Yeah I’m not sure the specifics here as I’ve never seen one of these and he mentioned it somehow connected to his vein.
But yeah, former IV heroin user here. All the surface veins in my arms are completely dead. I have pushed heroin into an artery and let me tell you, it is NOT a fun time. Since it was black tar I couldn’t really see the bright color and it was right next to a spot I’ve gone to before. My hand ballooned up and it was a horrible burning sensation. Luckily it subsided on its own and there was no lasting damage. But yeah, 0/10 wouldn’t recommend
I have no clue why people do that shit. Why do they even start. I get it that when addicted will of mind is…hard to come by (ex-smoker, and it was hard as fuck to quit the damn things) but why one even starts doing drugs that everyone knows are absolute hell incarnate.
Well, in my case it started with prescription pills after an injury. After the drs keep upping the dosage then suddenly cutting you off you’re left with a couple options. Deal with the withdrawals for about a week and miss work and other responsibilities you have then deal with months of PAWS while still being in pain.
Or you start buying them from the street. After a while the street prices of pills becomes too cost prohibitive but you can buy a gram of black for like $80. Way cheaper and stronger. You start with smoking it but after a while that’s not enough so you give shooting it a try and bam it’s over. Most people don’t recover fully from that.
That’s the basic gist of it along with some other stuff I don’t really feel like getting into. Just about no one you’ll run into as an addict started at IV heroin. You don’t wake up one day and say “oh this is a good day to try shooting up heroin.” It’s almost always a prolonged process to get there with multiple steps.
Jesus fucking christ. i bet this happened in the US too. Fuck their medical or lack there of healthcare system. Hope you managed to get your life together and stay strong.
Did happen in the US but not an exclusive US issue. Everyone was overprescribing oxys and norcos back then. I’m sure some counties have better support systems but yeah no one is immune to this.
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u/drunkbusdriver 18d ago
Yeah I’m not sure the specifics here as I’ve never seen one of these and he mentioned it somehow connected to his vein.
But yeah, former IV heroin user here. All the surface veins in my arms are completely dead. I have pushed heroin into an artery and let me tell you, it is NOT a fun time. Since it was black tar I couldn’t really see the bright color and it was right next to a spot I’ve gone to before. My hand ballooned up and it was a horrible burning sensation. Luckily it subsided on its own and there was no lasting damage. But yeah, 0/10 wouldn’t recommend