9/6/2013 Kendyl Lister Reaction Paper My initial reaction to watching Steve !

"s doc#$entary was %ear& 'atching a h#$an (eing co$pletely lost %ro$ all reality and near death is an aw%#l and scary thing to watch& My second %eeling was sadness& Reali)ing what his $ain trigger was %or all o% the a(#se was e*tre$ely depressing +nowing he was trying to c#re his $other"s pain& 'atching the de$on that he says has ta+en over his (ody react to the inta+e o% dr#gs is a pri$e e*a$ple o% how o#t o% control people can get and how the threshold %or a high escalates #ntil either the person dies or hits roc+ (otto$& Steve ! is a(sol#tely gone, have never act#ally seen or e*perienced anything li+e what - .#st watched ever in $y li%e& /o $ost people that s#%%er %ro$ an addiction start %ro$ an internal void li+e the one have .#st witnessed0 -t was so %r#strating watching hi$ contin#ally cry o#t %or help (y getting in tro#(le so he co#ld (e arrested and %orced to stop or (e on ca$era so he co#ld share his pain& - was %r#strated watching everyone do nothing especially his sister when she tal+ed a(o#t not (eing a(le to get hi$ help (#t the g#ys %ro$ 1ac+ 2ss co#ld& - %elt that she had given #p on Steve !& 3ontin#ally the people close to hi$ .o+e and ena(led hi$ to do dr#gs4 provided hi$ with the tools and it"s not #ntil he literally $a+es a death threat on hi$sel% that they help& 5ow $any people co#ld (e saved i% their %riends and %a$ily actively p#rs#e help %or the sic+ and addicted in their lives0 'atching this video has opened $y eyes to what really goes on in the li%e o% an addict& 6hey are so %ar gone it"s al$ost i$possi(le to see+ help witho#t the love and s#pport o% their %a$ily4 (lood or not&