Man whose book about life in Thai jail is now a film to miss premiere - because he is in prison

[ChidlomDweller]

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

And here we have the perfect target audience for such a film.... 

LOL.  In fairness, I think that may be due to autocorrect.  

[Jeremy50]

Asia books used to have a whole shelf of these 'my nightmare in a Thai jail' tomes. All of it unreadable rubbish, but only a couple of clicks worse than the 'I was scammed by a bar girl' trash, usually on the next shelf down. All of them with lurid covers usually featuring bars, or some ugly tattooed mug behind bars , so you wouldn't be seen dead reading them, except in a sexpat bar, or a Thai prison.

[ThaiFelix]

2 hours ago, Artisi said:

And yet another contender for the Einstein awards, unless of course the UK has introduced 90 day reporting for its citizens. 

 

Yep hahaha.  If all else fails, read the original post!!

[taipan1949]

6 hours ago, sanemax said:

No will power ? lack of self control ? No self respect ? 

They just want to do some and disregard the consequences and then claim to be a victim of addiction 

Because of the terrible pain I have in both knees I took Percocet and Oxycoden in Canada because it was free and helped my pain. In Thailand where I lived, Bang Lamung, the doctors REFUSED to give me any pills other than Tylenol 3's....what a joke. Through the "grapevine" I found out about Tramadol that I could get over the counter just about anywhere. The Tramadol helped but I found myself taking more and more of them. My Filippina wife and I gave up on the traffic and filth of Pattaya last March 1st. and came to the Philippines where getting the Tramadol was just as easy to get as in Thailand. About 3 months ago I said to myself that enough was enough and it was time to quit. Stopping the Percocet and Oxycoden were a piece of cake to quit although I had to endure weeks of no sleep and night tremors that would almost throw me out of bed. The Tramadol turned out to be a monster and although I stopped taking them the night tremors persisted weeks after my taking my last pill so had to go to the Doctor here in my town for some help. He gave me some simple muscle relaxers and a sleeping pill. After a week I stopped the muscle relaxers and only take half a sleeping pill. I believe if you want to stop doing something you just do it and bury the pain and depression until you come out clean on the other side to really enjoy life again. I still have arthritis in both knees and could really use some new ones but I would rather live with the pain than have the monkey on my back.

[Suttisan]

Not much money in writing and movie stardom then

[sanemax]

1 hour ago, ThaiFelix said:

You really have no idea at all do you.  Have you ever heard of a Google search...or are facts just all science fiction to you as well??

No, drugs get into the body from that person putting them there , if they didnt put drugs into their bodies, they wouldnt be there

[Blue Muton]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Hopefully any money he makes will either be taken for 'expenses' or for failure to attend 90 day reporting over the years.

They have 90 day reporting in Liverpool now? 

Not such a bad idea.

[roo860]

They have 90 day reporting in Liverpool now? 
Not such a bad idea.

You'd only want to do one, and no re entry permit, thanks very much.

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[Jack Mountain]

Darwin Award material ... pass the gas please.

[jenny2017]

1 hour ago, taipan1949 said:

Because of the terrible pain I have in both knees I took Percocet and Oxycoden in Canada because it was free and helped my pain. In Thailand where I lived, Bang Lamung, the doctors REFUSED to give me any pills other than Tylenol 3's....what a joke. Through the "grapevine" I found out about Tramadol that I could get over the counter just about anywhere. The Tramadol helped but I found myself taking more and more of them. My Filippina wife and I gave up on the traffic and filth of Pattaya last March 1st. and came to the Philippines where getting the Tramadol was just as easy to get as in Thailand. About 3 months ago I said to myself that enough was enough and it was time to quit. Stopping the Percocet and Oxycoden were a piece of cake to quit although I had to endure weeks of no sleep and night tremors that would almost throw me out of bed. The Tramadol turned out to be a monster and although I stopped taking them the night tremors persisted weeks after my taking my last pill so had to go to the Doctor here in my town for some help. He gave me some simple muscle relaxers and a sleeping pill. After a week I stopped the muscle relaxers and only take half a sleeping pill. I believe if you want to stop doing something you just do it and bury the pain and depression until you come out clean on the other side to really enjoy life again. I still have arthritis in both knees and could really use some new ones but I would rather live with the pain than have the monkey on my back.

