ThaiDie4
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Is it as hard to quit herion as it look in the movies and stuff?? I recently saw this movie called Candy, maybe you've seen it with Heath Ledger..? Or Trainspotting? Is it really that bad or is that exagerated for a good film?
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Is Quitting Heroin As Hard as It Looks?
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velvetacidchrist
Bluelighter
I haven't seen the movie but, yes. Yes it is. I've never been grabbed by the balls so hard in my entire life (and I've used every drug you can name) so bad as heroin, and I've only been using it for 4-5 months or so.
Nip it in the bud, quit now. (if you're using)
Nip it in the bud, quit now. (if you're using)
CBRworm
Bluelighter
For many people it seems almost impossible. I have never seen struggles with anything like heroin.
ThaiDie4
Bluelighter
I don't, I've never tried herion. but thank you for your advice none the less :D
psynirvana01
Bluelighter
maybe you shouldn't try herion as it's not a drug... you should instead try heroin, it gets you way more fucked up
cosmic charlie
Bluelight Crew
I've kicked dope cold turkey many , many times and yes it is a nightmare but if you have alot of willpower you can get through it. I would never go on methadone or suboxone again because it just draws the process out. When I want to stop shooting dope I just lock myself in my room and puke my brains out for a week and before you know it the pain subsides and you start to feel normal again. I think its good for people to kick cold turkey , it teaches you to treat opiates with more respect. My last kick was 4 months ago and Ive used once or twice but theres no way in hell im getting hooked on smack again anytime soon , I think ive learned my lesson this time 
8ft-Sativa
Bluelighter
Wow look out it's the human spelling machine
You can't die from Herion withdrawals though.
Benzodiapam withdrawals can kill you though and are supposed to be much worse than Herion. These include such drugs as Xanax and Valium.
From what I have read you feel very cold and hot sweaty at the same time. With vomiting and diarrhea too. Maybe someone can describe the symptoms with more detail. . . . I never got into Opiates.
panic in paradise
Bluelighter
"I think its good for people to kick cold turkey , it teaches you to treat opiates with more respect. My last kick was 4 months ago and Ive used once or twice but theres no way in hell im getting hooked on smack again anytime soon"
i was going to say something like that
"Nothing is easier than quiting Heroin, The key is dont use. Thats just how easy it is. Addicts have a way of complicating things."
staying clean can be more difficult, like CC said though once you have made it through a bad w/d its kinda stupid to go back... but heroin is a complicated thing, it reeks havoc on you nervous system leaving you feeling like you skin is bubbling off, you cant sleep, or all you can do is sleep, its either too hot or too cold, your ass hurts from the constant diarrhea, and your esophagus gets eaten away at from vomiting and dry heaving. your body becomes drained of important vitamins, nutrients, and you can become dangerously dehydrated. it feels much worse then that though in in person.
i admire your optimism seanmi, but normal people can unsuspectingly become addicts, and telling people its easy to kick something that devours lives, because of its physical and mental addictive properties is naive and dangerous IMO.
i was going to say something like that
"Nothing is easier than quiting Heroin, The key is dont use. Thats just how easy it is. Addicts have a way of complicating things."
staying clean can be more difficult, like CC said though once you have made it through a bad w/d its kinda stupid to go back... but heroin is a complicated thing, it reeks havoc on you nervous system leaving you feeling like you skin is bubbling off, you cant sleep, or all you can do is sleep, its either too hot or too cold, your ass hurts from the constant diarrhea, and your esophagus gets eaten away at from vomiting and dry heaving. your body becomes drained of important vitamins, nutrients, and you can become dangerously dehydrated. it feels much worse then that though in in person.
i admire your optimism seanmi, but normal people can unsuspectingly become addicts, and telling people its easy to kick something that devours lives, because of its physical and mental addictive properties is naive and dangerous IMO.
Miss Hollywood
Bluelighter
If I could turn back time, I would have never even tried heroin. Because trying it turns into "oh i wanna do it again" and then that turns into "only on the weekends" and then that turns into "oh just 2 days during the week and weekends" and then that turns into a daily habit and before you know it, your selling everything you have that's valueable(I sold all my dvds, cds, Wii, XBOX 360 and tons more shit), and then when you run out of that stuff you'll either start stealing from your friends and family or selling your body to get enough dope to get through the day and not go into withdrawl. Oh, and theres those pesky run-ins with the law.
Just don't do it. Take it from somebody who lost everything and is shelling out $400 a month for a suboxone treatment program.
Heroin is the fucking devil. You don't know what addiction is until your hooked on dope. Nothing even comes close in comparison.
