Heroin Addict interview-Maggie 

Just Me Ashley the sad part is that she knows how eloquent and beautiful she is and beats herself up every day for not being able to get out of the cycle of addiction despite that.

When addiction knocks at someone's door, doesn't matter how smart they are or beautiful too. Only she can break the cycle.

Ya, ah, um. Great speaker. I'd buy her some heroin if she would shut up.

Just Me Ashley, I hope she sees your message!! You're right, she can do it, the key is to stop the self-sabotage!!

Just me Ashley....she knows it more than any of us,....it's not that she can't see it, she just needs time to heal, and God willing she will and she will find more of NATURE's BEAUTY......nature knows not good or bad, it knows BALANCE. Prayers Mags gurl xx

Truer words.

She’s absolutely correct

She speaks the truth.

Suburbs are worse in my opinion more money for chaos

Mari Mayy I’m talking about drug wise not in general.

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Yes and omg

Yes and I wonder why pple try heroin I mean you know it destroys and it's extremely addictive and pple still try it?? Makes me wonder if they want to die or want attention and then it's out of control, but then alcohol and crack..idk this one throws me for a loop, wishing her much luck❤

I am😢

For some people, yes.

Gabor Mate talks about this a lot.

@@a.e.rromero5403 Love & Respect Gabor Mate's work!

For some.... iv done close to 3000 hours of service since I was 13 through various programs...served in the military yet sometimes I still feel empty.

@@whyaminotoriginal then ask to be whole. you can be clean and still feel just as sad as when you were using.

So sad

Not just addicts.

@@JustMe-go7nr okay but we are talking about addicts. Let's not All Lives Matter this.

I know but this website is full of superficial morons.

it's all about physical appearance, you know this. Hollywood has taught us for years that only very attractive people with pearly white teeth matter.

@@anthonylowney1395 Doesnt matter, there are many good looking people with lots of money, or celebrities, who are addicts, they just are able to pay for the "in and out" of rehab, or to buy their drug of choice.

If one is all alone and by yrself, the chains will never be broken.

I love her 😍

Sounds like you’ve just described me.

Amen 💯

Praying the response of someone who is not prepared to do anything useful !

Praying to who? Santa? The Easter Bunny?

@@gowdsake7103 fuck off!

@@danielkinn782 It doesn't matter if she's Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Easter Bunniest.... I accept all paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your lord and saviour.

​@@gowdsake7103that's not always true. There are many, many people who both take action and who pray. You have no idea what you are talking about

@Chalet N and some ppl in the ghetto live biblical, loving lives.

Chalet N my parents are VERY biblical and strict. military parents who grew up with strong christian values. shit just happens, it’s what your god does

barely functional wow

Chalet N There will be always an Evangelical Jesus Lover judgmental fool that will say shit happened to you because you sinned. Fucking hypocritical pile of shit.

I live in a UK working class town, I think it has the potential to be ghetto level. There are riot vans and police are called out pretty much daily. Just yesterday the police came with a battering ram and took out one of the doors in my house looking for a crack addict, a boys been moved here straight from a prison hostel, there's stabbings and house raids, burglary, people doing weed everywhere three houses, two of which down the street, are within two minute walks, crack is available within five minute walk, heroin in a back alley if you fancy walking ten. go into a shop, ask the shopkeeper if they know who sells the drug you want, they'll give you the number, spoken from experience, been threatened out of a tenner to supply a drug addicted friend as well, then she was round threatening again a week later rang cops this time, racism too, neighbour threatened a family that only spoke polish, mate its so bad I stay in my room i don't walk to the shops or anything, I only leave if I'm leaving the town altogether because i could get beaten up by the lass who threatened me or by some other cunt like her mates or a stranger- yet despite this my town has an incredibly high tourist rate for a small town, and good nightlife seeking tourists who come for the nightclubs, it's fucking bad that it has such a great reputation described as quiet I publish poetry on instagram and shit about my experiences because that helps and it gives me something to focus on when I'm staying in the town or i use drugs but that's becoming a really big problem now.

I’m also addicted to.crack and heroin. Hard to stop. I was clean for 15 months. I relapsed on heroin. A friend of mine came over. She had heroin. Next thing she’s wrapping my arm and sticking the needle into my vein.

​@@tonysmith172You have shitty friends.

And God of your own understanding

@@barryrichman4475 you don't need a relationship with jesus, just a higher power that you understand. I would put my faith in aliens before jesus lol

Barry Richman the Spirit/ God (Jesus)/ Atman is everywhere, everything and everyone. When you realise this you will find the answer always lies within yourself. That’s where the spirit is. The relationship you have with yourself is the relationship you have with Jesus. Having faith in god is hope and can help along the way but you cannot rely on god making things happen for you. You will always have to work on the relationship you have with yourself (and therefore Jesus).

