Scotland's Valium Crisis - Dundee

[@madscottishman95_98]

So I lived in a homeless unit with Levi, I was young and didn’t understand a lot of what was going on around me….one night I was having a panic attack and he sat me down near enough all night and talked to me, I’ll never forget how comfortable he made me feel. He’s a genuine guy and deserves the best

[@grahamblack1961]

It’s important to remember that no matter how far a person falls in life they’re still a human being

[@carmenl163]

I think most people who are addicted are very sensitive and can be the most caring persons to be around.

[@sweatyhaggis4303]

I met and spoke to Levi at the time this doc was made, he told us to look out for him on the documentary, seemed like a nice guy just hope he’s doing okay

[@чужак303]

any update on Levi?

[@Xt-tt6mc]

@@чужак303brown bread

[@MADMAN-k9x]

I've used diazys to help coming off booze and heroin but the withdrawal off benzos is absolutely horrific.

[@Billybunts]

I seen the withdrawal off Xanax and you're so correct! It's 1 of the worst withdrawals going

[@alicejones1912]

@@Billybunts oh god I kept having mini seizures, in and out of seconds of unconsciousness aka sleep at that time, not able to eat a thing, hallucinations. Horrible.

[@Billybunts]

@alicejones1912 keep it going its worth it in the end. Meditation Excersise Water Reading It's the way forward

[@Craigrrr]

Benzo withdrawal 100% hell!

[@EinsteinsChalkboard]

I feel so much for Levi… He’s stuck in an extremely destructive cycle but seems like such a genuine person. One of those persons that really touched me, I have never been on the same dependence level as him, but God I wish I could just meet him over s drink, talk to him and try helping him find new ways in life. If you’re reading this bro, I truly hope you’re now doing better than by the time of the recording. We’re alot of people who truly understands you, I hope you get in touch with some of us just to at least get some of that support and motivation you need to move on from this. Gods speed brother.❤

[@maxbone2401]

There’s a lot of new comments dehumanising people who’ve become addicted to Valium which is easy to do when you see how Levi is living his life and how far removed his is from your own. I come from a well off, happy family, I’m doing a PhD in cancer research, I’ve incredibly supportive friends around me, I’ve been prescribed diazepam for anxiety that I take a couple times a week that I’d be completely agoraphobic without. I listed the above personal details because it’s worth saying I come from an incredibly privileged stress free upbringing with good future prospects and lots of reasons to be happy. Circumstances have still made me barely able to cope at times. If I was missing any of these privileges, fragmented family, limited prospects/criminal record, poor network of friends who were maybe addicts too, I can’t imagine how I’d deal other than wanting to numb these feelings the only way I knew how. It’s cruel for society to be fine with me and view someone like Levi as a failure. It’s our society that’s failed him and we should be ashamed.

[@michaelatherton605]

These comments are from ppl who haven't got a clue, they just like to abuse folk from behind a keyboard. Hope you get off them mate.

[@Chriswatt313]

@@maxbone2401 and Levi isn’t just taking Valium he doin opiates etc etc ,that’s why he like that

[@Chriswatt313]

@@maxbone2401 Valium is a miracle drug for anxiety it works near enough instantly,I have been through all the crap that works in 2 months time,,,,ssri ,maoi, dothiepin,fluoxetine ,seroxat etc etc they made me worse,it really is extremely effective for those who need it,those that dnt will usually be comatose slurring words etc,it’s easy to abuse though cos ur confidence is instant on it,but u have to check ur self with it ,

[@thomaslouise8238]

Tragic. That was someone’s baby boy. I hope and pray Levi gets the help he needs.

[@gin5sey]

@@thomaslouise8238 he's been in and out of prison for petty offences since this film. Doesn't look good

[@Albert_O_Balsam]

People like that girl AJ have a heart of gold, they get themselves out of that situation themselves, but have the courage to throw themselves back into it to try pull others out, that's real bravery and humanity.

[@Disorder1889]

@@Albert_O_Balsam I thought it was a geezer

[@staceyraymond173]

​@Disorder1889 it's a lassie... a real brave lassie...but this whole thing I'd fckin embarrassing... we are the forsaken ..rip dundee🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mdogg1604]

2:06 You are "wrapped in bubble wrap...(but) the problem's still there in the morning..." I hope this young man finds someone to listen and in the long run it helps...

[@OKMONTY17]

I've been through alcohol addiction which took me through hell. I was drinking 2 litres of vodka a day. This happened in my 40's after working all my life. I still don't know why it happened. Don't judge people. Help them instead

[@Xanrax]

it's so hard to detox off that shit felt like my body was inflamed can't sleep throwing up freaking out it almost killed me several times mixed with methadone and heroin pills ect. I've been clean for two years now best thing I've ever done

[@grunkert]

I'm in the grips of benzo addiction right now and have been for years. I'm glad you got clean

[@Xanrax]

@@grunkert I see one thing going for you at least you recognize the problem and I hope you can get help. I go to NA and AA and have a sponsor I go once a week and so far it's working and cannot describe how much suffering I went through years and years of prison and everything you can think of it took this to convince me and honestly for the first time in my life I'm happy and have a sense of peace. I wish you the best.

