Functional Heroin Addict interview-Matthew

This dude looks like he's gonna invent the personal computer

It’s very strange, people keep saying “he seems like a nice guy you’d never know” SO many addict are amazing sensitive people. It’s so sad that so many people just think an addict is a bad person.

It’s amazing to me that almost every interview, the person being interviewed speaks for so long after the first question. You can really tell that they’re exited to speak. Maybe for the money, maybe for the therapy. Either way, these people get to have a voice for a moment. That’s beautiful

Don’t try these drugs, people. I just went to an 18 year olds funeral and it was absolutely devastating

I was a functioning addict for almost ten years until I ended up in a hospital. 7 months clean and life is amazing ❤️ Edit: 2 years now ❤️ Edit: 3 years now ❤️

I was once a functioning heroin addict, until I ran out of money. Eventually, no matter how much your making, you can't keep up with the ever increasing habit. Over 2 year clean from everything now.

Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. I spent my whole life fighting Heroin addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

This is a guy you end up talking to when you're a plus one at a house party. Seems sweet, kind, intelligent, funny and deeply insecure.

"I was never good enough for my dad" That one statement tells me everything.

I've been addicted to heroin for 11 years, after trying out psilocybin treatment I will be 2 years clean

This guy is a really good story teller, most people overlook it but thats actually a talent not alot of people have, was engaged the whole time. ur a cool guy matt

I was a functioning addict on oxy and fentanyl laced pills until I ran out on vacation. sober since July, 9 months sober!

This is cool and all, but don't. You AREN'T this guy. Heroin will absolutely ruin your life. Just don't.

He looks like he was teleported directly from the 70's

As a functioning heroin addict for 10 years myself, i related on so many levels with Matthew. My life was slightly different as I spent those 10 years raising my son by myself. However, "functioning" is very subjective. I worked 5 days a week and provided my son with food, shelter and love, so to others I appeared very functional. But looking back at that time I didn't grow emotionally for a decade. I lied to my family and friends for a decade. My health suffered for a decade. Close relationships were non existent for a decade. The only relationship I had was with smack. Like Matthew, my saving grace was my hatred of needles. I snorted heroin daily. An intervention by friends and family was the turning point. However, I insisted that I couldn't go to rehab because I couldn't leave my son. So, with the help of buprenorphine (a wonder drug in my mind) I kicked it on my own. 13 years clean now and my life is wonderful. I'm not full of regrets about my addiction. The catalyst for my heroin use was finding my fiance dead on my birthday to suicide. Heroin was the perfect cure to my pain. At the time it was my saving grace. However, I actually had to go through the grieving process properly after I got clean. Moral of the story: we're all different and handle things differently. Pure heroin by itself is not the devil. The black market and price of it is what causes the thieving, lying arsehole to manifest itself in most cases. Matthew seems like a lovely guy. I wish him the best of luck. I hope he makes it out the other side.

I feel like he’s really hurt inside but he tries to hide that cause people think that he had an “easy” life, the suffering of other people don’t erase your suffering

Looks like this guy came straight out of 1975.

Same here, I was "functional" until I wasn't. All it takes its one bad event and sends you down a spiral you can't hold onto. I was good for like 8 years, then a depressive, wreckless mess for 2yrs. Lost friends, family, jobs. I'm now on a path of sobriety I never thought was possible. Approaching 2 months clean of heroin, weed, ect. I occasionally drink, but for the most part, I'm just naturally joyful nowadays. Seriously, we'll say anything to rationalize our habits. But in the end, it's a demon that wants your soul. Eventually, it WILL end in death. Abstinence is the best way to live a fulfilling life!

This guy really describing the least traumatic childhood ever as a backstory to his heroin use