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I really hope this is a sign of good things to come!! Good luck, Bam!! Good Vibes
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u/deadguyinthere
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Iāve listened to all the interviews heās done on podcasts recently. Heās still blaming other people and circumstances for his addiction and mistakes. I hope he gets well too but it doesnāt seem like heās there yet.
EDIT: We love you Bam. Keep fighting.
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u/pawn_guy 11d ago
The r/mademesmile part is how much effort Steve-O is putting into helping his friend work through the addiction that he struggled with himself.
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u/misguidedsadist1 11d ago
I think he just realizes that being there is more important than proselytizing. In your darkest moments youāre less ashamed to reach out to the folks who have just been there without judgment.
Sounds like he has boundaries as necessary but he is clearly trying to be there and present in whatever way he can.
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u/Gh0stMan0nThird 11d ago •
Yeah as someone who has been through some really dark times, the times people don't deserve love is when they need it the most.
Obviously some people are lost causes, and staying around them can hurt you too, and that's when you need to leave, but sometimes you just have to be nice to people when they least deserve it.
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u/endlessly_apollo 11d ago
the times people donāt deserve love is when they need it the most
Aww. Well said
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u/misguidedsadist1 11d ago
Yeah boundaries are important but sometimes that doesnāt mean completely cutting someone off.
Iāve had some really dark moments too and the only way out was the people who I knew were still there for me and expressed their love regularly. Again thatās not the same as expecting them to take a ride with you to hell. They didnāt. But they kept telling me they loved me.
When I was at the lowest and needed a way out, that was my lifeline.
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u/nightfoam 11d ago
I agree with this wholeheartedly. Seeing Steve-O repeatedly reaching out and helping people struggling with addiction warms my heart. He not only turned his life around but he's paying it forward, helping those around him. I hope he's able to get through to Bam and finally get him on the right path.
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u/NimbleNavigator19 11d ago
Struggles* with. That shit doesn't go away no matter how long you stay clean. It's always a cloying thought in the back of your mind.
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u/osirisrebel 11d ago
Not always, I've been clean for over 5 years and have absolutely zero interest in it anymore. No cravings, no intrusive thoughts about it, I'm just done with it.
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u/KerryMysac05 11d ago
Same. Iāve been sober since 2010, and havenāt had thoughts of getting high since the withdrawals ended. On the flip side, I had a brother die from an overdose. No matter what he/we did, no matter the options presented to him, he just couldnāt stay sober. He saw me sober for 8 years, he also saw a few friends die before him, and it still didnāt click for him. For me, high highs from dope, just didnāt justify the low lows the withdrawals brought. Iād rather stay even keeled
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u/osirisrebel 11d ago
It really is sad once you have that outside perspective. I'm stoked that you made your escape from it, but it's pretty similar here, I've lost many people, my father just got with some chick that got him on that shit even after him watching me struggle with it for years.
Lost my little brother, and all he did was loan someone enough money to get them a bag, and asked to be repaid. Murdered and tossed in a field over $25.
As I stated in a separate comment, after the withdrawal, the hardest part for me was just how angry I was with myself that I waited so long to quit. Thinking about all I fucked up, the money I spent, where I could've been in life if I would've just left it alone, I just felt to fucking stupid.
But, I'm starting to get it together, I've done a lot of damage control, I'm getting my ducks in a row, I'm not there yet, but I can definitely see light on the other side. I'm almost afraid to say it, but I dare say that I feel like there's hope.
But I am super proud of you, and I mean that in the most sincere way possible.
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u/TooMama 11d ago
Jesus man, Iām so so sorry. To experience such loss and go through all that you have and still be here commenting and offering kindness to strangersā¦.thatās something special. Strength, resiliency, perseverance, whatever you want to call it, and big-hearted on top of it. Thatās pretty incredible. I believe youāve got this. ā¤ļø
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u/btmvideos37 11d ago
Sure but what would happen if you ever touched it again. Most addicts can never go back to casual consumption. Specifically with alcohol
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u/osirisrebel 11d ago
My father actually recently started using, I was in close proximity to it, looked at it, was offered it, and still had no interest.
