An entire family members is fighting with fentanyl dependency, partially 2 of this clip from Period 24.
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That is a hard one. Part of addiction is the people that you get high with. So getting away from them is crucial to recovery. But when it is your family that you get high with you are hit with a double whammy. You need them to support you but they are also the ones that will lead you back to using.
First time I’ve seen an episode based on an entire family. This is incredibly sad…
The speed at which every single member of this family said yes, not a single one (except for maybe Joey who seemed out of it) was under any delusion about what was happening with their addiction. I hope they all do well eventually. It must be incredibly tough to be in an entire family dealing with the same addictions. I hope Christine realizes that the pain of losing her son will only continue if she doesn’t get help. It’s a vicious cycle.
I feel sorry for the youngest. Imagine all the people you’re supposed to look up to are addicted to drugs. As much as it’s a choice to start, he’s forced to be surrounded by them and eventually the pressure was too much. He is doing better than the rest of the family which is amazing and well deserved
Exactly.
Ironic that Joey would be the only one successful in recovery. It’s a shame that Chantal doesn’t see the truth: that it is her addiction keeping her from her child. Without being open to that possibility, she willingly shuts down any other options but the downward spiral of fentanyl addiction. I believe this happens for one of two reasons 1) The addict part of her is in full control and blocks the rest of her mind from being able to see the truth, or 2) That she is consciously allowing herself to be addicted as an excuse for not being with her son. The latter would be likely due in part to a low sense of self-worth/esteem and feeling, for reasons other than addiction, that she is not good enough to be a mother. Just my $0.2 on that… wait. $.05 because inflation.
Sad ending but I knew that Dad wasn’t going to take recovery seriously. He didn’t even want to admit he was an addict.
I’ve been in a house full of fentanyl addicts a couple of times and it is freaky.. I don’t wish that addiction on anyone. I’m glad everyone said yes… but I hope they actually eventually get better
Although the whole family got addicted to drugs, they did not lose decency. I hope they all make it at the end.
“Are you on drugs right now?”
“That’s a difficult question to answer”
No it isn’t lol.
i’m so scared for the brother who’s actually working the program to return back home. he seems like the most strong willed and they’re all going to drag him down
My heart is broken for how much suffering and despair this family is going through.
Sad part is statistically a few of them will die. They are playing with the most dangerous chemical possible. As a person in recovery my family is what got me well and my Mom and Dad literally saved my life. I couldn’t ever imagine not having that kind of support system and guidance. I will pray for them.
Chantal just soured my day. The way she smiles when she says she’s using again, she’s happy to be addicted again! The whole point of this was for her to get clean and to see her son, she doesn’t seem aware that getting clean would get her son back in her life. Her last statement makes absolutely no sense! She wants her son back, has to be clean. Goes to rehab, leaves and gets hooked again BECAUSE she doesn’t have her son in her life.
The truth is that Chantel loves the drugs more than she loves her child.
This is a great example of why invitations should be extended without making assumptions. The person they had the least faith in is the one who completed treatment and remained sober.
Hopefully he doesn’t return home. Not until the rest of them get clean and start working a program. Hopefully he stays in sober living. If everyone else sees him doing well, that might be enough to motivate them as well.
@Cen Ace BUT the thing about it is micro dosing does not work for MOST addicts. I know because I tried it 3 times with no luck. A few things have to happen before you can get clean. The 1st and biggest thing that has to happen is the addict has to WANT to get clean. Other things that have to happen is you need to disassociate yourself from your drug people etc. Also, you need to keep yourself busy a hobby or something because an idle mind is the devils playground. Being bored can cause urges to use. Find a support group somewhere. If you don’t have family or friends that support you then you need to find RU and AA meeting to go to…… I have almost 3 years clean. I hope I can help someone with this comment..
@yorkielove08 I definitely agree with “they have to want to” and even then they might truly want to but they haven’t really hit their personal rock bottom yet. I’ve had a few relapses but I always think of how much I’ve suffered and and stop myself. Congrats on your three years truly. I love seeing people surpass addiction.
@Rachel <33 No it isn't. lol
See part 1 yet
.2 is more than .05 …..
In Puerto Rico we got a lot of that, families addicted to crack. check the documentary zombie land of National Geographic
Never seen so many people so willing to go to treatment. That was amazing. I know my intervention did not go like this but I can say that I’ll be seven years clean and sober this October
More like $0.5… depending on currency
There is a few if you look through the seasons
The way she smiles when she admitted to using again, to me, shows how much she enjoys using. She didn’t feel defeat or shame at all. I hope she can turn her life around for her son.
