@_TheMentor
As an ex-IV heroin and fentanyl addict for over 10 years, I completely approve of this video. It is extremely accurate, with the descriptions spot-on. The things you are willing to do, your morals that you are willing to suspend in the search of the drug is unimaginable. Anything you've ever said that you would never do, under any circumstances no longer applies. I have now been sober for a little over 10 years and still think of it daily, how I wish I could be pain free. I feel that this will never go away and that is something I will struggle with for the rest of my life. Thank you for this video.
@mousetales
I was found OD’d in a dark parking lot by pure chance back in 2015 and I never look back. I feel very lucky to be alive since that day, it’s been 10 years 🎉
@pokaface564
“The first time you do strong opioids will be the peak of your life” The best anti-drug message I’ve ever heard.
@emmaweymouth9262
I have 2 years sober and was a heroin and fentanyl addict for 5 years. This easily the best description I’ve come across. Devastatingly accurate.
@benroberts3677
My uncle got off of fent. About 5 times. The 6th time he tried to stop and relapsed, he ended his journey behind a walmart dumpster. He was an incredibly smart person, he just made a mistake. Get help guys. We will miss him forever
@akaHarvesteR
'you will never feel this good again' hits so hard. That was the most powerful, honest and comprehensive argument I've ever heard on why hard drugs are a bad idea. Growing up we just hear 'is bad, forbidden', which to the right age group, could just as well have been said as a dare. But knowing you will have a lifetime peak feelgood experience, that can never be had again, and to which you will now measure everything else in your life... Honestly that sounded absolutely terrifying. This video should be pinned to the top of YouTube, and left there.
@matrixlag4074
I have never seen a better explanation for addiction to opioids before. This is exactly what its like. I have never touched Fentanyl but long ago I was hooked on Methadone and this is exactly how it was. I hope anyone watching this, learns from it. That high at the beginning may be nice. But its absolutely not worth what it will do to you. There is nothing worse than being a prisoner to your body and addiction. There were times when I would envy everyone, just because they were free. No matter how bad things in life got. They could just run away and like in the wilderness if they wanted. But when you are hooked, you cant. You live with a countdown clock above your head. Always counting down to when the pain will begin. Its a horrible horrible way to live. You lose everything from it and everything you loved before that made you happy, no longer matters. Its a living nightmare. DON'T TAKE OPIOIDS. PLEASE DON'T ( I appreciate the likes. If my little comment can help even one person stay away from this stuff then it will be worth it. I dont want anyone else losing everything over these horrible drugs. So thank for helping my comment be seen)
@alicjalikesyou
8:06 once heard someone say “a lot of people don’t take drugs to feel good, they take it to avoid feeling bad” and now everything makes sense
@theminecraftbro661
Never thought id hear "Lets inject some heroine together" from the kurzgesagt voice
@TheWingsco
The entire part after injecting heroin to "This will be your peak life moment - forever" really hits hard. It is beautifully animated, almost like a meditation and the unbiased honesty really made me comprehend on an emotional level why heroin is such a dangerous drug. Scarred for life by happiness with an experience you will never ever reach again.
@thebigboondoggle
I’m addicted to Fentanyl now. Have been for years. These kinds of videos are hard to watch. When it comes down to it, some days it easier to pretend everything is normal even when it isn’t. Looking in the mirror is hard. I’ve tried to get clean so many times. But for anyone who wasn’t already aware/convinced, Opioid withdrawal (especially fentanyl) is the most hellish thing I have ever experienced. It’ll sap every moral, strength, emotion, and piece of who you are out of you. Where you’ll do anything to get well. I’ve never had a worse physical sensation in my life. My muscles feeling like they’re tying knots around my bones until they’re about crack, nausea so bad that you keep dry heaving even when you have nothing left, drenched in more sweat than you’d even think possible. Both ends burning like acid, and so low and suicidal you’d do anything to make it stop. I want everyone to know, stopping isn’t easy. Not even close. It’s the hardest thing most people will have to do in their lives. And I am so so proud of anyone and all of you who have made it out the other side. You give me strength, and hope that someday it’ll be different. EDIT: Wow, this blew up. I’ve never had so many people read anything I’ve ever said let alone this. Thank you all so much. I’m posting this as comment and edit, so forgive the possible redundancy. I just wanted to say thanks. Oh my god, I just saw all of this. I had my notifications turned off because of harassment on an H3 video (long story). Thank you all so much for your kind words. I’ve recently been in talks with a sober living home and rehab facility. I’ve been feeling really alone lately and it means the world to me. Life the way I’ve living it has come with a lot of stigma and shame. It’s hard to talk to others about all of this. This has made me feel so much hope and lot less scared. I’ll keep all of you in mind when things get hard and I feel alone. I’m done letting it rob my life from any more. ❤️
@Garcias-x8m
It's incredible to see this. Addiction is the worst situation anyone can be in. I'm an alcoholic and consume over 60 units a day, my wife is gone, my house is gone, I'm ruined by depression, PTSD etc. I will continue to fight my way out of this hell and pray for a solution. I've heard of many people breaking free and becoming the best version of themselves through different natural methods, and I hope to find a better way out. I'm dying daily with these disasters in life. I really need help. I can't keep living like this.
@HeisenbergFam
"its the dumbest drug to ruin your life for" Bro woke up and decided to be brutally honest
@chipgruver2911
I am an ICU nurse in the US. Everyone should watch this video. Thank you, thank you Kurzgezagt.
@coryhobgood
I OD'd in 2016, my best friend saved me. A couple of months later that same friend OD'd alone and died. This addiction gave me heaven for a second and then took everything else from me. I miss my friend, so much.
@TaliPolk
As a drug user myself this was an exceptionally well done video with a lot of respect for people like me. We are avoiding pain. And sometimes that can make us selfish and self centered. Addicts are just trying their best with the tools we have and for many of us, we simply don't have a lot of tools.
@idkwuisp7626
The fact that anyone can feel pure euphoria and bliss once for a few hours and then never be able to replicate that feeling ever again, is what makes hard drugs so terrifying to me. How is one supposed to live life after that one trip? When you know nothing will ever live up to that feeling?
@gownerjones
As an addict myself, one important thing to stress is that you will never be the same again after the first time you've been addicted. Addiction isn't something you heal from and then it's gone. Every moment of stress and sorrow and grief in your life will come with an extreme urge to go back to the drug. This will never go away.
@kuri7154
Even without all the physical harms, just on a pure philosophical level the mere idea of "The next few minutes will be the happiest you'll ever be in your entire life" is enough persuasion for me to stay far far away from it.
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