[@PavoNurmi06672]

I also went to rehab for benzos. They are the absolute devil. Detox was the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced. 7 months clean 😊

[@dirkkorpershoek92]

Respect

[@RossDawson-s6h]

Did you hallucinate?. After 10 days I was going insane and I’d already given up a 15 year H habit (crack and all the rest but H was my favourite) I’ve been clean for 15-16 years now and don’t miss a second of that life.

[@ricmay2837]

Invisible and go shop lifting …you end up locked up .. better begging …harming no one…13 when first taking dangerous unknown drugs …. Today……Levi is his a Born Again Christian..off almost all drugs ..still takes weed …and in a shared family home near me…with dog, kids, many people who care about him…. Levi is very much better And will keep improving…. As he recovers …. Ric

[@leckomio3]

Very nice to hear. Benzodiazepines are a hell of drug and the Withdrawal ist worser than heroin. Wish him the best, greetings from germany.

[@SCROTOROLA]

​@@leckomio3the only reason why it is worse is because you can get seizures if you drop from a very high dose to none. But psychological, benzo withdrawal is easier than heroin.

[@CO-oz1fk]

❤️

[@Finrayy]

I was wondering if you might be able to help me get in touch with him for an interview. I live next to Baxter Park, been a Dundee resident for 15 years. Don't work for anyone, I just want to film a follow-up.

[@livingstone8347]

​@@SCROTOROLANot true at all, benzos are the most difficult to withdraw from.

[@tropicalpalmtree]

That guy in the flat is fcked. Being that addicted to Benzo/spice/methadone is the worst imaginable drug problem.

[@BrandonKingsbury]

I was a drug addict for 20 years.... Valium never did mich for me... Xanax did but ,I was a heroin junkie... and as with any addiction that turns into dependency it very hard to get out of. No matter what the drug. Watching this I. So glad I got out !!!

[@himmelblau23]

Thank you for sharing your story. It's really helpful for other people to hear. How long is it since you got out of heroin dependency?

[@cooocooballs9783]

The guy that said your indestructible he lives in my street and he is so sound. The guy that died in his flat that’s the same street my dad died in

[@Dorvita]

My Sister too xxx

[@MrMcChuckles95]

Just every Scot on KZbin getting this recommended at the same time 😅

[@yomrwhite607]

yup

[@craftygirl138]

Snap 😂

[@alicejones1912]

@@MrMcChuckles95 what if you’re also addicted to Valium 😂

[@MrMcChuckles95]

@@alicejones1912 me?

[@alicejones1912]

@@MrMcChuckles95 no me

[@alanbarr1988]

These are the guys my heart bleeds for. They mean no harm to anyone but they're totally bound by their addiction. 😢

[@Weegin]

Took me 2 years in rehab and therapy to get off that poison I lost literally everything my family friends.

[@eilowhassel6677]

Stay strong. Just.. stay strong

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Xanax is even worse

[@nyllneksif2574]

This hits me hard in so many ways ❤ great wee slice of life thank you 🙏

[@keithstack6321]

There are not many ways to fill your life with more anxiety than to get addicted to anti anxiety medication. I feel a deep gratitude I never got hooked, could’ve easily happened. if you make 1 particular friend, or meet with one particular psychiatrist, in one particular period of your life, it can wreck you. If you’re reading this and you are in it, there is life outside of it, reach out. Getting thru All the misery you are experiencing can be turned into a level of gratitude normal people cannot understand. It can be made a rare gift.

[@CustardCream33]

@MsKristiansen I hope you're doing well... All the best, always here if you need to talk

[@Nantosuelta]

I have a muscular pain condition and I sometimes take half a 5 mg valium to sleep at night, and the next day I usually feel quite tired and out of it. I cannot imagine what it would feel like to take 20 pills. Very depressing

[@luxx1346]

Usually just wake up feeling angry cause you took all your pills but cant remember ever taking them to begin with. Its not even real diazepam, its etizolam bought from some telegram or dark net market and resoled to the user at a higher price.

[@GuessMyName234]

​@@luxx1346😂

[@SusanWillan]

Your right 5mg valium the real ones or 2mg by Roche pharmaceuticals

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

So sad Levi seems like a decent bloke

[@markcloudchaser874]

Ive been ill just over 2yrs now staying off the valls its been the hardest rattle actually its more sickness staying off them. Nightmare

[@sooticablue1664]

I’m actually fucking heartbroken for this man.

[@janetimrie9281]

Love feeling like that lost my brother 11months ago 💔 nothing to lose grafting every night can't get tablets anymore lost my vendor big up nottingham aka shottingham

[@Rom-ju5tf]

It was the sackler Family that marketed valium as non addictive just like they did with oxycontin.