Its so sad to see addiction run through a family like this. I wish them all the best. Also I love seeing Sylvia as an interventionist. She’s such a sweet lady.
Agreed. Joey, if you’re reading this, I’m proud of you. Move to a new town and start a new life. Doing so is NOT abandoning your family. In fact, they will SEE you as a beacon of light when they do decide to get sober. This is your destiny. To succeed. Be the change. It’s okay to love your family from afar <3
That’s a result of the drug
Tim was also successful
Some people smile when they’re nervous, ashamed, etc.
Mys 2
Yes i know sad… My family could almost be on here but not all intermediate family it would be a mix and some by marriage but still its too many people have this in their family’s and it is so sad!
@Amanda Densmore-Parham Thats what Im saying, Methadone works but thats horrific to get off too, even after weaning off. She can wean off methadone then get on Suboxone for a while. It can be done with little withdrawals but it takes time.
There are options for her.
@Christopher Richardson that was the boyfriend Tim not the ex husband (father) Joe that has completed recovery
People love to say that “it’s always your own personal choice to start using ____ and it’s your own fault you’ve become an addict” but this is proof that one’s family can set you up for it from day one. This is the definition of life father like son and vice versa. This family is trapped unless they all separate for some time to come down and get clean.
That’s normally how addiction goes… Loving the drugs more than anything else… Addiction is sad, in every way…. For EVERYONE INVOLVED.
She will die!!! She doesn’t want to get clean and serene and stay clean and serene that is saying clean and sober she is acting selfishly. Her child should come before her pleasure of getting high and having zero responsibility and mostly one for her children. It’s disgusting that she would choose to go to treatment and leave an continue to do drugs and use again. She wouldn’t have to pay and could start and put this first in her life for once. And I can speak on this because I got clean back on June 29,2007 off of my addiction to methamphetamine’s and I went to prop 36 a 18 month program and I have never looked back. I left my 2 children with their father in 2004 and I wanted them back in my life but it took till 2008 /2009 to finish my program and graduate from prop 36. My daughter’s d son both came to live with me. My daughter lives with her dad now but my son came on his 18th birthday and is now 29 and still chooses to live with me. He is mildly delayed and special needs. I love both my children. My daughter holdsthoseyears I was gone against me still and I deserve it. My life has completely changed I have regrets of even if starting to use and leaving my children. I was clean for so many years and fed up with their father for cheating and never being home and started numbing myself but i took off instead of leaving with my children. God i regret my horrible decision. I have them both in my life and I want to get close with my daughter I love her very much and my son too . I have my babe of 11 years and he has 13 years clean and loves my kids very much he has a very close relationship with my son only because my daughter got married and lived with her husband and stopped talking to me for almost 8 years but I have her now and I only want to get closer. I miss her voice. Very much. I’m outhouse is completely a clean house no drugs and alcohol allowed. No coming home drunk either. If my son wants to drink he can at his dad’s.
@tubester4567
Are you under the impression that Suboxone is easy to come off of? It’s no less “horrific” than methadone, many say it’s worse. You also have to be well into detoxing & very ill before it helps any. Given the long half-life of methadone, that could realistically take weeks. Someone who can’t tolerate the sickness for a few days isn’t gonna make it through weeks. Getting on methadone for the purpose of then switching to Suboxone is stupid & would be setting her up for failure. There are “options,” yes, but they’re not cures. They’re just legal substitutes with problems of their own, including being much harder to come off of than anything the person would be trying to kick.
This was an intense yet sad intervention. It’s hard enough to get one person at a time to agree with treatment let alone 5 at once. Obviously most of them have NOT hit their own rock bottom on top of having a strong co-dependency addiction with eachother as well. I’m glad the brother has stuck with it and hopefully he succeeds. He should also stay away from those who use and that mostly includes his addicted family members.
I know it doesn’t matter but out of curiosity I wonder how they are using the fentanyl. If it is i.v. injection, snorting, or smoking 🤔.
Thank the good LORD… with methadone treatment I am going on 6 years clean from i.v. heroin and meth use and 20 years clean from prescription opioid abuse. Successful treatment can be done but it has to come way deep within our souls to fight it and get the help we need. MOST of us just can’t do it on our own. My kinda wierd analogy for what I think addiction is like is like having an elephant sit on top of you everyday keeping you from breathing and being able to move at all. Obviously it’s just too heavy to lift it off on our own and so we need the tremendous help everyday to take the weight off otherwise we just get crushed under the weight and sadly we die from it.
