0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07I'm Cherry Healy, and in the last few years,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09my life has been turned on its head.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11I've gone from this,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13to this...
0:00:14 > 0:00:16..and then to this.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18I don't know about you,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21but I sometimes feel like the world is running away from me,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and it's high time I caught up.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So I'm determined to get some answers
0:00:25 > 0:00:28to life's fundamental questions.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Does my bum look big in this?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Am I too old to take drugs?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Do I need a Brazilian?
0:00:36 > 0:00:42Today I want to find out why we've become a nation of pill poppers.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45In a world where we can buy legal drugs at the click of a mouse,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49whether we're self-medicating or chasing a legal high,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51are we all addicted to something?
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I'll be spending time with a cast of characters,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02from thrill-seekers to self-confessed addicts,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05to find out just why we like our fixes quick.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09There are the two guys who get their kicks
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- from the corner shop. - HE GIGGLES
0:01:11 > 0:01:15A girl who'd rather pop a pill than go to the gym.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I need quick results.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21A couple with kids who want to rescue their love life.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And a young guy who'll do anything to cure his impotence.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- What is that?- Eurgh!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I'll be getting a taste of life in their world.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Yes, Cherry! Yes!
0:01:32 > 0:01:36My face feels like it's getting...really expanding loads.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39'Then I'll be inviting them into mine,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40'and bringing them back to my hub,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42'my base for the next few months,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45'in a bid to get them to confess all.'
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Do you think that pills are just quite a easy option?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50They're a lot easier than talking to anyone.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- I took them as well. - This is her experiment!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Do you think that they maybe just don't work?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Probably! But there's something in the back of my mind
0:01:58 > 0:01:59that goes, "Maybe it does!"
0:01:59 > 0:02:03'Will they end up teaching me something about my life?'
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Maybe this one is the miracle cure! - Maybe this is the one!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08'Or can I help them change theirs?'
0:02:08 > 0:02:10There's something else.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13What? I feel like you're going to drop a massive bomb!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25# Mama, do the hop, Mama, do the hop, hop
0:02:25 > 0:02:28# Mama, won't you please do the hop, hop
0:02:28 > 0:02:30# Mama, do the hop, Mama, do the hop, hop. #
0:02:30 > 0:02:35There was a time when I was desperate for drugs.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36When I was giving birth to my daughter, Coco.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I was in a lot of pain,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and they offered me some gas and air,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43which I gladly took.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44And it did help a little bit,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47but it did come with some weird side effects.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50It made my voice really low, and I thought,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54"Come on! As though things aren't bad enough!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56"Now I have to sound like Barry White!"
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I got really self-conscious of (DEEP VOICE) my voice. Like that.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01It also made me really disorientated.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05I felt my head was expanding and I got a bit scared,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07which wasn't very nice at all.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It does make really curious to hear that, for some people,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14laughing gas is their drug of choice at parties.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17And new legal highs are coming onto the market
0:03:17 > 0:03:19at the rate of one a week,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21more than ever before,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25while illegal drug use has gone down
0:03:25 > 0:03:28by a third over the last 15 years.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I want to meet some of the people behind the headlines
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and I may even try their drugs.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40But, first, I need to know what I'm letting myself in for.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44So I've come to meet Harley Street GP, Dr Hazen.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I'd really like to know what the risks are
0:03:48 > 0:03:49with taking each of the drugs.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I want to experience what they're going through,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56but I don't want to damage my health.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59So you mentioned slimming pills, and you mentioned legal highs.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03'Dr Hazen runs me through the most commonly used legal highs,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08'from Salvia and GHB, to laughing gas.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10'I also get a checkup,
0:04:10 > 0:04:15'to make sure I don't have a pre-existing medical condition
0:04:15 > 0:04:17'that would put me at risk.'
0:04:18 > 0:04:21OK. It's pretty good. There's nothing that's concerning there at all.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Thanks.- Take care of yourself.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24- Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25'Armed with the results,
0:04:25 > 0:04:29'I'm ready to begin my journey into the world of legal highs.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30'First stop, Dartford in Kent,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33'where I've come to meet 30-year-old Paul...
0:04:33 > 0:04:34'and his six-pack.'
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- How are you doing? - Nice to meet you.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39'He's a painter and decorator,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43'and his drug of choice is one I'm all too familiar with.'
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Are you in here quite a lot?- Yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46How often?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I'd say probably four or five times a week.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Four or five times a week?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Maybe six, if I've got nothing to do.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55# Girl, look at that body
0:04:55 > 0:04:56# Girl, look at that body... #
0:04:56 > 0:04:59'Paul has strong views on illegal drugs,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02'and, in case you hadn't noticed, one very hot bod.'
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Do you have a six-pack?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Look, it ain't a six-pack, but it's a bit trim.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09# ..I'm sexy and I know it... #
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- That's it. - That's really heavy!
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Yeah, that's why they put weights on it!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18That's it, you can do it! That's it!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Keep your eye on the ball there, babe.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Show me again!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25# ..I'm sexy and I know it. #
0:05:25 > 0:05:28So I'm getting the feeling you're a pretty healthy person.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31How do you feel about your body?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35My body's a temple and I do not want squatters in it.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- SHE LAUGHS - In what way?
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Well, for me, squatters would be coke, MDMA,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45just stuff that ain't good for you, you know?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- Do you know a lot of people that take that?- Yeah, loads.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50For me, it was just embedded in me.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I just never wanted to do it.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55His body may be a temple,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59but Paul does allow the occasional squatter in.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03His mates, Ben and Jamie, often come along for the ride.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- So this is your relaxation room? - Yes, this is the studio.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12This is where we just, like, chill out, mess with some beats,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14relax, look at the shit weather outside.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16As a special thing, a little treat,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18we might have a little bit of a laugh.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19We might have a cheeky balloon.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21A cheeky balloon or two.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26'The boys use balloons to inhale the pure form of nitrous oxide,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28'otherwise known as laughing gas.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32'The gas I had in hospital was only 50% pure,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35'and it wasn't much of a laugh.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39'But this stuff doesn't take long to live up to its name.'
0:06:39 > 0:06:41HE LAUGHS LOUDLY
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Jay, go!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48HE LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Jay, don't eat it, bruv!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- It's gone!- Now I am fucked! - THEY LAUGH
0:06:55 > 0:06:58There's stars! Fucking hell, mate!
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Jay, you smashed it, bruv!
0:07:01 > 0:07:02I'm not having no echoing things,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06but all I can see is your face like a bunny rabbit!
0:07:06 > 0:07:10You're like a fucking little bunny rabbit!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12'Yeah, totally! Whatever works for you, love!
0:07:12 > 0:07:17'A laughing gas high lasts between 30 seconds and 4 minutes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20'But it takes around an hour to leave the body completely.'