[@HarrisonBurgeron-h9m]

Rothschilds Sacklers Monsantos....What do they all have in common?

[@sparkkoo0]

​@@HarrisonBurgeron-h9m LOL

[@o0julek0o]

@@HarrisonBurgeron-h9mwas gonna say the same thing

[@michaelatherton605]

Life can be extremely difficult for some ppl, but it becomes so much more difficult when you're addicted to drugs. The problems are still there when you sober up and it's so much harder to live your life when all your moneys spent and your health is bad. Take it from someone that's been there and is now clean for 2 years.

[@JupiterRising2525]

Well done. Your commitment and all your hard work is such a massive achievement. ❤

[@RustyD.I.Y]

Well done man❤ i was addicted to coke for 7yrs. It boggles my mind to think the money ive wasted. Still have a beer but free of the dust. Cleans out your common sense & your bank

[@MoustacheCloud]

I like Levi. I hope he didn't burn his house down.

[@piercehubbard4086]

In 2017 I was living and working in San Francisco at a great job, unfortunately that income allowed me to always have more than enough drugs around. I was taking 100mg of methadone a day, an average of 12 Xanax bars, and smoking crack to balance myself out, not to mention working 8-12 hours a day. I don’t know how I lived through it. Getting off those benzos in particular was the hardest thing I went through, until I tried kicking methadone at the same time. I went in a coma for 5 days

[@piercehubbard4086]

@@MegaBspark - I had a similar experience, even with the food! Benzos always gave me the most intense munchies (Diazepam and Xanax in particular), like I’d eat everything in the pantry and a gallon of ice cream! One day I got my refill of 90 2mg Ativan (Lorazepam) … that doctor was insane he started me off on that dose! Anyways one day I got it filled and went to my friends house as he was barbecuing, him, his wife and myself took one pill each and got excited to eat, next thing I know I wake up two days later on a kid’s bed (nothing nefarious - his son was with his mom for the weekend and I was so fucked up they had me sleep on his bed). I couldn’t remember anything but when I looked in my pockets I found my pill bottle totally empty (somehow the three of us took all 90 pills), a little cash and a bunch of casino chips. Luckily my car was still there and I never got arrested!

[@brokendreamchaser39s]

I had a coke problem for years and alcohol and every pill i could get my hands on. Inlcuding oxycodon . Morfine,tramadol and codeine. Today i only use methadone and it saved my life or i would be dead allready years ago. I have a normal good job with good money. Nice appartment. Living in a friendly neighbourhood with actually older people like 60+ I like this peacefull life now after the years of hell , always dealing with withdrawal/ finding pills etc. Only thing i am working now is to get enough money for a car

[@lucastaylor2321]

I'd like to know how Levi is doing today ?

[@DieselDSM69]

If the Westminster government hadn't closed all the traditional industries of Scotland, then people there would've had something to look forward to, a career, a wage, pride in themselves and their community. This is what happens when you take everything away from communities.

[@johnoneil7235]

Not strictly true, but your opinion counts

[@skykid3]

Enjoy living in smog did you?

[@bombtwenty3867]

They never closed down industries. Never signed a decree to shut down factories. People allowed themselves to be lured by the unions into getting greedy. They slacked off, were inefficient, and refused modernisation to prevent industries getting more efficient. Unlike in Germany where the unions accepted it. Industry was outcompeted. If you're talking about the ship yards, if they can't get enough work to justify themselves as work goes to cheaper countries, what do you expect? Perhaps this was always the intended destination, as Union leaders are as controlled as politicians, but people still allowed themselves to get greedy and unreasonable.

[@dieselgav]

I nearly topped myself after briefly taking the blue tablets. They do have a sedative effect, but the depression I was left with afterwards was absolutely terrible. Never again.

[@danielleburke87]

What do u think was in them fentynal

[@MarioGomez-nd2mx]

I'm done with Benzos, hell on earth

[@thecontinuityguy3476]

I have extremely bad anxiety and diazepam is the only thing that ever makes me feel happy, I get 14 5mg a week ( from the GP ) and take them all on the same day then let it leave my system for 4 days

[@internationalparam]

Ah yes that sounds like how someone with anxiety would take diazepam

[@aldorfc220]

2 10mg a day morning and night 1 each 2 a day helps with panic attacks anxiety. Try not to abuse them tho

[@internationalparam]

@@aldorfc220 but that is abusing them, taking valium every day is a terrible idea. So are you really scripted 20mg a day? You dont just take them when you panic? Where are you from

[@internationalparam]

@@aldorfc220 (keep in mind ive had to do valium detox)

[@buzzin-hornet]

They ain't leaving your system in 4 days pal. Try weeks or months! Been there, 4 years hooked, 6 seizures, 9 days in hospital. Don't play with benzos because benzos don't play with you! Be careful dude! ; )

[@smokinon0ps986]

Levi is still alive and living in Dundee.. He unfortunately didn't look to great and still has a very bad habit.

