin/opioid addict for 8+ years and I could have very easily ended up left on the street if i didnt have a good number of people who refused to give up on me. More people need to know that that street kid is just as much of a person as they are and are so worth a second thought.

@pressleytoney4763

29 күн бұрын

never forget the accomplishments that YOU achieved. always give yourself credit as well. congratulations to you, i wish you the best always ❤

It's scary to think that all it takes is for you to feel weak in a moment of despair to be gone

Man, I remember 2005 down there and being worried about a joint.... look at them now....

@antoniobanderas9769

2 ай бұрын

I remembered when I went to Seattle for my first time to the Bon Jovi concert at the King Dome and I visited the Pike Market area in 1988 and around there were a lots crackheads , nowadays it’s worse 😢😢😢😢😢

@YouTubeCallsMeAntiSemitic

2 ай бұрын

And that's the problem. Some people thought they could raise hell over a joint and .... Look 👀😐 y'all raised hell to come populate your streets 🥀😑

@worsethanhitlerpt.2539

2 ай бұрын

I would never think the guy with the face tattoos would have a DRUG problem!

@ericbumbera664

2 ай бұрын

the homeless guy wandering around that absolute dump of a city with a biden t-shirt was super ironic.

@heypistolero

Ай бұрын

Haha I remember even here in SF we would have to not smoke around cops. Now you can deal pills right in front of them, and they cant (wont) do anything.

I watch these from time to time to stay clean. After 2 yrs i wanna get high but know what I'm facing. At times life jus kicks your ass and you don't know where to turn. U just want things to go away. But they never do😢 cheers to all that are going through this

@tjwright-df2cu

2 ай бұрын

You're doing the right thing. Find a new outlet for your focus when you feel drawn. Some paint, take up photography, music therapy, poetry, rock-climb.

0:00 So no mention of any 'flesh eating drug' then? Bit misleading mate.

I'm in recovery 4 years clean. Man my heart breaks for MY PEOPLE 💔. Hoping they find the road to recovery soon.🙏❣️

I lived in Seattle and worked at Pike Place Market in the 90's. Even with the heroin epidemic of the time it was nothing like this. This is some Mad Max shit here. It's heartbreaking

@swiftshrike

2 ай бұрын

I see this on the daily, all over the city. It's disgusting & terrifying.

@heypistolero

Ай бұрын

Early 2000's SF for me. Same thing. It's gotten better, but it's nothing like it used to be. The drugs and homeless are a problem, but it's the crime. There are zero car chases here, cops aren't allowed to unless they see a murder. So 99.99% of crime just happens, and you stop reporting it

I felt heartbroken seeing the guy crying about his kids. You can tell underneath he is a really good guy.

incredible doc, thank you

You may be filming in Seattle, but these scenes play out in every state in America.

We have fentanyl in London. I cringed when you said that. Fentanyl is worldwide bro

@kimm4505

2 ай бұрын

I believe he meant at this type of level. Their are homeless in London and drug-addicted in London, but London does not look like Seattle like Portland like Los Angeles like Kensington like San Francisco....who's next?

@adspur

2 ай бұрын

You probably do.Fortunately you’re not bordering Mexico and it’s drug cartels.

@drevil3606

2 ай бұрын

Oh but it will just wait it's heading in that direction and I know believe me on that

@antoniobanderas9769

2 ай бұрын

@@adspurFentanyl & oxxies and others opiates were in Seattle before the cartels

@KanyeKetchup

2 ай бұрын

Not in New Zealand, we don't inject nothing . All these fent users etc done it to themself - too bad

All love for the guy @18:36 . Grew up in shelters, never not struggling, and still has a smile on his face and his level headed given his circumstances. He inspires me to show compassion understanding and strength. God bless that man. Take care of his spirit. Everyone and everything is light. The people in this are better off because of him. Hope he continues to share his heart . Sending blessings and thankful to know there are men in this world with that much Grace.

@abrahamlincoln1600

Ай бұрын

He’s on fent

@ItsNeverAManequin

Ай бұрын

He's high.

