This man is clearly intelligent, kind, and in touch with his emotions. It’s sad to see him in so much pain and facing such huge challenges. I hope he can find a path through this. If he can, I see a beautiful life ahead.
Such a wonderful comment. Thank you for writing it. I wish I could find a way to ensure that he reads it. I agree, he is gifted with the attributes necessary to get through this and thrive. Let’s hope he can tap into them.
I remember listening to one of the interviewees say in another one of these “People think drug addicts don’t feel anything, the problem is we feel too much” and I feel that a lot with this guy ….
I feel what this guy feels minus the addiction. I’m a firefighter/EMT and you never ever forget the bad calls. The ones where the human body is so mangled it’s hardly recognizable. Decapitations,suicides,burns,brain matter etc. I hate to be so gruesome but this is daily life for 1st responders. It’s no wonder the suicide rate is high among us. I would like to encourage every 1st responder and military personnel to seek counseling. Even when you think you’re ok.
Thank you for your service. You are a hero. I'm sure you find helping others fulfilling. How do you cope with all of these traumas you encounter ? And how do you separate work life from personal life? I'm sure these traumas impact your personal life too.
@@sarahs.3094 I don’t separate work life from personal life unfortunately. It’s impossible. I also volunteer in my community at a 2 volunteer fire department on my personal time. One on one side of my community and one on the other side. In rural communities like I live if people don’t volunteer then we don’t have fire or EMS. It is fulfilling but it also takes up as much time as a full time job a little of times. We’re on call 24-7 365. No pay whatsoever. We’ve had in the last year a double homicide of two brothers (they were my 3rd cousins), a 3 yr old girl killed in a car wreck due to her father being high on drugs,a 12 yr old boy died after hit by a car(I grew up with his mother),found two decomposing bodies after a welfare check request, worked a 35 yr old female drowning victim with her 5 yr old son crying for his momma on scene,a few drug overdoses,probably 25 cardiac arrest,a self inflicted hanging of a young man,a decapitation of a 30 yr old guy after a car wreck. That’s all in 6 months time at a rural fire/EMS department. That’s not counting all the structure fires,mva’s and regular medical calls we get. I’m not telling this expecting a Pat on the back at all. I just don’t think most people realize what their local first responders deal with daily whether paid or volunteer. When we are paid it’s not much. Even though a medic has all kinds of life saving skills and do things only doctors usually do in a hospital setting they don’t make near as much as a registered nurse in most areas. Then they have all the years of terrible images,sounds,smells stored in their heads. This goes for law enforcement too. Too many end up like the guy in this video unfortunately. Thanks for your thoughts and concerns.
@@livewithnick some one very much like you responded to my son's suicide almost 2 years ago. They were unable to save my son but I want you to know that, as his Mom, I am grateful someone was there to fight for him. That he did not die uncared for or alone. Thank you
I was hanging on every word. This is SWU at it’s very best. I know Mark is reluctant to help because addicts are often so self destructive and beyond repair but i think Daniel can be saved. Please do follow up interviews
@@annaxefta587 sometimes you forget that the person your talking to is a real human being with thoughts and feelings. The internet provides a certain degree of anonymity, for better or worse. Love is the answer. Don’t forget it. You can start small by talking to people like you want to be talked to.
He's way too gentle. There should be locked up hotel rooms with barred doors that provide food and showers and toilets but no 1 is allowed to enter and they are locked in to keep them safe.
@@jjg1501 that is simply not true. Society is made up of people. And quite frankly, it doesn't matter what you think about it. People need people. Certain people need certain people. Society needs doctors, teachers, dentists, mentors, and the list goes on and on, to function at a high level and minimize the suffering of our fellow man. Do we have flawed systems in place? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean that that people aren't needed. We are naturally a hearding animal. We need each other, and that is just a fact.