0:07:20 > 0:07:23You suddenly went up really quickly.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Yeah, but then, now, I'm back to normal.- Any effects?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- No, no come down. - I don't feel dizzy.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29How does it make you feel?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It was a bit crazy, you know what I mean?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35And my head was floating and, like, I kept hearing echoes.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- But it was in and out quick. - Yeah, yeah, it's quick.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Didn't last long or anything. - Did you enjoy it?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- I must admit, it was the bollocks. - It was funny, wasn't it?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45I ain't going to lie.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I know it's not great for you, and I wouldn't promote it.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50"Everyone get on gas!" You know what I mean?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51But it was enjoyable.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- I think you should do one, or even just a little bit.- Yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Just a little bit. In and out. - Can I try a tiny bit?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00'The last time I tried this, it barely touched the sides.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02'But I'm still nervous.'
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Cherry's doing a balloon!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Not all at once, babe! No, no, breathe it out!
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Keep it in your mouth. - Blow it in and out.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Now she knows what time it is!
0:08:08 > 0:08:11In and out, breathe. That's it!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Oh, she's a natural, bruv!- See!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Yes, Cherry! Yes!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- SHE LAUGHS - I didn't do very much,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21but I feel really light-headed.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23You'll feel light-headed, innit?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I've got, like, ringing in my ears.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29And my face feels like it's getting...really expanding loads.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- It's a buzz, though, innit? - It's still there little bit...
0:08:32 > 0:08:33You don't feel down, though.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It's not as bad as being really, really drunk.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Where you feel sick and the room is spinning.- No.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40And you definitely come back to consciousness quite quickly.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- You come back the same place.- Yeah.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I wouldn't want to do any more than that.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I can see that for some people, they would trip.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49I wouldn't want to trip.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Have you looked into it?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Do you take it without really knowing what it is?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- I do know. They starve your brain from oxygen.- What about you?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- You don't do it?- No.- Why not?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I used to smoke cannabis when I was younger,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and I started getting anxiety attacks.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05If I was to do something like that, and I had anxiety,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- I don't know how it would unfold. - So it could trigger something?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Yeah, it could trigger something, yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11'I guess I'm just never going to see the appeal of a drug
0:09:11 > 0:09:16'that reminds me of being in labour.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21'So how am I going to feel when I'm invited to try
0:09:21 > 0:09:25'the most potent hallucinogenic herb known to man?'
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- HE GIGGLES - 'It's one that makes me question
0:09:27 > 0:09:31'just how far I'm prepared to go in the name of research.'
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Oh, shit! It's burning your trousers!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38It just feels a bit illegal and a bit dangerous.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So I'm really intrigued to see what it's actually like.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45'But not everyone has a burning desire to get high.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50'Some of us are lacking in the desire department altogether.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53'I'm in Huddersfield to meet a couple
0:09:53 > 0:09:57'who say their sex life is a shadow of its former self.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59'They're prepared to try anything to revive it.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02DOORBELL CHIMES
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Hello! Oh, hello! Are you Lucy?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- I am!- Cherry. Nice to meet you.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Nice to meet you. Say hello!- Hello!
0:10:10 > 0:10:13'Lucy is 29, and a full-time mum to Pearl and Micky.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18'She's married to Brendan, who runs his own building company.'
0:10:19 > 0:10:21So, dish the dirt.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26How often did you used to have sex, before you had kids?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29A day, or a week? SHE LAUGHS
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Two, three times a day.- No!
0:10:34 > 0:10:35That's a lot!
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I just couldn't keep me hands off her.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I mean, I still can't now,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42but when you get the time, you know?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It's just as you get older and more kids come along,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48it's that juggling, isn't it?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50How often do you have sex now?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Er, two, three times a week.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55What?! That's loads!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Is it really?!
0:10:57 > 0:10:58That's loads! God!
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- You are joking?!- No, I'm not joking!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Who is the most frustrated out of both of you?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08I don't know. Probably both of us. THEY LAUGH
0:11:08 > 0:11:09What do you want to improve?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's me, really.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13It's not that I've lost my sex drive.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15It's just that I'm so tired all the time.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Have you tried anything to perk up your sex life?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Well, we've tried Viagra, haven't we?- Yeah.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Does it work?- Oh, yeah.- It does?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Yeah, but the thing is,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28you haven't got a problem with your sex drive, have you?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29So if there was something...
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Like a ladies' alternative. Herbal, or, you know...
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Yeah, something herbal.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Something that gave me the desire,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39over the desire to go to bed. SHE LAUGHS
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Because it's not that I don't want it,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45it's just I want to go to bed more than I want it!
0:11:45 > 0:11:49'I definitely know that feeling!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51'So Lucy and I are off on a mission
0:11:51 > 0:11:53'to find an over-the-counter pill
0:11:53 > 0:11:56'that just might liven up her libido.'
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Is this it, then?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02OK, let's have a look.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Um, ginseng, damiana, guarana,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10calcium carbonate, microcrystalline cellulose.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Lots of caffeine.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I recognise the ginseng. That's all I recognise.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17It looks more like a herbal tea.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Shall we go and ask them?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Have you ever had them before?- No.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Right. These are specially for women.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26We also do the original, the double strength, and the triple strength.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28They'll increase your libido,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31and just stimulate any pleasure that you're already having, really.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Have you tried these?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I've tried the triple strength ones, and...brilliant!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- Really?- Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39- Did they work for you?- Yeah.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43# Cos I may be bad But I'm perfectly good at it. #
0:12:43 > 0:12:46'But Lucy won't be relying on the drugs alone
0:12:46 > 0:12:49'when it comes to getting herself in the mood for lurve.'
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Chilly! That's hysterical!
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- It's like a bow!- That's just a bow!
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Oh, wow!
0:12:58 > 0:13:02No, it's making me feel little bit strange.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Last week I had to be the tooth fairy for the first time,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06so this just feels really wrong!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Oh, I see. For the kids?- Yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Right, so not your first choice? - No, probably not.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Are you excited about tonight? - Yeah, I am now, actually.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16But I think it's because I haven't had the kids.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19When we get back, and I'm making tea and bedtime,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21it might go down a bit again.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24When you're covered in spaghetti bolognese
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and you've just emptied the nappy bin,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29it is quite hard to feel like a sexual animal.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31SHE LAUGHS Definitely!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34It looks amazing! You look gorgeous!
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- Thank you!- How do you feel?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37- I love it. It's gorgeous.- Do you?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Yeah. If it was a bit longer, I'd go out in it!
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Oh!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45'Lucy's bought some Pink Venus pills
0:13:45 > 0:13:49'and some triple strength original blue ones.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52'She's planning to experiment with both.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57'Back home, Brendan and Lucy divvy up the chores
0:13:57 > 0:14:00'before their night of pill-fuelled passion can begin.'
0:14:00 > 0:14:04How do you know if Lucy is up for sex?
0:14:04 > 0:14:09Pyjamas and one of my t-shirts is normally, "No, thanks."