[@tropicalpalmtree]

He will never kick that. Benzos on their own are basically an unbreakable habit, let alone with spice and methadone in the mix. The three most addictive drugs there is.

[@MrTears03]

@@tropicalpalmtree yes absolutely. Ye Cannae beat a nice big flat fluffy line but eh 🤤

[@jackcharlie9322]

Can you drop some vegetable soup off for him

[@josefdenis3799]

​@tropicalpalmtree it's possible but can take years slowly reducing doses

[@josefdenis3799]

And a high relapse rate

[@alyahal-jasser7094]

this is about Dundee and the whole show is about 2 Geordie junkies.

[@ShitJitsu]

yip you got that right

[@neilrenzo2186]

Vallium is llluuuuurvvllyy!!! 😂 😂

[@SaddamHussain-gx9nc]

You must be one of those rich Saudi chicks who think Britain is their country somehow. Stfu

[@Teeb2023]

...who live in Dundee.

[@alyahal-jasser7094]

@@SaddamHussain-gx9nc Just about. From the Ferry, so I suppose rich is right 😘

[@frankiewalnuts]

7 years on I wonder if Levi is still alive

[@jackcharlie9322]

Yes

[@davidatkins3498]

He is. He's manager at blockbuster for the last two years. The place really took off after he took over.

[@jackcharlie9322]

@@davidatkins3498 belter

[@bubbasparxxx9492]

Levi breaks my heart. I used to be an addict, not on his level, but still. Seems like a nice bloke. He probably won’t make it, tbh. 😢

[@MultiSadowski]

likewise was addicted into roofies. but to be on a level to take 10 in one go. its too difficult to stop...

[@granthogg2824]

Were any of the people in this actually dundonian?

[@lauralishes1]

They went to Dundee to film 2 Geordies

[@DutchBane]

1:06 how old are you? 15-55

[@Mistwalker67]

I was addicted to Codiene i was rushed into hospital twice im clean now thou

[@robertcharvetto1295]

You can use a flubro ring instead of a benzo ring . Does the same thing. One of them had a half life of 70+ hours. You can even make them work on specific receptors (there's 3), and of course the amygdala

[@Del-Canada]

I wonder if there is any update about Levi. I looked some years ago but found nothing.

[@Finrayy]

I found a report in The Courier from 2019 which said Levi had been charged with possession of a lock knife, and sentenced to a prison sentence in Perth Prison. Didn't say how long the sentence was.

[@dontgetittwizted]

​@@FinrayyI worked in the cooks with him in Perth prison

[@dontgetittwizted]

He didn't last long. Ended up bumping someone in b hall.😅

[@stephenmurray2851]

​@@dontgetittwiztedwhat happened to him? Do you know?

[@nathandufc3785]

Tip to anyone who is visiting Dundee. Dont go anywhere other than close to the tay.

[@zalgo]

i live there and it's a shithole

[@nathandufc3785]

@@zalgo so do I

[@J888suu]

So whichs good area to live in Dundee?

[@rambo-cambo3581]

You'll be safe enough walking the streets, but you want to minimise it. If it's a day out you're looking for, Dundee is an unusual choice but just stay in the town There's fuck all to see outside the town anyway

[@J888suu]

Dredd Mau5 thanks mate, what about jobs in Dundee?

[@petersneddon1579]

Knew a fella that took 35 of them and never woke up makes one wonder where they're tying to get to, so sad.

[@danielleburke87]

There tolerance grows and a lot of the time benzos make u forget so they go take more not knowing that they already took some

[@Peter-vn5jq]

Add to that, benzos are really an underwhelming high. You just get sleepy and chilled out. Hell, I take one 5mg for panic, two at the most if its really bad, and other than the anxiety going away I just get very sleepy. There's no rush like with alcohol or cocaine.

[@Kristofer3567]

​@@Peter-vn5jqwhat you have depression ?

[@basicconcepts1d]

A life in pursuit of artificial paradise. We live and die by the choices and decisions we make. God bless Scotland.

[@Yo-Two]

They're prescribed for severe anxiety sometimes ​@@Kristofer3567

[@Maja-q5b]

Any update on Levi?

[@lauralishes1]

20:58 So these people aren't even from Dundee? Sound like they are from Newcastle

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

Sounds like it

[@baxterbunch]

Living in dundee

[@frankbooth2879]

i'd like to know how he ended up in Dundee, and also it looks like his mouth has been slashed 😬

[@OscarRyan_UK]

May god bless Levi.

[@marksbrisby]

I can't understand someone taking diazepam recreationally. I get it from the Dr and have to take it when I am in distress I hate taking it I can't function on it I feel groggy and it takes 3 days for 1 tablet to wear off I get no enjoyment out of taking it whatsoever

[@donnajk4423]

What milligram do you take .😊

[@marksbrisby]

@@donnajk4423 5mg

[@oswaldjr.]

@@marksbrisbyThink yourself lucky then I suppose. Not lucky that you have to take them. Lucky you don’t enjoy it. The things are murder.