Daniel, never give up on yourself. I'm a recovering addict, EMT and now in paramedic school. Our stories are so similar it's mind blowing, even how you lost the family home is eerily similar. After a decade of addiction that got progressively worse and started out like you, one day I had enough. I came to the conclusion getting help would be no way more miserable than active addiction and what my life had become. I never looked back. I got on my feet and healed a lot of the emotional scars and dealt with shame. Once I could handle living life sober I retook an EMT program and worked my ass off to invest in healing and balance. I got a job with a very busy service in a large city and maintained a personal therapist and my support network. There are horrendous calls but today I have the coping skills to handle them...but there are so many more absolutely beautiful calls and interactions that I cherish from this perspective. I returned to EMS to help change the attitudes and culture. None of us are too tough for therapy and proper emotionally healing, all people including the many addicts we see deserve every chance at life and compassion, and we can be balanced health care professionals. After a few years as emt and rebuilding my credit, savings and relationships I started medic school. Who knows where my future goes but all you have is today. And if you focus on the ONE moment at a time and deal with the challenges one at a time, you will look back as I have with an entire new life rebuilt and a heart filled with hope and not shame. Try everything Daniel until you find a treatment that works for you. Abstinence? Methadone? Suboxone? Long term in patient and sober living? Try them ALL. Don't stop until you find something and put all your effort into it. I promise you can rebuild back even better, make your self and your mom proud and even go back into EMS if that's what you wish to do. Please know your fellow first responders hear you and send you love and support. We are not judging you and shaming you. You can do this Daniel, i was where you've been. It's possible. ❤
This may be your best interview yet, Mark. Daniel, you’ve tugged at the heart strings of most of us. Praying you can be strong and get the help you need to get clean. This is not your life story, only a part of it. Being the kind-hearted, gentle-spirited person you are, you will one day use this part of your story to help someone else. God bless you and thank you for sharing.
He looks like a very baby faced Woody Harrelson. The fact he is verging on tears 1min in tells you everything you need to know, his sadness is right there at the surface, it completely breaks my heart. I’m so glad he is still here, I feel his fragility. I wish you peace Daniel, your trauma is so very large. I hope you can start therapy soon. You deserve some peace.
Dude check out the skinhead psycho on this channel!!! Literally. He looks like woody harrelson like CRAZY. Two very different people with eerily similar faces
The self awareness is definitely a help, but I have been told the same thing by most of the therapists I have been in contact with, I have unfortunately used this to convince myself that I can somehow outthink the disease….. I can’t
I think counseling would help this man immensely..he’s carrying so much pain...he can’t see thru all that trauma he saw, he HELPED people too! Probably saved some lives...I hope he gets clean-he has so much life to live.
My grandmother was a night supervisor of a hospital for 41 years and one piece of advice she gave me: When faced with a difficult emotional situation, treat yourself with white gloves. In other words, be kind to yourself, be careful with yourself, and treat yourself as if you were a parent looking at a child. What care would you provide for an emotional child? Then... do that. 🙏
Your grandma sounds amazing. I wish I had someone like her when I got to the ER for chronic pain.. maybe if I had more people like her I’d still be trusting the system. ❤️ I do, however, have an amazing grandma as well. ❤️
Please, please, please Daniel get help now. I’m a RN. We see things that NO ONE should see. For you have to be both friend and EMT is horrific. I’m so sorry that you had to go through this. Daniel, with help, you can regain your life. Please don’t let your dear friend’s death destroy you. It’s not to late. Your friend would not want that. Let her life define you. It’s not to late. Please go to rehab and get therapy for your incredible loss. You are an intelligent young man, very kind heart. The people that you know and have worked with will accept you with open arms. It’s not to late to honor your Dad and friend with a well lived life. Please. I’m praying for you. You are a colleague. We need you. We need people like you. Please fight for your life. You are worth it.
It's been my experience, that those who are intelligent, selfless and loving who end up in this predicament, they are the most beautiful human being with the most beautiful promise. I say it over and over and I'll say it forever, that weak people don't become addicts! It's people with incredible depth, substance and power that carry things far too heavy to carry alone or at all that become addicts...Daniel you've got so much life left to live, not just surviving to exist...There are many different forms of therapy so I hope, Daniel, that you try different methods to find what fits you best. Not everyone heals or benefits from talk therapy alone or at all. Man, beautiful human being. All the things he's expressed? I really do understand and could feel myself right there in some of the descriptions. Be strong, love. ♥️
You're mostly right. I've known numerous bad and weak people who've become addicts. The the majority of the everyday users often have a ton of empathy, would give you one of their shirts even if they only have two, and can often become soundboards for others that are hurting, and they forget to protect themselves before all.