0:14:09 > 0:14:11"Thanks, but no, thanks!"
0:14:11 > 0:14:15'With the lights out, it's goodnight, Mummy.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18'And hello, sexy mama!'
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Do you want to see the outfit? Right, let's see.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- HE LAUGHS - What time you going?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I promise I'll be gone really soon!
0:14:27 > 0:14:30'I can take a hint! Now, where are those pills?'
0:14:30 > 0:14:33If they really work, then why don't more people take them?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35They are quite expensive.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I wonder if that's a slight turn-off.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- £25 for that many pills.- Yeah.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- If it works, that's good value. - Yeah.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- If they don't, that's a big rip-off, isn't it?- It is a bit.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48OK.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Well, look, I'll leave you two alone,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55because I don't think I'm needed any more here!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I really hope it works.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02They're such a lovely couple. Yeah.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I'm really, really curious to see what happens.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10'Three days later, I invite Brendan and Lucy over
0:15:10 > 0:15:13'to give me the low-down on how well the pills performed.'
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Thank you.- Go on, then.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Spill the beans! How was it?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21We did have sex, but it wasn't, like...
0:15:22 > 0:15:23- ..it was good!- Oh, thanks!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26I didn't mean it like that! SHE LAUGHS
0:15:26 > 0:15:27But it was just normal sex.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It wasn't like the tablet had done anything.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32In terms of feeling more turned on?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Not really.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36So on the second night, what did you take?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37I took the strong one.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- The triple strength?- Yeah.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- I took one as well.- Oh, my God!
0:15:41 > 0:15:42You love them!
0:15:42 > 0:15:43This is HER experiment!
0:15:43 > 0:15:46So, million dollar question.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Did it work?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50It did what it says on the tin.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Really?!- Yeah.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Tell me how it made you feel.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Well, it didn't do the whole tingly thing.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59But it made me really, really want it.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03It made you want it more than once.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04How many times?!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06We didn't have sex more than once!
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- SHE LAUGHS - No, but, um...
0:16:08 > 0:16:09You did other things?
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Yeah, it was just nice to see a different change in her.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14That she didn't just want sex.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17He's right into foreplay and I'm not.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- She's more selfish than me. - Just say it!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- You may as well say it!- Got it!
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I mean, when you're tired, that is not a priority, is it?
0:16:24 > 0:16:25- AT ALL!- No, not really.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30You know, that's like taking the stairs when there's an escalator.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33No! How did you feel the morning after? Were there any side effects?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34I was really tired,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36because I think it was about one o'clock
0:16:36 > 0:16:38by the time we went to sleep.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40And Pearl woke up at four o'clock.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41So, yeah.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I think if we were going to use it again,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47it would be definitely if Pearl wasn't at home.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49So it's not the perfect solution?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51No, but I think we have found a solution,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55because I think I'd use the other one if the kids were at home.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57You know, just to perk me up a little bit.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00And I'd use the other one if we were on a night out
0:17:00 > 0:17:02and the kids were at my mum's or whatever.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08'So Lucy and Brendan have found a pill that works for them.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12'But they're not alone in turning to tablets.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15'In the UK, over 2 million people now rely on prescription drugs
0:17:15 > 0:17:18'to have a sex life.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23'I'm on my way to Barry in Wales, to meet one of them.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25'He's only 25,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28'but has never managed to have sex without an erection drug.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36'Stevie is trying to carve out a career as a model.'
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Hiya!
0:17:40 > 0:17:43'He started dating boys as a teenager,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45'but soon discovered he couldn't get a lasting erection.'
0:17:45 > 0:17:48How long have you been taking Viagra?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I think I started when I was 18.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Yeah, I was about 18, it must have been, yeah.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55And what prompted you to start taking it?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Well, basically, I noticed there was a problem,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01so I thought, obviously, time to do something about it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04When you say, "the problem," what exactly do you mean?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I was about 15 when I first went with a guy,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and it was sort of foreplay, you know?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12There wasn't any intercourse,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15so there wasn't any need for me to be erect.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17And at the time, the fact that I wasn't erect
0:18:17 > 0:18:18didn't seem like a problem to me.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21And that was up until I was about 18.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23And I thought, "OK, now I'm older.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26"We're dealing with the big boys now, you know? It's sex.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29"It's give or take. I don't like to take. I'm going to have to give."
0:18:29 > 0:18:32So that's when it obviously became a problem.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Because I couldn't give, because I didn't have a hard-on.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39Have you ever had sex without Viagra?
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- I think I have, but it didn't last very long.- How long?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Probably about ten seconds.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46How did you feel?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Erm, I thought, "Oh, my God. How rare is this?!
0:18:50 > 0:18:54"I'm not a 50 year-old man. I'm 18. I shouldn't have this problem."
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I felt ashamed. I thought my boyfriend was going to leave me.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I can't please him sexually. He's going to look elsewhere.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02It fucked me up.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06'The NHS won't treat impotence
0:19:06 > 0:19:10'unless you have a pre-existing medical condition.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15'So his GP writes him out a private prescription for £9 a pill.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18'Or Stevie buys cheaper, but unregulated, pills online.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23What are the downsides of Viagra?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25The downsides are if you have no money,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28or if you're having a bad week, money-wise,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31then you can't afford to buy the Viagra.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34So, in a sense, you can't afford to have sex. That's a downside.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Another downside is obviously new relationships.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42How do you tell somebody that, without them thinking,
0:19:42 > 0:19:43"What's wrong with you?"
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Because I'm only 25, you know?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And people associate it with older guys.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Really old guys that can't get it up.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I can get headaches.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Headaches are really common from taking the pills.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Very common, actually.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I more than likely...90% of the time I have a headache after taking them.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- How bad?- Almost like migraines. You need to lie down.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06You need to have a little sleep.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09# My boy lollipop
0:20:09 > 0:20:11# You made my heart go giddy-up... #
0:20:11 > 0:20:15And now the pressure is really on for Stevie,
0:20:15 > 0:20:16because he has fallen in love
0:20:16 > 0:20:20with Cardiff's gorgeous cupcake seller, Tommy.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23# ..Oh-oh, my boy lollipop. #
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Do you ever get insecure about the problem?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28No.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29The only thing I get insecure about
0:20:29 > 0:20:31is I think he's too good for me.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Why would you think that? - I just think it all the time.- Why?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- I don't know, cos you're so nice. - Yeah, but you're nice, too.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39So, that's the only thing I get insecure about.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Why would you be insecure?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- I don't know.- That's silly. Oh, I love him.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46They're so nice!
