The Brickyard: Home of All the Junkies

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Produced and Directed by Greg Scott, Sawbuck Productions, Inc.
Chief Editor: Victoria Stob Copyright 2006, Greg Scott, Sawbuck Productions, Inc. and DePaul University This 23-minute documentary explores the lives of homeless heroin and crack addicts, sex workers, and drug dealers who inhabit a semi-concealed public space on Chicago's west side. The film o
ffers a sneak peek into the feature-length documentary now in production. *** PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS ON THIS FILM ***

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Just because it ... ( 3 months ago by billyklez)

Just because it wasn't right for you doesn't mean it's wrong for everyone. I would never suggest that suboxone or methadone or 12-step or ANY response is good FOR ALL people. Recovery means different things to different people; clearly, abstinence-only approaches fail miserably (from a statistical perspective), although some people succeed (but few remain abstinent of ALL psychotropics, such as caffeine and nicotine). Advocating abstinence is antiquated idiocy.

i been clean -3 ... ( 3 months ago by rawjc)

i been clean -3 weekends since jan, best way is cold turkey

also hows '' ... ( 3 months ago by rawjc)

also hows ''freeway'' doing????

congratulations. ... ( 3 months ago by billyklez)

congratulations. that's great news. but the "best way" for you might not be the best way for everyone. there is no "one size fits all" recovery model, after all. what works for one person might be disastrous for another. i wish you all the best ....

he's doing okay. ... ( 3 months ago by billyklez)

he's doing okay. his "wife" wilma was hit by a truck and very badly injured. she's still in the hospital, but it looks like she'll survive. freeway keeps on being freeway .... inimitable.

thats good if you ... ( 3 months ago by rawjc)

thats good if you see him tell him ''jc'' says hi

will do .... ( 3 months ago by billyklez)

will do ....

I always prefer the ... ( 2 months ago by hwydave)

I always prefer the easier way over the harder one.
-David

I think your ... ( 2 months ago by hwydave)

I think your confusing who my responce was to, remember I'm rockin and very happy on MMT for many years. I was responding to the guy who implyed that the easier way was nessesarily less valid or laudable than the "harder" one - a strategy I've never chosen to accomplish my personal goals.
-DF

Sorry, DF. You're ... ( 2 months ago by billyklez)

Sorry, DF. You're right. I was confused. Still am, just less so, and in a more existential sense. Thanks for clearing things up on this front, though! --Greg

poignant....true... ... ( 2 months ago by mrblisterfist)

poignant....true...well done !

this is AMAZING!! ... ( 2 months ago by nickmccarthyy)

this is AMAZING!! I've always been interested in people like these and wanted to hear their stories. Was it hard to get them to let you into their lives? Did you have to pay them or were they just willing to talk?

Thank you. On ... ( 2 months ago by billyklez)

Thank you. On occasion I paid people for their time, especially if the interview took longer than 1 hour. Everyone's time is worth money. I charge for mine, so I expect others to charge for their expertise. For many addicts, their life story, their addiction, is their only remaining source of human capital. If I want to exploit it to advance my career or my personal goal of changing beliefs and values in society, then I need to pay for it. But mostly I just paid people with small favors.

Great job ( 2 months ago by wexarexthexStorm)

Great job

incredible ( 1 month ago by biaaib123)

incredible

Jesus i remember ... ( 3 weeks ago by yoda19hack)

Jesus i remember my heroin days.Some poor lady let me sleep in her garage every night and in the morning she allways made me a sandwich.God bless her.
I should visit her and thank her...dont you think?

his names "freeway" ... ( 1 week ago by MAKER6450)

his names "freeway" and his wife got hit by a truck? damn that sux

no no, you say cold ... ( 1 week ago by MAKER6450)

no no, you say cold turkey is the best way? was your junk habbit high? if it was the cold turk would of been hell.
iv been on methadone for a year now and i havent shot for 8 months now... thats a BIG turn for me, its been a 8 year nightmare.

did any of them try ... ( 1 week ago by MAKER6450)

did any of them try take you camera? that would get them stoned for weeks

No, I lived there, ... ( 1 week ago by billyklez)

No, I lived there, part of the community. People watched out for me, I watched out for them. Quid pro quo.

Array ( 1 week ago by MAKER6450)

you did? wow mam.
your life must be on track now then?

yeah, it's pretty ... ( 1 week ago by billyklez)

yeah, it's pretty well on track .... i can't and won't complain about a single thing in my life.

if you got clean ... ( 2 days ago by mondo56)

if you got clean and sober congratulations.

amazing film. ... ( 1 day ago by Kuklazoid)

amazing film. where is the brickyard?

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