This two-part program includes honest and open interviews with meth users who share their struggles to overcome their addiction to meth. They share the realities of being caught up in the grip of meth and the effects it has had on their health and the damage it has done to their families.

By Stephen Sutherland

This two-part program includes honest and open interviews with meth users who share their struggles to overcome their addiction to meth. They share the realities of being caught up in the grip of meth and the effects it has had on their health and the damage it has done to their families.

Total viewing time: 1 hour 47 minutes. Available in DVD format only. Can be purchased separately for $250.00 each. SPECIAL: $450.00 for the set.

1. The Grip of Addiction - Explains why meth is so addictive and has such a high potential for abuse, and can alter the users personality. It also helps viewers understand meth's effects on the central nervous system.
   
   Viewers learn why prolonged use of meth causes "dopamine depletion" and destroys the user's ability to feel pleasure, which often leads to bingeing for days without sleep followed by severe depression, paranoia, belligerence, aggression, and finally collapse from exhaustion, only to awaken days later to begin the cycle again. 55 minutes.
   

   
   

2. Health and Family Effects - Shows how meth use causes a variety of health problems including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and irreversible stroke producing damage to small blood vessels in the brain. Also addresses the toxic effects of meth use on the liver and kidneys, as well as effects on the immune system.
   
   Stephen Sutherland, reveals why meth users often exhibit psychotic behavior that include auditory hallucinations, mood disturbances, delusions, and paranoia, which often result in homicidal or suicidal thoughts. He addresses how meth distorts the user's thoughts and perceptions which puts people around them in danger.
   
   Dr. Raymond Dennany examines the mouths of chronic meth users and shows viewers a common health problem caused by smoking or snorting meth called "meth mouth." 52 minutes.

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