Need to make a change

OsamaBeenNoddin

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Here's my first entry on Bluelight so if I break any rules or ramble a little too much, I apologize. Anyways, I'm a 20 year old Male from Maryland aspiring to be a DJ/Producer as well as a Songwriter. I currently live at home with my parents saving up money to move out working as a server at a local restaurant. I've also been addicted to opiates for over 2 years now. 1st year was Oxycodone, and the past year and a half it's been heroin pretty much daily.

I started out like every other high school kid just experimenting with all kinds of drugs (MDMA, Cocaine, Mushrooms, Benzos, etc.) and smoking weed whenever I could. My friends and I would occasionally come across pain pills that someone in our family was prescribed, but never spent money on it. The addiction to Oxy didn't really start until my first year of community college when all my friends were at universities because they either had a scholarship, or had somewhat wealthy parents and average grades. My plan was to go 2 years at community then transfer to a school where my friends were at. Although I started off the year well, I started to feel very lonely and a little depressed as the only thing that would keep me sane and content was music because I didn't have too many people to hangout with. My creativity was at it's peak during this time period and I ended up racking in thousands and thousands of plays on the tracks I was releasing.

However I still carried this emptiness inside of me (which I definitely still carry to this day) which caused me to start looking for drugs other than weed. I literally remember constantly texting my dealers, "Know where anything besides weed is?" until I ran across a friend who we'll call T who said he could get me some 15mg Oxys. The first few months I didn't really do it too much since T had to wait on other people's scripts so there wasn't a steady supply, but boy did I love the rush I got from snorting those things. Eventually T ended up getting them prescribed from a crooked doctor in DC and that's when things really went downhill. Not only were they cheaper now, but he'd deliver them and everything. My tolerance skyrocketed after my parents went on vacation for 2 weeks and gave me a good amount of cash for groceries. Of course I spent all that cash on Oxys, skipped class everyday, called out of work and just did whatever I wanted at any given time.

I carried on with this mindset and ended up flunking pretty much every class of my 2nd semester as a freshman. Frustrated with how things were going, I dropped out and tried to pursue music as my main career (still working day jobs). During this time my parents were very unhappy since I had pretty much flunked out of school and showed a general lack of motivation. They became very nosey and would try to catch me smoking weed whenever they could to try and prove that that's what is slowing me down.

By now T had lost his connection to get Oxys and along came heroin. An old dealer of mine texted me a few weeks after T lost his connect and said he had the best dope coming out of Bmore. As soon as I had a solid hookup for H, I was through. Making music has began to feel like something on the side, I rarely keep in touch with any of my friends, and I basically have lost all motivation to do anything at all. The only people noticing any real change in my behavior has of course been my parents who have now set me up with a Psychologist that I meet with weekly, funny thing is they still think I'm only smoking weed. These sessions have helped a little since I can talk openly about my addiction to someone without them telling anyone, however no real solutions on how to stop have been brought up at all.

Only a handful of people actually know that I use, and I would like to keep it that way although recently it's been tricky to keep it a secret since there's been rumors going around my town that I fuck with H. I am very aware that if I keep living like a junkie, then that's all I'll ever be in life. My current plan to getting clean is to save up and move in with my brother to keep away from drugs and focus on either going to school or making music full time. No subs, no benzos, no substitutes except for occasionally smoking pot. Only problem is that I've spent basically all my money on dope the past few years so I barely have anything saved up. I don't blame anyone else but myself for the situation I'm in, all I ask for is a little guidance and support from you fellow Bluelighters who might be in a similar situation or have been here before. Thanks for reading, hope to hear back from a few of you.
Peace
 
How much junk do you do each day? Because if it's a larger habit then it's not as simple as just quitting usually unless you got some serious serious will power.
 
Just a reminder, passed along b/c I was sadly reminded this AM when I opened my e-mail to discover another death notice. ECP (powdered heroin) is more and more cut with fentanyl or an analog. Always do tiny test shots. Always try to have naloxone on hand, do not use alone (I know... I almost always did...)

