Lou @Lifewithloux

[Obsessed with Obsession]

Bit of history.

I used to know Lou, back in the days when she was at Uni. She was never particularly bright, and always wanted to be the center of attention, but overall she was reasonably nice to be around. Usual teenage stuff - house parties, fair amount of weed, occasional MDMA, but nothing too heavy. Then came the legal highs.

Redcar is a deprived area with nothing to do, significant poverty and it got instantly hit with incredibly cheap drugs, mainly through a few enterprising idiots who knew how to use the internet (a genuinely rare skill at that time and in that area) and had somewhere to have the drugs ordered to. The town got worse, fast - think how manchester had the "spice zombies" issue, but nobody gave a s, because it's a crap former industrial seaside town. Not a unique story, nothing being done about it.

Channel 4 showed up and made a documentary about this crowd - "legally high", I'll see if I can find a copy. It's exploitative as hell, and yes, they were paying for people to party to get footage (i.e. indirectly funding the drug habit), but it gives a bit of context/footage of the time. Primary focus of the doc was Stephen Baxter, who started out rebranding legal highs as "Baxtercaine" to supply to teens, and then eventually moved on to heroin. He's dead now (Call centre worker died just weeks after completing heroin detox), and won't be missed by many. Lou's in the background of a few shots of the documentary but wasn't heavily featured.

I can't really speak for James/Jabba. He honestly seemed nice enough when I met him, but plenty of people are nice in public and another behind closed doors.

Steminem has always been a reptile since day 1 though - literally robbing grannies when needed. He's a scourge on the town, frequently begging outside shops and known for assaulting/robbing friends, family, and anyone within a 5m radius of him.

I'm shamed to admit I got taken in by Lou's lies at one point, when she was in the hostel - to the point of paying for a morrisons veg box, and some food/hygiene essentials, where all she had to do was show up to the store and pick it up. It will not surprise you to know that she didn't show up.

There's a whole crowd of people with similar stories in that area, now completely destroyed - it's just Lou has combined that with a desire to internet famous. It's quite the show.

Im not from Redcar, was just there with work for the day, I popped into B&M at lunch break and instantly recognised him from Lou’s IG he was sitting in a closed shop doorway opposite, in a sleeping bag, smoking, I think it was around the time they split up / baby was born not exactly sure when it was, but he was asking for money.

 

[♡Aww Fankoo Cawol♡]

Re James and dv I think I believe some of it. She was too scared to tell him she was pregnant with Molly. We can see the state of her room now, I think she was always scruffy and dirty maybe the pill abuse drove him over the edge, not that makes it right. Has she ever admitted to anyone the timeline of her addiction, what pushed her from codeine further along the track?

How could she have been too scared to tell him she was pregnant with Molly?!!!....

....considering she's said over and over she was a surprise baby, she had no idea she was pregnant, & did a magazine article about it?

She's full of s!

 

[tuppaxx]

Im not from Redcar, was just there with work for the day, I popped into B&M at lunch break and instantly recognised him from Lou’s IG he was sitting in a closed shop doorway opposite, in a sleeping bag, smoking, I think it was around the time they split up / baby was born not exactly sure when it was, but he was asking for money.

Just found the documentary, it's called Legally High and should be on Netflix

 

[Pearl clutcher]

How could she have been too scared to tell him she was pregnant with Molly?!!!....

....considering she's said over and over she was a surprise baby, she had no idea she was pregnant, & did a magazine article about it?

She's full of s!

Oh yeah, if you read the magazine article she was rushed to hospital, phoned James or something, but they had a psychiatrist at the birth! Now they don't grow on trees in the nhs, points to previous lying and denial of obvious facts. This will sound familiar, she had a group of women in her dms supporting her! It was all on the old cleaning thread.

 

[Dannys_deathbed_nan]

The kids didn't even have beds all those years ago until Carol came along. She bought them beds, chest of drawers and new clothes.

 

[♡Aww Fankoo Cawol♡]

Im not from Redcar, was just there with work for the day, I popped into B&M at lunch break and instantly recognised him from Lou’s IG he was sitting in a closed shop doorway opposite, in a sleeping bag, smoking, I think it was around the time they split up / baby was born not exactly sure when it was, but he was asking for money.

Him and Lou beg outside shops currently. One does Home Bargains, the other does Iceland. That in itself is drug user behaviour.

