in case you missed it in a recent david dobrik vlog
he bought a homeless man a van but as a person in long-term recovery from drug
addiction i got a lot of questions what is up everybody this is chris from the
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case you missed it in a recent david dobrik blog here's what happened all
right before I jump into this topic disclaimer all right this was
heartwarming as hell and I had a smile on my face the whole time and I think a
lot of creators including myself can learn from people like david dobrik and
mr. Bies and things like that that's one of the things that's inspired me to
start donating part of the ad revenue that I make from these videos to
different charity organizations alright so no hate against david dobrik or
anything like that alright but my beautiful girl
Tristan she told me about this video and she brought up this clip do you ever
abused drugs no I don't know again I think this whole thing and this gesture
was great but I've been reading a lot of books on philosophy so kind of like
Socrates I have a bunch of annoying questions all right so the first
question I have is kind of about morality right so before doing this kind
gesture for this man david dobrik asked have you ever abused drugs is that a
good depiction of you know whether or not the person is a good person well
like I said I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic I've been clean for
seven years but not only that I worked in a drug and alcohol treatment center
for a little over three years anybody who's in recovery and especially
if you've been part of like a 12-step fellowships or anything like that
like you find that a lot of people after they get sober are some of the nicest
most caring generous people ever so one of the common misconceptions about
addiction is this person abuses drugs this person abuses alcohol
therefore they are a bad person but based on what we know about the science
of the disease of addiction we know how the survival mechanisms in the brain
overrun empathy morality and all those things so that's why a lot of people who
are addicts do a lot of bad things so when I see this question I'm like huh is
that a good gauge of whether or not this person is moral now let's ask this to a
lot of homeless people are either a addicted to drugs or alcohol and that's
one of the things that's keeping them from rebuilding their life or even
building their life or be what if the person was homeless because of their
drug addiction I am working on a new book I'm not gonna tell you what it is
yet but one of the topics I'm gonna discuss is when I first got sober seven
years ago I met homeless people in 12-step programs who were sober
like I saw homeless people taking chips for like a year two years
one of my good friends who's been sober for I think over ten years now he was
homeless his first two or three years in recovery so going back to david dobrik
square have you ever abused drugs what if this
was my friend who was sober for three years while being homeless what if he
answered david dobrik yes but he was currently sober you know what I mean the
next question that pops in my head cuz oh boy admitted that he smokes weed and
I got nothing nothing against weed alright even though I do not partake I
live here in Nevada where it is legalized to help vote to pass that bill
if you want to smoke do your thing baby but my question is when I see these
questions where's the line for did you abuse drugs or are you abusing drugs
what is a drug by questions that come up for me is what if this guy was taking
xanax or adderall what if he was taking them as prescribed and not abusing them
right where is that line would david dobrik have a problem or does anybody
else have a problem if this dude was taking prescription opioids right
because I think a lot of people when they think of drug abuse they think of
things like heroin meth cocaine so opioids prescription opioids fall into
the same drug category as heroin but here's the question right where do you
draw that line because think you know isn't opioid which is much stronger than
heroin I believe it's about 50 times more potent than heroin so one of the
issues that we see is a lot of people don't classify it as a drug if it's
legal or if it's prescribed which brings us to the next topic that question
doesn't really ask what about alcohol alcoholism is one of the most deadly
diseases in the United States right and it's a worldwide issue but it doesn't
get nearly as much attention as drug overdoses and here's why
alright a lot of people who are dying because of drug overdoses it's like
overdose all right there was way too much of this in your system alcohol is a
slow thing that just kills you over time there are many people who are dying from
a variety of different illnesses because of alcohol abuse so when you look at the
statistics for how many people die each year because of alcoholism you're not
even getting accurate numbers because someone who died of heart disease or
certain types of cancer or certain types of organ failure that might have been
listed as the cause of death but what caused that was long-term alcoholism you
see what I mean so where is that line like I was a
full-blown alcoholic before I started playing around with prescription opioids
so is that better or worse see one of the things that I've learned through my
own addiction recovery as well as working with many other addicts and
alcoholics it's not even just in the mind of an alcoholic or an addict it is
also in the mind of society where alcoholics
aren't nearly as bad as drug addicts but let me tell you let me tell you
firsthand an alcoholic can ruin their life as well as others just as quickly
as a drug addict all right but like I said we often don't see that as a
problem now the other question is what if the guy was an alcoholic now we get
into even more weird questions about morality all right this is stuff that I
think about I'm glad you're on this journey with me what if this guy is an
alcoholic right is it a good idea to buy him a car where he might recce
get a DUI and all that kind of stuff like what about that alright another
question is and this is something that I thought of when I saw this like I was a
when I was a full-blown drug addict and like snorting a bunch of pills every day
and getting blackout drunk every night like people ask me all the time if I did
drugs and I told him no so what if this guy was lying you know what I be
anyways like I'm not trying to die you know don't play anything david dobrik
did like I just I've been in this zone lately of just having a bunch of
questions but the last thing I want to talk about is helping the homeless so I
remember I don't know why this just popped in my head
last Christmas time here in Las Vegas there was a commercial playing a lot
where they talked about rather than donating money to homeless people donate
money to the organizations right so me personally just as a recovering drug
addict this is just one of my things like um I do not give money directly to
homeless people I offer to buy them food or water or anything like that
just because as a recovering addict I don't want my money to potentially go
towards drugs or an overdose right but here's the thing that we got to realize
and I I don't have enough knowledge on the subject to dive deep into this but
just base knowledge of the homeless problem in the United States a lot of
people need housing right they need a permanent address because I don't like
band-aids I like getting down to the root of the problem and helping people
on the path toward success so when I watch this and you know I imagine you
know what you know David bought him you know which is awesome a fan the guy
could sleep in it got him a year worth of Chipotle that's dope but I wonder if
that same amount of money would have been more well-spent towards like a
month of Airbnb you know what I mean they got him
clothes but I'm just saying other things to clean up to get on their feet to get
a job you know what I mean like lift my beautiful girlfriend Tristen getting her
degree in social work like that's a lot of what social work is is helping people
learn how to help themselves so they don't get stuck in that situation one of
the biggest issues with homeless people that they face is that it's very hard to
get a job without a permanent address right there's another organization and
will probably donate to them again this month but there's an organization
called Project Beauty share and that is an organization that gives to women
right to help them you know not only by makeup and things like that to look
presentable when they go out for interviews but also like them then
hygiene products and things like that so anyways like this was just my wheels
turning you know reading on philosophy I just have so many questions but I am
glad that I get to talk about this stuff and maybe bring up some topics that
people didn't know about and like I said these are all just designed to get your
wheels turning and you know we encounter you know the the massive issue of
homelessness and drug addiction and alcoholism on a daily basis
even though a lot of us try to ignore it it is right there in our face so I like
having the conversation about what are the best ways to help people and as a
recovering addict I do want to bring up those other questions about morality and
is somebody who's addicted a bad person or are they a sick person you know and
all these other questions you know what I'm saying but anyways let me know your
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