Losing someone you love hurts, bad. You never get over it.

Fuck the drug war!

Please be safe, consider treatment with bupe or methadone. Save your own life, it's worth it.

The pain in the wake of an OD, esp., for the parents is terrible. He was young and had everything in front of him for a good life. Did not start with pills started straight up with heroin, just like myself. Not everyone starts b/c of a knee surgery or other injury. Heroin, and all opiates, unless needed for pain = hell.
 
The person who has to make the change is you, nobody else is going to be able to stop you from taking dope.

Just work on improving your situation little by little, til you get to where you want to be. Baby steps. Every day you don't use heroin that's another few dollars you can spend other places, and another fw hours you can spend bettering yourself.

If you're doing small amounts of oxy or heroin (e.g. not high 24/7 on opioids) you should consider just dropping it entirely rather than a taper or maintenance therapy. It'll be better in the long run... opioids can cause motivation issues as youve noticed! And if you aren't constantly narced out you have a good chance of avoiding painful and protracted withdrawals - the worst should be over in 3-5 days max.

Just keep in mind, when you do opioids, think of what sort of benefits they'll bring compared to what you are sacrificing to do them. You are spending time and money you could allocate to toher things. Just say those words out loud to yourself when you feel you want to do opioids.

OD-->TDS
 
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Hey OP,
I am really sorry that you find yourself in this situation but there is probably a silver lining to it if you are able to step back and look at a slightly expanded picture: you have seen the temptation to turn to a drug when your life is not how you need it to be. So, you can take care of the drug problem but the bigger picture is what you need to work on with the psychologist. The bigger picture is a realistic view of delayed gratification, goal setting, loneliness, boredom, search for creativity and meaning, balance between being self-supporting and creating a nurturing life etc. These are all things that go into every single adult life. We all struggle to figure them out and it can be very frustrating and demoralizing at times. But once you can learn to take every single aspect of your life into your own hands, a kind of energy develops (call it motivation, I guess) and you are more able to develop the patience and diligence to work towards the life you want. Americans are conditioned to think that everything should just fall right into place immediately with no hard work, no sacrifice and no pain. The worst part is that when that doesn't happen, we are also conditioned to internally blame ourselves for failure. There is a huge difference between accepting responsibility and blaming yourself.

I think you are in a good position to get free of the addiction but you are going to have to get support for that. Have you thought about AA meetings, online SMART recovery meetings, etc? Bluelight is a very good resource but sometimes having people that you can use for support IRL can mean the difference between giving in to a craving or not on any given day. Bluelight is great for a wider variety of experiences with sobriety. Check out all the threads in Sober Living and you will meet people that are defining recovery in many different ways. This allows you to think honestly about it for yourself and once you do that your own path to recovery becomes clearer.

I'm really glad that you took this step to make a thread and reach out for support. You are lucky to have parents that want to help you and are in a position to do that. Hopefully, somewhere down the line as you develop a plan for recovery and put it into place you will be able to confide in them just what you are dealing with. Right now the mention of heroin would probably send them into such fear that they would overreact (I know because I'm a parent and I've been there). Give yourself compassion and patience but don't forget that they also deserve this. The War on Drugs has been a disaster for families trying to deal with addiction in an open and non-stigmatized way.
 
its hard to offer you advice because everyone's different. but good on you for seeking help and deciding you want out at such a young age.

you might want to consider some form of treatment, whether it be NA or rehab or counselling, whatever works for you.

relocating is also a way many people manage to stay clean. dont count on saving up money whilst youre on heroin though. in my experience. and probably most other peoples, it simply doesnt happen.

and no kidding yourself that you can have "occasional" treats, because again, IME, it just doesnt work.

good luck, man. its gonna be hard, but ultimately SO worth it.
 