It says a lot that not only is this insane to see on a video, but even more so that every comment seems to be about anecdotes relating to how this is affecting the commenters or has in the past. Wild.

These are sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, sister & brothers, aunts and uncles, hell, some even mothers and fathers. My heart breaks, I’ve lost so many friends to this epidemic, I wish more heart and soul could be put into helping these people. When that man said that “the government keeps putting out program after program, but spends no time perfecting any of them, that’s why they fail” I wanted to have a personified version of the people that can, but won’t, do something to REALLY HELP and just go absolutely mad.

the timing of that dude walking by looking so unhinged just as other dude says "these people need more loving" lmao

1,000 fent overdoses in one year in one city is .... Just very, very, very tragic. No words for it, really.

@rallokkcaz

2 ай бұрын

It's the whole west coast too.

@ambientTakeover

2 ай бұрын

All part of the 1%'s plan. Government isn't going to fix anything because the 1% own the government.

@Delicious_J

2 ай бұрын

And also shows not a single individual in authority is doing a single thing about this clearly massive problem.

@masonbronson3194

2 ай бұрын

@@Delicious_J blame their bosses

@altrag

2 ай бұрын

@@rallokkcaz Its even worse on the east coast. West Virginia in particular is notable for drug problems, though hardly unique. It's not especially new either. People have always turned to substances to escape hard lives. Fentanyl is relatively new and horrible, but heroin and meth and crack and anything else you typically think of as a "hard drug" has gone through the cycle over the past half century or so. Even before the advent of chemistry-based drugs last century, natural drugs like cocaine, opium and even alcohol were rampant. Hell alcoholism was such a problem that the US invented an entire amendment to try and combat it - and the people still wanted booze so badly that they had to go ahead an unamend that amendment again. The biggest thing that's new is exposure. Starting even in the 1980s when 24 hour news came around and started needing to find stories to fill an entire 24 hours we were already seeing these kind of videos around places like Skid Row in LA, and now with social media, the exposure is orders of magnitude greater. We're not seeing increased overdoses on the streets because overdoses have been increasing - we're seeing increased overdoses on the streets because the number of incidents we're able to see has been increasing. Of course the number of overdoses in general has likely also been increasing, but it's not because the police are more lax - it's because the economy has gotten worse and worse for the lower classes - GDP has skyrocketed but almost all of that is going to the top 1% or so - even middle class people are struggling to make ends meet. And as noted at the top, people have always turned to substances to escape hard lives. You just want to hide the problem so you can pretend it doesn't exist? Sure, heavy-handed police brutality will do the job. For a while. But if you want to actually solve the problem, you need to find a way to make life without drugs more bearable for those who have given up. You'll never get 100% of them - some peoples' are hard for reasons that aren't purely economic - but you'd get a large majority of them. And there's been efforts to do just that of course, but this is not a problem that was created in 4 years and it's not a problem that can be solved in 4 years, so politicians who live and die on a 4 year cycle aren't really willing to invest more than a token effort as the payoff won't be visible before their next campaign season and their opponents will attack them for "wasting taxpayer money". That leaves it up to charitable organizations to deal with a problem that's fundamentally not just municipal, or state or even national but global. They make a difference to be sure, especially for those they help, but they simply don't have the scale and scope to change the systemic issues that cause people to get into these bad situations in the first place.

7 minutes in and my heart is breaking. So many young people wasted to drugs. I know most of them do not choose this life willingly, these are the circumstances where they were pushed to. Truly sad.

That’s my old stomping ground im a 3rd and pike kid ( retired ) that being said for that man to shed tears while in addiction , he had to be hurting really bad . You don’t feel emotion on opiates

Are we witnessing the begining of a zombie apocalyptic world😮

@Daniel-lr7mm

2 ай бұрын

Yes, and it's all government-planned.

@gloriacortes4035

2 ай бұрын

Looks like Seattle is turning into Kensington PA...just sad...

