 So the other day I made a video about Billie Eilish and her fans and I was talking about depression and thinking that maybe Billie Eilish isn't such a good influence but now I'm thinking maybe she's not so bad. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is for anybody who wants to improve their mental and emotional well-being so if you're into that stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and after I did one of my first Billie Eilish videos I had a bunch of people like yo Chris what are your thoughts on the song Zanny right and I think a lot of people asked me to you know comment on this song because I am a recovering drug addict my drug of choice was prescription medications. My specific drug of choice was actually opioids though which were painkillers and Zannex aka Zanny that is you know a benzodiazepine that wasn't really my thing I messed around with them a little bit wasn't a huge fan just kind of numb you out zombie you out and that just was not my thing and I am on an anti-depressant anti-anxiety medication which is called Lexapro which is a non-narcotic medication and just Zanny in particular like it is trying to calm down anxiety faster but the problem is is that it can be addictive and a lot of people who become addicted to it also mix it with other things like alcohol which increases the risk of an overdose and the other issue is that some people who are buying Zanny's on the streets they're being mixed with fentanyl and fentanyl is an extremely extremely powerful opioid which is much stronger than heroin and that's what's I believe Lil Peep passed away from alright but anyways I want to talk about this song Zanny I'm gonna go over the lyrics first and then I want to talk about how maybe Billie Eilish isn't so bad of a role model alright so this first part says what is it about them I must be missing something they just keep doing nothing too intoxicated to be scared better off without them they're nothing but unstable bring asterisks to the table and that's about the only thing they share alright so like when it's talking about like I must be missing something like I see that as like this whole song kind of seems like Billie has friends who abuse Zanny's right and she's sitting there like what the heck are you guys doing right and and when she says too intoxicated to be scared this is something very common with people who are abusing substances like one of the issues with substance abuse is that you lack prefrontal cortex function and part of the prefrontal cortex is job is to give you fear modulation is supposed to let you know what you should be afraid of this is one of the reasons why so many people overdose on Xanax is because they'll be taking Xanax and technically you can't overdose on Xanax but you mix some booze with it you can die from it right it depresses your nervous system so like what can happen is is that you you get so messed up that you don't even care like the logical brain knows don't take Xanax and drink logically you know not to do that but once you start getting high that doesn't make sense so I imagine Billy sitting there looking at her friends and and just being like what are you guys doing but they're too messed up to even care alright so it says I'm in their secondhand smoke still just drinking canned coke I don't need a Zanny to feel better on designated drives home only one who's not stoned don't give me a Zanny now or ever so I don't know if like Billy's had friends who have passed away from Xanax or if she knows people who are addicted to Xanax but like this is what I'm talking about this is why I'm like man maybe Billy ain't so bad hopefully this is like a personal story because people refer to her as like an industry plant and I know that her brother I think it is helps write songs so I don't know if this is her own personal story either way I think it's very beneficial that she's singing about this but when she's talking about like I don't need a Zanny to feel better this is one of the reasons substance abuse is such a major issue is so many people just aren't content with feeling the way that they're feeling they just want to change the way they're feeling I remember when I was in my active addiction and I would just try anything and like when people are like Chris I think you have a problem like I would be like listen I will take anything that alters my current state of being like I just I never felt comfortable in my own skin so I would drink or snort or swallow like anything right and it's cool that Billy's talking about I don't need a Zanny to be better and she talks about being the designated driver and the only one who's not stoned right and by the way by the way I know a lot of people like in sobriety who like you know they they worry about going out like for example I live in Las Vegas I go to concerts and shows and things like that and like if I well early on in my recovery like when people like why aren't you drinking why don't you know have a drink how did and I just like no no no no I'm designated driver right so any of you who are newly sober use that hack if anybody asks you if you want to drink let's say no thanks I'm designated driver because you got to be a real punk sucker to try to get somebody to drink when they're trying to do the responsible thing and be designated driver all right and then she says don't give me a Zanny now or ever like she doesn't want it so any kids watching this be like Billy and remember just say no all right so the next set of lyrics says waking up a sundown they're late to every party nobody's ever sorry this man I knew a lot of people who are addicted to Xanax and the next line actually says to a neighbor to inebriated now to dance like so many people addicted to Xanax like it is just this ultimate downer like I said there's one of the reasons why I never really mess with it because I just didn't want to like move like at all I just felt completely numbed out like a zombie and when you have friends who are addicted to this stuff or constantly abusing these medications like she's talking about how they're waking up a sundown and they're late to every single party like I remember I remember having friends who are addicted to Xanax and just constantly flaking constantly flaking I'm like you take it all personally right I'm like dude where were you right like I remember like one specific story comes to mind I was supposed to meet a friend right and or he was supposed to come over something like that and like it was three hours later until I heard from him like dude what like what the heck is going on and he's like oh you know I got I got high and I just I passed out right so Billy's talking about how you know her friends who are using Xanies they're late to every every party and nobody's ever sorry right because people people who are addicted to substances they often don't take any personal accountability or responsibility maybe early on or maybe on a lucky day like I remember like in my addiction like I used to get mad at you if you got mad at me for being late right like if I was busy getting messed up or I had to swing by the dealer's house and I was late to this or this or this or whatever like it wasn't my fault you shouldn't be so upset right like addiction is this very selfish and self-centered disease so it says morning as they come down their pretty heads are hurting they're awfully bad at learning make the same mistakes blame circumstance and this man this is a good song like the lyrics of the song are good I personally am not a fan of the song like I need something a little bit more upbeat and energetic but like she's talking about that come down right like the come down from Xanax is is brutal and detox from Xanax is absolutely terrible so detox from Xanax gives you a lot of psychological symptoms as well as physical symptoms like I've seen some people from the treatment center I was working at and we did detox an inpatient and PHP and outpatient but anyways like I've seen people who had been clean off Xanax for you know a week two weeks three weeks and have a seizure like I remember one kid just straight up in my group just sitting there and then just boom just started having a seizure like Xanax messes you up and when she's talking about their pretty heads hurting they're awful bad at learning and they make the same mistakes so when it comes to addiction a lot of people a lot of people aren't even using anymore to get high they're just using to get well right but when she's talks about how they blame circumstance and they're not learning like for example for example maybe somebody is just one trigger maybe somebody stressed about money right so they use Xanax in order to calm down this is why Xanax can become very addictive because stress you take a Xanax right but let's say you're stressed about money you take a Xanax right then you run out of Xanax now you got to go buy more Xanax or you got to find a doctor who will prescribe you more because most people most people addicted to Xanax are abusing them and using way too much so they got a doctor shop and all these other things right but then you run out of money so now you're causing even more stress because you don't have money in and you need Xanax right but when she talks about blaming circumstances like I remember in my active addiction like I used to tell people like when they would say you've got a problem or you need to quit I'd be like if you knew how bad my life was you'd understand why I need to take these right like you'd understand why I need to be high or drunk all the time right like because addiction is very cunning and it takes over the survival part of the brain like the limbic system and in active addiction you feel like you need it in order to survive so you will justify your use in any way you can right but anyways like this song was like actually really good like lyrical like lyric wise if you like the actual song like cool you do you baby but anyways I was really impressed by this when I was listening to song I pulled up the lyrics I'm like oh man I need to make a video about this because maybe Billie Eilish is actually getting a decent message out there right there's some other songs I want to look into and kind of break those down as well but anyways if you're watching this if you're struggling with a Xanax addiction or you know someone who is like I mentioned detox it can be very dangerous please please please go get professional help find a detox center to go and come down off of them in a safe way because like I said there can be seizures and other issues so make sure that you get help all 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