To the opiate curious

Physical dependance on dope sucks. I know how simpleminded that sounds, but you simply can't imagine how much withdrawal sucks, and how much your life changes to revolve around making sure you don't run out of dope, lest you basically get the worst flu you've ever had, combined with the knowledge that one simple thing will make it all go away... Maybe if it were the reverse that happened; maybe if you got mindbendingly sick first, and had all your bones ache, unable to sleep or even think straight, shit running down your leg, (or more probably, pooling around your ass wherever it is you've found to lay your carcass down if you've decided to try to "sweat it out"), sneezing with no satisfaction (this is my "killer app" of symptoms... every junkie in wd has one symptom in particular that's way worse than the others for some reason), too cold and too hot at the same time, starving, but unable to keep anything down, horny as all get out, but masturbation brings no relief, nor is even touching your bloodless flesh something you want to do.

Maybe if people want through that, AND THEN experienced the admittedly awesome high, THEN people might not abuse it. It sucks because that would literally work, but it's not how it works, and the way it does work sneaks up on pretty much everyone. Basically anyone who has ever tried heroin and not fallen out in history has said "This? I can handle this. I'll just do it on the weekends." You'll won't even know you're addicted when it comes happens too. You'll find out by mistake one day... You won't have had some for a day or so (your first time experiencing withdrawal), and you'll start to feel a runny nose... Within a few hours you're probably going to feel like dogshit. Some people get away with mild WDs if they haven't been hitting it hard, but 9.99999% of the time, you'll be a total wreck until you get more. Don't let it happen. No one can tell anyone else what to do, but if you want some solid advice from the depths of the abyss you're about to say hello to, don't even start. You can't hang. No one can.

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