Name: Theo Talks to a Caller Who is Worried About His Father Using
Uploaded: 2024-09-04T14:00:31.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Theo Talks to a Caller Who is Worried About His Father Using' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2024-09-04. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Theo Talks to a Caller Who is Worried About His Father Using' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2024-09-04. Transcript available.

Hey, CEO. This is John from Kansas City.
Hey, John. Thank you for calling.
Kansas City. We got a show coming up there, I believe, and I'm excited about
that, but I've spent some time over there.
You know, it's one of the largest land cities in America.
I'll say that right there.
Riley, look it up. What cities have the largest land in America?
I believe the first one is Antridge, and the second one, I've got New York.
No. Let's hear more, brother. Onward.
And I got a question for you.
So my dad is currently, you know, doing that powder, and he's been doing it for
a while now.
He'll get these episodes where he's just angry, and I don't know what to do
about it.
So I've always, I want to try to figure out how to help him get back to normal,
get back to being the dad that I remember, because it's scary.
But anyways, I just wanted to see your thoughts about it, see if you can maybe,
you know, give me some insights on what I should do.
Gang, man, thanks for calling, dude.
Yeah, I'm sorry that your dad's going through that, you know.
I don't know if he's an addict or if it's just something that he's doing for
fun, but obviously it's affecting you.
I think, yeah, I mean, maybe just try to sit and talk with him and say, hey,
Dad, I feel like, you know, don't accuse him, but say, hey, you know, maybe I
feel like this is something that's going on.
You know, do you feel like that's something you want to be doing, or do you
feel like it's a problem?
You know, I don't know.
You know, the only things, the only way that I have had success is through 12-step
recovery.
That's the only way I've had success, and, you know, I've had some relapses,
but that's the main way that I've found sobriety in my life, and, you know,
they have NA, Narcotics Anonymous, for drug use, and there's probably even a CA
for cocaine use.
There is, so I don't know.
Maybe you could offer to go to a meeting with him.
Maybe you could go to a meeting and ask some people there if they had any
suggestions.
But, yeah, just let him know that you care, you know.
And then, you know, you could even ask him, if he doesn't want to talk about it,
you could ask him, hey, is it okay to ask you about it again, you know, in a
few weeks or something?
Is it okay if I check back in with you about this?
Because even then, you're opening a little bit, if he's willing to say yes, you're
opening a little bit of a door, you know, because people have to be willing to
get help for themselves, I think.
And I'm not preaching.
This is just some of my own experience and things that I've seen.
We have to be willing to get help for ourselves.
But sometimes I'll notice, like if, like if, like I have a friend that's used
that trick on me before.
And it's a trick, really, but it's not really.
You know, he asked me about something, if I was having a problem with something,
he's like, do you want to talk about it?
I'd be like, I don't want to, you know, I don't want to talk about it.
But then you're like, hey, is it okay if I talk to you about it, if I ask you
about it again sometime?
Can I check back in with you about it again in a few weeks?
I want to make sure you're okay.
And by saying, and I would agree to that, and by agreeing to that, it's slowly
making me a little bit willing to hear something different, right?
Because that's all your, that's all your, that an addict needs is willingness.
They just have to get a little willing, and then willingness will grow, right?
So sometimes that's a way you, that you can maybe, you know, I'm not trying to
trick your dad, but it's also a way where you can create a way, hey, I'm going
to check back in about this.
And then when you do check back out in with an addict, it reminds them, oh,
this person cares.
And, and connection is the, is the, is really the, is one of the biggest
remedies for addiction is connection.
Um, so anyway, I'm not sure if some of that makes sense, but you want to get a
little bit of willingness out of somebody.
So sometimes if you get a no, it's like, hey, can I check back in with you
about it?
Um, but I'm sorry you're going through that, man.
And I'm happy that you care about your dad.
And, and I bet he's not happy about it, you know, and he probably doesn't know
where to start.
Um, but.
Yeah, it's, you know, people have to want to help themselves, but sometimes we
can, um, we can help plant a little bit of seed of willingness by creating some
patience and a chance for a little bit of mild accountability in the sense like,
hey, can I check back in with you?
So anyway, man, I love you brother and, uh, hang in there and, um, we'll holler,
man.
I got, I'm going to, I'm coming to Kansas city.
And if you want to bring your dad out to a show, I'm happy to get you guys some
tickets.
We don't have to say anything about this, but, uh, that'd be my treat, man.
Thank you.