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I would have absolutely no problem getting off oxys if it wasn't for the restless leg syndrome which spreads through my entire body. it's impossible to explain it to someone unless they have been through it. I can take the puking, hershey squirts, hot and cold flashes..etc etc etc...but nothing compares to that psychotic restlessness...they should seriously change the name to something else. restlessness just isn't strong enough of a word.

If your watching this video your already hurting. But. You already know what the right thing to do is .. Delete the phone numbers calls and texts, get in bed, close the blinds, reach out for support.... I did it.... 1 month it took. Cold turkey... And 3 years later still clean. Fun DOES come back... Excitement comes back... Boredom goes away, REAL PAIN actually goes away with Advil (the most exciting day of my life when I took 2 Advil and my back stopped hurting) ... It will get better..

I have watched this video twice a day since 1/26/14. I'm on day 5 cold turkey from a norco addiction. Been addicted since 2008. Wasted 6 years of my life and lost time with my children I'll never get back. I can't express how much watching this help. I usually too 8-10 tablets a day. This time around I will NOT go back. I've shared this video with my mother and hope she looks at it the same way I do. It's inspiring and REAL and it's a must watch for someone who's motivated to lick and get your life back.

I can honestly say that I have not even been in eye sight of an opiate since I got clean. I completely secluded myself from anyone I knew that used. I may have seemed like a hermit to them, but I was busy finding myself. There is nothing wrong with taking time to yourself. Change your number, do not answer fb messages. Pills do not control you, YOU control you. It takes a serious eye opener to see what I am saying. Believe me, it's worth being an outcast to them.

The brain is a POWERFUL thing...nearly a year later and I still get depressed, but it is MUCH easier! I took up to 30 norco at a time with no high..and went cold turkey..worst ride of my life!

You are to be commended young man. But I know that you don't care about commendations. Love is its own reward, and you are showing that to those who are most in need of it now.

Thanks bro for the motivation. I'm 61, been on oxy for 9 years, and I quit 11 days ago when taking 100mg a day. I'm almost functional again, taking anti nausea meds and ambien so I can sleep....but I'm pushing through it, the 5 days of hell I'll never forget, and now each day is getting better. Thanks for your strength.

im still going : ) not easy by any means but im on day 2

Thanks for this. I've been clean from opiates for about 15 months, totally clean from everything 9 months. Life is good!

The feeling of wanting to go back is just part of the process. I've decided to always make myself the promise that when I am feeling at my worst and near the breaking point that I will always wait it out for one more day. The one extra day can be the difference between a last step towards feeling better or walking the entirety of the long dark road from square one. Those ravenous urges are intense though. Choose life...

Today was a turning point for me!!! Your awesome thank you God Bless you!!!! And I am coming off H and methadone....This video has sent chills through my soul......And I will be back when its all done and over with..

Thank you so much. I have all the thoughts telling me its going to be better drug free but hearing it from someone else and having it validated is soo important.

10 years of addiction, all/any opiates, methadone(pure fucking hell), suboxone, 6 lovely rehab stays, halfway houses...you name it.....NEVER has another human being spoke such simple words that gave me the deepest hope and JOLT that I have NEVER felt before. Thank you Ryan Donnelly! I must have called 75 sub. Dr.s where Im from and non of them had openings....then i seen your vidoe and just today I realized that their was a reason I could not find a new sub. Dr. If I would have found one yesterday, I would have never know that in just 24 hours I would be feeling much better from w/d!! thank god!! and thank you! and as a bonus...your gorgeous to watch;)

Everyone is different. I don't get cravings as often as I did in the beginning of my recovery but every so often when I do I think about when I was going through withdrawals the last time. The pure hell I was facing physically but much more mentally. The fear of the mess I had created, (pending felonies, ruined friendships, making my life an overall disaster.) Channel those feelings you get. That same drive to get the drug, put it into something positive and kick your days ass.