Sometimes people evolve, was it easy in the beginning? Absolutely not. But after the cravings were over, I was mainly just so fucking mad at myself for how long I waited to stop. That anger really consumed me for a bit.
But I was referring to meth. I also struggled with alcohol, but I'm now ironically really into home distilling, because I really enjoy the science behind it and it's a really satisfying hobby, but I've got a whole cabinet full of spirits, and I might take a sip on special occasions, other than that, it just doesn't excite me.
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u/deadguyinthere 11d ago
I get that but seeing someone deteriorate despite everyoneās best efforts doesnāt make me smile.
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u/Bryce-the-kid 11d ago
Never stop helping others and you'll find many reasons to smile
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u/RandomHobbyName 11d ago •
You will smile, but it's the ones you try to help, but can't help, that'll wipe smiles off you face.
I miss theirs. I miss mine.
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u/crawshay 11d ago
I'd like to think if there's anyone that could get through to him its Steve-O. Hope he changes his attitude and figures it out.
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u/heavyusername2 11d ago
yea recovery is literally taking responsibility, I always felt his attitude isn't gonna do him any favors, like steve-o is humbe you can tell he gets it he values his sobriety and he knows its his ass on the line, nobody owes him a easy time, I dont like that about bam
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u/giskardwasright 11d ago
I remember watching either jackals 2.5 or 3.5, but he fell onto burning coals and made a joke about not being able to take any pain killers. That's some hard core dedication to sobriety. Also, the video of Chuck Liddell choking him out is hilarious.
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u/TheMightyDane 11d ago
Steve-O: āa normal person would probably ask for a painkillerā
Knoxville: āWelp, you got your card revoked!ā
(Steve-o laughs while in tremendous pain)
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u/Binaural1 11d ago
Also, look how fuckin good Steve-O looks in this picture. Healthy af.
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u/MetalSnake_oXm 11d ago
Man those jackals movies were great
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u/FardoBaggins 11d ago
Jack black was great in it! Blew his arm off at the shoulder and all!
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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck 11d ago
Jack Black is an amazing method actor, I can't believe he still did those guitar solos in House of Rock and Tenacious D with a prosthetic arm. And now he's spent the last 3 months in full Browser furry costumes for his next role.
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u/SuperLaggyLuke 11d ago
He hasn't really had to take responsibility for anything in his life so it's likely he never will.
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u/Sawgon 11d ago
He's genuinely always been a piece of shit, addiction or not.
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u/SuperLaggyLuke 11d ago
I used to like him as a teen because of his care free attitude and how he did all kinds of wacky stuff. Now when I watch Viva la Bam again he is just insufferable.
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u/ChefCourtB 11d ago
Steve-o has continuously done everything he can to support Bam in his recovery. I really hope Bam realizes how great of an asset Steve-o is
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u/HesherPiney 11d ago
I'm in recovery. 8 years. I also work in hospitality in the Philly area.
Philly is crawling with addicts. Per Capita I don't think another city comes close. I know and work with addicts and of course know them through meetings and such.
Bam is an addict but he's also an asshole. He's notorious in the area for being a shit person. And there are tons of famous and rich and powerful people around that are addicts who AREN'T assholes.
Hell, DMX used to come into a place I worked out of his fucking mind on a whole pharmacy worth of shit and he was erratic but also nice, funny and respectful. The Mayor is a massive drunk and he's not a dick. I've seen him pose with people in Wawa late at night in a tux clearly blotto.
I don't think you magically turn into a nice guy when you get sober but very few people can be both a complete asshole and stay clean if they are an addict.
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u/8unk 11d ago
Any good DMX story?
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u/HesherPiney 11d ago
Not good per se but he was pretending to be sober and would go to meetings when he was in town and share his story of recovery movingly told and people would tell me how hearing him they found great inspiration in his journey. But he'd be at the bar at work pounding expensive drinks the same day and doing drugs in the bathroom. We had to tell him not to smoke crack right by the entrance one time.