My heart pains for you, Daniel. This makes me tear up. You are an amazing person with such potential. I can see you getting better in the future and this interview is something that I think you've needed to do for some time. Thank you for sharing your story.
😢 This part really caught me off guard 😢 it hurt me right in my heart. I hope he makes it. He seems so kind and empathetic. One who could get taken advantage of easily.
This type of stuff can be so beneficial for an addict. To sit and just be able to spew out feelings and think about the past. You might be solving drug addiction a person at a time
I remember when my mom and dad divorced. I was 11 or 12 and so heart broken. Much of his trauma began there. Divorce is right up there near abuse, but most shrug it off as a ‘matter of fact’ thing that just happens. I’m 54 and still think about it to this day. I hope Daniel can make the turn. What a caring and compassionate person. All the best to you Daniel!
Daniel my heart goes out to you man, I pray you lift yourself out from this burden of a life you find yourself trapped in, you can do it, small steps small victories, a day at a time, life's worth it, you're worth it!
@Malik Spydr thing with Fentanyl is you've got to wait upto 4 days to take it. So for 4 days you're dope sick as fuck. Methadone he can start immediately, and works in conjunction with therapy, and psychiatric care. He also needs the structure Methadone provides. Going to the clinic every day by a certain time, keep your scheduled appointment with your case worker, and they can get you to a therapist quickly. Once he's stable, he can taper the Methadone if he feels ready and can switch to Subutex if he needs it to still be on MAT. You and I have done it, he can too. I started smoking black tar at 15 to comedown after raves. Quickly it caught me. I'm 30 now, survived 2 ODs, a ten day coma, renal failure and so much other traumatic shit from being in the game. If this dude needs some help I am willing to help. I'm a bit north of him so could be a bit tough but I'm willing. Does anyone know how to get Marks email address!
stay strong brother. Ive seen it all also. you become used to it honestly and once you understand this is reality it becomes easier to cope with. Someones gonna have to respond. Someones gonna have to clean it up too and if you cannot handle the gruesome reality of everyday death than maybe being a first responder isnt for you.
@@atlantisfunktions It seems he was strong enough being an EMT bit one call can really put how close we all are yo death constantly. I don't think hes a weak man, I think he's just extremely lost with all that's happened, and he feels ashamed. You could tell when he talked about his dog. Stay strong brothers, reach out to the many of us who have been there and come out the other side better.
Daniel, you are such a kind, gentle soul. PLEASE know that you deserve love and care. Think of yourself as a child that needs help and then help that child. You are so young and have so much promise to live a really good life. Ask for help and stick with it so you can help heal yourself. I'm going to donate to the GoFundMe in your honor. I hope we see you again and you're clean and going to therapy and back to being your true self. Many, many blessings to you, Daniel!
One so many levels and for so many reasons this is the best SWU I've ever seen. Mark, you knocked it out of the park with this one. Daniel is just so human, and so honest, and so broken. Yet, he is so kind, and so benevolent and so meek. I just love this guy. He could be 90 years old and he is just his mother's son. A child of the universe, free falling, grasping at nothing disguised as something. Thank you, Mark, and your team.
Daniel.... You can overcome this. You're too good for this lifestyle. You have too much to give to the community....and to yourself. You're so smart. You can do better. Self medicating is making it worse. Get clean. Face your emotions. Give back to the society. I have faith in you.
"Too good for this lifestyle"? What exactly does that mean? Almost all humans are "too good for this lifestyle", drug addiction does not give a shit who you are or who you were. And no one should have to be a homeless addict on the streets of one of the wealthiest countries on the planet.
This young man needs a good treatment facility. He's got what it takes to make it clean. He is smart, caring, ambitious...I wish I could just scoop him up and get him some help. I am 11 years sober...he can do it too.