I got teary-eyed watching this. U are an inspiration. U probably saved a lot of lives doing this video! God bless U man. You're the best! I'm so glad You're here! :-)

Keep up the good work!.30 years for me.Shot while in the Navy 1979 three times in the leg and hip.I am tired of the stomach pain so I have it cut in half from 100mg a day to 35mg a day an I am winning.I am giving myself time by doing it gradually but I will win in the end.

you are right! you do have a very important purpose on this earth and it is to start a non profit rehabilitation center!....that's gonna be great!....I am currently clean since January 5th 2013. I wasn't able to go cold turkey but I did use suboxone but what I didn't do was use as much as they tell you too!...when you do get this rehab open I want to be a volunteer!...I don't care what the position as long as I can be a part of helping all these great people be great again !

Watching this video has done more for me than you can ever know. Four months ago I tried to help someone, in turn I was shot in the face and shoulder a foot away with a caliber .357 magnum pistol loaded with high power hollow point rounds. When I woke up 1600 miles away from home in Harborview hospital in Seattle Washington. I concentrated on healing so I could see my family and friends, and also my girlfriend, I had an engagement ring for her and was waiting for the right time and place to ask

This was great.... I sold for years, dabbled at them, eventually became addicted....forked over my last 12 to my mom to help me ween down then completely stop.... U are great dude thanks for this!!!!!

it takes 7to 10 days of withdrawal and pain but in the end it gives you years of great life just be strong very strong and you will get throu it . cuz i been there and done that trust your self and be strong and good luck everyone

Watching your video, I am ready to stop this addition and be the happy kind loving person I used to be. You truly are a hero. You saved my life. Thank you

your so logical and down to earth when it comes to explaining everything with addiction. im currently a heroin addict, and have been for the past year. your the only person that has actually inspired me on the internet to get clean...

Your awesome man! Keep it up!!

You are EXACTLY right and thank you for taking the time to post this video. Long story but clean, clean, CLEAN. Loving life.

Thank you so much. I was crying with you. After I was put in a psych ward I couldn't take it. I thought I was going to live in a half way home by the way everyone was talking and acting. I just happened to be near someone who had heroin. I couldn't even get help at first by my mother and pretty much everyone could except my brother needed help, but me, no I wasn't an addict I had to just stop. Eventually I got help and that lasted around 3 years! Now i'm engaged and i'm sitting in this bed freaking the fuck out. I just want to fat guys to lay on myfucking arms!!!! i'm alone now b/c fiancé is at work and this made me feel better. It still feels like shit but I know Ive been through so much this is FINALLY the end of the rain of shit clouds leaving my life. from psych wards, pneumonia near death in a hospital, to withdrawing from fuckin methadone. I'm almost there… well not really it's only day 2 and i'm freakin, but the good thing is I have absolutely NO way to get anything even if I wanted. Thank you again!!

you are a legend my friend wow do I have a story ha ha we need people like u on his planet and u should feel good about it like u clearly do.

thank u ryan u got me in tears man..have gotten of oxy and heroin countless times..and am currently back in hell day 3..suboxone wont even touch my withdrawals but your video has managed to make me smile and feel that positivity i had when i was clean

You're a beautiful person with a beautiful message. I got through it! EVERYTHING THIS MAN IS SAYING IS RIGHT ON TARGET! YOU CAN DO THIS... If you're out there feeling all alone... YOU'RE NOT ALONE. The horrible feelings will end. The brain has an amazing ability to heal. Just give it a chance AND GIVE YOURSELF A LIFE OF LOVE AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK!

Right on dude, I have been on this roller coaster for 20 years and it just takes and takes, I want to get clean and stay clean. This is the most important thing you can do for yourself and everyone in your life. Life is beautiful and you can do everything you think you need dope for a million times better without it. I'm still struggling and will be for a long time but it is always getting better. Screw the haters and the assholes. Do what you need to do when you need to but make sure that your not living life born to loose, live to win. That is Rock'n'Roll! Keep up the PMA (positive mental attitude!) I wanna live!

Clean for 2 weeks now. Almost back to baseline.

