Daniel was a bouncer, power lifter, body builder and MMA fighter. Not even he was strong enough to fight off his addictions without help. This is his recovery story!
I used to listen to and watch all these videos when I was in active addiction and crying after every time I'd use wishing i had what these guys did....now I'm approaching 2 years clean and enjoying hearing all these stories all over again now that i am one of these guys..... Recovery is 100% possible!!! Reach out.
I'm speaking in the morning, telling MY story of hope, so I needed some help. Thank you! With God's Grace, I have 4 years clean and NEVER HAVE TO USE AGAIN!!🎉🎉🎉
God bless the person on the phone who told him it'd be ok, the nurse who smoked a cigarette with him and Kenny who gave him that hair gel. It's the little things that make all the difference sometimes.
Absolutely!! I agree being in detox can make you a little shack wacky but I had a nurse that went out of her way and took us outside for a walk and she didn’t have to we aren’t even supposed to be outside in detox but because this nurse took us outside and breathe in the fresh air she’s the reason I stayed in there that small walk made a huge impact on me and I know it did for other’s too it’s definitely the small thing’s that make a big difference I’m peoples lives 🙏❤️🫂
Spent 5 years in the deepest darkest place in this hell. I know exactly what it’s like to wake up scared out of your mind not knowing where your next fix is coming from, the pain immediately seeping in, the cold sweats/chills, that metallic taste in your mouth, your body begging for one thing and one thing only. The mental part maybe even worse? The anxiety and panic, never again. Has been seven years since I last banged my last rig in my shot out arm.
Thank u for your message. I got out of detox friday afternoon. I am determined to stay of heroin this time. I am 40 now and I will die the next time. I was in detox 6 days and still feel like im detoxing. I know the sickness will pass and i will be feeling better soon. Again thank u for your message. ✝
Thank you brother. I am a long time addict who got a lot from your story. I appreciate you and I am glad that we made it so far. I am really struggling with my life and addiction. I thank you brother and I am going to get some training that can help others and myself with this suffering. Take care of dude and I hope that I get to meet you
You said “if you know what I’m talkin’ about” at the early stage of this video, some of us do, so well. Thank you DEEPLY for your share Brotha🙏🏽. You’re giving people HOPE- you have NO idea how Much your testimony is helping others seeking the OTHER side. Much Gratitude🙏🏽 God Bless Brotha 🙏🏽 I wish you and your significant other and Family all the Happiness and Blessings. BEAUTIFUL SHARE AND TESTIMONY💫
We know that feeling..with the pain pills. Ugh, I hate to even hear it now, but it's true about how it makes you feel at first. It doesn't last, that's for sure. After awhile, after not long actually, it will take your soul just like anything else.
Crazy how our stories are so similar.. I worked with you and was going through the exact same thing.. I knew where you were in life and I’m sure you knew I was too. but we didn’t talk about it. . For that I’m sorry brother. I’ve never had someone explain “The Fix” feeling I got the first time I did a Percocet the exact way I felt. So happy we made it out brother.. Keep doing what you’re doing Champ.
Have you watched Brandon Novaks story? This one is great. Many are great. But for me, Brandon's hit hard. His life has been in the public eye and it truly is something to hear. He doesn't sugarcoat anything at all..
I go back to this guy's journey as well...he brings out a fire and passion that lets me know that I'm doing right in recovery...God bless everyone struggling and in recovery!
