 In this 13 reasons why season 2 review Justin will be explained. I am a recovering drug addict so I can definitely relate to Justin's character. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and yeah for those of you who haven't met me yet I am a recovering drug addict. My drug of choice was actually Justin's. I wasn't doing heroin but I was doing opiates in a prescription form. All right so one of the things I absolutely love about this show which is why I disagree with a lot of the controversy is that it really helps you empathize with the characters. It really dove deep especially into season 2 and showed you more of what's going on in the character's life, what's going on in their mind and things like that. And it's important because especially when it comes to addiction a lot of people are like oh well that guy just made a choice to do heroin like Justin's life was messed up. So first let me educate you a little bit about how addiction starts. So as those of you who have watched the season you know Justin's mom is a drug addict. So two of the main risk factors for addiction are genetics as well as your living environment right. So Justin's mom is a drug addict so if Justin has the addiction gene he has a 50% chance of becoming a drug addict or an alcoholic himself. But when you are raised by an alcoholic or drug addict the chances are 80%. That's why people 80% that you will become a drug addict yourself. So for lack of better words Justin was screwed. So there's three main reasons why people drink or use drugs okay. One two three. All right to get a feeling to get rid of a feeling or to have an escape. So if you look at Justin's home life living with an addict mom who's with an abusive boyfriend like he was looking for an escape or he was trying to get rid of feelings that's why he ended up turning to drugs. Now in season two Clay and Tony go to find Justin because they want him to come back and testify against Bryce for what Bryce did to Jessica. All right. So one thing that I hope you all learned from this if you are a young person like thinking about you know doing drugs or anything like that like be warned be warned like right now there's an opioid crisis and like that detox scene with Justin like or the multiple scenes very very real. I can attest to it because I went through this all right. The stomach cramping the random puking crapping yourself like it is not a good scene okay. So like I hope this deters some people from actually doing it all right. And I'm glad that they showed how brutal it was like the creators of the show did an amazing job just like like showing how intense some of this stuff is because it's real. It's very real and I think that's why it makes so many people uncomfortable from you know what happened with Hannah at the end of season one to what happened with Tyler in season two like they show this stuff really really well and hopefully it makes you not glamorize this thing and think and know that it's a bad option all right. So the next thing I want to talk about and by the way leave a comment below if you want me to make a video about why Clay is the absolute worst this season. So Clay is treating Justin like garbage and this is this is something that happens all the time like Justin's like why can't you stop why can't you just do this why can't you just not do heroin like we wish it was that simple we wish it was and I'm kind of glad that Justin was like sassing Clay like man like that is the bane of our existence as people in our life not realizing that if we could just turn this thing off we would you know what I'm saying so then let's talk about Justin's overdose in which Alex had to come save him. So Justin was doing well you know he'd already detox he was doing okay and then he goes and he tries to like posture up on Bryce all like yo I'm gonna take you down Bryce and then Bryce just completely demoralizes him and at that point Justin then goes to class and talks to his dude he's like yo do you got anything and the guy's like yeah but it's like really strong and Justin doesn't care like this is the way the disease of addiction works like you get to a point where you want to get rid of these emotions and feelings and thoughts so so bad the risk does not even matter and like that's the thing with drug addicts like I used to always tell people no matter what you thought of me no matter how terrible of a person you think I am like my brain beats me up worse than anybody else's so Justin was facing like this external scrutiny right as well as the internal scrutiny and that's what led him to overdosing and using the stronger dope all right now some of you might have come here to hear what's going on with Jessica now I might do a whole another video on Jessica because she struggles with PTSD after what happened with Bryce and that's definitely a mental health topic that we should discuss so I might do a video on Jessica but anyways as far as the relationship with Jessica and Justin I don't know if they're going to get back into an actual relationship they just kind of you know did a little hook but here's the thing I work at a rehab and not and I'm in recovery and they always say don't get in a relationship your first year and the reason is addicts are extremely extremely emotionally fragile right like it is hard enough to stay clean but if his relationship with Jessica waivers in the slightest he might turn back to dope really really quick and Jessica has a lot of stuff she needs to work on you know especially the fact that she's not even sure what's going on with Alex you know so like I don't know if they're gonna have a season three but I would love to see more of what's going on with Justin like you know we talked about going to meetings he's lying about staying clean because he's obviously still using so it's it's really interesting and I I deal with clients all the time who who do this they relapse and they feel guilty they feel ashamed they lie to people Justin was adopted by Clay's family like there's a lot going on with Justin but anyways I hope this video helped explain Justin's character a little bit better helped educate you a little more about addiction like I have a ton a ton a ton of videos about addiction if you want to learn more I even have a video I'll link up here about my personal experience with opiate withdrawal all right but anyways like I would love to know your thoughts on Justin's character down in the comments below feel free to share this video with a friend if you guys are watching 13 reasons why I would love to know all your thoughts all right anyways if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you are new here not only do I make videos about addiction but it's all about helping you out with your mental health click that little round subscribe button and if you've missed any of my other 13 reasons why videos boom I got a whole playlist right there go check it out all right so thanks again so much for watching decrease the stigma and I'll see you next time