Love this video! So inspiring! Thanks for taking your time to actually put your heart into this and letting us know that there will be sunshine again.

I'm 19 and a half. I had a 6 month oxycodone addiction. Averaging 40mgs a day orally. As I'm writing this it is my 3rd day of having withdrawals. I have done horrible things too, man. I grew up in the middle, but started stealing from my parents and eventually they found out so I came clean. The mental part is the hardest right now. I feel like I'm never going to get better. Currently I'm not allowed to leave my house to go ANYWHERE. I don't see sleep happening tonight.

Im 2 1/2 years clean I started with vics n other pills n by the end of my 5yr addiction I was shooting heroin, I been to hell n back n I got the scars to prove it. U kno what else I got?? Proof that you can pull ur ass out of that hell n come back 10 fold!! Since then I moved twice juss cuz I cud n wanted to see more of the us n live in nice places, n appreciate life n what the world had to offer! This guy is 150% right the quality of life you gain is by far the most amazing thing!!

Dude i loved it cause u have been there thx alot GBY ALL

Ryan - I respect you a ton. You're well-spoken and deliver your story beautifully. My cousin is addicted to opiates and here I am, searching the web, looking for ways to help him. I really, really appreciate your realness and words. You've got a follower, man. Keep on, keein' on.

I am so happy to see that SOMEONE is telling the Truth. I am trying to do this? I have already detoxed. I wanna live for years to come, I AM SO Happy I heard this TONIGHT! Supportive Words mean alot more than Pitty from anyone or NEGATive woRDS.

Everything you said about getting clean is how I try to imagine it, and how good it will feel is the only thing that keeps me going at this point because I'm so sick of being strung out. It's good to hear someone explain how much your life can change because sometimes I forget what it's like to be clean. Got my Subutex, Clonodine, and gonna do this like it's the only thing that matters in life. I'm also stoked to see how much you really want to help other people. That's a true hero to me.

Thank you I'm on day 3. I'm sticking it outt. There is no way ill ever go back to those pills!!

Insomnia and all the reasons for it is the number 1 reason why people go back during withdrawal from my experience. This may sound absolutely absurd, but buy a bar of irish spring soap, take the bar out and place it under the sheets near your feet. For some reason this helps psychotic leg syndrom.

dude you truly bring light to a dark situation. you're really an inspiration to me. i'm almost done with my ween off of suboxone and i'm already shitting my pants from fear. however, i recently lost my job and i'm determined to utilize this excess free time towards the ultimate positive for me. just wanted to say thank you for the boost.

You are an inspiration. You are helping me stay sober.

Man! You are AWESOME!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for sharing your stories, helping people out by giving motivation, inspiration and advice! You are so real!!! Thank you!

Thanks. I really appreciate the support.

It's awesome you're putting these vids on here. Keep it up man and wish you luck.

Day 1

I love this video.... great stuff!

Thanks for the motivation man! I feel a little better every time I listen to this video, You would make an awesome life coach.

Good for you brother!!

Just payin it forward. Thanks

your words cut deep, thank u

Thank you everything you have said has made me less worried about trying to get off of prescription drugs. seriously thank you. I'm gunna be listening to this video over and over for a little but it WILL be worth it.

great vdeo IM trapped in this hell now....

U amaze me, plus u r helping soooooooooooooooo many ashamed addicts. The woman who gets u is lucky, ur gorgeous too.

12 days with tramadol and no withdrwls and slowly kicking tramadol down to 300 mlg from 150 mlg oxy

Great video! Best I've seen through these fish eyed lensed detoxing eyeballs I'm looking through. Love the illustration of "you can go this way or that way" to elaborate I'd say each day is going up a rung on a ladder and you're wanting to get to the other side of that wall. Once you're up there you can go back down and stay on that side or keep going and jump that wall.

man, you couldn't have said it any better. I'm on day 5. I have zero to offer anyone today but I do best when I divert attention away from my own self inflicted misery. trying to imagine my future self helping others in this blue pill hell of an existence. I want you to know that saying what you said about the clarity of thought and realizing your life isn't over after all, and that our brains lie to us during the process. thank you.

ur right man thanks your really going to save my life. i pray

thanks it gives me hope. i need this i don't want to fail.