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Oh! And we're in a cupcake shop, it's too cliched, it's awful.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54What would you change if you could?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57It'd be the Viagra situation, because that makes him
0:20:57 > 0:20:59panic and get stressed a bit.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00And that's it, really.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- You'd like to see me less stressed, would you?- Yeah.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06How can you tell that Stevie worries about it?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07He's like, "Don't look at me,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09"don't look down there," and like that.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- We don't want it to be like that forever.- No.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- That is taking a blow.- Yeah.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Yeah.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Stevie tells me he has been looking for alternatives to Viagra
0:21:21 > 0:21:27and has even visited a psychiatrist, but with no success.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I want to know what his options are now.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34What things have you tried to find a solution?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I've looked online lots and lots and lots,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and I think the only thing I came up with other than Viagra
0:21:40 > 0:21:42was to have a pump,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45um, implanted.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Can we have a look at it?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49What did you type in to Google?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I can't remem... Like, um...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53It was erectile dysfunction solutions.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Surgery.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- There's a video.- That's it!
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Have you watched it?- No.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09SHE GASPS
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Oh!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Ah!
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Don't care to... Oh, oh.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I mean, I don't have a penis, but that is...
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- That's inside the willie, isn't it? - That does not... What is that?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31You haven't even got one.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36HE LAUGHS
0:22:36 > 0:22:38What the hell is that?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Ah! Don't do that!
0:22:44 > 0:22:48You have to like pump your balls.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Oh, my God.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53That can't be real.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57I'm really sorry. I was honestly not expecting it to be like that.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00That's for, like, desperate, desperate measures, isn't it?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- I think.- I mean, it's quite ergonomic, you now?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Once it's done, it's done.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07It's extreme.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Maybe like the last option.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Is that the last, last option? - Definitely.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18OK. Let's... Let's look at something else.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So, this is a hypnosis programme
0:23:21 > 0:23:26that deals with the emotional side of sexual problems.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30That sounds...really good.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33This talks about the pressure of performing,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36referred to as emotional impotence.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39So, it's more the emotional side rather than the mechanical side.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42"This encourages people to speak openly and frankly."
0:23:42 > 0:23:44That's your speciality.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49So that then they do individually specific treatment
0:23:49 > 0:23:52to yield permanent results. So, no more pills.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Just imagine if it were permanent.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57If I never had to take a pill ever again.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- That would change my life completely.- In what way?
0:23:59 > 0:24:05In...I could have a happy...a happy sex life, a happy relationship.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06It's not just about me any more.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08You know? It's about the two of us.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10And it is something I've never been able
0:24:10 > 0:24:13to experience with confidence...
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and without the after effects.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Do you want to contact them?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Yeah, definitely.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Send?- Do it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28There it goes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Sent.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Wow.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I am so sad that Stevie has had to live with the stigma
0:24:37 > 0:24:40of drug dependency for so long
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and I really hope the hypnotherapy works,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45but we're just going to have to wait and see.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Having spent time with someone who's ashamed of his reliance on drugs,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55I'm about to meet a guy who has no such qualms about his habit.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01I have tracked down 22-year-old aspiring musician Danny,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04who regularly posts his recreational drug antics online.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10This particular video has clocked up over 86,000 hits.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17He regularly smokes salvia, a plant used in Mexico by shamans.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25It's the most powerful natural hallucinogen
0:25:25 > 0:25:26known to man.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28He's completely out of it.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I assumed, because it's legal, it wouldn't have that much effect,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42but it does look really strong, which I wasn't expecting at all.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Now I want to find out what it's like for myself.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51We're meeting in his hometown of Leeds,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54where he first tried salvia five years ago.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Hi, I'm Cherry.- Danny. - Nice to meet you.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Why didn't you take it that first time?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Well, my friend, he obviously brought it into college and he showed me
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and I was like, "Whoa!" So, I just tried it, basically.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Just rolling around on the floor laughing, so it was really good.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- It's good fun. - How easy is it to get?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16It's extremely easy, to be fair.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21- There is a shop in town. - There's a shop here?- Yeah, yeah.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Will you show me?- Yeah, absolutely.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Over the past ten years, politicians like Ann Widdecombe
0:26:29 > 0:26:33have repeatedly tried to get salvia banned,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35but so far without success.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- This is the shop where we get the salvia from.- OK.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42The film crew isn't allowed in
0:26:42 > 0:26:44and I am suddenly really nervous
0:26:44 > 0:26:47about the prospect of trying it myself.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I'm going to go with my instincts today. I'll get it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52You'd probably be best trying a 5X.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Yeah, nice and gentle.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57That's very gentle, that one, so you'll be absolutely safe with that.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Let's get some of that and let's get a little pipe.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03The shop's reluctance to allow the camera and makes me feel
0:27:03 > 0:27:05like we're doing something dodgy.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- So, that's all the stuff.- OK.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Back at Danny's pad, we prepare our paraphernalia.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18To stay safe while tripping, he never smokes alone.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21That's probably about four or five hits.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24It looks a bit like tea.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27It smells exactly like tea.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31It's funny because even though I know it's legal,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34everything about this feels kind of illegal.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Do you ever get nervous before doing it?- Yeah, all the time.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39There's always a bit of nerves,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41cos you never know what'll happen.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43You don't know if you'll have a good or bad trip.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46So, slightly. Shall I go for it?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- If you want.- OK.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51HE SIGHS
0:27:53 > 0:27:55'Danny's a regular user and he still gets the fear,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58'you can imagine how I'm feeling.'
0:28:04 > 0:28:08HE COUGHS
0:28:17 > 0:28:22- Yeah, it's hitting me. It's... - How are you feeling?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25HE LAUGHS Um...
0:28:25 > 0:28:28It's... It's just, er...
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Oh, the... OK, no, it's fine.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34It's OK. I felt... That's fine.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35What did you feel?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Er... Yeah.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41You...feel...you feel part of the table.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44HE LAUGHS
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Eh...
0:28:48 > 0:28:51HE LAUGHS
0:28:53 > 0:28:55HE GROANS
0:28:55 > 0:28:59You feel... You close your eyes and it looks weird.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02You can see as if you're...
0:29:02 > 0:29:05in, like, there in your vision.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10It's harder for me to do that. Oh, shit!
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Oh, it's in your leg... It's on your trousers!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- It's burning your trousers! - It's OK.- That's not good.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- Your trousers are on fire.- It's not got me.- Your trousers are on fire.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- There, it's out. Your trousers are out, it's fine.- It's OK.- It's OK.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- Now, your trousers were on fire. - I was wondering about that.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31That's fine. That's good. Your trousers were on fire, that's fine.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35'No, it's not fine at all. He has only been tripping for five minutes,
0:29:35 > 0:29:38'but that is enough time for things to go wrong.'
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- You are sweating a bit. - Extremely hot, yeah.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41You're sweating a bit.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- OK, I'm coming back to normal. - Are you coming back?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It's really quick, isn't it? It's...