Barry Richman Disrespecting other forms of belief makes you more distant to Jesus than you would think.

definitely. no one can force a person to get clean unless they themselves decide to

LOL was thinking the same.

Damn...unfortunately we have those at every restaurant whur I live. Horrible.

I thought it was popcorn

I've used those a lot from gas stations and hospitals.

@@mandielou , yea they do hav'em lots a places, for sure. :-) Absolutely appalling for The Earth/environment , but good to hold a huge coke.

@TamTV Same here. I just found this channel last night and I’m binge watching too! All of these videos are priceless.💖

TamTV, same for me and very well put!!! I felt the same feelings as you!!! ❤️

Her and ronnie dude

Truth

Most important relationship is the one with Jesus.

RU-vid wisdom right here

@@Auburn-ks9xi 🤘 words of wisdom🍀

@@Auburn-ks9xi No thank you. Change for the residents of skid row require "self-care" and that happens through our better choices/behaviours; basically how we treat ourselves. That's a relationship with yourself. Can you leave your religion out of it? You can believe in Jesus if you want to. That is a different topic. I am a realist. These human beings need to want to help themselves.

@@ApacheChief omg, how do you know?

You definitely right?po box or some

Nino, I’m open to coordinating a financial donation to some of the people I’ve photographed. Please be aware that 99.9% of them will use the money to support their addiction. If you’re thinking that a contribution might save them, I urge you to rethink that effort. The problem with virtually all of these people is not that they’re addicted to drugs. Nor is it that they’re homeless or jobless. It’s that they were never loved properly as children and now, as adults they play out the self destructive behaviors of those who just can’t or won’t love themselves. This is why I always get around to asking about their childhood. I believe it’s the key to all of our problems. Without being properly loved and supported with desirable role models in our lives as children, we grow into self destructive adults who just cannot seem to break free of our self sabotaging selves. Donate all you like, but the solution lies in the next generation’s raising of properly loved children, not propping up already damaged adults. I’m certain that there are a few individuals who might be able to break free of this fate (and Maggie seems like a likely woman to do so), but I’ve seen so many now that would quickly turn a job, a house and a recovery from addiction back into the mess you see in many of these people’s lives. Again, addiction, homelessness or joblessness are not the core problem. They’re just the adult symptoms of a lack of love in our childhood. Email me if you’re serious about sending money to any of these people. I’ll send you a video clip of their response. Thanks for watching. ML

@@SoftWhiteUnderbelly Succinctly stated! The dilemma lies in the fact that this viscous cycle is doomed to repeat with each generation. How do we, as a society, break the cycle? Our current system is clearly failing. Children and family services nationwide are drastically underfunded, understaffed and overwhelmed. Our schools are crumbling; our teachers deflated and exhausted. Our prisons overflowing. Your videos reveal the dark sides of humanity; the pain, the unique, yet oh so similar stories of abuse and neglect...brief glimpses of hope. Perhaps, some day, we will actually find solutions. Powerful.

@@noell8254 Noell, Exactly. Thank you for watching.ML

Nino Brown agreed

You and I have same life story. I have endometriosis and stage 4

Jane Friel I agree. I’ve lived with chronic progressive pain for 18 years. I’ve often thought how easy it would be to turn to drugs to ease the pain. If anything tests you in life, chronic pain sure does. We’re pain warriors!! 😘

@@melvynn11 Thank you for your respectful and understanding comment Melanie.Correct, chronic pain is a huge daily challenge.Especially when there is no positive outlook.I truly don't know how we cope day in and out.Im sending you care, from Ireland.☘️💕💞

Jane Friel Bless you, Jane. Sunshine and gentle hug sent from America. I had a very difficult pain and depression day today. It was nice to see your message here tonite. I pray your pain is never more than you can comfortably bear. 🌎😇😇😇😇❤️ Melanie

@@melvynn11 Thank you Melanie.Unfortunately pain has no boundaries.I am in pain all day everyday.Many people suffer chronic pain.Its like being buried alive.I am happy to read your respectful and friendly comment.Sending you back care from Ireland.☘️

For d 11:08 rugs? That is awful. I hope you are well.

And you will never please people, no matter how hard you try you work hard and people will just see that you're working hard, yet they'll never acknowledge it and say you're still lacking and that you need to try again, to keep you doing things for them when they never do shit for you. Humanity is fucked up, we are on our own really, everyone's just so selfish.