I worked a detox for 4+ years in Akron and I truly believe watching this video should be mandatory for people entering. THANK YOU for helping people.

Thank you for your wonderful inspirational words!!!!

good vid bruv nice one man im on week 5 methadone cluck and am seeing some light and your vid is inspiring thanks good stuff

Thanks- day 5 I needed this

That was really encouraging for you say all of that. It gives me more incentive. The problem is the pain I have every day makes like suck. I think being in pain sucks more than being addicted. I'm looking for an alternative. I found one but it's more expensive and I can't afford it. Great video. The best I've seen!

great story buddy, are you still clean?. been listening to this video every morning. thank you for being real.

thanks man you give me hope

Thank you.

Your videos are awesome and inspiring me. If at all possible could you upload the other videos you used to have? I like to rewartch them from time to time for inspiration. I'm almost 2 months now off of opiates. Thanks for the help man, hopefully later on in my recovery I can reach out and help people like you have.

thank you for the info. I thought you may have been joking about the irish spring but i looked it up and i found that people have had good results with that. I normally tie a blanket around my legs to cut off circulation. i know how stupid this sounds but withdrawals will make you do anything for the smallest bit of relief. I have holes in the wall beside my bed from all the violent thrashing. you're a really cool dude for wanting to help people.

I'm in between jobs right now too and agree that it's a perfect opportunity to take time and get your shit straight with yourself. If you did a good Sub taper you should be OK, don't stress too hard and pysch your mind out before it even happens. Good luck!

Wow I love this video bro!

You too real. I ain't heavy on drugs at all been sipping Lean and going thru withdrawl. I'm on my 6 day. Ready for this feeling go away

right right dude, good video, very smart, technical,constructive, thumbs up.

great vid man. your a cool guy

Ignore the haters. People putting others down on the internet obviously don't have it "all together" in their own lives. I became addicted to prescription drugs after years of use do to a painful and incurable autoimmune disease. I didnt even abuse them, i took them as prescribed but even so they warped my life. I have been sober since may 11, 2012. This brings back memories of what i felt like those 1st couple weeks. I hope you are gettin all the rewards of sobriety. :)

Im on day four and a half of subutex withdrawal and im not giving up no way x

thank you bro so much ur words of wisdom help more than u could possibly imagine. me and my girl watch ur video to beat our hydromorph/oxy/perk addiction

RESPECT BRO

Thank you ryan your speech is so encouraging to those who are a slave to this drug world of big pharma, toughest thing is some people dont believe they are strong enough mentally. But one day I said to myself, I hate this shit so bad it does nothing for me anymore ...I told myself the mind controls the body so if I believe im getting sober I really am, it worked !!!! Never thought I could do it but I did!! We all can God Bless Us all !

Nice. It's so true too. We that couldn't get clean for days, years, selling our souls to the devil, for soooo looooong, we really want others to feel how beautiful life CAN be once you get thru this crappy part called withdrawal. It was nice to see such an encouraging video. Good work!!! God bless you, even without the sneeze! Lol ( sorry lame joke)

Thank you!! SO encouraging!

You have really helped me...

I beat every expectation three fold. I was told after a month I may be able to go home. I left the hospital on day ten, talking, walking and ready to go to the people I love. I was prescribed oxycodone for pain, it was a liquid that I could inject in the tube that was surgically implanted into my stomach and protruded from my abdomen just below my sternum. Needless to say I'm very addicted to painkillers of any type. I drove my fiance away my friends away and even my family away. But after

im goin through hell right now and it sux so bad all i wanna do is use but your videos inspire me to stay clean and im gonna do it i know its gonna be hard but its wut i gotta do

thanks alot bro your an awesome person no homo... keep it up .. you helped me out

..thanks bro.