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- It's minutes.- OK.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54You definitely lost your senses, you know, your trousers caught on fire.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Because the stuff that was in the pipe,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58obviously, jumped out and got on your trousers,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00so it's definitely not something to do alone.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- No, definitely not.- Definitely not.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Would you, er, have a pipe of salvia?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I'm not going to try it today,
0:30:07 > 0:30:11but thank you so much for letting me see what it's like.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12No problem. OK.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14'I know, I've bottled it,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18'but seeing Danny set himself alight has kind of put my fire out.'
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Personally, anything that messes with your head,
0:30:22 > 0:30:24makes you hallucinate,
0:30:24 > 0:30:29I just find that a bit too scary, it's not my bag.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Hello.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36'Three weeks later and I've asked Danny
0:30:36 > 0:30:39'and laughing gas lover Paul to come back to my hub and talk me
0:30:39 > 0:30:42'through why they take their legal highs.'
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Do you think because something is legal that makes it OK?
0:30:46 > 0:30:50I think people feel safe if something is legal, you know,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53but drinking is perfectly legal.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- Smoking.- Smoking is legal.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Just because it's legal, it doesn't mean it won't hurt you
0:30:58 > 0:30:59or have a bad effect on you.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Would you ever try laughing gas?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Yeah, I would probably try it, yeah. - Really?- What's it like?
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Well, I'll be honest, the thing I like about it, right, you just...
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Boom, like. And it's quick, it's not a slow thing. You know,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13like with weed, it creeps up on you.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16With laughing gas, it's instant.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18You just take... You do it, bang.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20As soon as you finish doing it,
0:31:20 > 0:31:22like, a couple minutes after, it's gone.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25It's really interesting, both the things you take,
0:31:25 > 0:31:29the effect is really immediate and it's over in five minutes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- Yeah.- Is that so? Salvia's like that?
0:31:32 > 0:31:36I don't know nothing about it. I thought salvia was like weed.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38It's a completely different kind of thing.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Right.- But, yeah, it's about a five, seven minute trip.- Ah.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Why do you take salvia?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46You go through different stages in salvia.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Some out of body experiences, some you just actually see things
0:31:50 > 0:31:54and there are still, obviously, some stages I haven't been to yet,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57so I'm going to try and explore those quite sensibly.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I suppose I take a legal high
0:31:59 > 0:32:01in that I'm a massive caffeine addict.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06I drink tea and Diet Coke all day long and then I'll have alcohol.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10So, I do think it's interesting because alcohol, in my mind,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13is really dangerous and it can turn people into animals, really.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- But it's the same...- But it's socially acceptable to do that.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- Yeah.- Of course it is.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20'I may not want to take any drugs that alter my mind,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22'but when it comes to altering my body,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I'm a total sucker for them.'
0:32:30 > 0:32:31Ah!
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Yeah, they're not going on.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39I've actually had such a battle with these jeans before
0:32:39 > 0:32:41that I've broken the zip.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43I've always struggled with my weight a bit.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46At university, that was probably my lowest point.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50I was really desperate. I'd put on a lot of weight from a break-up.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55And I just thought, "I need a quick fix, I need a magic cure."
0:32:55 > 0:32:58So, I started taking laxatives.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01At one point, I think I was taking ten a day.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04And it had a horrendous, horrendous effect on my body.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07They made my skin go grey and spotty,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10they gave me horrendous stomach pains,
0:33:10 > 0:33:15but I just never thought they were that bad because they were legal
0:33:15 > 0:33:17and easy to buy.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22The time I knew I had to stop was when my flat mates walked in on me
0:33:22 > 0:33:25and I was on the floor, screaming into a pillow,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27and I told them I had period pains.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31I just felt so ashamed at taking laxatives.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34There comes a point when enough is enough.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38In Britain, slimming products are big business,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42and sales are up by 20% in the past year.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Diet pill prescriptions have soared by a massive 65%.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52On my home turf in West London, I've come to meet Suzie,
0:33:52 > 0:33:56who, like me, has body issues.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Are you Suzie?- Yes. - Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03'She is a 24-year-old former professional dancer.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05'First up, she wants to show me
0:34:05 > 0:34:07'where she gets her thinspiration from.'
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Wow. Talk me through this.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19OK. So, I've got all my photos here of when I would say
0:34:19 > 0:34:21that I was happiest.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24That's when I was younger, this is me on stage,
0:34:24 > 0:34:28this is me a year ago in a beauty pageant, in a bikini,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30and that's the way I want to look again.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33And then these are the celebrity bodies in bikinis.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Jessica Alba is very tomboy-shaped, but athletic.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Kim Kardashian is really curvy.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43What that says to me is, it doesn't matter what you achieve,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45you're never going to be happy,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49because you cannot possibly look like all of those people.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- So, you wake up in the morning. - Yeah.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56You're in bed, sleepy, sleepy. "Oh, I'm so cosy, I'm happy." Sleepy.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59And you jump out of bed and it's a new day and you stand here
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and you look at them
0:35:01 > 0:35:05and then you look at yourself and you immediately feel...?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Shocking. I feel awful.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Two years ago, Suzie gave up dancing for a more stable job
0:35:12 > 0:35:14as a beauty therapist.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18But she's desperate to get her dancer's body back.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Now she puts her faith in celebrity diets
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and a cupboard full of pills and potions.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28Fat metaboliser, vitamin B6, cayenne pepper.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Cayenne pepper is in the...
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I tried a lemon detox diet, which Beyonce did.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36It's literally just drinking water, lemon juice and cayenne pepper.
0:35:36 > 0:35:43I have done a liquid diet before and I lasted one whole day.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- What's that? - They're fat emulsifiers.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- What is a fat emulsifier? - It emulsifies fat, apparently.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51'That clears that up, then.'
0:35:53 > 0:35:55That's like a calorie-burning soft drink.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Can I try it?- Yeah.- Do you mind?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02'My rational self is sceptical and suspects it is all a bit of a con.'
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Oh, you can taste the chemicals in it, can't you?
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Pretty much.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10'But my desperate-to-be-thin self can't get enough of it,
0:36:10 > 0:36:12'just like Suzie.'
0:36:12 > 0:36:15They've actually got a skin on the top. Let's smell.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- Cheers.- That's unbelievably disgusting.- Ready for this?
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Bottoms up, pert and small.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Yes. OK.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29# Have a drink, have a drink Have a drink on me. #
0:36:29 > 0:36:32'This delicious looking concoction claims to suppress
0:36:32 > 0:36:36'your appetite using fruit pectins, a type of fibre.'
0:36:36 > 0:36:39So close, so close. Does it make you want to...
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Vomit all over your kitchen?
0:36:43 > 0:36:47It's such an insecure side of me that I will believe anything
0:36:47 > 0:36:52and I will drink something that tastes like the dregs of a rave
0:36:52 > 0:36:56in order to have the body I want.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Oh, my gosh.- That's hideous.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- Do you get a real kick from starting a new weight loss programme?- I do.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05I feel instantly kind of energetic because I am like, "Yes!
0:37:05 > 0:37:06"I've started it again."
