hello red dev, ow ya doin luv?
i smoked the gear for about 7 years before pins, been on it 16 yrs altogether (7 yrs smoking & 9 yrs on pins)
i know what you mean about bad veins, i'm a lass, so we have worse veins than blokes.

about the veins coming back, some of them do recover to a certain extent, but are never the same again, some of them completely collapse, cos veins aren't meant to have a pin stuck in them every day plus the citric acid does major damage, more so than the gear itself.
if i was you, i would try and sack the pins, if i can do it, everyone else can. i used to think i had a needle fixation, but now i know it's not true and it's all in my head.
it's sad, because the gear, even before the drought, has been going downhill in quality for fair few years, and more and more ppl have turned to IV ing, just to make it last longer and get a stronger hit etc
whacking it might be ok at 1st, but your veins soon fuck up, and like i said, once they collapse they never recover, and you end up with circulatory problems and all sorts of other problems, plus the pissed off/frustrating feeling you get with not getting yourself
anyway, i am glad you are finding this forum helpful, and if you want advice and suppoert on anything and everything you have come to the right place
so welcome to bluelight, you will find a lot of sound ppl on here, i haven't been on here long, but sure you will find a lot of ppl in the same boat as you, and they are such as sound bunch, don't know what i would have done with out them myself
right, i'm gonna get off now and watch tv, listen to some top choons, chill out and go to bed wiv me bf and hot wotty botty (up early again)
see ya later all, take care