crimsonjunk said:
The very fact that you had to set up rules is a bad sign that you are becoming addicted.
Did I say that will is free?
Right, you didn't. Was just messing around anyway and figured you'd have already thought about this plenty yourself. :D
Er...drug use without the provision of rules for one's self sounds really reckless.
I'd have to agree to what ebola said, eventhough you do indeed have a point. If you asked me, those rules are merely proof that she is aware of the very real possibility to become addicted. Since this realization often comes when it's much too late, you've probably only seen it in people who already have an addiction or are in the process of slipping into one. Anyway, I can totally see what you're saying, but I guess the phrasing wasn't very sensitive and could be perceived as slightly judgmental.
I had personally set strict rules for myself before I started using ketamine (thanks to a guide to ketamine I found on bluelight): The minimum break after each trip was to be two weeks and I was to mark the days on which I used in the calendar.
I threw the latter rule overboard very quickly though. Well to be honest I never really kept track of my use at all, not by means of written documentation.
Since I had no one to share my ketamine with in those days, was always dosing 250mg and only once within a day, I could retrospectively see at what frequency I was using. To that point I assumed it was roughly every other week, but it turned out I had been using it twice per week throughout the first 6 months.
I honestly don't see myself pulling this off for a single week with strong opiates like heroin or hydromorphone and the like... No fucking way. But hey, that's just me.
Btw ebola? was referring to rules in general, not just the one set by the op.
These are some other rules I made for myself:
-No pot before school: Massive fail! (but have only used at nighttime for the past decade or so)
-No synthetic drugs: Failed when I had a chance to take LSD with 17. Since then I've used far over 100 different synthetic psychoactive drugs.
-No drinking alone: Riiiight.
-No needles: I can only urge everyone to make that rule for themselves and stick to it, but again: It just didn't work out for me.
@schwelly
There is one very dangerous pitfall which you could overlook and which could then mess up your neatly laid out plan:
If you ever skip your H one week because you simply do not have the time, for example when you are on holidays from Wednesday to the next Wednesday. Do NOT think that you can 'make up' for the lost day by using four times during the following week.
It is very easy to make that mistake and when it does happen, a threshold will be crossed. From there on out there will be many more chances to cross other thresholds and you are far more likely to cross them than if you had been stricter about following your rules.
So really, I would suggest that you rephrase your rules. Two times per week is just not specific enough. For example:
'I will have minimum break of 5 days after each day I use Heroin unless I have used it the day before, but not the day before that.'
But even with that one, you should define what a 'day' is. As ridiculous as it may sound, this is another pitfall. Is a day the time between two nights of sleep? Is a day equal to a calendar day? In that case, couldn't you use just one hit before bed time shortly after midnight and then continue in the morning. You can see what I'm getting it. If you ever stay home sick for a few days, it will be very tempting to cheat yourselves. Currently your rules allow plenty of misinterpretations which you could shamelessly abuse.
Last but not least, make absolutely sure your rules apply to all other opiates as well. Oxymorphone is one hell of a drug, yknow? But then - Is Tramadol really an opiate? You get the idea. Get more specific or your brain will eventually violate your rules until there's nothing but a faint memory left of them.