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Do you think that buzz is what's addictive?
0:37:08 > 0:37:14I think it is, cos I've seen what I can look like after doing this.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16It excites me that I can get there.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Are you on anything now?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I am going to be starting something.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24This is what I call the Snooki diet.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26One of the girls from Jersey Shore called Snooki did this diet.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- I want to see it. - Do you want to see it? OK.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30OK, back in the cupboard.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- Maybe this is the miracle cure! - Maybe this is the one!
0:37:33 > 0:37:34This is the one!
0:37:34 > 0:37:36'Snooki denies this is the diet she is on,
0:37:36 > 0:37:40'but even the whiff of a celebrity endorsement is enough for Suzie.'
0:37:40 > 0:37:43You take ten of these drops underneath your tongue
0:37:43 > 0:37:49in the morning and at night and then these high energy, fat burner pills.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Rapid fat loss and incredible energy.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53I'm not going to lie, it's kind of true.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58- Rapid fat loss.- Rapid! - Incredible energy!
0:37:58 > 0:38:00You take six of these in total a day.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I've got holiday in two weeks. I need...
0:38:04 > 0:38:05..quick results.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09'I think Suzie is definitely addicted to weight-loss potions.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10'I really relate to that.'
0:38:10 > 0:38:15You now, I've been on them all, I've tried everything, but, ultimately,
0:38:15 > 0:38:17whilst they might work for a couple of days,
0:38:17 > 0:38:19they are really disappointing.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24'With her holiday looming,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27'I joined Suzie for some last-minute shopping.'
0:38:27 > 0:38:31So, what do you need for your holiday?
0:38:31 > 0:38:32I might try on a couple of these.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37How much do you hate bikini trying on?
0:38:37 > 0:38:38Um, I'm a bit nervous about it
0:38:38 > 0:38:41cos it's the first time I've put on a bikini in months.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44OK, Suzie, are you ready?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46I hate bikinis.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Oh, I like it! - It's actually quite nice on that.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53I wish they made a bikini that covered these, though.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- I wish bikinis didn't exist. - Yeah, me too.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I like up here, cos it's quite petite,
0:38:58 > 0:39:03but then I think I'm quite disproportionate, is that the word?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04From the top to the bottom.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I like it here, but I just want to be smaller here.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I'm going to cry.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15I know I'm not big, but to what I used to be...
0:39:15 > 0:39:18And I just feel I've let myself go a bit.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Oh, that really upsets me. Don't cry.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25I totally get it. I really do.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28People... People think I'm silly because I'm not that big,
0:39:28 > 0:39:32but they don't know how it made me feel before, you now,
0:39:32 > 0:39:34dancing all the time.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37With me not dancing, that's upsetting, as well.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39So, it's all in one.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44'I really understand what Suzie is going through
0:39:44 > 0:39:46'and would love to try and help her.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53'But, before we meet again, it's time for me to catch up with Stevie,
0:39:53 > 0:39:57'who has come to London for a big appointment.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00'At just 25, he's impotent
0:40:00 > 0:40:04'and has never managed to have sex without libido-enhancing drugs.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08'Stevie is desperate to find a cure
0:40:08 > 0:40:10'and today he is meeting a hypnotherapist.'
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Since you found out you got an appointment,
0:40:13 > 0:40:15how have you been feeling?
0:40:15 > 0:40:21- Um, anxious. Um, apprehensive. - You seem it.- Yeah.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24And how are you feeling about the potential
0:40:24 > 0:40:26that it could really help you?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30If this did do what it's meant to do,
0:40:30 > 0:40:32then I'll just be over the moon.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It'll be such a weight off my shoulders.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36How much will it affect your life?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40It will completely alter my life, because it will be like a whole...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I suppose it will be like starting from teenage again.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Hi.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53'Aaron Surtees claims he can cure emotional impotence.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59'But, as Stevie doesn't know if the cause is emotional or physical,
0:40:59 > 0:41:03'it feels a bit like a shot in the dark.'
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Have you got any questions about the hypnosis?
0:41:05 > 0:41:09How is it going to work? Is it going to be a case of I'm hypnotised
0:41:09 > 0:41:11and you're going to ask me questions?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Or is it more like you'll be telling me things?
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It's basically a state where I will be putting
0:41:16 > 0:41:19hypnotic suggestions into the subconscious to help reprogram
0:41:19 > 0:41:22your subconscious to start thinking differently.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27I'll see you on the other side, bye.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Your mind is beginning to wander now and drift.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38That's OK.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43It just means that you're relaxing.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Your subconscious mind is listening,
0:41:49 > 0:41:53and listening carefully, to everything that I say.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Because the subject is such a taboo
0:42:01 > 0:42:05and you do hear guys joking a lot about not being able to get it up,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09I hadn't really realised how deeply this can affect someone.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14And a confident expectation in your abilities
0:42:14 > 0:42:17to gain and sustain an erection
0:42:17 > 0:42:23without any need or desire to pop any pill.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29I feel like I've really misunderstood this issue.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34And I understand now why he takes the Viagra on a regular basis,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37even though it gives him crippling headaches.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Actually, it's worth it for him
0:42:39 > 0:42:42to be able to perform to get rid of the problem.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47But, if today works, if that hypnosis works,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51I think it will mean more to him that I can ever really know.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Hard, without doubt.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Erect, without a question.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Able to slide inside, rock hard.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Without any need for any kind of pill,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11not even the thought of a pill.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15And you find that this is the case each time and every time now.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17You enjoy sex and sexual intercourse.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Your eyes open and a nice, deep breath.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26A good stretch of the body.
0:43:31 > 0:43:32Come on.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Hello. How did it feel?
0:43:38 > 0:43:42It felt like he'd put my feelings back into me.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Like, it felt like they were entering me again.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48So, you know, like when you're young
0:43:48 > 0:43:52and it's the first time you're ever touched by another partner.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56And that...that feeling, like your whole...
0:43:56 > 0:44:00That rushes through your body. All that was being pumped back into me.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Have you seen that before? Is that a normal reaction?
0:44:03 > 0:44:06That's just the thing, everyone's individual,
0:44:06 > 0:44:09so, you know, some people are more sensitive.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11I think Stevie's, actually, more receptive
0:44:11 > 0:44:14in certain ways than average.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18It feels to me, after that dramatic reaction,
0:44:18 > 0:44:23this might be a psychological, emotional problem.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26I think definitely. Definitely. 100%.
0:44:26 > 0:44:30- In a way, is that not a good thing? - I felt what I never felt before.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- It is a good thing. - It's more of a solution.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36I know now that I don't have to be chopped up
0:44:36 > 0:44:39and have things propped into me.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42- Like the scary video. - I don't want that for you.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45Are you interested to see how this
0:44:45 > 0:44:47translates to when you're with Tommy?
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Definitely. I can't wait to get home.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52We need to get you on a train to Wales, quick!