@IH8stpdppl

2 ай бұрын

Biden’s America

@StallionStudios1234

2 ай бұрын

Racists, bigotry, sexism and transphobia are the root cause of this problem, period! That and defunding the police to better fund social programs is the answer.

@1spacemannsam

2 ай бұрын

It’s Biden’s presidency we need help here in America but he sends millions of dollars overseas now we are a broke nation

As a European/Australian, our countries are just a step away from being the cartels next marketplace.

@chrysanthe1297

2 ай бұрын

Cartels huh try governments throwing it from the sky. Like they did cocaine. I’m sure 10 years from now they’ll be a news alert the govt trafficked fentanyl into neighborhoods.

@jacla666

2 ай бұрын

I heard that fentanyl is now in Denmark, and young people take it... i'm completely speechless as to why people would want to take this

@trufflesufflephatboy3437

2 ай бұрын

Bro the cartel is already here, they in control of most the coke trade

@Wizzy678

2 ай бұрын

@@jacla666 because its cheaper then heroin buddy

@siobhan6489

2 ай бұрын

@FPV_Viking ... Too late mate ... Watch this documentary on the Aussie cartels, posted about 6 days ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6KB2K2zYsmvmsY.html

I live in Spokane in Washington state. I don’t even recognize my home town anymore. It’s heart breaking. Constant drug overdoses and deaths, crime rate and violence is through the roof.

😢i I lived blocks from that very area for 20 years and grew up not much further. It really saddens me to see the state of my hometown! 😢😢😢

I work the frontlines here in Canada with our homeless population, never seen anything like this before

@jasonpatterson2143

2 ай бұрын

San Francisco and Oakland are WAY worse.

@goomaboi

2 ай бұрын

DTES? crab park is nuts right now. union/main gets pretty weird at night.

@tonyroach6297

2 ай бұрын

pain and wasting's ( main and Hastings) it dont get much worse

@goomaboi

2 ай бұрын

@@tonyroach6297 for sure, tunnel vision and dont look like a mark! never had an issue

@Steve-ev6vx

2 ай бұрын

Where at in Canada. I have heard some of the big cities like Vancouver are the same way

From 2003-2006 I lived 2 blocks from 3rd and Pike and it was fabulous! Great stores, restaurant and coffee shops. I walked to my office and at night it was safe. Now it's a place I would never visit.😢

@johndeere8594

2 ай бұрын

What’s sad is they let these people dictate How a city is run and operates.

@grdn02100

2 ай бұрын

@@johndeere8594 when you have a wimp for a governor and a half wit for a mayor this is what you get.

@michellew6045

2 ай бұрын

Me too 2008-2010. I feel the same. Belltown was a little shady and down by Chinatown but otherwise I felt safe. What a freakin mess now! I moved away in 2010 and just came back it’s soooo sad!

@krismichael1633

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I remember that place in 1993, 2003. It was called The Blade and it was crawling with junkies, crackheads, and dealers. Joker and Burns (no joke!) were the cops that policed that strip, busted the dealers. It's always been rough. 1st and Pike was a little rougher back then, it's crawled towards Capitol Hill over the years but it's always been Skid Row, Hooverville, Fet City, whatever you want to call it...

@SILENTSHOT2400

2 ай бұрын

You’re a little extra for this. First off call me when it’s more than a three year visit. Try growing up and spending day to day here. Second since when was there a lack of drugs and violence in Belltown or pio. Possibly the 50’s? Third try still living here and frankly… sure there is some bad stuff, but THAT bad? Not if you’re not completely bubble wrapped. I walk through this corner everyday working, commuting, on my way to get dinner etc. Its not that scary. There are indeed a number of jugs and addicts but I’ve rarely ever, if ever, personally never, felt threatened as I’m not involved in any trade etc.