[@marksbrisby]

@@oswaldjr. I use other substances for enjoyment

[@majormackeral]

Don't do it then

[@diezpesostirados8503]

Those fake valiums fucked up my G Levi 😭😭😭

[@humanmold]

Beautiful mountains outside and they're wasting their youth inside,such a shame.

[@williamsmith8097]

Is it any wonder people seek oblivion when their lives are so shite...

[@Tambo-iv7wb]

​@MikeYm98875get a trade and work yir way out. Choose life

[@mikeyp0131]

It fucking brings a tear to my eyes. Fuck anyone that says it’s easy

[@sooticablue1664]

Does anyone know where Levi is? Is he still alive?

[@Marc-vq7jg]

Can't say I or anyone I know has seen or heard much about him for a while. Last time I seen him he was slowly passing out sitting at a table in a chinese restaurant in the city centre, but that was in about 2019 so a good few years ago now. He was also jailed that same year for being caught with a knife so who knows where he's went from there.

[@Xangoose1]

Living in Scotland, been tapering down diazepam through my doctor for a few months now. Started at 15mg down to 5mg a day now. Hasn't been too bad but i'm guessing the worst is yet to come?

[@Faceplant-hl5yn]

I have once quit xanax and slowly tapered down and I didn't get any real withdrawels untill I stopped taking them completely. I don't know if it's the same with valium but a benzo free life is way better than being addicted to them. Just hold on and get rid of that nasty addiction, be a free man or woman again.

[@Peter-vn5jq]

5mgs is a very small dose, congrats on getting down. Hell, 15mg is not a lot, really. Guys like the one in the video are on hundreds of mgs a day, that's a whole different ballgame. Yes you might experience some discomfort, but 99% chance you'll be just fine.

[@sekhmet7774]

If you're tapering from a low amount it won't be that bad. Quitting a high daily dose cold turkey gets you badly, you'll be fine.

[@ericthiel4053]

Well, Benzodiazepine withdrawal is pretty lousy, but just remember, the 5mg withdrawal you experience is significantly less that quiting a high dose cold turkey. It's going to be uncomfortable and you probably won't sleep very well if at all for a while, but you CAN do it, and you WILL reach baseline normal again. Congrats on tapering and stay strong man!!

[@conormcqregor4393]

Just quit cold turkey pussy

[@BIGbobsBEANS]

This can happen to anybody btw even me, an it did, if it wiznae for ma ma being solid an no giving up saved my life, its so so easy people belive me, wish yous boys all the best for your future, one day boys you ll get better

[@ckenny2916]

try phenibut

[@nervousnorvus1944]

@@ckenny2916 suggesting phenibut to a recovering addict. absolute sadist

[@KC-CHIEFS-1]

Alcohol and cigarettes are also a type of drug that can kill you. If you take it more than what you need same thing with drugs you can overdose people should take it normally everything will be fine.

[@jaiiskii2262]

That’s a fact! Not sure why most Americans people over look this

[@davidscott1141]

Drink to much water you will drown

[@Arahsure]

What has that got to do with ANYTHING? It's not some sort of secret or anything..

[@carmenl163]

I never heard of anyone overdosing on sigarettes.

[@davyright5478]

used to deliver milk with levi lasted 1 morning. went awol found him few hours later in some granny's porch out for the count she was poking him with a stick. also found a load of bottles in the 1st houses bin

[@Koiras-bc9ox]

Suomessa myydään väärennettyjä alpratsolaami pillereitä.joskus rivotril ,harvoin diatsepaamia.

[@newsbender]

Are they any good? worth a punt?

[@smoketherapper829]

@@newsbenderyes mate I’ve sent for testing Ireland have same ones

[@rossm2868]

Perkele

[@Pudji.Toucan]

15mg Diazepam and 10mg Temazepam is ny daily script. Sometimes i bosh a few days worth at once but never has it ever made me pass out or appear too drunk to stand up, i just dont understand?

[@PatrickM6969]

Levi probably consumed like 500mg, would make anyone dizzy

[@SusanWillan]

Same here 5mg 3 per day and my methadone never been so fucked up

[@chriso1585]

I was a big Valium dealer when I was young, due to my mother being prescribed them and cut off and was lucky enough to get a contact that I flooded the valley with and was addicted to them taking up to 80 a day plus methadone and heroin. At one time I was called by the agency that prescribed my methadone saying my life was in danger because of something that was in the fake diazepam I was selling. Luckily it was only a thousand bag but everyone that had taken them n been on methadone had coughed up blood. Thank God no one died, I went to court countless times for possession but one time was caught with two thousand and luckily they didn’t send me to prison and I had a breakdown because I stopped taking them dead. I’m currently prescribed them but will be cut down rapidly after five years of prescriptions, so I’m terrified I’ll start buying a lot again

[@j.b.8546]

Whats your dose at? I'd be scared too...worse than methadone, suboxone, heroin or alcohol withdrawal

[@chriso1585]