0:44:52 > 0:44:57- Tommy!- If only I had a helicopter, I'd fly you there.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02I was a bit sceptical about hypnosis before,
0:45:02 > 0:45:06but he seems to be so much happier, so much more relaxed
0:45:06 > 0:45:09and has obviously had quite a dramatic response to it.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12Sex is such an enjoyable, wonderful,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15important part of adult life
0:45:15 > 0:45:19and Stevie hasn't been able to experience that.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23I really hope that this is the beginning of him
0:45:23 > 0:45:27being able to enjoy a sex life.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33'Six weeks and another hypnotherapy session later,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35'Stevie and Tommy pay me a visit.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40'I can't wait to find out if their sex life is at last on the up.'
0:45:40 > 0:45:43So, what is the update?
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Well, there is quite a lot of update.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48Where shall I start?
0:45:48 > 0:45:52OK, so, basically, since I went for the hypnotherapy,
0:45:52 > 0:45:56everything has been amazing.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Really?
0:45:57 > 0:46:00I love that you are nodding so enthusiastically. "Yes, it has."
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- Yeah, there's been no problems whatsoever.- Really?- Yeah.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06What are we like now together? We can't leave each other alone.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09We are so passionate with each other, we cuddle more.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13So, how has being able to perform sexually without any worries
0:46:13 > 0:46:15changed you?
0:46:15 > 0:46:17It has completed changed my whole life,
0:46:17 > 0:46:21because now I know that we can both satisfy each other.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25- Everything else around us is good. There's no bad really, is there?- No.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- What difference have you noticed? - Well, he's more confident in bed.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32And he is more confident in his personality and, like,
0:46:32 > 0:46:35he shows more affection and love towards me.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38I think it's better now, because you had to plan it before.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Yeah, we don't have to worry about times and we can just...
0:46:41 > 0:46:44It doesn't even come into our minds now.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46It's not the case of, "Are we having sex tonight?"
0:46:46 > 0:46:51- That's extraordinary that it's had that much impact.- Yeah.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53- So, have you taken any more pills? - No.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56There's been, like, some times where I've thought,
0:46:56 > 0:47:00- "Oh, maybe I should." But then...- Why?
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Only because I still doubt. I still always feel...
0:47:03 > 0:47:07It's still there in the back of my mind that it's going to happen,
0:47:07 > 0:47:10but, then, just even when we are cuddling
0:47:10 > 0:47:14and stuff or even just talking to each other or looking at each other.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17There's no need for a pill.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Do you think that pills are just quite an easy option?
0:47:21 > 0:47:23They're a lot easier than having to talk to anyone about it.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26I mean, you can get them online, nobody has to know,
0:47:26 > 0:47:27not even your doctor.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Why do you think hypnotherapy worked for you?
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Do you know what?
0:47:31 > 0:47:34I honestly think it was because the guy who was doing it,
0:47:34 > 0:47:39he wasn't shy about using the words that most doctors never use.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43You know? He was telling me to picture myself doing these things.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46And although it was uncomfortable, it was working
0:47:46 > 0:47:50and I felt it doing something and I knew it was right.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52If I had known it was there all this time ago,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55then I would have just done that in the first place.
0:47:55 > 0:47:56There's something else.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58I feel like you're going to drop a massive bomb.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01- We're getting married in six weeks. - Oh, my God!
0:48:01 > 0:48:06What? That's great! Oh, my God,
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- congratulations!- Thank you. - Thank you.- That's amazing!
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- Wow!- I know.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14And then the plan is, obviously, to move in together.
0:48:14 > 0:48:19And we're going to start doing the things that we want to do.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21Like Tommy's got dreams, I've got dreams,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23and we want to go fulfil them.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24We think, "Why not now?"
0:48:24 > 0:48:26There's nothing holding us back any more.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30- And we've got each other to support us.- Yeah, were like a team.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32- We keep each other going.- Yeah.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34'I am so happy for Stevie.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38'He seems like a different person from the guy I met six weeks ago.'
0:48:38 > 0:48:42I feel a bit cross on his behalf that he was given
0:48:42 > 0:48:44such strong drugs really quickly.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45From what he has told me,
0:48:45 > 0:48:49it seems really clear that it was an emotional problem.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51But I am really thrilled for him that he's found something
0:48:51 > 0:48:53that's more sustainable.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57'Having seen the transformation in Stevie,
0:48:57 > 0:48:59'I'm back with former dancer Suzie
0:48:59 > 0:49:02'and can't wait to put my plan into action.'
0:49:02 > 0:49:06When was the last time you danced?
0:49:06 > 0:49:08More than a few months ago.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11- More than six months ago. So... - OK, excellent.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14'These days she is more likely to pop a slimming pill than take
0:49:14 > 0:49:17'a dance class, and I want to find out why.'
0:49:18 > 0:49:22- Do you exercise a lot? - Um, I try to.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27I have a gym membership, but I haven't used it that much.
0:49:27 > 0:49:32- How much is your gym membership? - £56 a month.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37- And how often do you go? - About three times a month.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39I love how honest you are.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41I do want to more. It's in the head.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45The first step is I joined a gym,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48now I've got to go to it.
0:49:48 > 0:49:49It's really difficult.
0:49:49 > 0:49:54It's the mental energy in my head is going, "Ugh, I just need to...
0:49:54 > 0:49:56"I'm going to take the pills.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59"I'll take the pills, I'll take a shake instead."
0:49:59 > 0:50:02You know? It's just a... it's a quick fix, it's easy.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05If there's a slight chance that these will work...
0:50:05 > 0:50:09The thing about these pills is they offer the quick fix,
0:50:09 > 0:50:12they offer this magic solution, but really do they deliver?
0:50:13 > 0:50:17'I've got a feeling that what she really needs
0:50:17 > 0:50:21'is an endorphin rush. Time to hit the dance floor.'
0:50:21 > 0:50:25# Baby, I just want to dance
0:50:25 > 0:50:29# I don't really care
0:50:29 > 0:50:32# I just want to dance
0:50:32 > 0:50:37# I don't really care, care, care Feel it in the air, yeah!
0:50:37 > 0:50:39# She's a mean and crazy dicta
0:50:39 > 0:50:41# Disco diva and you wonder
0:50:41 > 0:50:45# Who's that chick? Who's that chick?
0:50:45 > 0:50:48# Too cold for you to keep her Too hot for you to leave her
0:50:48 > 0:50:52# Who's that chick? Who's that chick? #
0:50:54 > 0:50:55- Nice!- That was amazing.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- You look really happy. - I am. I'm buzzing now.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02When you hear the music and it's something that I love to do so much,
0:51:02 > 0:51:05it just all comes back to me.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08- So based on how you feel now... - Yeah.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11..the next two weeks in the run-up to the holiday,
0:51:11 > 0:51:13pills versus exercise,
0:51:13 > 0:51:15how are you feeling?