My brother died last year on opiods, his behaviour got so bad my family had to distance from him, he paid the price. I live in a small city about 100,000 people, theres tranq zombies hunched over all over downtown and other places. Its getting to the point they need to build drug camps to contain the crazy people. They built housing for them and had support people to try and help but the drugs are so strong and addictive it just doesn't work for most addicts, they relapse over and over. I undersatnd addiction I'm an alcoholic, its really sad when I think thank god I'm just an alcoholic.

I lived in Seattle 15 years ago and shopped in that Ross all the time. Actually worked in an office on 3rd Ave. Absolutely insane to see this... especially because my brother visited me when I lived there, and he died of a fentanyl OD in 2020. Hits hard

"Government keeps creating program after program without perfecting a one". This man has it figured all out.

@RMBlake007

2 ай бұрын

That's the problem with "programs", they are not solutions.....they just raise taxes & delay the inevitable.....ppl must be accountable for themselves. Government programs don't save anyone.

@2Times22

2 ай бұрын

These people are free..You cant do anything,you cant make them stop unless,same with guns..Dont allow nobody access..Thats the only way..Otherwise nothing will solve that..But they make money lots of it,same with guns..Thats why they will never remove them..!!!

@Rocketman0407

2 ай бұрын

They need a substitution program that has more type of Opiates. Not only methadone and Buprenorphine. Some European countries you either get pharmaceutical heroin at a clinic or you get a script for let’s say Oxycodone you can get at the Pharmacy.

@billycox475

2 ай бұрын

As long as the lawmaker's friends got the fat government contract, that's the most important thing. Second most important thing is for the voters to be fooled into believing the lawmakers are doing something. The least important thing is helping these folks

@busybody1474

2 ай бұрын

​@@Rocketman0407Jesus Christ has freed millions and millions of people from all kinds of addictions throughout human history and you're babbling about taking more drugs. Just shut that idiot mouth 🗑️

other countries must think what is the matter with the U.S. yikes maybe instead of all the money spent on wars, clean up your own dirty streets gross

@rhans8445

2 ай бұрын

I'm from the US and couldn't agree with you more.

@nickeljims1532

2 ай бұрын

I'm not from America and I'm gob smacked from all the doco's I've seen on homelessness , drug problems, the lack of health care for those that can't afford insurance. My kids would not know what to make of seeing a whole group of people bent over swaying on the spot or sleeping on the street. What a huge problem America has, it's extremely sad to see.

@rhans8445

2 ай бұрын

@@nickeljims1532 you are correct. I feel that if we had a better mental health system, it would make a world of difference. It seems no one gives a shit about people who struggle. So sad. More pathetic. I hate that part of the US

@andrewczski1969

2 ай бұрын

Other countries' people don't have to wonder, they know. This is asymmetric warfare. And it's winning.

@Steve-ev6vx

2 ай бұрын

​@@nickeljims1532I live in Florida. We have fentanyl here, but you don't see people getting high and nodding off in the street. They would be arrested and put in jail.

I used to work on 3rd and Pike. I've seen it all but by far the weirdest was a man inside a sleeping bag flapping around like a fish out of water, with a cigarette in his hand. I and can only imagine how much worse it's gotten since I left.

Im from seattle born and raised. Its been bad for long as i can remember. Its sad.

"Addiction is a lot like an abusive relationship your not ready to leave it until you had been hurt enough",. -Oz Rivers

@RyanWatson-1975

2 ай бұрын

This is so true

@hhaste

2 ай бұрын

The one kid said he died after the _first_ time he ever tried it.. so why the F%CK WOULD HE CONTINUE TO USE IT?! Insane how dumb some people are..