Man, you remind me of my pops. I mean he dose a lot of meth/ used to be a “chef” in a “kitchen” but kinda similar in stature and mannerisms. he’s a big burly guy but he’s got his emotional side to tho he rarely lets that shit out. He hates heroin and heroin users... which sucks because i happen to be a heroin addict, that along with smoking meth with my dad and doing whatever other drugs come across my path, except shroom, i fuckin hate shrooms. They make me think about how bad I’ve fucked myself off in the last two years. (Im fairly green yet ik, im only 20.) I’ve smoked weed since middle school acid shrooms coke through my high school career (which i did not graduate), for whatever reason i never really got into liquor. At 16 i robbed a handful of gas stations at gun point with a couple other guys. And well landed myself in a youth detention center, specifically green hill school for boys in Washington state. Scariest fucking 9 months of my life up to that point. Not a single moment was i able to let my guard down. But the time I spent there made me alot more carful, picky and choosy about what i do, about whats worth going to prison over and whats not, cuz im 20 now its no more youth offender facility. And with the record I already have its no slack for me (the robberys were my first charges ever filed against me.) The name is a little miss leading as its closer to a prison than a school the 15-20 foot tall fence topped with razor wire sets it apart from most schools I’ve attended lol. But anyway what im getting at, the drugs aren’t fun anymore. Idk if they ever really were fun or if I’ve always got high because i grew up with parents that use and I thought thats just what you do, and its just what i know its what ive seen its what im comfortable with, its so scary to even think about not having my crutch to fall on. My fuckin crumpled up burnt pice of aluminum foil with crusty black trails leading from where that specific pice of glossy drownish-black heroin started and to where it eventually will end up soon enough, itself as black crusty shit boxed in by more black crusty shit crumpled up next to, on top of and under neath other peaces of foil with there own crusty black heroin ghosts. It feels never ending, Pice of foil after pice of foil after pice of foil after bag of dope after bag of dope after this and that blah blah. But you gave me hope. Thats my point, you gave me an idea of something i never thought was a possibility. Thank you man. I have a fucking lot to work on. Heres to all the “maybe one day”’s.
I hope you are doing well!! You are young but seem so wise with your words. I think you will do this. Im 53 and still trying. Hang in there!! RU-vid has a lot going on for recovery channels. It helps me soooo much!! Much love and support to my fellow sober friend!! 💚🤗💪🏼
Daniel, your story is an amazing one. I wish my son could have heard it. Your story is helping me understand my son's addiction. God bless you. Keep up the hard work. Thank you for sharing.
Daniel, I wanna give you a big hug! You deserves things the same way everyone else does. Happiness. Freedom from addiction. A great life. You got this!!!
Holy crap your story made me goosebumps. And totally had some clarity on something you had said. I’m newly in recovery almost 5 months and I’m struggling real bad right now now. It’s phasing out I have good people in my life for support and how the beginning of your story how you starters and slowly progressed. I had a vision of me if I kept going. I smoked crack for 23 years and would never do heroin or fentanyl but you know I had a vision of me doing it it was so vivid scary I just realized if I didn’t reach for help when I did the feelings of hopelessness alone almost homeless I would have ended up there and I’ve never put that into play in my mind before. Thank you for sharing you made an impact on my life this moment. Thank you❤️
I am 6 days off Fentanyl and meth. I have been off and on for a few years. I’ve probably went through 20 plus withdrawals over the last 4 years. Hopefully this was the last one. My connection to the criminal element gets deeper every time.
I have sickle cell diseaseI am 33 with over more than half my life addicted to my pain medication ale the hospital bed now watching you and I know I know now I know now I can make it
Thank you so much. You give us tremendous hope! These speaker videos keep me sane and sober and on spiritual track. I am happy most of the time. I love and am loved. Thank God for AA & NA. All 12 step programs can bring us back to life!
Changing lives through your sharing brother! I relate with the rehab trap as i exited after 8 months and thought 'ive got this' . Oh indeed there IS HOPE, thanks to those who share their experience like you and pass the program of recovery, that paved path of success Thankyou so much brother !!! Thankyou 🎉
I'm so inspired by you and thanks for sharing your story I'm very new into my recovery but i share so much of your struggles and god bless you your what i needed to watch today and thankyou for your courage to share.....
Hey I really appreciated this. I’m an RN and I’ve been clean from pills one year. I’ve avoided watching the addiction series bc my excuse was that I wasn’t addicted to heroin and pills aren’t “that kind of drug”. Every feeling of self hatred was just how you explained and the loss of hope. I have to hide bc I’m a nurse so programs aren’t open to us yet. I went to one NA meeting a few months ago, saw a cna that worked at the same hospital. I lost my contract and figured out why when I found out she told on me for being at an NA meeting. Either way it sucks ass doing this alone. Thanks for being so honest and giving voice to the hell we’ve endured.