Just don't do it. Take it from somebody who lost everything and is shelling out $400 a month for a suboxone treatment program.
Heroin is the fucking devil. You don't know what addiction is until your hooked on dope. Nothing even comes close in comparison.
Carl Landrover
Bluelighter
How many people actually stay clean after that though?
To permanently quit seems to be incredibly fucking difficult.
Miss Hollywood
Bluelighter
Exactly!
GETTING clean and STAYING clean are entirely two different things.
It's pretty much a proven fact that the people that have opiate maintenance (Suboxone or Methadone) stay sober longer.
But try explaining that to the bible thumpin "the lord will save me" hardcore NA people! LOL!
ThaiDie4
Bluelighter
Who said I wanted to try heroin? I'm just asking a question.
I don't use any illegal drugs. I am, however, a psychology major whose going to grad school to be a substance abuse counselor... drug abuse is a topic I am very interested in. I'd rather talk to people who have actually been there and know what its like instead of assuming things based on a movie or textbook to get my understanding of what people go through.
As for the spelling, I'm sorry if it was that big of a deal.
Seriously though, thank you everyone for your input!!
i just saw that movie Candy last night, and the scene that depicts their withdrawal is pretty accurate. That movie is crazy. It's so intense, especially the scene when she had to deliver the miscarriage. That almost made me cry! Anyway, kicking strong opiates looks pretty similar to that. It is definitely one the worst things I've ever been through. If anyone gets a chance, they should definitely check out that movie.
Ive quit oxycodone, morphine and dilaudid. I have never tried heroin but i imagine quitting a heavy morphine or dilaudid habit is just as hard as quitting a heroin habit. There is nothing special about heroin really in regards to withdrawal.
In the movie Trainspotting i think that is just Rentons dreams that he is having. Ive read the book (it's a fucking 100 times better by the way) and that dead baby part is a dream of his im pretty sure. This makes sense as ive had truely awful fuckin dreams during heavy opiate withdrawal where ive almost woke up screaming.
It can be brutally hard to quit opiates and ive felt like i was losing my mind during cold turkey withdrawal. But if you do the right preparations and all that it can be done without all that much agony. But like any other drug it's when the sickness goes away that the real battle starts.
Ive never heard of candy before when was it out?
In the movie Trainspotting i think that is just Rentons dreams that he is having. Ive read the book (it's a fucking 100 times better by the way) and that dead baby part is a dream of his im pretty sure. This makes sense as ive had truely awful fuckin dreams during heavy opiate withdrawal where ive almost woke up screaming.
It can be brutally hard to quit opiates and ive felt like i was losing my mind during cold turkey withdrawal. But if you do the right preparations and all that it can be done without all that much agony. But like any other drug it's when the sickness goes away that the real battle starts.
Ive never heard of candy before when was it out?
^ Not IMO. Heroin is much more physically addictive than those.
I get dillies Rx'd and if I manage to stop for a while I find I can last longer before becoming re physically addicted but H man, 1 shot maybe..2 I'm gone.
To answer the OP...I certainly am finding it so.
I get dillies Rx'd and if I manage to stop for a while I find I can last longer before becoming re physically addicted but H man, 1 shot maybe..2 I'm gone.
To answer the OP...I certainly am finding it so.
ThaiDie4
Bluelighter
It came out in 2006, I believe.
Really good movie! IMO Heath Ledgers acting is amazing, but not many people here in the US seem to know about it (it might be an austrialian film). It hard to watch in some parts though, very graphic and dark both physcially and emotionally.
A.m Tilts - I did cry during that part!!
As for Trainspotting, I didn't even make it past the dirty toliet scene.. that made me want to throw up. I don't think I could handle that whole movie.
Really good movie! IMO Heath Ledgers acting is amazing, but not many people here in the US seem to know about it (it might be an austrialian film). It hard to watch in some parts though, very graphic and dark both physcially and emotionally.
A.m Tilts - I did cry during that part!!
As for Trainspotting, I didn't even make it past the dirty toliet scene.. that made me want to throw up. I don't think I could handle that whole movie.
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I'd say it is really about willpower. In the movies it is exaggerated for the drama.
In the movies there hasn't been a portrayal of a major benzo withdrawal. High dosage, 6 to infinite number of milligrams habit of alprazolam or clonazepam is impossible to kick succesfully cold turkey. It causes such a panic that suicide attempt is most likely.
In the movies there hasn't been a portrayal of a major benzo withdrawal. High dosage, 6 to infinite number of milligrams habit of alprazolam or clonazepam is impossible to kick succesfully cold turkey. It causes such a panic that suicide attempt is most likely.