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ABC2 : 10.6.09 - Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict

Off topic: "Early drinking led to..." Alcohol - the real gateway drug.

Sounds full on - I'd better watch this alone lest the wife freak out and get some weird ideas.
 
My 15 year heroin addiction has crippled my parents and my (ex) girl friend. It wasn't a walk in the park for me either, but I was always so high I numbed my pain and guilt. I'll never ever forgive myself for their pain. I'll be sure to watch the show tonght, thanks for pointing it out kingpin.
 
Thanks for posting those other links too kingpin007. For those who miss tonight's show, or the others, check out ABC's iView. They have two weeks worth of back catalogue viewing for free, streamed over the 'net.

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/iview/
 
I just watched it, was a pretty good doco, no biased bullshit thrown in there like a lot of docos it just let the footage speak for itself.

I didn't think people could die from heroin withdrawal like they can from alcohol and benzo withdrawal but there you go. Maybe it was alcohol and/or benzos aswell that he was addicted to aswell and the focus was just on smack because that seemed to affect his life the most? He definately seemed to drink a bit aswell and at one point was taking valium.

Kind of ironic when it is getting clean that kills a drug user, sad none the less.
 
Yeah it was full on ... The condition of his veins is what killed him in the end ...

I can remember many years ago watching a chick shootup like that ... turned me right off .. I think she dead now same with a few others ...

and keeping eye on a bloke who had too much and I was given the job of minding him and making sure he didnt stop breathing as out of all of them I hated needles so heroin was never of intrest to me so I was only one who wasnt nodding off and could help if he did stop breathing..

great fun ... not
 
What a waste of a life - so selfish. Made me sad and angry. I can understand that his family would have found some relief in his death.

The documentary that followed on anti-depressants seemed to be the perfect comedown.
 
^ Aww I fell asleep and missed the following program. The documentary on Ben was pretty moving hey? I really felt for him and his family. Fancy his 70 year old dad having to go and score for him :(

You could tell his circulation was fucked just looking at his hands and fingers... and omfg makes you glad we have free needle exchanges here; he wasn't exactly practicing the safest of injecting techniques....
 
His poor dad was just shattered. I felt sorry for his family.

The next show, Generation Meds was alright. The guy making the doco was a massive drama queen though.
 
^ drama queen?

It's comments like those that make those of us that suffer forms of depression even more depressed.
 
Did you watch it?

When the woman got off the meds through exercise he wasn't too happy - "I don't want to exercise every day!"

He was milking it a bit...
 
Did you bother to read my other posts? Of course I watched it.

One of the depressing things about depression is that its difficult for those that don't suffer it to understand what its like. and as he felt in the doco, if you're male your expected to 'be a man' and 'toughen up' and others frown upon the medications you might be taking. anyway, lets not derail this thread.
 
expothead said:
What a waste of a life - so selfish. Made me sad and angry. I can understand that his family would have found some relief in his death.
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And its comments like that that make heroin addicts feel like scum and off 'em selves. Death of anyone before their time is tragic.
 
Yeah this is very tragic, he was simply addicted to a subtance that he had no control over.

The drug controls you, you dont control it
 
dnaenterprises1@ya said:
And its comments like that that make heroin addicts feel like scum and off 'em selves. Death of anyone before their time is tragic.
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I never said it wasn't tragic. and i didn't mean to imply they were happy about it merely that there would have been some relief as in no more worrying required.
 
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Such a sad story... I really enjoyed watching it though. Brought me into his world for a while. I hope I never visit again.
 
Despite all his 'failures' in life, clearly an incredible bloke, to have documented his own downfall, clearly knowing what the end would be.
 
Wow - What a hard hitting documentary!!!

It's certainly refreshing to see it laid out bare unlike a lot of other documentaries.

Thanks for posting kingpin and thanks for the iview link Hoptis. :)
 
This was a great doco, but so sad...

I actually watched it with my mum, it was uncomfortable to say the least but I think it was a good thing...she was so upset, she's been mentioning it a bit lately. I think it helps get rid of some of the stereotypes of what kind of people turn out to be junkies, my mum keeps saying, sort of surprised, how nice a person he seemed to be, a gentle guy...
 
footscrazy said:
This was a great doco, but so sad...

I actually watched it with my mum, it was uncomfortable to say the least but I think it was a good thing...she was so upset, she's been mentioning it a bit lately. I think it helps get rid of some of the stereotypes of what kind of people turn out to be junkies, my mum keeps saying, sort of surprised, how nice a person he seemed to be, a gentle guy...
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Yeah, I watched it with my mum too. Really upset her. She cried and needed a big hug after it. My life was very reflected in the story. Once it gets you by the balls, it NEVER lets go. I'm off for a taste......
 
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