🤝 Cultural 🤝 Are heroin users the happiest people?

[Kellsee]

Ive been an opiate addict all of my life. I do not have any recollection of life without the burden of addiction. My brain developed while I was under the influence of opiates. I say all of this to give you some insight into how I might even know what im talking about.

But what I have found true for myself is that addiction is a battle within the desires of my flesh. For me it’s been spiritual. It disrupts the balance between pain and pleasure. This contributes a lot to the growth of our character. It’s just not in our best interest for us to have control over when we feel this good.

But at the same time I know there’s gotta be blood in the paint.

It was not until Beethoven had became so deaf that he could no longer hear the full orchestra that he finally composed his best piece.

It was not until John Milton had become completely blind that he was able to write one of the best poems of his time.

It was not until Walter Scott was kicked by a horse and confined to his house for many days that he could write the poem that made him forever famous “Lay of the Last Minstrel."

“The painter who mixes his colors with blood from his own broken heart makes the best pictures. The mightiest men of all ages have been mightiest in their agonies."
-Talmage

It was not until after Joseph was betrayed by his brothers…sold into slavery and thrown into prison that he received the opportunity to become second only to Pharaoh.

It was not until David was hunted like an animal in the wilderness that the weight of the opposition against him began to change him…making him the greatest king in Israel.

It was not until after Paul was beaten and bound in prison that he was enabled to begin the church at Philippi

It was not until after Jesus suffered and died on the cross that He was able to rise from the dead….save us from our sins and ascend to prepare us a home in heaven.

Just like Talmage wrote: "The painter who mixes his colors with blood from his own broken heart makes the best pictures."

The Bible says….

“If we have been united together in the likeness of His death certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection... if we died with Christ we believe that we shall also live with Him"
Roman’s 6:5-8

That’s why we have hope. That’s why we can count it all joy. Thats happiness. Knowing that. Not heroin or anything else synthetic

 

[dopamimetic]

I was addicted to morphine for a couple of years and I certainly wasn't happy. Began to save up some of the morph by taking less in the days and then doing 1-2 nights of party, that was the only way I could still feel happiness. It became so bad that I withdrew voluntarily (with some pharma aid) to get rid of all that misery and felt better after the detox was over. Opioids are awesome in the short time as long as the honeymoon lasts but after that they just induce depression. I guess they last longer if one struggles with getting enough stuff so one goes through cycles of withdrawal and being high.

 

[Psychlone Jack]

As far as any correlation between supply of opioids (or any drug for that matter) and happiness level, I'll add this: I've been a poor addict, and I've been a (briefly lol) wealthy addict, and the times when money was no object were certainly no less miserable, abysmal and chaotic than the times I had to scrape by and live hand to mouth. Two specific life periods I'm thinking of here; yeah I had those fun days of hedonistic abandon, especially in the beginning, but really removing any and all financial barriers, all that did for me was likewise remove the barriers on how dark shit could get.

 

[crazyhairman]

Coupled with constipation, hypertension and the whole host of other negative effects from habitual use the happiness is short lived. Even with unlimited supply, you just use up all your happiness after a while.

Like MDMA is fun too the first few dozen times and then bleh. All my happy done pooffed and now I can't member how to tie my shoes the world is a cold lonely place maybe I should use heroin because someone told me it makes you the most happy .