@@j.b.8546 three five mls a day only, it’s hard as fk to get prescriptions for them round by me and I have them through the mental health team cos doctors won’t prescribe them in the valleys anymore, I only take two one morning and cos I’m on methadone pick ups every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday take four on them mornings. So I have the choice every Monday whether to try and save some up or just have the extra one. I’ve got five spare now and luckily the doctor wasn’t in to alter my script this week so I’ve got another fortnight till the reduction starts

[@chriso1585]

@@j.b.8546 I’m sure I already answered you but it’s not up anymore, I’m on three fives a day and because I pick up my methadone every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I take four on them mornings and two on every other. They were supposed to have started cutting me down this week but the doctor who charges the scripts wasn’t in so I got another two weeks. Was you ever addicted to anything?

[@SusanWillan]

Iv been on methadone and valium since the mid 90s take aways Monday's and Thursdays and 3x 5mgs once a day i have no issues whatsoever getting my Escripts every fortnight only Roche pharmaceuticals no gutter pills here in Australia 🦘🌏 i just don't ride or drive on the medications

[@Derrako]

Choices -we are free to make them (usually) and sometimes being imperfect we all make one's we wish we hadn't, but the responsibility for the consequences of these choices are who's exactly ?

[@grantlivingstone147]

There own

[@davidmann732]

I recognise the geordie, I've seen him out and about in Newcastle, Hope ur well levi mate

[@oitzserj1234]

where else to get your vallies that’s not Templehall, makes me sick to know i lived there. crack rife, coke rife, heroin rife, fake valium, plenty shops to rob… 1:24 he is walking towards Malkha’s shop, local corner shop known for being robbed by one of the most notorious junkie families on more than one occasion.

[@bertiesaurus]

Could be worse, could live in fife

[@lesliegriffin4866]

It so saddens to see this it reminds me of my long friend who died 40 years old same age as me this year drug overdose I been. Clean now’s of alcohol free for 12 years off the drinks and 3 years off powerful painkillers and speed cokes weeds my 12 year old son save my life without him I would’ve dead by now’s

[@w00df0rd]

Good work man

[@puddinManion]

9:00 addicts days pass so fast because they don't hav a point of interest except next score.

[@gemmi1]

I wonder how Levi is today

[@sammuddel7751]

Me too

[@homelessman3483]

Permasleep

[@ShaunMctigue-dc70]

nice when you take them but when you ain't got them they're a bad bad withdrawal the worst drugs the withdrawals are terrible I was on them for years and years and and when I was absolutely terrible mother's little helpers we used to call then so I wish everyone who takes all the best take care of yourself and one day at a time from South East London the home 😊 of Millwall

[@jamiegent5621]

Drinking tea to bring the dunt on

[@BM-lw6gn]

lol. I was addicted-off-many years pass. Moved away-knowbody knows fully my addiction. Your comment - this me thinking in a morning going to work- folk drinking tea.

[@SmokeDoggg91]

Red bull works even better 🚀 🤯

[@lauralishes1]

Sounds like you're speaking from experience

[@baxterbunch]

@@SmokeDoggg91no tea dissolves them quicker coz it’s hot red bull is cold so it doesn’t

[@SmokeDoggg91]

@@baxterbunch It's the caffeine content that accelerates not the heat

[@garmac296]

If watching that doesn't put your kids off then what will. I'm more concerned about the state of his fingers. Horrifying watch.

[@jomo9314]

Anyone ever have those days where they feel like levi?

[@farmaprams]

Methadone & Valium will have you nodded hard as hell but smoking spice on top of that is crazy work

[@SCROTOROLA]

I took 300 mg of diazepam along with 6000 mg Tramadol, I know it's not a flex and you won't believe me but still, I wasn't as high as the dude in the video. Spice is actually the scariest in that combination with the methadone and diazepam. 80% of the high is caused by spice and the rest of 20% is methadone and the diazepam.

[@SCROTOROLA]

And I say this because last time when I smoked spice, without any other substances, I felt like I was dying and got blacked out for 10 hours

[@ktcooki276]

Are you English?? I remember more than 20 years ago there was blues but also reds?? Tablets that were abused too?? Began with a d I think??

[@eeeb2140]

​@@ktcooki276 temazepam?? These were red

[@me-cq7wv]

Blame the goverments.

[@LeonaHutchison-y4w]

Watching this for the first time is heartbreaking and makes me angry for as long as I can remember addicts are yelling out for help n support proper help n support if uv never had an addiction I'm sorry but ull never ever understand the support addicts need u say u understand u ain't walked in our shoes so u will never understand #changesneeded

[@eriklarson4082]

That benzo and methadone mix is a tough one to kick. Been down that road.