@BldgsFallStraightDwn

2 ай бұрын

Actually this is NOT true. Addiction is really CAUSED by a person not feeling loved or connected in any meaningful way. Most often without identifying and working on the actual causes, like abuse (as a child), neglect as a child, and even some less obvious things like surviving narcissistic parents or significant others. There is a DEEPER root for most ailments, particularly addiction. It is NOT just a substance that grabs ahold of a "regular" person and then they just lose control. That may happen here and there, like 1 in 10,000. But MOST addictions are patterns of essentially trying to escape the harsh reality of THIS world... THIS country... THIS crappy society. I argue that if you consider multiple generations, which MANY psychologists and sociologist are now FINALLY looking at; you can find that MUCH of our crappiness, addictions, and coldness have been born from greed. It often started with greed and Capitalism from several generations ago. People's grandparents and before were given rough expectations. Often older generations ended up taking out their frustrations on their own kids. Then those people ended up doing bad stuff to their kids and so on. Sometimes it's just a particularly difficult child. But MOST OFTEN, it is our funnel-of-a-system trying to FORCE all people to be equal. This is mostly in school. Humanity no longer just lets people BE WHO THEY NATURALLY ARE. We're all EXPECTED and really FORCED to do work that nobody really wants to do. But much worse is how they treat people, who are not "on top." I could go on and on. But, I already have... :-) It's a COMPLEX problem though... not a meme or platitude type of topic.

@altrag

2 ай бұрын

@@hhaste > why the F%CK WOULD HE CONTINUE TO USE IT?! Because to him, dying was better than whatever he was dealing with in life. > Insane how dumb some people are Not "some people". All people. There are things you do that are bad for you as well. Some you probably are aware of, some you probably aren't. We all do what we can to cope with problems we face, and there is rarely a "smart" way to go about that. I'm happy that you've never been hit so hard by life that you think dying might be better, but you're only one anecdote among 8 billion stories. Your (lack of) life experience is not indicative of everyone else'.

That last guy speaking - short dreads and beanie - what a beautiful positive attitude. He loves the city and really believes it will recover. He’s seen the dark side, but hey, hopelessness is a killer.

@ItsNeverAManequin

Ай бұрын

Yeah, but that guy was extremely high. He may end up dead. No hope in that.

@YTCensorshipFindTheCure

14 күн бұрын

You think he still votes democrat though? LOL!

Everyone deserves to see what life is like sober. I hope this helps people see that. ❤

It’s astounding how nonchalant people discuss their drug addiction. It’s like it’s all normal. It’s so scary.

@discodiffusioner

2 ай бұрын

We don't have any services in the USA to deal with this. I'm not sure anywhere in the world does. We're what everywhere else will become. It's like those Cyberpunk novels and books of the future you read about and see in the movies. It's actually happening.... It sucks.

@Projectmayhem82

2 ай бұрын

When all you look forward to every day and every second of the day is getting high that's all you can talk about without a problem there's an old rehab saying it goes "you live to use and you use to live", that's how addiction works.

@busybody1474

2 ай бұрын

​@@Projectmayhem82 Play stupid games win stupid prizes and then complain about it for the rest of your life.. I was introduced to drugs and I turned them down, what the fukkk is your excuse? All lame excuses

@quixotiq

2 ай бұрын

It is normal, for them.

Got flown out to seattle when I started at Amazon about 7 months ago. Went to pike market and on our walk back ran smack into this exact place and was absolutely bewildered. I've never seen anything like it and I've lived in Indianapolis and downtown Phoenix. Unbelievable. It was crazy to see locals just walking on the opposite side of the street from the homeless, just talking to each other, not even looking at them. Saw people shooting up, nodding out. Saw some guy pull a hatchet on another guy. The mcdonalds they call mcstabbys up the street is even worse than that area by Ross. In fact I can't believe Ross is actually in business. Or that Chipotle on the opposite corner. Holy shit what a sight to behold.

@user-ze9cg8iu3s

2 ай бұрын

mcstabbys hahahahahahhaha

@Jesse-lv2yo

2 ай бұрын

I drive past 3rd and Pike every night, walked straight through it yesterday. It's nowhere near as chaotic as this video intially portrays it to be. Fentanyl is definitely a problem and I've seen my share of shit working in the area, but it's not a constant mess. Mostly just folks asking for money or Slurpees.

@trikiniki33

2 ай бұрын

I used to shop at that Ross. I ate at that McDonald's. It wasn't as bad as this video shows. Most of the drug action was in Pioneer Square. But this was over 15 years ago. Google maps show that most businesses on that corner are permanently closed.