This poor guy is suffering from PTSD. I really hope he seeks much-needed counseling. It may take a few tries to find a good one, but once he does it helps immensely. PTSD takes years to get over, and he can easily get off fentanyl with the help of suboxone. He can stay on suboxone for a few years, then slowly wean off. That's what I did. There's no withdrawal from fentanyl with suboxone, and you can't get high if you take drugs due to the ingredients in suboxone.
Methadone is better!! Just stay low and remember why you're there!! And GET OFF IT as soon as you can. It helped me, I have a few weeks clean! It's a bridge but safer than fetty!!
I'm so sorry for what has happened to you Daniel. I am praying that you turn your life around. It is definitely possible! Don't doubt that. Much love to you bro.
This guy has my heart hurting for him. Such a well spoken, caring and smart man. I wish you well and hope that life gets better for you. Sending big hugs💖
The pain on Daniels face will stay with me. I get the feeling you’re going to turn things round Daniel, I really do. Sending love and healing vibes to you from the UK. Xx
Daniel, I was in tears hearing your story. My heart breaks for you, and I can relate on so many levels. I was in law enforcement for 24 years before being diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression and medically retired in 2020. Listening to your story, it is obvious you are suffering from PTSD, and with falling down a flight of stairs and getting hit in the head with a shovel, you very well could have a traumatic brain injury as well. You seem so sad, and I just want to hug you! Please, please, please don't give up. There is help out there. I went to an amazing place in Los Gatos, California that has a six week PTSD recovery program for first responders and am much better. Please reach out for help through social services or someone. I think Mark hit the nail on the head when he said you are much more comfortable giving help than receiving help. That is how I felt too. You are an amazing person to continue to help others by doing things like performing CPR to save lives out there even now, but you need help too. Please give yourself the help that I know you would offer to others. I cried when I heard your last comment: "I miss me." Daniel, I know how that feels. You have to believe me when I say you can get better. I am thinking about you and praying for you.
This guy doesn't deserve the cards that he's been dealt. He's tried to serve his community and is now living with the trauma he experienced. I wish him all the best.
What a lovely young man, I hope he gets the help he needs. I think he has great potential and just needs a break. Wishing you all the very best Daniel ❤
Dear Daniel, as you are a helping person, please learn to help yourself, that part of you that is so desperate. You seem such a good person. With love from Italy!!
Daniel, you’re still you. You came through so strong. So compassionate. So articulate & honest. With you, heroin & fentanyl have taken out one of the very best. But you’re still alive & you’re you. As you talked I couldn’t stop visualizing a huge alligator who has trapped someone in its jaws and pulled them into the water. They get their prey & begin to roll. The animal or person held in the alligator’s powerful bite spins with them. They don’t know up from down in that death roll. And they, no matter how strong they are, cannot pull free. They need help from others on the shore. No, you can’t process your friend’s or your father’s death. Fentanyl has you in that spin, wanting you to drown. You don’t know up from down. How could you? Yell, Daniel. Every time you catch a breath of air, scream for help. You chose drugs over counseling once. Choose again. Choose counseling over drugs. Let your fellow creatures attack that alligator & pull you loose. Beat up and bloody you may be. But you’ll be Daniel and you’ll be free. Ever wonder why somebody was always around when you overdosed? Why that bullet missed you? We need you Daniel. You’ll get freed. I believe it.
I was a heroin addict for ten years. Have been clean since july 2017. I know it's hard but it's possible to turn your life around. I hope he finds the peace and happiness he deserves.
So many people care for you because you’re valuable. I hope you can recognize and own your value! Sending a big hug and lots of encouragement your way.
I think the most important take away is "it can really happen to anybody" god bless, Daniel. I hope you find peace and safety and a home and make it back out of this.
The strength is inside you Daniel! Find some good people to surround yourself with! You've experienced some horrific š#!t, which you're going to have to deal with; but feeling responsible for any of it will only continue the downward spiral! You are not responsible! Hug, brother!
