1. Whats your age and your geographical location?
24, South Australia.
2. What is your experience with opiates, which ones do you use?
Codeine was the first, just taking OTC pills when my back was sore, started CWEing, found a hookup for oxy and fent, and then the usual story. These days I stay on my subs most of the year, every 6 months or so I take a holiday from them and spend a few days getting high. Which drug varies. Last time was morphine, before than fentanyl, before than was oxy. The year before that I took more frequent breaks, high grade heroin for 2 or 3 days every fortnight, then subs the rest of the time. The year before that, I first learned to IV, had great oxy hookups and shot tons of them (and a bit of morphine), took codeine to avoid feeling shitty when I couldn't afford anything else, then started on the sub program at the end of the year. 2 years preceeding that of casual use.
3. How often do you use opiates?
Daily if you count subs, twice a year or so if you don't.
4. Why do you use opiates?
Started with my back being really sore, then I realized they feel awesome and started taking them recreationally,, then I became addicted, then I went onto the sub program and now I take subs daily, they give me a mood boost, help with the residual back pain and prevent me from being tempted by those random spur of the moment opportunities.
For the first year of the program I still really craved the high and took holidays a lot to do it, even though that meant going through withdrawals twice each time. Somewhere along the way I realized each holiday involved spending as much time in w/d as it did feeling high, and at that point it slowed down. Now I just use them to scratch that itch that builds up over the months, escape reality for 4 or 5 days and remind myself why I started staying with the subs in the first place. My back is a lot better also, so that helps.
5. What kind of drug scene are you in?
I'm not really in any ''scene'' anymore. Used to be really into the rave scene before the opiates took over, I still go out to gigs once or twice a year but it's not something that really defines me anymore, other than that it's just that most of my friends happen to use drugs (although this is changing as we enter our mid 20's and get over the whole party scene
6. Also, what kind of administration do you use?
Depends on the drug. Sublingual for the bupe, IV for most of the rest (although I'm contemplating experimenting with smoking fentanyl soon), oral for the codeine.