Rio Fantastic
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Hello,
So I have struggled with heroin addiction for a couple of years now, on and off. My longest bout of having an actual heroin habit has only been about three months, but my longest uninterrupted general opiate habit was about six months, from heroin to subutex back to heroin again then clean. It's something I've struggled with for a while, but I'm clean now and plan on staying that way, hopefully sticking to it this time. I have no illusions about how to stay clean, and know that using any form of drug in early recovery - even weed & alcohol - is a sure-fire route to full blown addiction. However, I know plenty of people that have gone from being a heroin addict to just using other drugs recreationally and not have it lead to opiate addiction again. I'm not asking about just any other drug though, I want to know if you or anyone you know has gone from having an addiction to hard opiates to using real stimulants on a very regular basis without going back to opiates. I ask this because I've never seen myself as a heroin addict - I've ALWAYS been an "upper" kind of guy rather than a downer guy, but of course, heroin doesn't care what drugs you were into before, and heroin can snag you whether you're into downers or not. I've always been into uppers, and have always thought that I'd have a stimulant habit one day. This may sound silly, but I've always wanted a stimulant habit. It doesn't sound bad at all, it in fact sounds like a walk in the park compared to a heroin habit. As I'm sure anyone who's been through severe withdrawals can attest to, the "withdrawal" from stimulants really doesn't sound bad. Eating & sleeping a lot and being depressed? Shit, that sounds like a walk in the fucking park compared to heroin withdrawals. By the way, I'm talking about an amphetamine or methamphetamine or, if I'm well off, maybe a coke habit, not a crack habit. Crack is far too short lived, and I have no idea how people can even maintain any kind of crack habit, and maybe it's because I've just never had good crack but with only two exceptions I've always had a better high from good cocaine.
so tl;dr I want to get a speed/meth/coke habit in the future - have you, or have you ever known anyone who's had a stimulant addiction AFTER a heroin addiction, without going back to heroin?
So I have struggled with heroin addiction for a couple of years now, on and off. My longest bout of having an actual heroin habit has only been about three months, but my longest uninterrupted general opiate habit was about six months, from heroin to subutex back to heroin again then clean. It's something I've struggled with for a while, but I'm clean now and plan on staying that way, hopefully sticking to it this time. I have no illusions about how to stay clean, and know that using any form of drug in early recovery - even weed & alcohol - is a sure-fire route to full blown addiction. However, I know plenty of people that have gone from being a heroin addict to just using other drugs recreationally and not have it lead to opiate addiction again. I'm not asking about just any other drug though, I want to know if you or anyone you know has gone from having an addiction to hard opiates to using real stimulants on a very regular basis without going back to opiates. I ask this because I've never seen myself as a heroin addict - I've ALWAYS been an "upper" kind of guy rather than a downer guy, but of course, heroin doesn't care what drugs you were into before, and heroin can snag you whether you're into downers or not. I've always been into uppers, and have always thought that I'd have a stimulant habit one day. This may sound silly, but I've always wanted a stimulant habit. It doesn't sound bad at all, it in fact sounds like a walk in the park compared to a heroin habit. As I'm sure anyone who's been through severe withdrawals can attest to, the "withdrawal" from stimulants really doesn't sound bad. Eating & sleeping a lot and being depressed? Shit, that sounds like a walk in the fucking park compared to heroin withdrawals. By the way, I'm talking about an amphetamine or methamphetamine or, if I'm well off, maybe a coke habit, not a crack habit. Crack is far too short lived, and I have no idea how people can even maintain any kind of crack habit, and maybe it's because I've just never had good crack but with only two exceptions I've always had a better high from good cocaine.
so tl;dr I want to get a speed/meth/coke habit in the future - have you, or have you ever known anyone who's had a stimulant addiction AFTER a heroin addiction, without going back to heroin?