@Friendly Bear I'm hoping he reads my comment and finds something positive in it; maybe it reinforce something inside him... even if its a little, perhaps with all the other friendly comments combined he realises some self worth and finds the strength to make a change!... Okay, c#nt-f@ce?
this platform is a very crucial space to completely be vulnerable and this man’s story could really be a catalyst for him to move mountains in many peoples lives. His blemishes could become the thing that’ll possibly provide him the relief that all of his pain brought him. Great video.
"trust me, it can happen to anybody." Very profound words. The best person can be broken down and ruined in a matter of days. Mark deserves a journalism award for this brilliant interview series. Daniel is young and he has good mind, he will recover.
This is the perfect excample of someone who Just WANTS and NEEDS Love to Bloom out of everything....sich a pretty Person...i Hope he will find His Nest and can this awfull parts of His life behind him. He deserves a loooot of good and hugs ♥️
Very nice guy!! I really pray he turns it around. I mean he has potential I can see it and hear it. This is one of best videos I’ve seen I feel so connected with him and i don’t even know him. 🥺❤️
My best friends name was Daniel, he passed away in oct of 2016 of a heroin overdose. Please don’t leave your friends and family that way. I miss him everyday and I wish I could cruise down the street just listening to some music with him. I wish I could have been a better friend and tried to help him with his addiction, but I was scared to become and addict again if I got too close. I can see the pain your life has left on you, but how much better life is to be able to overcome those obstacles and know you did it. I pray for your recovery, on day at a time brother.
This story breaks my heart. He just seems so beyond sad. I hope he finds someone to talk to and begins to work through his struggles. Healing vibes to you Daniel.
Daniel please seek help, it's not too late. You can still get mental health services and rehab for your drug problem. You are young and have along life ahead of you, you need to get some peace from some of your experiences. I hope the Very best for you, young man
Out of the hundreds of SWU interviews I've watched. Even seeing a middle school classmate on this channel from a tiny town in New Hampshire...WE gotta help this guy. He's gotta get back to work SAVING lives!
Danny, a wise woman once told me. Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't change anything and it will keep you where you are. You can't change what happened, but you can change your future. You have to let all of this go, start to love yourself and others will as well. I'm rooting for you, good luck!
@@forplexforplex8831 I just don't understand you,forplex...it really blows my mind how you can make jerkish comments, then turn right around and say something positive. 🤔
@@forplexforplex8831 dude I saw you other comment as well, if the" big stick approach " worked we wouldn't be here. You can obviously empathize sometimes, so why the tuff guy act? Never mistake kindness for weakness, it doesn't make you look bad or make you less of a man to have a heart. I would argue it makes you more. If you haven't been there you can't possibly understand and if you have and still have this mind set, well my friend you are heading back! Karma and pain are the best teacher's not the punishment and guilt. Have a good day.
@@forplexforplex8831 fair enough, why do you think that, when you see these people on SWU , why you would rather scold them as opposed to sympathy or just a positive comment? As I stated if that way worked we wouldn't be in this situation, your intelligent so you can't possibly argue with that? Do you really think these people don't know How there living , or constantly telling themselves how bad and guilty they feel? Believe me homie, they don't need to hear it from you. Whether your point is valid or not.. your point is valid buy your timing is not. Let a person get up and dust off before you hit them with a big stick. I feel like I'm talking to a person that has never truly felt the horror of addiction and or the horror of sobriety, when all that sobriety brings is memories of things that would horrify most. Be very thankful that you are not in there shoes this man Dan is in a battle for his mind and life, wouldn't it make sense to help them get better and healthy to prepare them for such a battle? I don't have the answers but I can clearly see what has been being done is not working, the ways of the past should stay in the past.
Daniel I wish I could give you a hug right now, you are a very special sensitive soul. This world is much harder for people like us, but you are not alone and you can still have a wonderful life. Please don't give up on yourself! You are so smart, and still very young! Love you Daniel!
Daniel, your potential is still ALL THERE! Your self awareness is impressive and I really think counseling would set you on a better path. I believe in you.
I feel so much sympathy for you. You seem like someone who had such a bright future and I’m gonna say HAVE the potential to get your life back on track and have a bright future. Its not too late. I really hope you get the strength from within and the support from other’s to do what you need to heal from all your wounds. Stay strong!
