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Heroin Balloons and Stuff

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do you suppose the shit i took out of his stash box is herion?
i smoked some of it mixed with my bud. the high was a different kind of high. what would it taste like, look like, burn like, etc? I have a little piece left.

I have to say that I find it incredibly screwed up that you took that from him... heroin withdrawals are a bitch, and that could very well have been the reason he got sick. I feel for you and your situation, but you say you're no stranger to drug use so put yourself in his shoes for a minute -- would you have liked it if someone took your drugs and used them? Especially if it was something you had a nasty addiction to and needed in order to feel well? No, probably not. But I digress... this isn't the point of the thread. I just felt it needed to be said, because when I read that I was somewhat appalled. Not only at that, but at the fact that you would actually smoke something you can't identify. That is so, so dangerous. Especially if you've never done heroin and if that's what it is (which it does sound like it.) Like someone else said, I suggest you stop smoking it, like, now. That's for your own safety - you have no tolerance to heroin and could overdose very easily since you don't know what you're doing. Either put it back or go to him with the rest, confront him, ask him what it is. That might be the only way you'll know for sure.

As for the balloons... yes. Balloons = 99.9% of the time, a sign of heroin use.

I'm sorry you're going through this, and that he's going through what he's going through as well. Heroin addiction is HARD. The best advice I can give you is what I said earlier... just confront him with what evidence you have, and BE THERE FOR HIM. Let him know beforehand that you aren't there to judge him or scold him, that you're just worried and you want to know what's going on, and all you want to do is help. He'll be much more willing to tell you the truth if he knows he has your love and support. Good luck <3
 
yea, i admit it is fucked up that i took it...although its nothing he wouldnt do/hasn't done to me and many others plenty of times.

i agree that it was stupid and dangerous smoking it...although i did think it was pot or hash at first, what i smoked was a very small amount.

what i took did not make him sick. his sick wasn't dope sick...i know dope sick and this was a different kind of sick.

he takes prescription opiates daily (90mg Opana, 90 mg morphine) 1 mg xanax, and some other stuff for blood pressure and depression). he always runs out of the good stuff about a week to two weeks early. he's been scoring methadone, LEAN, and other stuff off the street. mixing all of this crap daily cant be safe.

as i said in my OP, i was concerned about the balloons i discovered, etc. i've seen alot of stuff being married to my addict but this is the first time ive seen the balloons. he goes on benges and that can be scary to observe from the outside looking in. the past few weeks he has been on a benge. i am not blind to the fact, although he thinks i am...i remind him that i was raised by addicts and know more than he thinks i do...he, on the other hand, is the son of a preacher man and feels as though he can fool the world with his charm and silver tongue :)

he doesnt do confrontation, nor does he allow himself to be questioned about his "actions" or allow himself to be verbally tagged or associated with any type of drug use or people who use. it doesnt matter how sweet/understanding/matter of fact i am, or "caught red handed" he is, he has never fessed up...it always turns into a fiasco (i know this because we've been there done that several times). I'm pretty sure this is called denial.

as for throwing out his needles/spoons/etc, i will always throw them away because they aren't ever his...there is always a story haha! one of the last excuses i got was "what the hell, baby? some junkies must've wondered up in the backyard with our big bullgog, banged some coke and left all thier stuff in my greasy old toolbox..." they even used our spoons from the house. i have to believe that he knew that i knew he was lying and that that shit was his.

I wasn't going to say anything to him, but after reading the responses on here, i decided to give it another try and talk to him.
so this go around, approached him with somewhat of a different tactic...which of course didnt gleem any light on the situation, except the fact that he's in total denial and doesnt feel like he can talk to his own wife/partner.
i told him that a few weeks ago i took what i thought was "hash" out of his box. first, i appologized for not telling him i took it and that it slipped my mind because he usually asks when something is missing. i told him that i smoked some of it and it made me sick feeling. i showed what i had left to him and curiously asked him what is was and why he thought it made me sick. he acted oblivious to the whole situation and very unconcerned and disconnected. he said "i dont know. maybe you got sick because you're pregnant"....mind you all, we havent had sex in months.
i made a joke about the no sex in months, his bad hash and i left it at that. he didnt ask for it back, he didnt say its not hash, he didnt get on to me for smoking it, he definately didnt say what it was or even claim to have ever scored it.

