so the other day I made a video about Billy Eilish and her fans and I was
talking about depression and thinking that maybe Billy Irish isn't such a good
influence but now I'm thinking maybe she's not so bad what is up everybody
this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but
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stuff make sure you subscribe and bring that notification about and after I did
one of my first Billy Eilis videos I had a bunch of people like yo Chris what are
your thoughts on the songs Annie right and I think a lot of people you know
comment on this song because I am a recovering drug addict my drug of choice
was prescription medications my specific drug of choice is actually opioids no
which were painkillers and xanax aka xanny that is you know a
benzodiazepine that wasn't really my thing I messed around with them a little
bit wasn't a huge fan just kind of numb you out zombie you out and that just was
not my thing and I am on an antidepressant anti-anxiety medication
which is called lexapro which is a non narcotic medication and just xeni in in
particular like it is trying to calm down anxiety faster but the problem is
is that it could be addictive and a lot of people who become addicted to it also
mix it with other things like alcohol which increases the risk of an overdose
and the other issue is is that some people who are buying zandi's on the
street they're being mixed with fentanyl and fitnah is an extremely extremely
powerful opioid which is much stronger than heroin and that's what I believe
little peep passed away from alright anyways I will talk about this song zani
I'm gonna go over the lyrics first and then I want to talk about how maybe
Billy Eilish isn't so bad of a role model alright so this first part says
what is it about them I must be missing something
they just keep doing nothing too intoxicated to be scared
better off without them they're nothing but unstable bring ashtrays to the table
and that's about the only thing they share all right so like when it's
talking about like I must be missing something like I see that I was like
this whole song kind of seems like Billy has friends who abuse xannys right and
she's sitting there like what the heck are you guys doing right and and what
she says too intoxicated to be scared this is something very common with
people who are abusing substances like what are the issues with substance abuse
is that you lack prefrontal cortex function and part of the prefrontal
courses is cortex is job is to give you fear modulation is supposed to let you
know why you should be afraid of this is one of the reasons about so many people
overdose on xanax is because they'll be taking xanax and technically you can't
overdose on xanax but you mix some booze with it you can die from it right it
depresses your nervous system so like what can happen is is that you you get
so messed up that you don't even care like the logical brain knows don't take
xanax and drink logically you know not to do that but once you start getting
high that doesn't make sense so I imagine Billy sitting there looking at
her friend and and just being like what are you guys doing but they're too
messed up to even care all right so it says I'm in their secondhand smoke still
just drinking can coke I don't need a sandy to feel better on
designated drives home only one who's not stoned
don't give me a zani now or ever so I don't know if like Billy's had friends
who have passed away from xanax or if she knows people who are addicted to
xanax but like this is why I'm talking about this one like man maybe Billy
ain't so bad hopefully this is like a personal story
because people refer to her as like an industry plant and I know that her
brother I think it is helps write songs so I don't know if this is her own
personal story either way I think it's very beneficial that she's singing about
this but when she's talking about like I don't need a zani to feel better this is
one of the reasons substance abuse as such
a major issue is so many people just aren't content with feeling the way that
they're feeling they just want to change the way they're feeling I remember when
I was in my active addiction and I would just try anything I'm like when people
are like Chris I think you have a problem like I would be like listen I
will take anything that alters my current state of being like I just I
never felt comfortable in my own skin so I would drink or snort or swallow like
anything right and it's cool that Billy's talking about I don't need a
zani to be better and you're talking about being the designated driver and
the only one who's not stoned right and by the way by the way I know a lot of
people like in sobriety who like you know they worry about going out like for
example I live in Las Vegas I go to concerts and shows and things like that
and like if I well early on in my recovery like when people like why
aren't you drinking why don't you know how the drink just like I'm designated
driver right so any of you who are newly sober use that hack if anybody asks you
if you want to drink just say no thanks I'm designated driver cuz you got to be
a real punk sucker to try to get somebody to drink
when they're trying to do the responsible thing and be designated
driver alright and then she says don't give me