@Kip Holder 👌🏻👏👏👏👏

@@DeathSpellXVI Wonderfully said!

This is absolutely true. Love and respect yourself.

FUCK "validation from others"

Actually it is.

I agree, gregory

It’s certainly a common denominator Child abusers are destroying EVERYONES lives.

I think he was speaking on her wealth as a child, yes she faced a lot of hardships in her family dynamic but she still was given chances. She had access to all of the things that could have prevented this outcome for her. Shes intellectual but by no means smart. I think that's what he meant.

She said her brother molested her when she was 5.

Where?

tyler durden I like your name

tyler durden lots of addicts are.

L Puma ... Because someone takes drugs does not automatically make them stupid.. l've been reading Ur comments and l'm just thinking to myself how self un-aware you yourself are it's a joke!! Oh well, one day humanity might get it right instead of saying if you're a drug addict you can't have a good head on your shoulders. Pls.

tyler durden most empaths are

Poetical PeaceStar yeah only stupid ppl touch drugs duh

LOL...don’t even get me started on that!

What should America be doing, exactly?

@@mimosa.pw2ij healthcare in the US is third world. over 25 million are uninsured. then, even if you have insurance, specialized doctors especially within the mental health sectors are expensive and hard to access. your success in this country is built on how much $$$ you have.

Yep, addiction is just a symptom of a bad childhood.

America focuses too much on punishment for addicts than healing the person. There is no mental health for people in these situations unless you can wait and pay cash up front. Then the cycle repeats.

she died??

My question as well.

How did she die??

1 year late but I totally see Joni Mitchell! Part of why I clicked is because I instantly thought of Joni.

good luck 🙏💕

She is so incredibly smart and emotionally aware. I hope she can find her peace.

Unfortunately... Being smart doesn't help addiction!!!!

When the time is right for her? Maggie is dead. Overdose.

Right, she needs to be around people who will elevate her to another level. She mentioned being seen as smart in skid row..that's cool and all but that shouldn't be her ceiling.

I knew exactly wat he meant some people are just so small minded in the comments sometimes smh

You can’t put your value in your boyfriends or husbands.... they leave and what is left?

I agree!! Wholeheartedly!!

exactly. a role model, a teacher, a friend.. anybody that actually has her best interests in heart. doesnt need to be romantic. i agree with your statement. mark did 1800 of these. he knows a thing or 2..

i found goggles, haha

I’ve done that before too and it worked. Thank goodness not using anymore but it’s way too damn easy.

Lmao

Wait till you discover TOR and have it mailed to you. Lol

@@JohnGalt916 no way

maybe she needs friends; but I think she could develop some program that it's better for people like her; she has all this knowledge: what worked, what didn't worked. she doesn't love herself.

Hell no many relationships is what she needs man support systems are fucking vital to staying clean and sober ..

Yeah, have to be honest and say that sounded a little suspect. Maybe he was being sincere in his advice but definitely sounds like bad advice.

@@tonymoran9794 he is just a human being trying to do his best; in other videos he adviced people to take psy meds and he doesn't how bad they are for poeple's health. Marc needs educate himself better in that; psy meds destroy your health and make poeple really sad. Robert Whitaker books.

Yeah what the hell was that? I thought he was going to say a career or something. Telling her to get a boyfriend as a solution shows a fundamental misunderstanding of addiction.

But you cannot base your sobriety on another person... what if the relationship ends? I agree you need connection and purpose, but you should never make another person's presence the basis of your identity, to the point where if they leave/die, you are left with no strength.

He loaded one today!

She’s 5x worse now.

@First Lastsome woman don’t want or can’t have babies, I’m lucky enough to have my own children fur babies, but had to do it all on my own as men in my life was Abusive, there shud be a app for single parent s etc 🙏🏼🙏🏼

I'm very sorry to read about your hell. I hope a miracle brings you out of there.

If God was a help, then GOD would have been there 25yrs.ago. The thought of hope thru a God , obviously helps her mental state...but an ACTUAL Deity is not helping nor doing shit. Not to be crass , because youre trying your best to be kind, but You've got problems yourself if you think, with blind faith, that there's a specific high force out there watching out for anyone in a positive way.

DunderKlomp Only the fool says in his heart there is no God. Psalm 14:1

@@sharonhare4835 Present ANY evidence that ANY god exists then !

gowd sake all of creation including your life.

