Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by nicoburns on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:46PM
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If you don't mind me asking, how did you get into that in the first place? Was it purely recreational? Escapism? Or..?
Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by cudder on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:14PM
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I first got into opioids at age 16 or so when I found boxes and boxes of tramadol prescribed for my father who had died of cancer some years earlier. Eating them made me feel good, really good. I guess that sparked my love for drugs.
I was a recreational user and managed to keep things under control (except spending all my money) for many years. But in those circles most people are a bad influence on you. Eventually it all just spiraled out of control. It was so easy to keep slipping deeper a little at a time while taking steps in the other direction felt enormously hard.
It's been about 6 years since I last shot up. Everything's going really good now. Granted I'm not sober by AA standards; I still smoke weed, and drink a couple of beers every now and then, and do psychedelics maybe once or twice a year. Whenever I start feeling blue.
Oh yes for sure, didn't mean to make it seem like it wasn't. I was(/am) a poly drug addict from Finland. Buprenorphine and amphetamine were my jam for a couple years. One year of using intravenously daily. It's been years since my last time but I still think about shooting up every now and then. It's a deviously strong urge.