i told him that when i took the "hash", i saw balloons in his box and saw some balloons in the bathroom trash too. when i asked him why there were balloons in his box, he claimed that he saw them too and wanted to show and ask me if they were mine. Well, I wanted to know why didn't ya ever ask me? He clammed up and denied any association with the balloons. the story changes and i obviously am an idiot when it comes to identifying a balloon and dont know what i'm talking about. I ended the conversation by letting him know that i love him no matter what his closet looks like and reminded him that i dont judge.

the writing is always on the wall. i see it everyday. outside of the addict, he is the love of my life and a good man.

<3

Now i feel like i've just vented alot of unnecessary jabber....which is never really productive.

how does one balance a recreational user (me) with an addict (him)? i'm beginning to think that there may never be a balance. <3
 
Honestly OP, I have no idea how you have managed to stay in this relationship for this long.

I know you took vows to stick together through sickness and health but maybe get separated for a while. If you are enabling his drug abuse then you're trying to protect him from hitting rock bottom, which is totally logical when you love a person and want to support them.

I could never be in a relationship like that with the straight up dishonesty to your face acting like you're stupid, despite overwhelming evidence of lies. People like that are an anchor and will pull you all the way down to whatever bottom they hit when they hit it.

There comes a time when doing the right thing doesn't always feel right, sometimes you already know what you need to do but are frozen by emotions.

As far as you taking something from your husbands stash, this is the last thing I would be concerned about, except for the benzodiazepines. The girlfriends/wives of addicts take a metric fuckton more bullshit than the actual addict does, in fact, usually the bullshit is being spouted off from the addict. And after you get shit talked straight to your face, do you get to go get high and make everything better, forgetting anything happened?

No, you have to live with the reality of what's happening while he goes and uses drugs to further cement his delusions, including the one that he's fooling everyone.
 
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Those balloons are deff Heroin, the Mexicans particularly in South Carolina move lots of that diacetylmorphine in powder and black tar form in balloons. It's kinda like a signature trade mark that everyone potientially stash's their opioid in balloons, after being sealed in a piece of a plastic baggy wrapped in tin foil.
 
You shoulder consider therapy...for yourselves or yourself. Also check out The Dark Side...it is a subforum here on Bluelight and is a lot of love to go around there. If you ever need to vent or bounce some questions off people that'd be an awesome place to check out. I also couldn't agree with Tricomb more on this one, I know you want to be there no matter what, but if he doesn't start seeing some consequences from his use he is never going to change. You need to let him know if he doesn't have the ability to respect you and be honest with you after all you've done for him than you aren't going to sit around and be treated that way. You can find someone who will treat YOU the amazing way that you treat THEM. I hope everything works out for the both of you, just realize you don't have to be unhappy because he's destroying himself.
 
i agree with ya tricomb....
i dont know what to say.
mentally and emotionally, i am checked out.
i am in regular therapy and i go to alanon meetings occasionally...i talk openly and honestly at both.
i do medicate myself, but not a fuckton more than my husband (and i am very thankful for that).


thanks for the dark side suggestion. i checked it out...it has its perks and i can see why you would suggest that i check it out.

he confessed that he blew all of his new boat savings money on drugs and felt horrible about what he did afterwards...
so he fessed up. i told him i already knew and that i hoped he feels like a piece of shit full of regret. work on selfcontrol and think things through before you act on them because oneday, im going to have enough of it.
i didnt argue or interrogate him. I just left it at that.
this past week has been okay.
just wanted to say there was a confession of some sort...
 
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That is a very good starting point with the confession. That should open the lines of communication.

Did he admit to the heroin use? Was that what was in the balloon?

What about the piece you smoked? What was it?

You are a very strong person and a kind wife. I hope things get better for the both of you.
 
thank you zoeylynn--

He did not admit to the herion use nor did the balloons get discussed again. i guess enough time had passed for him to feel comfortable enough to admit to blowing his savings money on drugs...more than $1000 gone in a matter of days.

i didnt ask any questions because i already knew the truth.
 
I'm glad you have some type of closure with this. I really hope things get better in the future. I'm going to close this for now. If you have any question please feel free to pm me.

Take care lovebug!
 
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