Captain Elliott’s Drug Addiction Causes Tension Between His Crew | Deadliest Catch

The Captain of the Saga, Elliott Neese's drug addition is causing his crew to loose faith in his leadership.

From season 11 episode 6
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[moseislymangler]

Being fired by a drug addicted captain is a blessing. The last thing you need is to put your faith in a addict which is exactly what you do with your captain when you head out to sea.

[Okranic]

I’ve never been a fan of Elliot but he’s really sunk to a new low here. Really? Firing a deckhand for “snitching?” This dude shouldn’t be within 100 feet of a crab boat.

[jcruz]

He's on the wrong show.. he needs to be on intervention

[ryanbeast]

Captain herion fiend can do all the work himself.

[Akooks]

As a drug addict, you’re usually the last person to realize that you’re not fooling anyone anymore.

[howardcraigiv]

Take it from someone who was on H for 16 years and now has almost 3 yrs sober. You leaving the SAGA is a blessing my friend. Home boy E ain’t going to ever get his life straight until he can face his addiction and look at himself in the mirror. Bro ain’t hit his Rock bottom yet. Only 3 Places Drugs Get You in Life - Jails, Institution’s & Death 💯

[yamatha]

As someone who is unfortunately been in a very similar spot as Elliot and I can say that he does not realize what is happening around him and that he’s causing it. Unfortunately until he hits his absolute bottom he will take everything and everyone down with him and think it’s not his fault. I pray that he can get it under control before he ruins his life and even worse lives of the people working for and helping him. I’ll be praying for him and his family.

[fzrida]

The power of addiction, you can have everything but the monster must eat, its a horrible way to live.

[seankeikbusch]

Watching this creeps me out and makes me grateful I was able to get clean. I used to nod out 40ft in the air on a brick scaffold. It's a miracle I'm still alive.

[oscarkoop]

I've been where elliot was, nobody can tell you anything because you aren't yourself. Hopefully one day he can take control. My addiction started from breaking my back at work, never took pain pills in my life. It can happen to anyone. Even after you get clean, it's still takes almost two years to feel like yourself again. 8 years clean and ill never go back. I turned down pain meds from the dentist and he thought I was nuts for roughing it through the pain. I just don't want to take that chance.

[gregstewart]

Worked with drug addicts before. Nothing is ever their fault. Moods depend on their drug use. High they’re tolerable coming down they’re intolerable. If they get caught its always someone ratted them out. Not they did something wrong.

[FenrirGaming]

what blows my mind is, this is all public which means someone with authority has to know about it, yet he's still allowed to captain a boat and endanger the lives of his crew. He needs to be arrested and forced into rehab before anyone gets hurt.

[randyorton]

Sobered him up real quick when they spoke on addiction

[LudiCrust.]

One thing this show isn’t honest about is that all those guys on all those boats are using drugs. The only difference is Elliot lost control of his addiction which is really looked down on in a culture like this one.

[lukeweeks]

this was 8 years ago, wonder if he got clean? edit: he is in fed prison for dealing. 2.5 years started last summer

[flanksteak]

Never trust anyone who eats ice cream like that.

[darylsmioth]

Holy crap! He has never probably quit after all these years.

[jefffuhrman]

Drug testing should be federally mandated for boat captains.

[YellowPercocets]

I had a boss on the rigs that was the same way, would always sneak off to his truck or lock himself in the doghouse and we would find him passed out and when he woke up he would be sweating and shaking. Ended up firing a few of us who confronted him and ironically told us that we would never grow to be men lol He is drugged out to this day

[bigal]

I ran into Elliot in a hotel in Seattle about 5 years ago. Super Nice guy, but you could tell things were taking a toll on him then.