I didn't out him to meetings or sober friends then because not my place but I was surprised that he could get it together enough to fool a room full of people in recovery that he was clean. I don't remember him ever being a jerk and he was clever and funny but just clearly out of control a lot. He would hang out with this local high end drug dealer who clearly was his Philly connect.
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u/conrid 11d ago
Difference would be the general intake and abuse, though. Bam is leaning back on a steady road down to the bottom, Steve-O took on a wingsuit and said "catch you on the flipside".
Point being, Steve-O met his mortality fairly quickly and realized he has more to give. Bam still don't want to live, and you see it. He fights with all he's got, and I'm proud. He did'nt follow Ryan.
From someone who's been struggling with suicidal thoughts for over 20 years;
Bam, please stay with us. Listen to Stevie, please live on
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u/ImportanceCertain414 11d ago
He has had hundreds of opportunities to better himself with way more resources available than most people on the planet. At first I rooted for him but now I don't care what he does, maybe if he was family or a friend I would continue but he isn't so I don't.
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u/ChunkyDay 11d ago edited 11d ago
1 - I donāt discount your opinion at all. Itās completely understandable and I would probably have the same viewpoint if I wasnāt a sober addict. But I wanted to hopefully provide a bit of a different prospective.
Dude, let me tell you, most of us adddicts fight tooth and nail to find a way to stay sick. A lot of our bottoms are when literally everything is gone. Thereās no way to effectively describe it to somebody who hasnāt experienced addiction except to say itās like a parasite that feeds on our successes, happiness, anything positive. Every time something real bad happens the parasite shrinks, thereās no positivity to feed on.
Then we get out of rehab and get a month clean, we feel great. I got this. Iām ready to be sober forever.
Now it starts to creep back. Growing with each new milestone reached.
And then something happens. It could be a huge fight. Or watching an episode of intervention. Or even just getting the little butterflies when a random thought about getting high enters your head. And then it attacks again and we relapse.
Weāre back in rehab. This time the parasite shrinks a little bit more because weāve lost a little bit more. Friends start calling less. Family is more suspect.
Anyway this repeats until youāve lost so much that the parasite is minuscule. And weāre completely broken. Only then do some of us desperately and shamefully ask for help. For some of us the state makes us deal with it in a cell. And or some of us the parasite takes complete control and we donāt make it. The parasite wins.
Bam still has money. Bam still has his parentsā enabling. Bam still has a lot of elements in his life that he unfortunately might need to lose before heās truly ready to get sober. And I worry that his parents will literally love him to death by continuing to, what they would see as, support him.
Getting sober is the easy part. Staying sober is 10x harder. Because now we still have all out problems and unresolved emotions but no longer have our medicine we used to deal with them.
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u/bakerbabe126 11d ago
I'm a drug and alcohol counselor, and I use one of Steve-Os videos where he and Bam discuss rehab.
Steve-O attempts to redirect him in the right way many times but Bam continues to blame external factors.
I utilize this to show how attitude is important in recovery and how, if you continue to blame everything else for your actions, you are setting yourself up for relapse.
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u/aimforthehead90 11d ago
Not sure what his best really is. I'm not super involved in his history or personal life, but he's always been an entitled prick that I'm aware of. This is just what that looks like when you lose the confident youth that somehow made people overlook how shitty he's always been.
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u/nolagfx16 11d ago
Fuck he looks rough...and fuck I'm old...I still remember him looking like when CKY2k came out...
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u/longtimelyndon 11d ago
He's looks a lot better than his random Instagram posts a few months ago that's for sure!
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u/tonguetwister 11d ago
I was gonna say, I think he looks really good compared to recently.
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u/SevereIntroduction37 11d ago
He looks so much like his dad now
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u/once_pragmatic 11d ago
Only when heās on the toilet, idiot. Donāt act like there arenāt rules out here.
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u/fl135790135790 11d ago
my god every comment order about bam is repeated almost to the exact letters every time a picture appears of him online
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u/Admiral_Mason 11d ago
WOW ISNT IT CRAZY THAT OF ALL THE JACKASS PEOPLE IT WAS STEVEO THAT SOBERED UP?