0:51:15 > 0:51:18After that, that's what I want to do.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21That's what makes me feel good.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Are you going to carry on taking the pills?
0:51:25 > 0:51:27I don't want to.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30I think I may take less. Possibly.
0:51:30 > 0:51:34Now that has just all come back to me how much I love it.
0:51:34 > 0:51:39I think I might do less of one, more of this.
0:51:39 > 0:51:40OK.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47The difference between anxious pill popping Suzie this morning
0:51:47 > 0:51:51and excited dancing Suzie this afternoon,
0:51:51 > 0:51:53it's a different person.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57I really hope she can carry on the motivation and exercise
0:51:57 > 0:51:59and feel really good about herself.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03I just wonder whether her passion for dance is strong enough
0:52:03 > 0:52:07to fight her addiction to a quick fix.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12'Four weeks later, Suzie is back from holiday.'
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Hello.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17'What I want know is, is she still popping pills?'
0:52:17 > 0:52:21So, did you carry on with the dancing?
0:52:21 > 0:52:24I did. I actually went back the next day
0:52:24 > 0:52:27and I got myself a membership.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- Wow! - I went to a couple of the classes.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Once I've done a class, I'm like, "Yeah!
0:52:32 > 0:52:34"I need to do more!"
0:52:34 > 0:52:36And then I'm buzzing when I leave and everything.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38And then as soon as I go home,
0:52:38 > 0:52:42maybe see those photos are see someone on the way home that's thin,
0:52:42 > 0:52:45I instantly go, "Oh."
0:52:45 > 0:52:48So, have you been able to resist the lure
0:52:48 > 0:52:50of your magic potion cupboard?
0:52:50 > 0:52:55I have, actually, because I've been so preoccupied with dancing,
0:52:55 > 0:52:58I kind of forget that they're in there.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00Why aren't you going to throw everything out?
0:53:00 > 0:53:04It's because I know there's going to be some of those days
0:53:04 > 0:53:07when I'm, like, ill or it's raining...
0:53:07 > 0:53:08Excuse, excuse, excuse.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10But I know there'll be those days where I go,
0:53:10 > 0:53:12"I can't be bothered."
0:53:12 > 0:53:17In which case, then I'd probably go for the cupboard.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Do you think you are actually addicted to the pills?
0:53:20 > 0:53:23I think I am because even though I'm going,
0:53:23 > 0:53:25"No, I'm fine, I'm exercising, I'm not taking them."
0:53:25 > 0:53:27In the back of my mind, I'm still going,
0:53:27 > 0:53:30"Maybe when I have a down day, I'm going to go for them."
0:53:30 > 0:53:32It says to me that I need to keep them,
0:53:32 > 0:53:34which says I'm a little bit addicted to them.
0:53:34 > 0:53:35I've got a confession.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39You know after we had our day together, I went and bought some.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42- Did you? Cherry!- Yeah, I just tried it for a couple of days.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45I know, it's so naughty, because I thought...
0:53:45 > 0:53:51I know it's insane, but I thought, "Maybe there is something."
0:53:51 > 0:53:54It's ridiculous. I tried them for a couple of days.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57They did absolutely nothing, but I haven't thrown them out.
0:53:57 > 0:54:03- No?- Because I want to believe that there is a magic cure.- Yeah.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07- Do you think that they maybe just don't work?- Probably.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10I think you're quite right, but in the back of my mind, I go,
0:54:10 > 0:54:14- "Maybe it does."- So you're definitely going to carry on with the dancing?
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Yeah, definitely.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20I think more so because I've sort of thought about my career
0:54:20 > 0:54:22and, obviously,
0:54:22 > 0:54:25with all the dancing... It's not that realistic for me
0:54:25 > 0:54:27to have a career in dancing at the moment.
0:54:28 > 0:54:33But I am now trying to train to be a fitness instructor.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37- No way! Really?- Yes.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39I want to teach dance, I want to teach fitness,
0:54:39 > 0:54:42I want to teach all that kind of stuff. So...
0:54:42 > 0:54:43That's bloody brilliant!
0:54:43 > 0:54:47- I'm so happy for you. That's really exciting.- So I've got no excuse.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Then you'll have no excuse.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52'I've known for a while that my belief in slimming pills
0:54:52 > 0:54:54'is a bit bonkers,
0:54:54 > 0:54:57'but at least now I realise I'm not alone.'
0:54:57 > 0:55:01So, are we all addicts? Yes, I think we are.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05The idea of the quick fix is so seductive that even if it
0:55:05 > 0:55:10comes with bad consequences, it's sometimes impossible to resist.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14I've been on the slimming game long enough to know that,
0:55:14 > 0:55:18annoyingly, there is no substitute for eating healthily and exercise.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22So... Bye-bye, miracle fat-burners.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26But the jeans, I'm not quite ready to say goodbye to those yet.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28I'm so obsessed with my weight,
0:55:28 > 0:55:31I think I'm actually a bit addicted to the neurosis.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34I sometimes wonder, without that going on in my head,
0:55:34 > 0:55:36what would fill the gaps?
0:55:37 > 0:55:39# I sell it by the bottle
0:55:39 > 0:55:43# Oh, I'll make it last all night
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- # Don't worry about tomorrow - Yeah!
0:55:46 > 0:55:49# Ah! Ah, ah, ah!
0:55:49 > 0:55:52# I got the remedy
0:55:52 > 0:55:54# Oh, we let it go
0:55:54 > 0:55:57# So won't you come sit next to me
0:55:57 > 0:55:59# I've got the remedy. #
0:55:59 > 0:56:04'Next time, I'll be finding out if vanity can ever be positive
0:56:04 > 0:56:07'in a world obsessed with appearance.'
0:56:07 > 0:56:09What are you doing? Stop it!
0:56:09 > 0:56:10Would I grow out my body hair?
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Go on!
0:56:12 > 0:56:13# Cos the coach is in the place
0:56:13 > 0:56:15# Check out the body and the handsome face. #
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- Yes!- I'll do it.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20'Have our looks become more important than who we are?'
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Oh, my gosh!
0:56:21 > 0:56:25'Or can we harness them to change our lives?'
0:56:25 > 0:56:29Do you think I have a glamorous life?
0:56:26 > 0:56:29I'd want to be a bit more famous.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32# Oh, we let it go
0:56:32 > 0:56:35# So won't you come sit next to me?
0:56:35 > 0:56:37# I got the remedy
0:56:37 > 0:56:39# Oh, you never know
0:56:39 > 0:56:43# Oh, I could give you what you need
0:56:43 > 0:56:45# I got the remedy
0:56:45 > 0:56:47# Oh, we let it go
0:56:47 > 0:56:51# So won't you come sit next to me?
0:56:51 > 0:56:52# I got the remedy
0:56:52 > 0:56:56# Oh, you never know
0:56:56 > 0:56:59# Oh, I could give you what you need... #
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