This episode originally aired March 6, 2003 and features Naomi, Andy, and Camila as they deal with the negative effects of binge drinking and how their lives are impacted.
I think the reasons it worked well in this case was due to its (not entirely) authentic nature, the era and MTV at the time was attempting authenticity. Plus people weren't chronically online in the same ways people are now. I think if they rebooted this it couldn't be from MTV, but I'm not entirely sure which network would be able to handle this responsibly and as authentically as possible. I'm sure most networks would try to dramatize tf out of this kind of show and it's really not necessary.
@9roselove9 it literally is. You don't seem to understand how music licensing works and how expensive it is and not worth the hassle for many companies/studios. There are a bunch of shows that have never gotten a mass release because of the music used and others like The Wonder Years and Dawson's Creek which use alternate music from what was used on broadcast.
It's really a shame that they didn't license them with the future in mind. I think they underestimated how much we millennials would be willing to pay for nostalgia. 😅
He was probably having trouble with women because he gets excessively sloppy drunk and turns them off....the alcohol doesnt make you look as smooth and confident as you feel...
OMG me my sister used to watch True Life faithfully. I wish they would do True Life: Where are they now? I'm curious about so many ppl since some of these episodes still replay in my mind 😂 it would be nice to see where they are today
Naomi went into that advisor's office, goes on a rant about how she supports herself. Then when asked about her taxes she says she doesn't have a job and her dad supports her 😂
I can’t believe I was 13 when this aired! And can we say the background music to these episodes were on point ! I miss these shows, so real and uncut unlike today’s reality shows .
Im proud of Camila. I think she's the only one who grew up with an alcoholic and when she made that mistake she took it for the lesson it was and decided to change. Thats definitely not easy, especially so young, so big props.
Super glad I didn’t have a camera crew following me back in 2003, the year I turned 21. All these fools are about my age, be curious to know what happened to them.
This episode makes me laugh because I got hired as a bartender when I was 18. Worked there until I was 21. There used to be a liquor store I would stop at ( when I was way under 21) that would sell me alcohol. I would get into bars and nightclubs when I was 18/19. When you’re an attractive female, you can really get away with alot (I was kinda cute back then lol). There was a lot of older guys who were in their 50s that worked at small liquor stores that would let a cute girl buy whatever she wanted. Even random old guys in the street would offer to by alcohol for you. I was about 13 the first time something like that happened. Many times got it for free lol. Looking back it is gross and sad. But this episode brought back some of those crazy memories. Thanks for uploading. Love true life. One of my favorite shows when I was in middle school.
as a sober person (im an alcoholic), that guy asking camila to take a shot is honestly so disrespectful and would piss me off. if someone asked me why i don’t drink, i’d say wouldn’t you like to know????
The audio mixing,the background music used,the title cards that describe what's happening (which they got away from in later seasons) SO much nostalgia!
Camila’s story was so relatable. I went through all of that and finally, my first and last dui is about to dismissed. It’s so expensive and exhausting and it does change your life for the better to go through it all.
By some miracle, and some good driving habits I suppose, it never happened to me, but I always felt it would have meant instant sobriety. Not saying I wish it had happened that way, but I could see a benefit.
Proud of Camilla for resisting the temptation to drink and leaving the bar. I know it was probably hard but she did the right thing. I hope she's doing well today
Woke up this morning and watched this, I needed thissss. I was sober from alcohol for a month and 2 and a half weeks but I fell off the wagon and drank. :( I really wish to get sober again! 3 days ago was my last drink and I only had 2 drinks.
My boyfriend was sober for 51 days and thought he could have a drink when he went out with some friends. He’s been drunk for the last 5 days now. It’s scary seeing how he could do so well to so incredibly bad now. I would never wish it on anyone.
Thanks for posting these True Life episodes! You've got a new subscriber! I'm a recovering addict and alcoholic and unfortunately I did a lot of damage to my body but I quit drugs nearly 11 years ago and I quit drinking alcohol 3 years and 8 months ago! So glad I'm sober now! Addiction and alcoholism leads you nowhere!