The reason I made the decision to get the treatment I needed was because I didn’t want to die under the weight of addiction. I was sick of not being able to move anywhere and breathe in life again. Most people don’t consider Sobriety as a life long commitment to themselves because they think it’s just a snap of a finger to get better.
However, it’s soo miraculous and worth it to finally breathe again once recovery is in motion.
Peace, prayers 🙏 and love ❤ to everyone out there struggling with the weight of addiction. You’re not alone plus we can even see it in the comments section as well. You are worthy for a sober and happy purposeful life even if you can’t see that worth right now but never stop trying and NO MATTER how many time you’ve tried….DON’T STOP!! DON’T GIVE UP!!
@J J Yes. It is possible to get off it all with very little discomfort. Ask me how I know. Because I did it. Yes Suboxone is MUCH easier to get off than Methadone. Even after weaning off Methadone down to 2mls, you will still suffer horrific withdrawals for months. When I moved to Suboxone and weaned off that, I only had mild withdrawals lasting a few days and I could sleep.
I did it at home, living by myself, the only help I had was my GP, who I had to go and visit every few days. Although I admit my doctor is genius and he had a few tricks that really helped me. I still see that doctor 20 years later.
Its true though, that different people can have different experiences. Even the same person can have very different results coming off the same drug, at different times in their life. Many things can affect your success. Your diet, exercise, other drugs/alcohol, housing stability, general mental health, and your doctor.
I tried getting off methadone several times and failed, for a period I thought I would never get off it, Then Suboxone came out, I weaned off over a long period of time with almost zero discomfort.
Another really important thing for success is, you have to stop taking everything long before you try getting off suboxone. No smoking weed, no drinking, no sleeping tablets, nothing for months, even a year before trying. Exercise every day even if its just walking, and eat healthy foods with plenty of veg and fruit. Most druggies are nutrient deficient, I used to make a pot of vegetable soup that I could heat up for 3 or 4 days. Good food can release endorphins as well as exercise.
Working and moving away from your druggy friends is a good idea too.
Too many people try to get off opiates while still being a poly-drug addict. It doesnt work. You have to stop everything. So yes, its possible to get off it all with little discomfort, but you need to follow the program.
@tubester4567
When did I say anything was impossible? Don’t paint yourself like an expert just because you had an easy detox. Your experience is the exception, not the rule.
@Carrieann Cancino okay 👍
@Sandi Wood lol me either. definitely thought it was gonna be way more mild.
Is not that easy she start aprozalam at 14
@Missy Elliot Yeah, it’s a question that is answered more by the lack of a real answer than the answer itself.
If you ask anybody who doesn’t have an abusive relationship with drugs that question, the answer is “no” or if they only have a drink every couple weeks or so then they’d just say that. The hemming and hawing just makes the answer that much more obvious, and makes it obvious that he is only lying to himself
Idk man. Thinking bout it deeply it can go both ways,,, I think it can also be easier if they all go into recovery as a want, a dream, a goal and helping each other not give in can help tremendously. Also, if my brother was addicted like I am. I would have tried even harder to not give in and continue road to recovery to inspire him and show him it can be done. Cuz it really sucks to try and get clean when everyone you know have relapsed everytime 🙁
@Gil-Junior RiseAboveBetrayal There is always HOPE. Not impossible, just virtually impossible for all to get out of it.
It surely would be the double (actually quadruple) whammy as described above. Not everybody is likely to get out of it.
Nephew never knew who to trust 💔
Any excuse. Ive seen it time and again.
did you not watch the whole video???
Both my parents are addicted and k love with them and I. Unfortunately am addicted to fetanyl as well. We are products of our environment.
EXACTLY!!😂😂😂
I’ve been through this with my Son too. And, ONE THING that I learned is: that it has to come from the person. Meaning.. this will ONLY WORK if that person is 110% without a DOUBT, ready to get help. It’s not something you can force, it HAS TO COME FROM THEM, period. My Son came to me when HE was READY and said to me, “Mom, I need help.” So, WE immediately got him help. He’s been CLEAN for 10 years now.😘GOD BLESS ALL🙏
@Christy Goodson I was thinking this it looked like she was nervous and feeling shame or embarrassed about it but also trying to be herself. I still feel for her tbh
All I had was the VA
Glory be to God. I had a divine intervention too.
Yeah…now hopefully people can understand how difficult is is for young black boys and girls to choose to do better! It takes STRENGTH AND SUPPORT!!! Also should help bring insight into why black people are so strong…which may look like defensive! That STRENGTH IS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL! Especially if you start from nothing and receive constant discouragement, biases, racism, structural racism!