Mark, thank you for giving Daniel, and everyone else you've interviewed, a chance to tell their story. I'm sure it's the first time they've opened up to anyone without judgment and able to finish, which is so therapeutic. I don't think you realize how helpful and needed you are. You're not just a guy with a camera, as you say. 💖 💕
It sounds like Daniel has some serious PTSD. Having gone thru the suicide of my adult son by gs, I totally understand. Drugs numb the brain and minimize all those awful brain movies that just don't want to stop. It sounds like if Daniel had some serious mental health support, he could pull thru this
Not one person is born to sleep on the sidewalk and be cold. I listen to this young man and you could be my grandson. My heart breaks for him. I don’t know if you’ll see these words, but maybe you can take a bus to Oklahoma. Call sister, and your mom, tell them you’re ready to get clean. I assume you’ve hit rock bottom or your close to it. Life is so short and I would do anything to go back to be 31, 32 years old. I’ll be 60 this year and I’m grateful I’ve lived this long. I want to see you and everyone else on this program live to be my age or older. Please call your mom and your sister and you can get out and you can be a success again. I believe in you.
First responders go through so much. PTSD also dopamine burnout. Self regulation is not the way to go. But, I understand his pain. I pulled several bodies out of the water. It never is easy. Good luck to you sir.
@@myeyeswentdeaf6213I get it. I wouldn't wish that to anyone. Just like what I have witnessed. A body so bloated with water the arm comes free from the socket with the recovery. You don't ever forget it. His pain sucks. I hope he finds healing. Getting out of his environment will help break that cycle. When you see mistakes you learn what not to do. Pray for military and 1st responders.
So moving, Daniel. You’re intelligent, kind, compassionate, and gifted. I believe that you can turn your life around and that you’re ready to take those next steps. I believe that you’ve got this! ❤️
How can we seriously help this guy. This guy needs help and deserves it. Not everyone's life is a bed of roses and one wrong decision cant be the divining moment for the rest of his life, thats simply not fair. This guy needs help!!!!!!
Daniel, please just know that you are loved. I know how hopeless and insurmountable it all feels. You carry SO much shame and hurt around with you all the time. Please know that you’re worth it. It took me 50+ tries but I am finally sober. Please don’t give up, friend. You are such a beautiful soul!
Omg my heart is breaking for this young lad, it makes me so sad. He needs help...and love! Let your family embrace you and get some help Daniel- you are a wonderful young man who has a life still to live and there is hope. I just want to give you a hug & assure you you can get through this...because you're bright, intelligent and there's more for you. I hope your family reach out to you , open their doors to you...& Love you, that is the way to turn this situation around. I hope this happens for you xx
Daniel, you are such a sweet soul. I believe you will make it. You are strong and you don’t belong to the streets. Reach out for help and be patient with yourself. I will have you in my thoughts.
This story touched my heart so deeply. I truly hope from the bottom of my soul that this young man gets the help he so desperately needs to get his life back.
Do they have age restrictions to join. Seems the trauma he has stems from the accident of his friend. I have personally encountered a few gruesome accidents as a pedestrian. I was older tho.....best of luck to Daniel
Daniel, the sweetness and kindness in your soul is so clear. You've been through a lot. I hope you can find the strength to get help and find your way to the surface. Everyone that commented here is behind you and praying for you. Take care of yourself.
This poor baby. People underestimate the way a violent, alcoholic parental figure can traumatize a child. The way that trauma can come back years later. People underestimate what emts go through and see on a regular basis. I wish I could give Daniel the biggest hug. I wish I could just sit down and talk with him for hours. I hope he can see his worth & find peace and solace in that worth, no matter what that may mean.
I struggled with the similar things, for similar reasons. You just want the pain inside to stop. But the thorns are in so deep. If you start to heal the pain, then you can slowly start picking them out. I wish you healing.