You're the fucking man. Tonight was my "fuck it" night and I'm pushing through it.

Awesome

Hope you're doing better. It's extremely hard to do.

Hey dude. I have the same familiar story. U know, its hard. 2 years ago i did something kinda stupid. I came clean to my family, surrendered my money, car, id, phone, everything, and was forced to kick my heroin habbit cold turkey. U can imagine how hard it was but i made it. the crazy thing is, i went back to work on day 8 and felt ok physically but so overwhelmed. went on suboxone and know il one day kick this too. did u go to a detox and if so, did it make it any easier?

I'm really glad you made it,mate; I went through the same hell as you,(heroin,then heroin and cocaine,methadone,oxycodone).Now clean,after struggling for years; you are completely right.I can understand what you mean...well done,cheers,mate!!!

How much were you taking at your peak? I'm about to start my recovery after 3 years of opiods. I'm a veteran that was badly injured on my last deployment and have been on and off hydro and oxy. I've limited myself to only so much because I know how bad the withdrawals can be. It used to be very bad but now it's only around 3-5 5mg oxy's. unfortunately I'm mainly quitting because I can't get anymore...I know i need to want to do it for myself though. I just function so much better with them...

Please help me. I cant remember what feeling normal feels like, but i feel like its not as good as with oxy, but oxy is giving me hell at the same time. My parents think iv stopped, but iv just gotten a job that really helps me support the habit, so im high every moment of the day. Does feeling normal really feel good? i know it sounds stupid, but thats whats really holding me back. can i take a run and feel happy when im clean? can i do the normal things and get any happiness when clean??

Your inspiration goes a long way, Im not a junky was scribed oxycodone 15 for undiagnosed abdominal pain. Flew half way accross the country to see supposed best specialist at Mayo and UCLA. Let me say there are very intelligent caring docs out there although I have yet to be introduced to one. So three years into it with no light at the end of the tunnel, im finally fucking done with docs and there little green pills. Weening myself off as we speak. Your a great asset to humanity!! Thank You!!

Love some JEW. Jimmy Eat World!! the PAIN song. double thumbs up.

I am coming up on 30 days sober... tried to do it myself many times over the past 10 years but always fell back into when I started drinking again or substituted with another substance (my drug of choice WAS opiates)... My life was a literal living hell and I almost killed myself. I really appreciate this channel and have subscribed. I am still craving and "fighting the demon" in my head but for the first time in a long while I have hope for a better future.

(continuing from my last comment) My thoughts were suicidal and anxious, and i could only squirm around in agony on my couch. I've never experienced this before, and it's kinda scary. I would really like some help, because i don't want to go to any doctor or rehab. I can do this on my own, i'm not weak. But i really would like someone to talk to who knows what to expect..

I really gotta watch this tomorrow. I just kinda "relapsed" and took 20mgs like 30 minutes ago. I've been taking this shit randomly from january 2012 to december 2012, and more or less daily from the beginning of 2013. But i really gotta stop doing this shit, i tried to quit and i really thought i could do it. And my dose isn't that high either, it's been about 20-40mg / day. I was TOTALLY wrecked when i tried to quit. i managed to be a few days sober, and i realized i'm a slave to this crap.

I am on day 2 of Weaning myself off of Vicodin. I was taking 3 750s every 3 to 4 hours of the day. I took an average of 12 pills a day. I'm am starting off with only taking 4 a day. I feel like shit and can't stop freaking out . Family and friends are more important to me so I am Dedicated to stopping. Your story is Definitely an eye-opener. I was told that Weaning down to a smaller dose before completely quitting was the best way. Is this true? Thanks for being real about all of this.

hi, thankyou so much for this video.... i was wondering.. does the boredom ever go away after quitting? i find no enjoyment out of anything anymore.. im 5 days clean, used for 1year daily 80mlg i just want to be able to enjoy everything again.. but im so booooooored without oxycontin

i really need help im so deppressed and i feel like cant deal wit it anymore but im pushin through like its never gonna go away please help