He is a functioning addict
@Kenya Walls Agreed – but as I said earlier – a functioning addict is no less an addict and it WILL in time become something else.
@American Patriot and that should tell you something about how horrible drugs are!!!! And addicted people are victims of drugs!!
@Negle Lir it doesn’t start that way it gets that way i don’t feel bad for anyone who makes those decisions. We all have issues these people just give in to them.
Same 🙁
So sad my
Mom helped
Me get off of it and go to treatment. If it wasn’t her for her support idk what I would’ve done . Smh
@Brandyiris Grote why is it that hard ? Surely your kids have more hold on your heart than anything .. imagine how your kids must feel knowing you’d rather have drugs , they in itself should be enough .
@Brandyiris Grote no, she’s right & the truth can hurt huh?….You def love the drug more than anything else…majority of addicts get clean only by getting locked up…
This just made my entire week. Congrats on 7 years!!! That’s an amazing accomplishment and I’m so proud of you!
This is ABSOLUTELY true. I’m so so happy for your son! God Bless, Margaret <3
Rhats how my mother was got me started on febtsnyl patches oxycodone and cocaine by the time I was 15. I don’t blame her because I was more than happy to do it and we had great times. But it’s been 10 years since she’s passed and I wish I would have never done that. She was sick ans knew she was gonna die from.the leukemia ans my father left us and she just wanted to feel happy so I was more than happy to let her enjoy herself
congrats steven
That’s awesome!! We DO recover🤘🏻..
Yeah I don’t quite understand Christine’s reasons for leaving,I mean IF not having her son is the actual reason for her drug use then why did she leave treatment?? She was given an incredible opportunity to get clean and sober so that she could have her son back her life,but she leaves and goes back to using because she doesn’t have her son in her life??? That “logic” doesn’t add up if you ask me.. The parents should lead by example, even in cases like this where the parents are using too..I feel super bad for the oldest son,you can see in his eyes that he wants help but for some reason he feels like since his family all left and went back to using that he has to follow suit and that’s just not true at all smh poor dude.. Well I sure hope that EVERYONE goes back to treatment and gets the help they deserve…
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@Rachel <33 Joe didn't say no because he was scared of a million people knowing he was addicted, he was scared of telling himself he was addicted
I’m proud of you. 7 years makes me tear up! Good for you. I hope you’re life is full of light now. 💜💜💜
@azchrosette
Thank you 🙏 God Bless
To both my brothers caught up in that life…..
Y’all can do it just don’t give up on yourselves!
After more than 25yrs & SEVERAL rehabs
I finally made it .
I have two wonderful children, both married with families & great jobs . Little thanks to me though .
My mom came & took them with her while I played at going to school & working.
I quickly found myself with all that free time & only me to get high JUST ON THE WEEKENDS . yeah right!
Anyway I kept on fighting.
You see guys my mother asked me to promise that I would show her the daughter she raised
before she died !!!
That messed me up y’all 😒.
Mom passed 😢 but we lived laughed & love for many years beforehand.
I know this is long but I want you to know it can be done .
Winners never quit & quiters never win !
I got two good ears & a kind heart ,
I’m here if you need to vent .
Peace & Love 💘 💕❤ 💖 💓♥ 💕 ❤ 💘
I literally just relapsed on meth from being back around my dad I love him so much.
@KING Atheist Yes it is, to admit to yourself let alone millions of viewers worldwide, you obviously haven’t been there, with your ignorant answer
Are you kidding? You know that people don’t set out to be addicted to anything and that it’s a complex neurobiological condition, right? You think that if it was as easy as saying “I love my kids, so I’m gonna stop” that she wouldn’t just stop?
What an ignorant statement. You think people are happy to be addicted?
@ali walker My ignorant answer that over ah undred people have agreed with. Yep.
Hey i have a question, first i want to say congratulations to getting off of the drugs and getting treatment. My question is do you plan or think it’s possible to one day be off the methadone too? The reason i ask is because i know two people personally who are on methadone treatment one has been for 10yrs and has told me that sometimes they save their doses up to take them and still get high from it and ten years being on what for them is essentially a substitute isn’t full recovery in my humble opinion. And the other friend that I have that is on methadone treatment hasn’t been on it that long but the couple times he has missed his daily methadone doses has literally told me the feeling of withdrawals afterward are 100x worse than and has asked me to get him H and again to me that isn’t full recovery. So what is your personal take on it. (I am an i.v. H user myself and have completed an outpatient program and am still trying to stay clean and i knoe methadone is an option because i don’t want/like suboxone and I’m having alot of bad cravings still.)