[@cnacks4835]

I'm 15 days clean from fentanyl and xanax. It fucking hurts so God damn bad

[@RaulTorres-dq2pl]

Poor dude man he dosent deserves this i hope god helps him

[@robertheron7017]

If the doctor's would just give us a detox of them that would help big time but the dpc and your doctor's don't do fuck all to help us they would rather you buy of the street than help u its rediculous,they would rather u die so they can say we never gave u them but it was my doctor who got me hooked on them cause bk in the day they had no problem handing them out but now when u really need help they say fuck off makes me sick i hate having to buy them of the street.

[@lauralishes1]

I've always said this. They should be detoxing people in an inpatient facility. Methadone is even worse than being on heroin. Rots people's teeth makes them fat and sweat and they become a shell of their previous selves.

[@baxterbunch]

@@lauralishes1 Methadone does not rot teeth if you brush them it’s the sugar in it and not brushing that rots teeth, it doesn’t make you fat that’s a myth, getting clean and eating properly again is what makes people gain weight and sweating isn’t caused by methadone it’s actually a secondary issue caused by things like hep c and people only notice it when they get clean. Im highly educated on MAT and have spoke to a lot of doctors and specialists. These are common misconceptions

[@chrisvibzWithrow]

free healthcare for ya. in usa we get detox

[@carmenl163]

​@@chrisvibzWithrowSo, the US has better free Healthcare than the NHS?

[@stevendale7658]

Levi is a nice guy

[@jordanrennie4053]

That toast has me howling

[@Trenscendent]

Those are pop tarts not toast 💀

[@ianmcdonald1538]

GPs have to shoulder some of the blame for the vally problem. I knew 3 guys (they didn't know each other) that were prescribed over 20 10mg blues daily. 26 i think was the highest amount. Hed use 6 & sell 20. £140 weekly into his pooch. The doctor for one o them retired & his new GP reduced him to 14 weekly!! I saw him faint so many times when he first got reduced until he got a supply of street blues.

[@charlieross4674]

200mg DAILY!?!? That's criminal that is...

[@SusanWillan]

Valium don't come in blue here in Australia only 5mg and there a light yellow colour or 2mg Roche pharmaceuticals or the genetic brands

[@michaelapicella9218]

Pretty fucked up shit. What a struggle

[@rtcrawford69]

This brought back some horrible memories of my youth

[@johnmarschchony7743]

Dundee the great shame of Scotland.

[@Leitros-kj4qb]

The most SNP city so what can you expect?

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

Life feels better without drugs. Much better. Nothing is worse than needing a substance to feel normal

[@sooticablue1664]

Also though, speaking from experience, nothing feels worse than a life that’s left you feeling like numbing yourself on Valium etc is your only option

[@janetimrie9281]

Real talk pal 💯 percent i can't go anywhere unless i got my script meth clonazepam zopiclone pre gab fucked up Big up nottingham aka shottingham

[@janetimrie9281]

@@justinparkerthewildwolf6394 respect to you 👏 if you clean g 💯 I smoke crack and on 5 different antiphycotics found my brother dead 11 months ago heads up my arse respect 🙏 🫡 👏 to u g

[@SeanWelsh-x1o]

​@@janetimrie9281Fukn hell man that's heavy.. am really sorry to hear that

[@tonythetiger1600]

I'm scared 2 b sober I been on opiates majority of my life

[@zuu1701]

I doubt Levi is alive 😢

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

Poor geezer

[@Wriggs74]

Saddening to watch. At one time, this lad was playing football with his pals when he was only 6 years old. Now look at him.

[@ryand1168]

Levi sounds like he’s from newcastle not Scotland. Chased out of the north east?

[@GeoffreyBronson]

He sounds Welsh to me

[@ryand1168]

@@GeoffreyBronson 100% North Eastern england

[@elloyd4797]

@@tennisfan8979well he’s not is he

[@MarkJones-w9d]

It cost me £70 for a box of 28 5mg tablets , the were legit though...from the uk...don't drink any more though so they worked for me

[@THCHHC]

too expensive

[@MarkJones-w9d]

@THCHHC a weeks ale money for me so it paid for itself

[@dundee520]

aye they say that about smoking too and drink , NOO adiktive just so they can get the money oot of yer pocket and milk you for the rest of your short life .

[@nickkijackson7501]

dundee520 well said mate !!!!

[@brettsmith6144]

its a shame its so hard because they have to help themselves to stop doing it...crack was my brothers choice he looked like a skeleton when i came to the island to visit my mum...2 weeks later i drove back down to the island banged on the door to the crack heads house and dragged him out through him into my car and drove up to my house in London....let him stay with me got him using my sauna and ice plunge and my gym fed him up on good foods not processed shit...by the end of 4 weeks he was even coming on runs with me was doing really good.....set him up with a flat in Portsmouth left mine clean as a whistle did good the first 2 weeks then stopped answering my calls then after another 2 weeks found out he back on it again....so until these people really are ready they will never get clean and most dont really want to

[@rog3833]

Thanks - that was very pleasurable. You should be an erotic author.

[@dirkdiggler4667]

My oldest friend is the same mate,I feel your pain. Its frustrating seeing someone throw their life away and you are 100 percent right about helping themselves

[@Del-Canada]

Now they're Levi's little helpers.

