I was extremely nervous to try heroin for the first time; I thought that I would experience withdrawal and that the withdrawal would be so bad, I would become physically dependent upon the substance.
I hate to say it but once the new oxycontin formula hit shelves and the price for all things oxycodone shot through the roof, well, I gave it a try. It was a stupid decision, but what can I say? I knew that I would never shoot it, but I was still very much afraid to even snort it.
I have been snorting dope now for quite some time, and I haven't yet experienced withdrawals so bad that I would consider myself physically dependent upon the substance. I might feel a little bit under the weather once I've been without it for a couple days, but it's nothing too serious; I might get the runs (sorry to be gross), and I might feel a little achy in my neck, but there's no throwing up or shaking or restless legs or anything at all like that. I have had colds worse than how I feel after a couple of days without dope.
That being said, I would still not recommend that anyone try heroin. It's just not the smart thing to do. The only advice that I can give you is to use the absolute least amount of the substance each time you use in order to keep your tolerance down. It may be easier to do when you're snorting dope, but, for example, I'll sometimes pick up half a bundle (5 bags), and I'll be sure to save one or two bags to use sparingly over the next couple days. Will it get me high? Not exactly, but it may give me a little buzz, and I find that it's easier to go from snorting half a bag one day to snorting nothing the next day than it is to go from snorting three bags one day and then nothing at all the next day. Do you know what I mean? So, tapering, in other words... not an easy thing to do with dope, but if you can do it, you should.