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u/Sport6 11d ago
In one of the recent Bam documentaries, his mom said that the Dad comments really mess him up and donāt help with his drinking problem.
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u/AlwaysBeC1imbing 11d ago
Yeah as addicts/alcoholics we do love an excuse to feel sorry for ourselves and drink!
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u/polishrocket 11d ago
ā1 will make feel betterā. Next thing I know Iām 12 deep. Happens every time. Had to pump the brakes recently as itās no way to live life, sucks it took me this long to realize it
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u/Big-Zero-360 11d ago
Ironic though how sobriety is the only thing that will change how he feels about that.
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u/BigChief302 11d ago
Yeah this makes me feel old as hell. I still can't believe I have gray hair
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u/Happyintexas 11d ago
I refuse to believe gray hair actually correlates to age. Granted, Iāve been minimum 25% gray since 30, closer to 50% with heavy āstripesā of gray by 33. At 35 I went back to full head bleach blonde highlights to blend it all in. Now that Iām actually thinking about it, it could correlate with kids. 3 kids in teen/pre teen crazy years at 35 heavily influenced my dive back into highlights lol
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u/BigChief302 11d ago
Yeah I blame my teenagers for sure. And while I'm at it I would just like to mention that teenagers today are so much more lame than we were. They don't do anything cool, just stare at phones. Bunch of dorks.
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u/Mental_Basil 11d ago
Think it's related to stress. My cousin had a stressful job and got grays at like 27. I never had grays until last year when I went through a mega stressful time. Now at 34 and a few months since the major stressors have passed, I have like... 3 gray hairs. Lol. Time to meditate and de-stress the grays away. Haha.
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u/justridingbikes099 11d ago
34 and none yet, no idea why/how. I keep waiting for it to show up. 2 kids under 4, sleep ain't great, average about 2 hours not working or parenting/day. I think it's random genetics.
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u/BigPoppaFu 11d ago
He actually looks way better than he has in years! Heās been clean a few months now I believe. But yeah is agree with you. I remember him as looking in his glory days of Viva La Bam!
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u/CleanHouseCleanHands 11d ago
You mean when he was bulimic and alcoholic? That svelte heroin chic look, yeah... Glory days...
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u/Mister-Butterswurth 11d ago
If anybody can help him get sober, itās Steevo
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u/earlubes 11d ago
Steve-O has tried in the past and Bam didnāt take any of his advice. Maybe heās finally waking up and taking it seriously. Gotta love Steve-O
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u/Impressive_Jaguar_70 11d ago
Never would have guessed Steve-O would be one of the most wholesome of the Jackass crew but here we are
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u/GoodLordShowMeTheWay 11d ago
wow, bam looks like Phil now.
I canāt believe it was Steve-O that sobered up out of everyone!
bam really lost control after Ryan Dunn died
Itās the same three comments for 7 years straight.
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u/Tipist 11d ago
wow, bam looks like Phil now.
I canāt believe it was Steve-O that sobered up out of everyone!
bam really lost control after Ryan Dunn died
Itās the same three comments for 7 years straight.
Itās the same four comments for 6 years straight.
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u/largechild 11d ago
I hope Bamās dad Phil sneaks into Bamās rehab room at 4am to wake him up by punching him with an electric guitar
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u/Mister-Butterswurth 11d ago
Then goes through his room and takes all the junk food from the hidden stash spots
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The only person who can get Bam sober is Bam, and sadly I don't think he's ready for that. Crazy that Steve-O of all people was the one who got their shit together and stuck with it.
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u/psimwork 11d ago
I always thought it was super fascinating listening to Dr. Drew talk about his sobriety and how he would always offer to help Steve-O and Steve-O would turn him down every time, saying (effectively) "I have too much respect for what you do to disappoint you. I'm not ready to do it yet, but when I do, I'll do it ONCE."
Drew was apparently like, "yeah whatever, dude - everyone relapses at least once." Later on, he was like, "but I was wrong! He did it just once and it stuck!".