 

      An example how people become addicts created by doctors. 

[sanemax]

2 hours ago, taipan1949 said:

Because of the terrible pain I have in both knees I took Percocet and Oxycoden in Canada because it was free and helped my pain.

Although we , or I was taking about people who take recreational drugs

[Kieran00001]

6 hours ago, Get Real said:

Took your advice. Been thinking for 2 full hours! Still have the same opinion.

 

I think it would be disingenuous to pretend that his addiction problems are relative to any laws.

[joecoolfrog]

11 hours ago, vogie said:

He writing a sequel book about his time in a UK prison called 'A Life of Reilly.'

Did you really find your time in a British prison so cosy ?

[joecoolfrog]

5 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

Asia books used to have a whole shelf of these 'my nightmare in a Thai jail' tomes. All of it unreadable rubbish, but only a couple of clicks worse than the 'I was scammed by a bar girl' trash, usually on the next shelf down. All of them with lurid covers usually featuring bars, or some ugly tattooed mug behind bars , so you wouldn't be seen dead reading them, except in a sexpat bar, or a Thai prison.

Why did you read them all if they were rubbish ?

[vogie]

35 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

Did you really find your time in a British prison so cosy ?

Don't you dare lose your sense of humour, you must be a laugh a millenium. ????

[Sir Dude]

This guy from the OP is a moron and deserves to be in jail. He's a perp and a scumbag...instead of making a film about his moronic BS, send him to break rocks in the hot sun. I have nothing but scorn for this type of rubbish. 

[tweedledee2]

16 hours ago, sanemax said:

U.K Citizenship, so, cannot be deported from the U.K.

They use to deport them to Australia.

[geronimo]

19 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I visit a lot of people in prisons (quite a few of whom are innocent), and those who are guilty generally regret their actions. Some however are just complete idiots who will never learn from their mistakes and are destined to keep returning to prison, wherever they are living. I do not have any sympathy for this guy. His own stupid actions put him in jail here and it is again his own stupid actions that have put him in jail in England. The word "Loser" comes to mind.

You should have mentioned visiting convicts in the POTY contest, might have got you a few more votes .....

[lamyai3]

12 hours ago, roo860 said:

You'd only want to do one, and no re entry permit, thanks very much.

Nice use of scouser slang there. Jimmy Corkhill used to say "do one" all the time... 

[lamyai3]

11 hours ago, sanemax said:

Although we , or I was taking about people who take recreational drugs

A substantial part of the current heroin problem in the US is due to people who became unintentionally addicted to oxycontin and similar drugs, due to the arbitrary and unchecked prescription of it for pain relief by doctors there (under the guidance of the big pharmaceutical companies).  

[ZeVonderBearz]

Meanwhile, all the regular, law abiding, tax paying, hardworking folk slog it out to get by. Romanticising petty, lowlife thugs like this one is a weird obsession we have in this world. 

[ZeVonderBearz]

Meanwhile, all the regular, law abiding, tax paying, hardworking folk slog it out to get by. Romanticising petty, lowlife thugs like this one is a weird obsession we have in this world. 

[Matt96]

why he was not deported and blacklisted after the first term?

 

let him "fight with addiction" back home!

 

who needs such a foreign scum in Thailand?!

[sanemax]

58 minutes ago, Matt96 said:

why he was not deported and blacklisted after the first term?

let him "fight with addiction" back home!

who needs such a foreign scum in Thailand?!

You didnt read the story or any posts in this thread, did you ?

[Matt96]

now I red that he is back to UK. that's a good luck for Thailand

[BobbyL]

Coincidentally reading his book at the moment. 

[Artisi]

22 hours ago, PAIBKK said:

Before the British criminals were deported to Australia... 

See post #24

[Artisi]

22 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

Australia? 

See post #24

[Artisi]

6 hours ago, ZeVonderBearz said:

Meanwhile, all the regular, law abiding, tax paying, hardworking folk slog it out to get by. Romanticising petty, lowlife thugs like this one is a weird obsession we have in this world. 

Don't include me in the collective "we", thank you.

[taipan1949]

21 hours ago, sanemax said:

Although we , or I was taking about people who take recreational drugs

Sometimes they become "recreational" without you even knowing it.