Prescription Thugs Page #2

Synopsis: In this follow-up to his film BIGGER FASTER STRONGER, director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself. As Bell learns more about Big Pharma, an industry he had been brought up to trust, he falls down his own hole of addiction.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Chris Bell, Josh Alexander (co-director), Greg Young (co-director)
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
45
PG-13
Year:
2015
86 min
574 Views


Uh, no, not drugs.

No drugs at all?

- No.

- Honestly?

I came out 'cause Mike

asked me to come out,

try to help him out.

I don't know how long

he can keep going like this.

He was the one

that told me on camera

all the sh*t you were doing.

I had no idea.

Yeah.

And I was, like, shaking

when I interviewed him. What?

Why didn't he tell me that?

He tells me everything.

Usually people do drugs,

they just hide it and hide it

and hide it, and he's like,

not with me. He's like...

Well, the problem is

that I can't hide it

for too long of a time.

I can hide it for, depending

on the deal,

depending on

what the addiction is,

I can hide it for 3-6 months,

and then that's when things

start going

out of control again.

I've already kind of prepared

myself for that phone call

that Mike is dead some place,

you know, and I mean,

I've done all the crying.

I've had all the feelings.

I've been through all the

emotions and things like that,

and it doesn't mean

that when it happens,

or if it happens,

that I'm not going to be sad.

It just means that I have

done everything that I can,

and I'm still doing

everything that I can.

Well, he'll break down,

and he'll be crying,

and he'll say, like, you know,

"Dad, the biggest fear

I ever had in my life

was being an average guy."

But you have to be average

before you can be any better,

just like you have to crawl

before you can walk,

and you have to walk

before you can run.

He's stuck, you know.

He's stuck right there.

Mad Dog believes that

his addictions were fueled

by his lack of success,

but the closer he got

to the spotlight,

the bigger his problems became.

- When I looked my best,

- I was on...

Before, I used

a growth hormone a day.

I was on Cytomel every day.

I was on Sustanon

two or three times a week.

I was on Winstrol every day.

I was in Ephedra every day.

I was on Clenbuterol every day.

I was taking painkillers

to get rid of the pain

in my neck.

When you wrestled for WWE,

I mean, that's part of

not being the average Joe.

Like, you were on tour,

you were on TV.

I used to turn it on

at college and get all

my friends around the TV.

Like, "Ah, that's my brother!"

and were so proud of, like.

It's a high being

in front of 20,000 people

and getting a reaction.

I wasn't in front

of 20,000 too often,

but I was in front of

20,000 people a few times.

You walk out, and you're,

like, ready to kick ass,

and everybody starts cheering

for you, and it feels great.

And then you don't have that

anymore, and you're just

getting up, you're going

to work... eatin', sleepin',

workin'.

Eatin', sleepin', workin'.

Eatin', sleepin', workin'.

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Josh Alexander

Josh Alexander is an American songwriter and producer best known for his collaborations with songwriter/producer Billy Steinberg. Their work includes songs for Demi Lovato ("Give Your Heart a Break"), JoJo ("Too Little Too Late"), Nicole Scherzinger ("Don't Hold Your Breath") and t.A.T.u ("All About Us"). more…

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