I recently found this channel-- I can't even remember how I found it. This is a gem of a channel..that word doesn't even accurately sum up the magnanimity of this channel. This video gut punched me and it did make me cry. I actually don't know how anyone could not be moved to tears from such a story. I hope Daniel reads this --- we don't know why God allows such awful evil things to happen to people but it is the great battle of life. The way that it has been explained to me is that if life were perfect with no struggle, what would any of us ever learn from it. What is to be learned from a life of pure prosperity and prestige. (Not much is the answer.) Pain and suffering breeds growth in us human beings because it teaches us to persevere and to blossom under such conditions (eventually). We learn, adapt, become stronger when we go through battles of this type and in the end, believe it or not, most of us become better individuals because of the adversity. You WILL overcome this great battle in your life because there is a great strength in you and through you. God is allowing you to help others even in the great fallen state that you've had in life. You don't see this now but someday, God willing, He will open your eyes to it. I don't purport to have all the answers, I am just a puny, inconsequential human being trying to figure myself and this world out just like you but you must not ever give up. You must keep trying to break the hold that drugs have over your life. Look to God for strength to get you through this. Look to Jesus and He will show you the way. I am praying for you and your family. God bless you, good friend.
This is horrific. So different to many other stories. If I had of witnessed what he did, I probably would have fallen off the cliff too. Wishing you so much luck. Never giveup hope. Get that help. You have a whole life to live. It's not too late for you xx
This one got to me 😢. This is a broken man. He has such a childlike innocence in his voice. Maybe he is one that can be helped. I think with counseling to work through that trauma, he could recover. Would love an update on him. ❤️
This one straight tore my heart out. Never really thought about what First Responders go through and all the trauma they most experience. Daniel seems utterly regretful and hopeless at this point. Daniel we can all tell what a kind, caring, loving soul you are. Please, take care of yourself. There is so much sadness in you, I’m wondering if anti depressants and therapy would help a great deal. Everyone is routing for your success!
I live in Spain, I'm spaniard. From here I just wanna scream: PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP THIS BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's extremely urgent!!!!!! God bless yoy Daniel
I want to offer some hope here. I was on heavy opiates for more than a decade. It all started because of pain. At first physical but in time it eased emotional pain as well. Several surgeries and the doses kept getting higher and I sank lower. Like Daniel, in the beginning I thought..that will never happen to me but it did. I feared the sickness that came with quitting more than anything! It terrified me as I had felt it a bit off n on over the years but never the full effects of withdrawal. I became a shell of the man I used to be. A year ago in March I got clean! I conquered a mountain I thought impossible!! It was hell on earth for about 13 days!! But when it was over, I was free!! Omg did I feel alive!! I will say that around one month in I started craving very bad and started suboxone. I used it for 2 months and stopped slowly. It saved my ass! The key is to only use it medicinally and short term! If I can do this so can you!! God bless!!
wow in tears for Daniel he seems like such a kind soul whos pain was just too heavy addiction can really happen to anyone.. i hope he got the help he needed i hope hes sober and healing
Its never too late brother..if you read these comments just know this..it will get better..sure you’ll have regrets to think about and deal with but just keep moving forward with your life and life your life to the fullest and don’t look back and when you think about using again just think about all the bad stuff that happened in your life because of that stuff..your a young good looking kid and you still have allot of life to live…God Bless.
I'm not a hugger... but I would give Daniel the biggest hug because he so deserves to feel he's enough and loved for all his is and what he'll become when he finds peace ❤🙏🙏🙏😢
"I remember thinking to myself why would sombody just run in to traffic, but here I am doing what I would question other people doing. I can't believe it's me....I miss me!"
Private ambulance companies don’t care about the mental health of their employees.. Amr, Care, Falk, you name it.. they are all the same. We need to start taking care of each other. He should have never lost his job. He should have been helped, not kicked to the curb. There should be IN HOUSE councilors. Long term support group programs.
As someone who's been addicted to heroin for the last 10 plus years, I can say I totally understand where his pain is coming from.. In my opinion, a lot of his pain is built up disappointment in himself. If you ever see this, just know that as long as you draw breath, you can keep fighting!! FIGHT FOR YOURSELF!! NEVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF, THO YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE YOUR WORTH IT, YOU 100% ARE!! I am on a methadone treatment now, very low dose as I have heart issues, it DOES help. Please keep the faith and believe in yourself! ♡&Respect, Steph
