well in my last few videos I've been talking about a medication called
suboxone and opioid withdrawal and all of that and meanwhile in another far
corner of the internet Trisha Paytas has been opening out a lot back her mental
health struggles as well as her addiction struggles and one of the
reasons I'm making this video is because I have been flooded with requests to
talk about this so let's do this thing
what is up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the
problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I like to
do is take a look at what's going on in the YouTube community and try to see
what lessons we can learn from them so if you're into that stuff make sure you
subscribe and ring that notification bell so I'll just address the elephant
in the room real quick I was watching another video critiquing
another youtuber and they were talking about how like you should really give
full context in your video so I will I'm gonna give you the TLDR back in the day
I made quite a few videos about the relationship there toxic relationship
between Trisha Paytas and Jason Nash she did not like that too much alright so
she called me out and I'm gonna touch on that in a second because Trisha Paytas
said some not so nice things about me and my drug addiction I've been sober
for almost seven years I'm coming up on seven years Joo 23rd of next month
but anyways Trisha Paytas is not a huge fan of me so before I get into this like
full disclaimer like I don't know Trisha Paytas aside from some of our back and
forth videos I mention in another video I've showed her some DMS no reply but
from what we've heard that's somewhat normal
but anyways I'm not trying to diagnose Trisha Paytas like at the end of the day
I'm gonna give my opinions based on what I've seen but I really really hope that
the information that I share in this video can help anybody out there who is
struggling with an opioid addiction or if you have a loved one who's struggling
with an opioid addiction so if you think this video can be of use to someone you
know make sure you share it with them alright but anyways I'm going to be
talking about both sides of this thing and what's going on with Trisha Paytas
so like before started like I want to address everybody
out there who's gonna be like like listen listen all right
like I mentioned Trisha Paytas and I have had our own difficulties and
everything like that and she said things like this which
really really hooked this is coming from a drug addict once an addict always an
addict that is it coming from a drug addict who has a child video
fellow YouTube creator I never actually did a video on that discussing it and
yeah the way Twitter penis was talking about drug addicts it wasn't cool like
it was not cool and I wanted to get the information out there like it's not cool
to stigmatize people struggling with addictions now I forgive her for that
especially now seeing that she may be struggling with her own addiction when
she was in that place like it's it's it's not a good thing but I'm used to it
like when people get upset they say what they think is gonna push your buttons
and and hurt you down at the core and I feel that's what Trisha Paytas was
lashing out on being saying Oh a drug addict that's just it right like
I feel like she was trying to hurt me but I've been called many many worse
things than that so don't get me wrong like I have my own issues with Trisha
Paytas but the first thing I want to address is and this is something that a
lot a lot of people been talking me about in the comments and sitting me DMS
and everything like that and then I started going through the comments
section on her video and it was absolutely brutal like when I first got
caught winds that this was going on and people wanted me to you know talk about
it and I went to go watch her video I noticed that like there was a ton of
dislikes on it compared to lights and I'm like wait well like this woman is
opening up about her opiate addiction and her withdrawal symptoms but yeah in
the comments and in my comments to where people are telling me to look at it this
thing that she's lying and everything like that and like you guys seriously
like I I just I just think that's like crossing a line like I don't know what
she might be like she may very well be lying about this to get attention and
everything like that but first off it's messed up it's messed up all right to
accuse somebody of that with no legitimate proof like even back in the
day when I was making videos on Trisha Paytas I took clips of what she was
saying to form you know my videos alright so what we have to look at like
obviously is like Trisha Paytas has been very open about her mental health
struggles about her addiction so there's like when she came at me like when she
came at me sideways a bunch of people were pointing out to Trisha Paytas like
hey you've talked about your addiction in the past right so I wouldn't be
surprised if she is legitimately dealing with a drug addiction
and is opening up about it alright but here's the thing like I get it I get why
people don't believe her like what's the whole thing that just
happened with Nikki Cano avocado and everything like that and you know just
the way she's made videos and tweets you know like she's still dealing with her
breakup with Jason Nash like I get why people think she might be lying about
this I get why people think she might just be doing this for attention or to
get pity from Jason and all these other things I understand that but again like
I've said this in previous videos as well as on my podcast like we need to
stop assuming the worst all right and take things in a
case-by-case basis because if you look at the history of Trisha Paytas she has
discussed her struggles with mental health as well as substance use issues
all right but now now we're just gonna switch gears real quick because it's
important like to discuss like there's some things clearly going on and I have
my own opinions on why Trisha Paytas is still struggling with her addiction and
just know not only does this come from my personal experience of many relapses
when it comes to prescription drugs when it comes to alcohol things like that not
only does it come from my personal experience but I was working at a drug
and alcohol treatment center for three years I have literally dealt with
thousands of drug addicts and I've seen what works and I see what hasn't worked
all right so one thing that people asked me to address was Trisha Paytas saying
