Ben: Diary Of A Heroin Addict 04/05
As a bright schoolboy from a loving, middle-class family Ben Rogers was expected to make a success of his life. Raised in a quiet, picturesque village Ben was a Boy Scout, loved cricket, played in the school orchestra and looked forward to the annual family holiday. But despite his privileged start in life Ben found himself on the road to ruin, injecting heroin up to four times a day. During his last months, Ben kept a video diary of his drug use and desperate attempts to come off heroin …
January 27th, 2010 at 2:21 am
That pot is not the same as heroin, and having someone close wanting to ease there heroin withdrawal with cannabis does not warrant wanting to kill that person. That is Drug War talking. She thinks she knows that it is all just “drugs”. I know former junkies staying of opiates with the aid of pot. Why in the hell would I judge them for that, or let that bother me at all. Her worries about that incident were not helping him get clean. This idea about clumping all drugs together is no good.
January 27th, 2010 at 3:17 am
No, I’m with you. It hurts to see that wonderful woman suffering like that. God, it’s awful when she wrings her hands like that and sobs and kicks something. How strong she is and how deep her emotion, what he put her through.
Of course it takes you over, etc, but if someone put a gun to your head and said, don’t use that, you’d control it, strong enough incentive. Yr 71 year old dad working 4 yr habit isn’t enough, it seems. They should have sent him abroad, away, a wiser use of their money.
January 27th, 2010 at 3:18 am
i was once a meth addict….until suddenly i play WOrld of Warcraft and it change my life….i stick to the game and never use drugs again…..atleast playing games is better than doing drugs…..the key to it is enjoy your life without doing drugs.
January 27th, 2010 at 3:38 am
As a recovering drug addict things have become apparent to me that i feel obligated to share with you guys.
When you’re using, the chemical nature of the drugs don’t allow you to consider things as normal people do. Making you a selfish, inconsiderate person.
nothing personal its the drugs.
People have to realize that the only way to fight off the addiction is to get into a 12 step program, and battle it with meetings and a sponsor daily. NA/AA are the only things that have worked for me.
January 27th, 2010 at 4:34 am
My heart does go out to the parents, because they’re sweethearts. My parents certainly were not as affectionate or supportive.
January 27th, 2010 at 5:22 am
It is a good idea. I dont know why his mother was freaking out about it.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Your age is probably why your tone is so harsh. By the way, I do agree with what you’re saying. The fact is that he’s got to detox first before he can make any rational decision. His poor parents are clutching at hope, because sometimes it’s all you’ve got. But what you’ve failed to realize is that who they see is the little child who used to run around in his underwear and they’re terrified at losing him. The know he’s doomed, but they’re going to stay by him until the end.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:41 am
His mum didnt approach the detox properly. They should have got him into a proper rehab center. They shouldn’t have just withdrawn him, that can kill you. Also mother whining doesn’t help, yes shes human, but that isn’t going to solve anything.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:12 am
i blame parents.yes,he is a junkie and addicts will do whatever it takes to get money for the next score.but his parents are idiots.u can’t talk normaly with someone who’s an adict and try to make a deal with him becouse addicts lie all the time to get what they want.parents should’ve put him into rehab no matter what.they gave him money for dope and they even drove him to score.the best thing is that they thought they are doing the best thing 4 their son!god!!
January 27th, 2010 at 7:33 am
I’m sorry, but I’m now feeling sick with anger. That poor man had to keep working until he was 71 to support his 32 year old selfish son’s heroin habit. Most other people probably would have thrown him out of the house by now and told him to get lost. Ben took his parents totally for granted. What more of an incentive could he have had to change? I know I’m probably going to get replies condemning me for being harsh but what possible reason could Ben have for continuin his habit then?
January 27th, 2010 at 8:11 am
i think him replacing marijuana for heroin on the five day hump is a good idea
January 27th, 2010 at 9:08 am
i watched this b4 on sky, found it very good, im a heroin user myself and can relate 2 a lot of that, selfishnees is sumthing all addicts have a lot off
January 27th, 2010 at 9:56 am
what a righteous father
January 27th, 2010 at 10:13 am
I watch these over n over when I feel the need to go back out and well, im still here, living life
January 27th, 2010 at 10:47 am
I think it was to score Heroin. It just kind of cut to him being fully addicted again. Dunno what happened between him saying he wanted pot and him being addicted again though.
January 27th, 2010 at 11:36 am
R.I.P BEN This is SAD!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
He was mad at ben for injecting heroin but what I don’t understand is at 6:41 to what ever time he actually drove ben to buy medical marijuana to help him cope with his addiciton or to actually score heroin? Please explain.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
This is soo sad, soo very very sad for the whole family including Ben.
I have been there with two of my boys, it was just devastating, thankfully they kicked it finally.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
oh my god wot ashame, his mum and dad are so caring, his dad is so sweet , he really wants to understand. i know wot ben was going through trust me, its the hardest thing in the world for me to come to terms with. my mum and dad are the same , so caring and loving it hurts to hurt them. xoxo