Hello everyone, this is my first post on BL! Although I have been reading this thread for 3-4 months now, and always wanted to get involved, I just never felt the need to post until now. I've been using opiates for about 9 years now, starting with hydros to oxys and eventually heroin and I love them all. I don't use everyday, 4 days a week at the most. I consider myself a functioning addict. I don't get w/d's until my 3rd day of not using and they typically last 2 days and then I feel fine again. I've been told that this is very unusual. Anyone else have a w/d "schedule" like this? Just curious. Anyway, I had the same dealer for blows since I started using H about 3 years ago, all the way up to 3 months ago when suddenly his phone was shut off and he pretty much vanished into thin air. My only guess is that the law caught up with him. He was dependable, he delivered, and his stuff was always fire. Things I totally took for granted as I was about to find out! lol. After a full month of not being able to get the one thing I look forward to after work or on a saturday morning, I decided it was time for my first trip to the wild west. Which I would like to thank you all for all your posts on this topic as everything I read made me that much wiser to the situation I was about to endure for my very first time. Well it took me from 3 months ago until 2 weeks ago to finally score. I got the guys number and I am back to my old habits. Still keeping it to a 4 times a week maximum. The point I'm trying to get at here is to anyone on here thinking about making that first trip and asking advice from our fellow blue lighters, my advice is, listen to these guys/gals, they know what they are talking about. this is supposed to be harm reduction and it is! Did I get empty foils?? YES. Twice. Did I get sold junky junk?? YES. 3 times. And I came home empty handed a whole bunch of times. But, I didn't get arrested, shot, robbed/ car jacked, or any other shitty situations. I know it's hard to think straight when you're jonez'n, believe me!!! but you have to be patient, you rush into something with the people out there you will get fucked. if you saw someone say DON'T on bluelight. Then DON'T!!!! Do not make exceptions it's not worth it. It's a whole different world out west, at least it was to me. So anyways sorry for rambling. I'm High! And again thank you BLers for all the wonderful tips. The best part is, you don't even have to ask the question yourself because every question has been asked here at least a hundred times. just search it. lol. thanks guys!