@@hwoods-kg1jf thank you for being here and for watching! 😊 And wow, it sounds like you’ve really been through a lot, but I’m glad to hear that you’ve gotten yourself to the other side. I wish you the very best. ❤️
@@LetsGoBack-yt thank you 😊 I love your channel! Total nostalgia! I was a teenager in the 90’s and those were some of the best days of my life! I used to tape so much stuff off of MTV and VH1 and I moved so much over the years I lost my boxes and boxes of VHS tapes I had! If I still had them, I’d start my own channel of 90’s stuff! I had a ton of tapes! I am an only child so I was raised by the tv and the internet 🛜 😂 💯 loving this channel so much! Thanks for the great 👍 content!
@@Unknown-kx2kj when I was at my worst you couldn't have survived what I survived and been through in my 41 years of life! It's made me stronger and smarter in many ways. I love my life in recovery because it got to a point the partying wasn't making me happy anymore, it was making me more miserable. Hangovers suck. Being dope sick sucks. I'm proud of the woman I am today and you're not gonna rain on my parade so 👋👋👋
Omg yeah that was a total dickhead comment by her. We ALL understood what she meant when she said she reframes from going nude. She didn’t have to say the quiet part out loud 😭😭
Baby Mama Drama was WILD from what I can remember. I think the one dude bailed on taking his pregnant girlfriend to some important appointment because he wanted to work on his car with his buddy.
I feel bad for Andy, he knew he needed to change but no one around him supported him even when he told them he needed to chill. Actually a pretty handsome dude w cute dimples! Hope he got his life together and is doing better. Also I hope Naomi's roommate dropped her, she's a more respectable person than her...
This was so hard to watch. Naomi and Andy were so self destructive! Sad to say but parents aren't around forever so what will she do when her dad passes and she can't rely on him? I also thought it was horrible that the dad said he could only handle her for one hour a MONTH. He also seemed like he avoided things in life and she followed suit. I hope they all recovered.
Someone ESLE said they are her neighbor and she has a whole bunch of dogs and something else and that she lives in her van while selling real estate…ALLEGEDLY. 😂😂😂
Someone ESLE said that they are her neighbor and she has a whole bunch of dogs, something else ( I can’t remember) lives in her van, while selling real estate….ALLEGEDLY. 😂😂😂
Naomi actually lives by me in San Diego!! She has 8 chihuahuas (no joke, bred two of them and kept the puppies) I know she got evicted and now lives in a van, so wild to see her here this long ago , she also does real estate!!!! 😂
I loved True Life back in the day! It’s such relatable storytelling. And documentaries now don’t play Ja Rule instrumentals in the background 😂 Subbed!
This episode aired in March of 2003 and I newly turned sixteen one month prior. I’m now thirty - seven 🤯 It’s wild to think that this episode was over twenty years ago! Weird
Yep I was 19 a freshman in college now I'm 40. I miss these days back when life was so good. No stress, no bills, no adulting yet just going to college, clubbing and living life.
It’s weird seeing my home town on MTV, the court that Camila went to I did jury duty at in March, the school that Naomi was trying to register in I went to for 3 semesters back in 2008 but I think when this episode aired I was in middle school ☺️
You definitely have a new subscriber now❤. Hulu did use to have MTV True Life but they only had a few seasons of this show and not exactly episodes I wanted to watch.
I think it's a music rights issue as to why MTV can't post old episodes. I bought a DVD box set of the state (old MTV comedy show) and all the original music was changed to instrumentals
Thanks so much for uploading these episodes! I hope you upload the True Life: I'm Jealous episode. I haven't been able to find that one and haven't seen it in years.
@@217italian oh wow, this unlocked a memory. I COMPLETELY forgot about that one. Is that the one where the girl was even doing squats in the shower because she felt she needed to constantly be burning calories? I know I don’t have this one recorded but I will do some searching because I’d love to see it.
@LetsGoBack-yt no its the one where one girl was an alcoholic and she replaced that addiction for exercise and one other guy who was always at the gym
Naomi: 1:33 but also, 1:43 The dad’s shade at the mom talking about “she’s a party girl just like her mom” 👀 yet he doesn’t fucking care what Naomi does. An hour a month, then paying her $100 to go away. Yeah it’s “great” he’s an ATM & Naomi’s a fkn mess. Taxi driver was CRINGE as fuck! Andy’s “friends” don’t care about his wellbeing only their entertainment. Sidenote I love how Blink-182, Deftones, No Doubt & Missy Elliot comes up!!
I had a very brief moment of binge drinking in my mid 20s. I just stopped enjoying it. I still drink at home some, sometimes you just get bored of it and you’re tired of the hangovers