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u/gandhinukes 11d ago
Drew turned into a piece of shit like 15 years ago.
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u/IllIllIIIllIIlll 11d ago
Used to like the guy, what did drew do?
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u/psimwork 11d ago edited 11d ago
Used to like the guy, what did drew do?
A bunch of stuff, some of which is pretty bad, some of which is "meh", and some of which is nothing at all. As a (former) fan, I'll try to give as un-biased opinion as I can. And I will say that while I'm no longer a fan, I wouldn't go so far as to call him a piece of shit.
The first thing that comes to mind for me as far as a lot of folks take him to task on is that he's an ardent supporter of 12-step as a process for overcoming addiction. There's significant, but debatable, evidence that it is as successful as no intervention with regards to outcomes. A LOT of folks take issue with the step of the "higher power" and associate it with organized religion (i.e. "you can't beat your addiction without god!"). Now in fairness, there's a fair amount of 12-step groups that this is exactly the way in which they operate. Drew operates under the concept that a "higher power" can be anything you want it to be - literally it can be having faith that the sun will rise tomorrow, and that it doesn't have to be a "god". But the internet is where nuance goes to die.
The second thing is that he hosted a show called "Celebrity Rehab". This was a show that had a bunch of noted c and d-list celebrities go into a rehab facility while it was filmed for reality TV purposes. The show was created by Drew and Bob Forrest as a way to de-stigmatize addiction therapy. The show had (I think) two people that had been on the show eventually die as a result of their addictions, to which a LOT of folks hold Drew personally responsible, and see the show as a cynical exploitation of people with mental illness. Meanwhile many of the celebrities whom were on the show absolutely credit their experience being there as the reason they're alive today and will absolutely defend the show as being necessary to expose the public to how people that are living with addiction are suffering.
The third thing is that in the 90s, Drew was paid to participate in a study which evaluated clinically depressed people being treated by the medication, Welbutrin, and how it affected their sex drive. During the study it was noted that welbutrin could possibly treat the symptoms while having a reduced side-effect of killing someone's sex drive (as SSRIs are known to do). He would later suggest on Loveline on the air that people who were being treated with SSRIs and were experiencing reduced sex drive should talk to their doctor about getting on Welbutrin as this has a reduced occurrence of this. Now in fairness, this has some teeth, and he shouldn't have done this. There's several issues at play here - the fact that he was being paid by the company calls into question his motivation, and suggesting (as a doctor) to ANYONE that they should talk to their doctor about changing medication while not being their doctor is not a great idea. But I will say that this is somewhat mitigated with me in that the guy didn't lie - Welbutrin DOES tend to treat depression with a reduced occurrence of suppressed sexual function. It's akin to being a celebrity, and being given a car by the manufacturer, and then going on a radio show and being like, "yeah my car has this adaptive cruise control function that is really pretty spectacular. Cadillac calls it Super Cruise and I was able to drive all the way here basically without touching the wheel", while not disclosing that the car had been given to you. It's my suspicion that the guy genuinely believed in the statements he made and didn't see anything wrong with what he was doing, but yeah - this part definitely is not great.
Fourth (and technically fifth) was his reaction to the pandemic. As the pandemic got going he was very much downplaying it. Saying that it wasn't that bad, that shutdowns were unnecessary, and that the media was over-playing it for ratings (he has since recanted on this). He also was part of the white house response to the pandemic, and when you start off saying that it's not a big deal, and then you join the white house response to it, which very much amplified the "not a big deal" message, it's definitely not a good look. I will kinda give him a pass on a lot of what he said initially, because while he was indeed downplaying the pandemic, his advice on what should be done literally every time I heard him speak about it was, "we all need to be listening to Dr. Fauci. If we do what he says, we'll get out of this sooner than later." But the straw that broke the camels back with him for me was that on his podcast, he was giving airtime (and also speaking in support) of Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for covid (specifically HCQ + Zinc). Again I would suspect his good intentions with this (he is correct in that HCQ + Zinc treatments are pretty benign in and of themselves), but suggesting that as a treatment when WAY too many folks were foregoing vaccination in favor of HCQ treatments was just a terrible plan, and it's where I finally had to give up the ghost with the guy.
