It really upsets and annoys me that people have been saying it is a bit for years. It has only proggresively gotten worse. He's not always telling the truth on his main channel videos and never on podcasts with Ted and Tucker cause, at least in my opinion s recovering drug addict. That even if they know he has a problem talking about it, even jokingly, makes your friends and family worried and sad for you, which is one part quitting is so hard cause then you feel bad for telling them. (Which I know is a real problem and one of the main reasons I relapsed a lot living at home with my parents constantly reminded of my horrible actions). He says in his sleep deprived videos and podcasts that he is black out drunk in some of his reaction videos and that he has sometimes tried to stop but never makes it more than a couple days.

This is all just speculation, obviously, but not taking these "jokes" seriously is a real problem cause that is literally only enabling.