a zani now or ever like she doesn't want it so any kids watching this be like
Billy and remember just say no all right so the next set of lyrics says waking up
a sundown they're late to every party nobody's ever sorry this man I knew a
lot of people who are addicted to xanax and the next line actually says to a
neighbor two inebriated now to dance like so many people addicted to saying
that's like it is just this ultimate downer like I said there's one of the
reasons why I never really messed with it because I just didn't want to like
move like at all I just felt completely numb doubt like a zombie and when you
have friends who are addicted to this stuff we're constantly abusing these
medications like she's talking about how they're waking up at sundown and they're
late to every single party like I remember I remember
friends who are addicted to xanax and just constantly flaking constantly
flaking I'm like you take it all personally right how about dude where
were you right like I remember like one specific story comes to mind I was
supposed to meet a friend right and or he was supposed to come over something
like that and like it was three hours later until I heard from him I dude what
like what the heck is going on and he's like oh you know I got I got high and I
just I passed out right so Billy's talking about how you know her friends
who are using xanies they're late to every every party and nobody's ever
sorry right because people people who are addicted to substances they often
don't take any personal accountability or responsibility maybe early on or
maybe on a lucky day like I remember like in my addiction like I used to get
mad at you if you got mad at me for being late right like if I was busy
getting messed up or I had to swing by the dealer's house and I was late to
this or this or this or whatever like it wasn't my fault you shouldn't be so
upset right like addiction is this very selfish and self-centered disease so it
says mourning as they come down there pretty heads are hurting they're awfully
bad at learning make the same mistakes blame circumstance and this this is a
good song like the lyrics of the song are good I personally am NOT a fan of
the song like I need something a little bit more upbeat and energetic but like
she's talking about that come down right like the come down from xanax is is
brutal and detox from xanax is absolutely terrible
so detox from xanax gives you a lot of psychological symptoms as well as
physical symptoms like I've seen some people from the treatment center I was
working at and we did detox an inpatient and PHP and outpatient but anyways like
I've seen people who had been clean off xanax for you know a week two weeks
three weeks and have a seizure like I remember one kid just straight up in my
group just sitting there and then just boom just started having a seizure like
xanax messes you up and when she's talking about
they're pretty heads hurting they're all about of learning and they make the same
so when it comes to addiction a lot of people a lot of people aren't even using
anymore to get high they're just using to get well right but when she talks
about how they blame circumstance and they're not learning like for example
for example maybe somebody is just one trigger
maybe somebody stressed about money right so they use xanax in order to calm
down this is why xanax can become very addictive because stress you take a
xanax right but let's say you're stressed about money you take a xanax
right then you run out as an axe now you got to go buy more xanax or you got to
find the doctor who will prescribe you more because most people most people
addicted to xanax or abusing them and using way too much so they got it dr.
Sharpe and all these other things right but then you run out of money so now
you're causing even more stress because you don't have money and you need xanax
right but when she talks about blaming circumstances like I remember in my
active addiction like I used to tell people like when they would say you got
a problem and you need to quit I'd be like if you knew how bad my life was
you'd understand why I need to take these right like you'd understand why I
need to be high or drunk all the time right like because addiction is very
cunning and it takes over the survival part of the brain like the limbic system
and in an active addiction you feel like you need it in order to survive so you
will justify your use in any way you can right but anyways like this song was
like actually really good like lyrical like lyric was if you like the actual
song like cool you do you baby but anyways I was really impressed by this
when I was listening to song I pulled up the lyrics like oh man I have you can
make a video about this because maybe Billy Irish is actually getting a decent
message out there right this of other songs I want to look into and kind of
break those down as well but anyways if you're watching this if you're
struggling with a xanax addiction or you know someone who is like I mentioned
detox it could be very dangerous please please please go get professional help
find a detox center to go and come down off of them in a safe way because like I
said there can be seizures and other issues
so make sure that you get help alright anyways that's all I got for this video
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