Damn, I've been binging the last week or so. I had taken 5 days off so was feeling good about that, and then kinda just let go. My friend has a local connect, literally 10 mins away (so is mine, but his bags aren't that good) so its been so convenient. I toss my friend 5 bucks for "gas" and then we pay the same amount for the dope, so it's only the first bag that I take the hit on, and everything after that is the standard price. I hung out with the connect last week (a bunch of us were chilling getting smacked up) before I knew he was dealing, so I'm sure I can go directly to him, but it's kinda easier to just pay my friend a few bucks to pick me up to go cop since I would be spending the same amount anyway if I was driving.
So my friend that just starting shooting was talking to me about it today, and showed me his tracks. I had to school him on HR and proper IV technique, but for real hes got a hard ball at the injection side from 3 days ago, and isn't even worried about it. I was like dude, you probably got an abscess, don't be kidding around about this shit. He doesn't even hit in the crook at all, but instead hits in his forearm veins but he pokes around way too much, and he said he misses a lot, which would explain the abscess.
Fuck, I hate seeing a fellow sniffer turn to the needle after so many years. He got by alright for the 5 years or so that he's been sniffing dope for, but now less than 1 month into IVing his arms are pretty fucked, and he went from using 3-4 days a week to using daily. I was considering IVing today since I was only gonna be able to get 1 bag but I was able to get more money to get another bag so I could still get high from sniffing. Thank god because after seeing my friends arms the last thing I wanted to do was shoot up. I've been doing opiates since 2004, and dope since 2006 (took big breaks for 2 years while away at school though), so staying away from the needle for this long (other than like 20 times over the years, but not in the last 45 days at least) has been a big accomplishment.