so yeah dude, reminds me of my own story in a lot of ways...

drugs should only be used to write songs, but what happens is you start focusing on the drugs; so instead of becoming a true songwriter , you become a junky who sometimes plays music.....

you got to decide whats your priority.... if you can't do it sober, then you can't do it....

then when your ready, and you've proven yourself ; maybe years from now, you can dip back into the drugs a bit to help with your creativity because you were able to slow/stop back when you were 20... make sense?
 
drugs should only be used to write songs, but what happens is you start focusing on the drugs; so instead of becoming a true songwriter , you become a junky who sometimes plays music.....

you got to decide whats your priority.... if you can't do it sober, then you can't do it....

then when your ready, and you've proven yourself ; maybe years from now, you can dip back into the drugs a bit to help with your creativity because you were able to slow/stop back when you were 20... make sense?

powerful. Great advice from a fellow artist.
 
WOW thank you so much for all of your responses I really appreciate it. I failed to mention that I only snort and pick up about a half gram at a time and that usually lasts me about 2 days. Meeting with this psychologist has definitely been helping me though because for the past few weeks I've been able to stop using for 3-4 days at a time which was unheard of months ago. But yeah I would say the only drug that sometimes "helps" me to make music is weed, opiates just make me want to lay in bed and fuck around on the internet or watch a movie. The mental cravings will probably stay with me for the rest of my life but that's just something I'm gonna learn to deal with, so I probably will end up using years from now but who knows really. Moving to a new location would definitely be the best bet for me to quit, especially if I live with my brother because he'd definitely know if I was on drugs since he knows me so well. Even he doesn't know that I'm using heroin but knows I'm on something, he just doesn't see me that much to find out what it is exactly. Once again you guys are awesome and thanks so much for reaching out. Who else needs to make a change in their life? Let's hear it.
 
I see^

for me , opiates served as the fuel for my music.... then meth.... now i can do it sober.... But thats after years and years of experience and work work work

drugs really really fuel my creativity like 20 x
 
I see^

for me , opiates served as the fuel for my music.... then meth.... now i can do it sober.... But thats after years and years of experience and work work work

drugs really really fuel my creativity like 20 x


but im also giving up all the hard stuff for at least 1 year starting in two weeks. . . I'm gonna focus on flexing my "discipline muscle" instead of relying on drugs so much.... gotta show tonight with my band , wish me luck
 
^ Good luck at your show man, performing is by far my most favorite thing in the world. Back in April I got to perform for 300+ and had them all jumping up and down going crazy playing MY music. Got sooo emotional after it was done and began crying tears of joy. Can't wait for another event like that. <snip>
 
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So, a little update here for whoever cares.. My psychologist and I made a deal for me not to use for a whole week, and man did I not pull through with that. I literally used everyday except for 1 day which I think was Monday. Whenever I have a solid hook up from Baltimore I can never say no.. shit sucks man I just wanna be done with it all but it feels like I'm not ready yet..
 
Man go easy on yourself... For me it's like once I realize that I can't control it , I get relief from cravings ... Once I realize I've been out of control.

Our show went ok, considering we all were sober.. like we sounded good. But the audience never responded like when I'm on black ... It's weird occult energy or something
 
i think its great that you're open with your psychologist about this and have help from a professional when you need it. id say the first thing is make sure you stay honest with him/her no matter how rough it gets. once the lies start, it gives that *other* guy a place hide from everyone and take over your life again.

i too am a songwriter- unfortunately im still abusing, but its far less than i was taking when i was on top of the world. i need to learn to control my binging. youd think id be easy to at the least space out your quick fixes but it doesnt work out that way. you go overboard because maybe the pressure of resisting is too great..

im not sure drugs have ever made me more *creative*, rather stims had given me the fuel to chase my dreams. i realized its not that im more creative on them, its that i spend more time just jamming than i would sober. eventually something good is bound to happen, just my 2cents tho (:
 
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