It PISSSSES me off that they don’t support medical workers in addiction. If it starts with an RX, which it almost always does, there should be help! Not shame and exclusion. It makes me furious! You got this girl. You can do it!!! You’re not alone
Thank You awesome testimony! Every story I hear on this channel I can relate to in one way or the other! The horrors we go thru and the monsters we become is so hard for a person who has never had addictions to completely understand what these poisons do to us! Us recovering addicts need each other and we all got to get our stories out there and it helps us to heal too,atles for myself it has. Thank You for this amazing channel and your miraculous story!!
I'm at work in tears just thinking that my brother is going threw those thoughts of needing this drug and I know he wants to do better had him at my house going threw withdrawals for 2 nights he left yesterday back too his drug dealing gf cause she is trying to stop and he saw her struggling with withdraws so he wanted to stay with her. Not knowing that she's obsessed with him and the drug. Watching this gave me hope that I can help him im never gonna stop trying and seeing these kind of videos scare but give me hope thank daniel and I'm glad you are better. By the way I never leave comments but something told me you should so I did
I feel so alone and hopeless most of the time but when I see these stories I no longer feel alone and i realize there is hope because these people telling there stories went from addiction to sobriety.tjhere stories are so similar to mine.thanks for telling ur story
Mindy-I had a very special sponsor a few years back (now deceased) who told me "this disease wants to get you alone so it can kill you." I tend to isolate and I've noticed isolation puts me in a very negative mindset.
Almost 3 yeats ago, before I got clean and sober I was watching videos like these. Over 8 years I did the pills, to sniffing dope, to shooting dope progression. Detox, rehab and AA gave me my life back.
Thank you for your story. I feeling that moment need god need his healing... Im trying so hard for my kids. Thank you help me. No more pain. Opiates are addiction specially wen doctors just give them to you
Bath salts are some of the worst shit ever. Nightmare drugs. Great testimonial. Good for you for getting clean Daniel. I wish you the best. 2 weeks clean myself
I have read that when people start abusing (alcohol, drugs) vefore or during puberty, they don't mature at the rate the should. You didn't know that, my sin didn't know that, and your live reflects it. So sad for the both of you. So... I'd work on growing up.
This touched me so much just now. How you’re talking about pain disappointment shame despair is just like God showing me like you said. Even as a born again Christian for 5 years before that a witch for 11 years I’ve falled into chronic illness anxiety and just yeah ugh. But thank you for being honest
Man I’d never heard the term “perc 30s” until the other day on Reddit and then I heard Daniel say it too. It confused me at first bc Percocet is the brand name for the combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen and I know there is no 30mg dose of Percocet. I figured the people saying it meant just 30mg of straight instant release oxycodone but the brand name for that is Roxicodone. No acetaminophen is involved. We always called em blues, berries, or roxies. I get that calling them perc 30s is just a colloquialism but it must not be an FL thing cuz I’ve never heard it here Yes, I got more out of Daniel’s story than just splitting hairs about drug formulations. The story was very powerful, I related to a ton of it, and I think the work he’s done to change his life and better himself is incredible. I’m working on a better life for myself right now and hope I can have my own versions of success in the future too
I’m 12 hours soberrrr... I have 20 perc 30s within arms reach I have been watching these all day to keep me from reaching over and grabbing them... I really need some heroine right now..😔
They should really show this series to kids in school, as these are real people with real stories, that started out as innocent kids, but through a series of events and decisions ended up somewhere they probably never thought they would be. I also think the way our culture is taking a more and more liberal view towards drugs, is not a good thing. From movies, tv, and even the legalization of weed, we are just throwing our hands up and saying its ok, its not a big deal. Well it is a big deal, and although weed isn't the same as heroin, it doesn't help anything. You can't tell me with a straight face that you could achieve the same things high as sober.
I think it's awesome of this kind of thing actually helps people, but it was never what helped me... Being told that I was weak, Had no control over myself, That I had a disease, And all of the other stuff they pump in your head wasn't doing me any favors... Listening to other people stories wasn't helping one bit, And I just could not relate to anybody else in the picture... I got bothered for rides and cigarettes and money all the time... I chose to get on some medication that helped... And stay far away from anything to do with it... And put it behind me... That's what worked for me ... I never remembered my stop date or collected any coins... It's like a cult it's kind of weird