@@sharonhare4835 Presupposition MUCH ! you think god was humping my mother or could it have been my father ? You thing God created the moon for fun Jupiter maybe ? what about comets ? Did god create volcano s for shits and giggles just to kill a few mortals or storms ? Did he create cancer one day because he was bored ? What about CF did he think people were breathing too easy . Creationalism is just PURE intellectual laziness

She mentions Iggy, who obviously had some powerful friends but if he can give up, there is hope for pretty much everyone.Also Steve Jones who got really low, but now he is long time clean.

@@paultoulouse8452 Your radar is finely tuned. He is not only inappropriate with his interviewees, but he's quite possibly a scammer, as well. Go to his videos with "Kelly" (Prostitute Interview-Kelly & Kelly update), the young black, supposedly abused & homeless girl, he opened up a GoFundMe for, and scammed compassionate viewers outta 30K (before he was forced to shut it down due to public outcry). Read the Comments...and follow the links to "Kelly's" IG & FB. VERY enlightening...

blueyzblue - thanks for the head’s up on Kelly. I was a little suspicious of her and the stories she told of her childhood. Her Go Fund Me account raised SO much money! It makes me wonder where all of that money went and still goes?

@@kikismama Yes...I hope the people who donated are able to get their $$$ back from GoFundMe. I ALSO hope that anyone who is in on scammin for $$$ on RU-vid is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Anya u said it yourself he is not a therapist...the videographer doesn’t have some ethical duty to refrain from saying what he wants

@@OldNurseBossyMeemaw Of course he does. As human beings, we all have an ethical duty to not cause harm to anyone...especially to damaged, fragile, on the brink people, by giving them irresponsible, unqualified, unsolicited medical "advice". Not to mention, it's very unprofessional of him to cross that line with his interviewees in the first place. That's Not what he's there for.

Sharon Benson I think some viewers think my channel is a firing range for their judgement and hatred. My hope is to help us understand how and why these individuals get stuck like this. Drug addiction is just a symptom of a more serious problem, I believe.

I agree . Also 5k views and 97 likes. I mean seriously., how hard it is to click the like button ?

@It Me a relationship is not always dating or sexual

question, how do we know this is her? i see a few people saying its her but i dont have confirmation. i may be missing something

matthew snyder I honestly do not know?

@@cindyfitzgerald4500 Hi Cindy, i did rewatch Larrys video and when speaking about how girls become addicted and why they turn to prostitution he did say "Well you know Maggies story, it started with an accident" so i think that is how people are making the connection.

@@johnnymo176 it’s very very common for people who have been taken off their much needed pain meds to turn to heroin in desperation. There was a statistic somewhere that over half of heroin users started taking it for pain relief, not to get high. They carry on about the opioid epidemic and use that as an excuse to cut people off their painkillers they truly need and then they get utterly desperate when doctors and the healthcare system fails them and they turn to heroin. Very sad but extremely common. I see it a lot in my line of work.

She died

I think he sees her intelligence and believes she is able to actually process advice. He may be right, but she also is such a giving person that she doesn't need advice to be more understanding of other people's issues and give them more grace. She is the type of person that is fiercely loyal and self-sacrificing. She gives grace to people all day. She even gave grace to her rapist and tried to understand his side of it. People like her do not need advice on how to be more like that... They need advice on how to love themselves and put their happiness above their love for others. She is a precious person, no denying that at all. I so appreciate the interviews, and the openness of these individuals.

I agree. It just seems like the advice adds to the confusion. Especially when he's not a mental health professional. I'm sure he means well but STOP. She doesn't need to add another task to her recovery process.

exactly

He's a punk. Typically Hollywood guy.

@dsfsdsfsdsds Who r u to judge?

I had the exact same reaction. I have watched about 15 of these stories and the interviewer rarely if ever comments, let alone gives the interviewee advice. When he jumped in with advice I was like oh no, you are not a licensed therapist and you’ve known this person less than an hour. Please don’t.

im sure the interviewees dont give a fuck about whether hes qualified to comment on things or not. when i was homeless and people would listen to me or talk to me it made me feel a lot better. hes doing a great service.

@@cheycheyfriend247 thanks for this perspective. That makes a lot of sense

@@jennawooster2364 in recovery we need healthy relationships. with our sponsors or higher power or the fellowship. we look for more positive relationships with our family and women. friendships. because we cant do it on our own.

Yeah, I was like...wtf??

That's so true and there's a lot of ignorant, vile people in there.

I used to feel the same way... but I hadn’t been to enough meetings! I’ve found my peeps in AA and I’m always there for the newcomer...I can’t give them willingness to change thou😕

@@thesixt.o.7568 AQQ

True.

Very true. Lots of self-serving white knights in there who will basically stalk you, then banish you from their little clique for not going every night, or agreeing with everything. Guess it's different for everyone.