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u/MtDewHer 11d ago
Jfc the ghost in the background
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u/gigabyte998 11d ago
Its just the Sandman lol. Morpheus just waiting for two bros to board the plane.
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u/TheVampyresBride 11d ago
I always love it when people notice something I didn't. Then I go back, see it for myself, and laugh my ass off.
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u/Bronco4bay 11d ago
No, Orin I donāt know how Iām going to die.
Wait, are you asking me or telling me?
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u/Yourbubblestink 11d ago
Not an original tooth between them
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u/GiganotosaurusZed 11d ago
Bro I watched Steve-O is on like his third full ass set of teeth lmao. Look great all things considered!
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u/Born-Representative3 11d ago
steveo is just a good person, after all the things bam said heās still cool with him
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u/KittenPsyche 11d ago
Honestly Steve-O probably has been in the exact same position, having the exact same thoughts. He is the absolute best supporter for bam because while nobody owes him forgiveness and love, Steve-O is giving it to him unconditionally because he is aware of how addiction and alienation feels.
If you have a friend that was once so depressed they had mold growing on dishes in their bedroom, they'd be the one to understand it the most when your bed gets a little messy, y'know?
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u/cupcakesloth94 11d ago
I sincerely hope Bam is on his way towards recovery but if you look at his eyes vs Steve-Os itās very easy to see whoās been sober
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u/twhys 11d ago
He's still fighting demons behind those eyes. Poor guy. Also, how in the actual fuck does steve-o look that vibrant and healthy after all the shit he's went through?
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u/pawn_guy 11d ago
Steve-O has put a surprising amount of work into being a sober and better person. If anyone can help Bam then it's him. The fact that Steve-O is even trying shows how great of a guy he is.
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u/citawin 11d ago
Steve-o kicked the habits early enough to mostly recover the damage done. More than a decade of sobriety, fairly strict healthy dieting, a solid relationship and the dude doesnāt sit still, heās always hustling, always touring always podcasting.
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I still can't believe Steve-O is healthier than my 30yo sedentary ass. But I'm 16 days sober so it's something
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u/floridianoutofwater 11d ago
It IS something, youve made a choice to do the hard thing and put your physical and mental health first for 16 days in a row. Good luck, dont give up. And even if you do for a bit, dont forget you can un-give up and try again.
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u/qwertyordeath 11d ago
Fuck yeah holmes 16 days sober is 15 days more than me. I see and respect you Here's hoping for a new personal best of 3+ days. Keep up the good work and
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u/Available_Job1288 11d ago
He got sober by 32, so despite all the shit he did he might still come out alright in the end.
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u/ShowOff90 11d ago
Best of luck to Bam, hoping maybe this means heās getting some help? Dudes had a rough few years (some of it brought into himself), really hope he can make a bit of a comeback.
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u/PolandSpringsTap 11d ago
Sup with the murderer in the plane? Anybody wanna warn them for their safety?
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u/lonely-paula-schultz 11d ago edited 11d ago
Iāve had enough addicts in my family, and lost my own mother to an OD. Bam was one of my first crushes as a girl. Iām a very optimist person and look to the bright side. All that being said, I sadly, wonāt be holding my breath on him ever being healthy again. Heās old enough with enough resources. If he really wanted to get better, he would have gotten better already. Especially with the wake up calls of Vito and Ryan passing, along with the birth of his child. If those events didnāt do it, no rock bottom or motivation in life ever will. Sad to say it and I hope to be proven wrong.
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u/Darylish05 11d ago
It took me till I was 50 to get it right. Donāt throw in the towel on him yet.
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u/Prestigious-Log-7210 11d ago
Yeah I was 36 when I quit drinking and āpartyingā. 10 years off hard drugs. It is doable.