[@susanlaird5154]

My god. So sad.

[@Stodge-ht9ie]

What a drag it is getting old

[@BoogieDoo]

In uk we call it charge sheet because u are going to get knicked because u feel invisible so do things you wouldn't normaly steel fight what ever

[@dsean4040]

Been on and around it for years and never heard it called that

[@Arahsure]

​@@dsean4040Neither have I. (Plus Scotland is part of the UK? So not really sure.) I think it's a play on the kinda sayings like "I'm allergic to them,I always break out in handcuffs"

[@dsean4040]

@@Arahsure yeah could be, and it does sound about right, especially if you don’t have a tolerance to them, they can make you feel invisible and untouchable, that’s the desired effect when you feel anxious, they basically stop any negative/bad feelings but I’ve just not heard anymore refer to them as charge sheets, it’s pretty funny but yeah maybe that one just hasn’t hit my area yet, they’re everywhere around here too! And if your from Scotland with how bad the diazepam and street diazepam problem is up there I’d have took a guess that the saying originated from Scotland, but if you’ve never heard of them being referred to as that as well then gosh knows! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@gcroller93]

@@dsean4040heard it called that in the North east England pal

[@dsean4040]

@@gcroller93 yeah? It’s probably on its way down here then (West Midlands) so I’m guessing it did originate from Scotland and is coming down the country, it is pretty funny and about right as I’ve said if you don’t have a tolerance to them, you can take say 3 or 4 blues (real ones from the docs) and if you’ve not got a tolerance at all I can see them making you wake up in a cell with a boat load of shop lifting charges and things like that lol because they do relax you ALOT in the beginning but for those who’ve been on them years…man to feel like that again you’d either have to come off them for a year to lower your tolerance again (because that’s how long it takes with them because of their half life) or you’d have to take bloody boxes of genuine 10’s for that effect!! I’ll never forget the first and second time taking them and taking 10/20mg ☁️ lol I couldn’t lift my arms off the bed!! It was bliss! But as with everything nice, what goes up must come down unfortunately.

[@grifyn882]

is here always alive ???

[@Truthis-dk6vh]

Whose life is easy? Everyone makes choices and then pays for them. Except who steals makes others pay for their mistakes.

[@TH4MBRM]

None of it is real valium

[@eadweard.]

How can you tell?

[@StevieZero]

Etizolam

[@eadweard.]

@@nervousnorvus1944 Well I was asking how the OP knows none of it is real. He presumably hasn't visually inspect it all.

[@nyllneksif2574]

I was 13 too got them out the medicine cabinet too easy thanks Ma

[@j.b.8546]

Same here but with Percocet. Thanks Ma

[@nyllneksif2574]

@@j.b.8546 was getting a bit jelly when I seen his wee pipe thou xx

[@London780]

When a person needs help with benzos doctors always say i can't help you when you know they can doctors don't want to know and always pass the buck so they don't have to prescribe pick and choose who they treat. Which is disgusting I thought doctors took an oath. That means nothing

[@TartanArmy85]

Some doctors do help and others don’t give a shit.

[@Jim-b6o]

But then in 10 years time when your fked up on them and can't get off them you'd be blaming your doctor for even giving you them....

[@OliverMarron-m5n]

Very interesting, very well made.

[@Cyb3r_ghost99]

This breaks my heart

[@SCROTOROLA]

​@billharmony8121let's go to therapy together, you need help just like me

[@Ohhhhhhbbbb]

@@SCROTOROLA😂😂😂

[@country4lyfe365]

Levi talks to himself in thee 3rd person. "Levi is ok " "Levi isnt stupid" levi has mental issues.

[@kumardickshit1530]

George likes the bananas

[@oregontrail9067]

i think it's just severe depersonalization

[@iggyhiggins.]

Been off valium for 19 months now, and it's kept me out of jail, because I done a lot of jail through them horrible things

[@leighmcfarlane6840]

Well done you best wishes

[@tropicalpalmtree]

Do you still rob banks?

[@Ross-um4bc]

aye they turn u into an aggressive psycho especially mixed with drink a don't touch it anymore n a never sit with anyone taking street Vals especially with drink

[@4inThePink1inTheStink]

@@tropicalpalmtree Do you still touch your sister?

[@nowthen9]

​@@4inThePink1inTheStink😅😅😅

[@SimoneRusso-hv2bi]

Drugs need to be legalised all ov them

[@gemmi1]

20 in one go?! One knocks me out 😂

[@GavinTownsley]

Same here 😂, I don't even like the feeling you get from them 😵‍💫

[@rabmalt158]

Hes got a strip 😂​@joannaedssay5988

[@pedrinhosangrento]

10:28 - Rolling Stones reference.

[@pedrinhosangrento]

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[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Sister Morphine

[@pedrinhosangrento]

@@frederickmuhlbauer9477 Mother's Little Helper

[@pedrinhosangrento]

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