@helloitsme9808

2 ай бұрын

I worked near that McDonald's 20+ years ago. It's always been sketchy. Sooooo glad I moved.

@lenoreleitch5297

2 ай бұрын

Probably not a popular opinion (?) but if people are determined to kill themselves with drugs, even accidentally, why waste valuable resources trying to resuscitate them? Surely the afterlife has got to be better than living like this?

Ask these same people that are addicted their childhood. I’m sure you’ll find a majority have horrific childhoods.

Love your work Aaron ❤🙏🇬🇧

Iam 2 years sober. Watching this breaks my heart. Many of these people don't see an out or their life getting better. If it wasn't for the support from my family to get clean i would most likely be still using it dead. We need better help out in place for the homeless and addicted. Lord be with all these people. 😢

@chesterfieldthe3rd929

2 ай бұрын

Same here, and I agree 100%

@jesipohl6717

2 ай бұрын

I'm queer and do street work on my free time in Berlin. we have a lot of runaway soldiers here from the russian war of aggression. a lot of refugees that have been denied services against eu and german constitutional law. a lot of left behind germans. in any place the vast majority of the unhoused, you will never see. but when unhoused folks have addiction problems it's for all to see. queer folk, deaf folk, folks with disabilities often don't have family to fall back on so they are more likely to find themselves worse off. drugs aren't even the route that most people found themselves on the street with even when it's a current problem and when it is it's often pharma related. we all need to be angels, I say that as an athiest that loves partnering with kind and rightous people of any faith. In capitalism or the punk seen it's always "do it yourself", but the only people I ever see truly succeeding have extended support networks. We need to open up our lives to more chosen family, I believe Jesus and the criminals/disciples shows this too. He lead his life by example whatever else you believe about him, that fact is undeniable.

I used to live in Seattle and when I visited in January of 2023 I couldn’t believe the state of the city. I was down at 3rd and Pike on a Saturday afternoon and there were more homeless people than normal citizens and tourists. It was heartbreaking to see so much suffering.

@user-gk5rg4pq5x

Ай бұрын

Seattle used to be so beautiful. 😔

@cinnamoslut

Ай бұрын

I avoid the downtown area at all costs. And Belltown, that's a particularly terrifying area. Capitol Hill is still decent, though I did get attacked by a homeless man back in 2022. Was walking down the street at 9am, guy approaches me and shoves me hard into the street! It was so scary. I'm so grateful there were no cars or I could've gotten my skull crushed or who knows what. Of course the man was never caught. I reported it to security and turns out they never submitted the report! -_- That being said... I still think Capitol Hill is overall pretty chill. I haven't been attacked since. That happened at a time when the homeless random attacks was at its worst. Pioneer Square is actually pretty chill nowadays. Gotta be vigilant but it's much cleaner than it was 10-15 years ago. I'm sad at what Seattle has become. I remember as a dumb teenager, my friends and I would dress up in our fun raver outfits (admittedly a bit skimpy) and feel safe walking all around the city late at night to early in the morning. Nothing scary ever happened back then. Now there is no way I'd do anything like that or let my younger sibling / future children do that sort of thing. Too dangerous!

@bastow1177

Ай бұрын

I also used to live there. I worked at the Kress on 3rd and Pike. It wasn’t like this at all back then 😢

The kid who got hit with a gun is a dead ringer for a young Bill Pullman (detective Harry Ambrose, the dad on Casper) Such beautiful people. I’m 5 years clean today from fentanyl and crack and stumbled on this. I’ll never forget that hopeless feeling.

I have lived in Seattle off and on for the past 30+ years. I moved back here two years ago and I haven’t been downtown once. My friends and I used to go out to the bars and to the malls and movie theaters. Now I stay in my neighborhood just north of downtown.

I went to Seattle in the mid 90’s on RnR from the British Army and seen none of this. I seen one Vietnam Vet begging on the street which we all gave willingly to as Serving Soldiers. No addicts ,no one lying in the streets. Nothing. What a mess America is in now and it’s taken what 30 years?