 

[Life_of_Lou_Skaghead_too]

Just found the documentary, it's called Legally High and should be on Netflix

I watched it the other day, really sad and eye opening

 

[LousUnpackedBoxes]

In 7yrs she’s aged so much

She’s not even 30 yet. She

I don't believe James beat her, I really don't. He absolutely kicked her out of the house, because he was sick and tired of working all day and then going home where she'd done sod all except neglect the kids and get high. The rest is spot on, she was living in a little flat, having the kids at weekends. Enter Ste to the picture. I believe he trashed her place and beat her, because she did end up in refuge where other dv escapees lived and she enraged a couple of the women there because she posted photo's on facebook sat in the communal gardens and it kicked off, because they were terrified of their accommodation being exposed and their violent ex's finding them. If she'd have stayed away from Ste like she was told, she'd be set up in a nice little home now, with baby Alfie, Oscar & Molly. She chose Ste, so lost Alfie within 2 hours of him being born. In this country, it's extremely difficult and rare for fathers, especially unmarried fathers, to even get access to their kids, let alone get full custody and parental rights. That's why I don't believe Lou's accusations of dv against James.

i don’t believe James beat her either. I should’ve used air quotes round that bit. Apologies!

 

[Illiterate Lou]

Just found the documentary, it's called Legally High and should be on Netflix

Just added it to my list so I'll watch it later

 

[Bag handle bracelet]

Quiet today isn't she?

 

[LousUnpackedBoxes]

Re: Mollys birth.

I don’t understand how she can claim her and James didn’t know she was pregnant. I’d love to know what James thinks about that now. Like does he believe her? I saw her about 6 weeks before she gave birth and she looked pregnant!!!. If you’ve seen photos of what she was like back then, she was very skinny. It was very obvious she was pregnant. I didn’t ask her or mention it at the time as we didn’t know each other to talk to.Then a few eeeks later she’s given birth and didn’t know she was pregnant and is scrambling around trying to find clothes and baby equipment for Molly. It was really odd

 

[LousUnpackedBoxes]

Quiet today isn't she?

Probably choked to death on the Parmo she was shovelling down her gob!

 

[Polly]

Probably still asleep in her stinking pit. Not like she has to get up for work or kids or a nice Saturday with her bloke.

 

[PineappleQween]

I agree with this 100% my husband took his ex wife to court for custody of his 2 children. He had evidence of drug use, alcohol dependency, self harm, child neglect, a revolving door on her knickers and suicide attempts. They were married when they were born and he had full parental rights yet he only got joint custody. We went through mediation, CAMHS, social services and CAFCAS. She never turned up to court and reused all recommended interventions For James to get full custody and Beggy Lou to not even get visitation there mustve been some serious evidence

Usually costs the man a lot and most men don’t bother do it shows he’s definitely a serious parent

 

[PineappleQween]

What’s her beef with dawnhomelife? Is she the one in recovery with her husband who drinks every weekend? That would send someone back onto the drugs I would have thought ? As inhibitions are low

 

[AvGotBadPsychosis]

What’s her beef with dawnhomelife? Is she the one in recovery with her husband who drinks every weekend? That would send someone back onto the drugs I would have thought ? As inhibitions are low

I think she’s been off it a good while now. She’s able to control her demons. Lou seems to be jealous of dawn because she gets the attention and support that lou craves.

 

[Illiterate Lou]

What’s her beef with dawnhomelife? Is she the one in recovery with her husband who drinks every weekend? That would send someone back onto the drugs I would have thought ? As inhibitions are low

Yes it is. I've had a good look at her posts and l applaud them for staying clean from drugs for several year's. If that was who Lou was taking about in her post, l wouldn't blame her for blocking her. The last thing she needs is that greedy tramp dragging her under with her.

 

[DWP_Sanction_office]

Oh yeah, if you read the magazine article she was rushed to hospital, phoned James or something, but they had a psychiatrist at the birth! Now they don't grow on trees in the nhs, points to previous lying and denial of obvious facts. This will sound familiar, she had a group of women in her dms supporting her! It was all on the old cleaning thread.

I wish those old threads were still about to read through! Such a shame, they were full of info and funny as do.

 

[PineappleQween]

I think she’s been off it a good while now. She’s able to control her demons. Lou seems to be jealous of dawn because she gets the attention and support that lou craves.

Yeah in fairness though if someone in recovery is saying they are getting pissed every weekend is that not swapping addictions? And it’s showing others in recovery that drinking is ok when it’s probably not for most recovering addicts as one will spur on the other

 

[PineappleQween]

Yeah in fairness though if someone in recovery is saying they are getting pissed every weekend is that not swapping addictions? And it’s showing others in recovery that drinking is ok when it’s probably not for most recovering addicts as one will spur on the other

Also dunno why she was at Lou who’s obviously in denial and deeply addicted if she’s ‘there to help others’