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u/Crasino_Hunk 11d ago
I might be misreading what youāre saying, but Phil Margera is still alive FWIW
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u/analfizzzure 11d ago
The realization of years wasted after the fact is just as powerful as those big moments when they happen. Hopefully he dried out enough to realize what he has missed to not make that same mistake. But you're right, nothing will pursued you until you're ready.
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u/Bright_Lie_9262 11d ago
This really depends. An addict with means is an addict with means to continue their behavior, so in many cases they take a longer time to hit their personal ābottom.ā
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u/xxhotandspicyxx 11d ago
Agreed with you. He just seems to be stuck in a phase where he blames anyone but himself for his addiction. People say anyone can get sober but this is a lie and Iām afraid Bam is the example For this. The birth of his child should have been his moment for getting sober to be honest. I wanna be wrong but just donāt see it happen.
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u/BigSassy_121 11d ago
If you donāt have the capacity to be honest with yourself your chances are less than average.
And the average is surprisingly low.
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u/Godless_Servant 11d ago
Heās old enough with enough resources
Those resources can also make it way harder
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u/Itsameaturd 11d ago
At first glance I thought that was a Tesla charge station behind them. And then I thought damn that Tesla looks ugly af, almost like an airplane. Then I put the weed down and I feel dumb.
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u/TheBeijingKing 11d ago
Shout out to fucking Steve-O man. Heās really trying to keep his sober friends and peers on the straight and narrow. He understands first hand what taking responsibility for it looks like. Thatās some cool shit and shows you a lot about his character.
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u/whitecollarzomb13 11d ago
Astounds me people are still giving this guy second second second chances.
Heās not a nice human being.
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u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
I never understood it, had a friend in high school who IDOLIZED bam but even right from viva la bam you could tell he was an asshole, that show actually turned me off of jackass for years altogether because I assumed they were all assholes like bam.
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u/theslip74 11d ago
I've never understood people who adore Bam either. Like, I can see tolerating him as part of the Jackass crew, but for anyone to single him out as their favorite of the bunch is just crazy to me. I don't see what they see.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_NAIL_CLIP 11d ago
Iāve hated Bam since I saw how he treated his family. I donāt care if itās just for TV. You donāt mess with someone on the toilet. My hatred was fueled by the fact that young people looked up to him and would punch a man on the toilet given the chance.
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u/Seraphenigma 11d ago
I hope so too. Prior to Bam meeting up with Steve-O for the tour he posted a video of himself at a bar with someone that said they were drinking ice waters and Bam responded with a sarcastic āSureā. Steve-O is a great guy and I was fortunate enough to meet and hangout with him for a bit. Heās essentially swapped his own addiction for substances and geared his addictive behavior towards being a businessman like his father and making monetary gain his top priority. Itās alienated a lot of his fans, and I think Bam is put off by it
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u/w1987g 11d ago
I remember reading something many moons ago about some of the more edgy/angsty/angry singers that I think applies here. If they're lucky, they grow as a person. If the fans are lucky, they don't.
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u/ExistingCommission63 11d ago
I really hope he uses this as a wakeup call to overhaul his entire life. He can't continue to treat people the way he has been, blame others for his issues, substances or not. It's not acceptable behavior. Steve-o is a good guy all around who has done so well for himself, and I think he could be a great influence on Bam's sobriety. But Bam has to make the choice to lose the victim mentality and own up to his own problems and mistakes.
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u/bughuul99 11d ago
Do Steve-Oās front teeth look weird to anyone else?
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u/jolly_rodger42 11d ago
They're all fake, he's had to have them capped and he wears a dental implant.
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u/scarab5q 11d ago
I've also realized that I need to get clean and I'm a week sober today! I now feel like I'm not alone on this journey!
Good luck to both of us Bam!
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u/FourandTwoAheadofMe 11d ago
Is that his wife in the plane? She does not look impressed.
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u/McGottem 11d ago
Bro he looks like Phil! Omg he looks sooooo rough what the hell happen to this dude
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u/NoStutterd 11d ago
Steveo has been sober for a hot minute and Brandon Novak as well. While Bam has been inconsistent he does have the best two people to help support him in recovery. I hope the best for him.