that she's experienced experiencing symptoms of withdrawal she's been sober
for 18 days and they think that she's lying about
that so first off kudos to you Trisha Paytas like 18 days is a huge deal like
if you're somebody in recovery like I remember like just even one day is a
huge deal because if you were a drug addict like me it was hard to stay sober
and clean for even an hour so if she's 18 days sober like you go girl all right
but now addressing the withdrawal symptoms not only is there withdrawal
but there is something called pause PA WS post acute withdrawal syndrome
alright and basically what happens like substance use like there's a reason they
call them mind-altering substances it changes the chemical balances in your
brain and for some people they can experience post acute withdrawal
syndrome alright so after the initial withdrawal I have met people who dealt
with pause weeks or even months after they got clean because the brain is
still trying to find equilibrium so it is very well possible that Trisha Paytas
is experiencing pause all right now the next thing I want to talk about is this
clip right here I throw up a lot and then I really started hating me this
past week I started feeling rundown and in the past I thought write down I would
just drink drinking I don't feel as dependent on because I don't ever have
to drink enough to be drunk as opposed to painkillers I feel like I take a lot
to get do this like this is what I see with so many people struggling with
addiction and I get it like people struggling with addiction they don't
want to get fully cleaned they want to figure out a way to keep drinking or
using drugs and the reality is especially because of you know poly
substance use and the way that our neurons fire together like for most
people for most people for most people it involves complete abstinence
so when Trisha Paytas is talking about in the past she's tried to deal with her
withdrawals with alcohol like that is a huge no-no and one of the
reasons I'm making this video is because if you're thinking about that don't do
it because what happens is is that you're just swapping one substance for
another and I get it I did that too way back in the day when I was relapsing my
primary substance of choice was alcohol and I thought that I was doing better
because I switched up pills like we have a problem with addiction we have a
problem with dopamine regulation we have a problem with not knowing how to deal
with life and it struggles without turning to a substance so don't try to
manage your symptoms of withdrawal with another substance alright but that
brings up the topic of suboxone okay so although some people are absolutely just
getting whooshed by my videos on suboxone I am pro suboxone I just
believe in a short-term taper so what baffles me about someone like Trisha
Paytas or anybody else out there alright who has health insurance or access to
money go see a doctor you are not a doctor okay so do not try to detox on
your own trying to quit cold-turkey trying to detox on your own increases
your chances of relapse why because it is freaking brutal okay it is rough and
when your body is in ace and pains you're experiencing the flu or flu-like
symptoms I should say like Trisha Paytas talks about how she keeps throwing up
and everything like that there comes a point because the voice of addiction is
so strong in our heads that it says you know what this is way too rough just
just do some more pills and these symptoms will go away kind of like how
she mentioned turn to alcohol as a way to deal with these symptoms the brain is
trying to figure out a way for you to get loaded alright so in my opinion
Trisha Paytas should go seek professional help and she should ask
about a medication like suboxone okay that will help to decrease the symptoms
of withdrawal the way suboxone acts is that it tricks the brain into thinking
that you're still using opioids like I said I recommend a short term paper not
because I'm a doctor but because of the thousands of people that I've worked
with as well as based on my own personal experience the other thing that comes up
is cravings all right which can lead to a relapse I personally took a medication
called no track zone that's a pill then there's also a
medication called vivitrol which is a shot that lasts for 30 days but at the
end of the day something that I've noticed with Trisha Paytas and this is
just my unsolicited advice to anybody else out there is monitoring Trisha
Paytas videos and behaviors for the last year or so
she has never fully committed to working on herself
and what I mean by that is she often talks about how she's going back to
therapy and in order to go back to therapy you have to stop going to
therapy and she's talked about this in various videos talking about how she
stops going to therapy and she has a problem connecting with therapist notice
thing like that I don't know if he's still going to therapy I hope she is but
for me what helped me as well as millions of other people is going to
12-step meetings okay for us who struggle with addiction or drug
addiction or alcoholism we have to get down to the root causes why do we turn
to drugs why do we turn to alcohol you see what I mean we have to get down to
that and repair that if not we're just gonna relapse again in the future
because our life is still unmanageable alright like we we don't just drink and
use to get high we drink and use to avoid you know anger to avoid sadness to
avoid loneliness to increase our happiness we find every reason Under the
Sun to keep using drugs and alcohol so until we find some way to heal ourselves
and just to experience life all of the good and the bad we are going to
continue on this cycle of relapse alright so if you are watching this and
you're somebody who struggles with an addiction just know that there is help
and you never you never have to pick up a drink or drug again if you don't want
to something I remember somebody saying when I first got clean was you don't
have to pee pick up a drink or drug again if you don't want to and you don't
have to pick up a drink or drug again even if
you do want to and that the truth alright so anyways if Trisha if you see
this video best of luck to you on your sobriety I hope you are able to find the
resources to help you continue this streak going and maintain your sobriety
but if anybody else out there is watching this and you're struggling just
never lose hope and remember that you can get clean and stay clean alright
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