Ex IV opioid user here, narcanned frequently enough. There is no "high" from narcan. It's just instant withdrawal. Not always instant though. One time I was still kinda of high for a while after getting home from the ER, went to bed, woke up maybe an hour or two later with the worst anxiety, sickness, etc. and puked from outside the bathroom into the toilet. Not pleasant but it was actually pretty impressive. I love narcan though. It saved my life and many others. Not every gets sober on their first try. Harm reduction helps people people get there. Stay strong.

@user-cs1fz4jw7r

2 ай бұрын

Naloxone

@chknchkn6385

2 ай бұрын

I think you may be delusional. I bet not even half of the people in this video will ever kick their addiction or even improve to the point of becoming a productive member of society. They have a greater chance of dying.

@THOMPSON8787

2 ай бұрын

Narcan is naloxone literally

@boofingenthusiast

2 ай бұрын

@@user-cs1fz4jw7r It's the same thing... narcan is just the patented nasally administrated version and most normies aren't familiar. I would call my Suboxone sublingual buprenorphine films at the pharmacy but to the average person I would just say Suboxone or Subs. Quit being a sperg this isn't r/drugs.

@danielle5360

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I thought that when he said it... You can't get high of narcan, it instantly puts you into withdrawals, WICH is why soo many overdose instantly after it being used on them as it puts them into full with draws and blocks the opiod effects so thay will use an even bigger amount of drugs after being narcaned to try n stop them feeling the symptoms of full opiod withdrawal WICH is absolutely an horrendous feeling the worst feeling in the world... Once that stuffs gotta hold on you it's the hardest thing to brake ever, and to the ppl who have managed to get clean and stay clean then WELL DUN, to those ppl as thay managed to beat the worst well 1 of the hardest addictions in the world🙏🏻❤️✌🏻❤️❤️✌🏻❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

This is so sad. You gotta remember that everyone of those people is somebody’s little girl or boy. Everyone is just so lost. The young boy that got hit in the eye with the gun, I just want to bring him home😢😢😢

When you get your second commercial before the intro is even done, it is time to go.

I am 26 years Sober from alcohol, 30 years clean of cocaine, 14 years off cigarettes..and I have NEVER been SO GRATEFUL to be allergic to opiates!!! It is hell when you live with chrionic pain...but Tylenol and Organically grown Marijuana see me through!

@rockdesertsun8246

2 ай бұрын

Weed might help a bit - But NOT for me. I have SEVERE Chronic Neuralgia in my skull - I Tried to kill myself so many times I can't count doctors can be absolute Bastards - But Five Years ago that ended WHEN I DISCOVERED RED STRAINS OF KRATOM - THE ULTIMATE 'FUCK YOU!' TO MSMEDICAL AND FAT & DEADLY CHEM-PHARMA! Kratom SAVED MY LIFE! - Try it - It's Nothing Short Of A Miracle from Yeshua! Cheers....

@charjl96

2 ай бұрын

I went to court in the 90s for seeds and stems

@TheZeppelin14

2 ай бұрын

@@charjl96 I wish I could go back to the 90's such an amazing time to be alive.

@ncrawford1488

2 ай бұрын

Then you aren't sober. What does your sponsor say about your marijuana use? Marijuana is a powerful psychotropic and SUPER ADDICTIVE mind-altering drug. I know people like to argue about it being addictive- IT IS. If you disagree, try to stop. I think it's time to stop treating weed like it's a folk hero and look at reality. I dealt with crippling chronic pain for years, then I met an addiction medicine specialist 20 years ago who changed my life. Your condition cannot be properly diagnosed when you're using weed. I know I'm just a random person on the internet, but if you'd try stopping for 60 days (under medical supervision) I'd be willing to bet that the chronic pain would magically go away. BEST WISHES.

@Brodc

2 ай бұрын

Have you tried growing your own shrooms?