sm0kestack
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Hey folks, I am not sure if OD is the place to post this, so MODs move/merge if necessary.
Anyways, I am concerned about a friends behaviors, as I have never seen anyone ever act this way ALL the time. Maybe one of you people know, or have an idea of what the hell is wrong with this guy? I wouldn't even know where to begin to start a Google Search on it.
Here is how I met this guy, and got to know him. His roommate is one of my long time best of friends, and every week I would come here and crash for several days for the past 9 months or so. For the past 2 months I have been living here though, so I have gotten to know this guy and watch him a lot.
First off, this guy is an alcoholic I am sure of it, and also has depression, because I have noticed empty Prozac pill bottles around. The man cannot function without alcohol either. He drinks nothing but Natty Daddies all day, all night. HE DOESNT SLEEP AT ALL. The only sleep I EVER have seen this man get is from nod offs when he does heroin, or MAYBE a couple hours cat nap. This past week he has had NONE. how is this possible?? As much of that malt liquor this guy drinks staying up this long drinking would have many people comatose. I know he is definitely alcohol dependent, because after he has to go an amount of hours without it, he gets the DT shakes pretty violently. Can't fish a cigarette out of his pack even. On occasion when he didn't have the funds to get booze, he would beg me and my friend in the middle of the night, waking us up even to ask for money for it, and if it was too late and stores won't sell it, he would steal it.
I am sure he is an insomniac, he has to be, but doesn't the brain require rest no matter what? Is he just getting the brain rest from the 20 half hour naps he takes per day? Me and my buddy hear him up all hours of the night talking to himself, and making weird noises like grunts and moans, all the time. There has been times where he's been delirious, thinking there was people there that weren't, not knowing what time or day it is. Is this schizophrenia?
Moving on to the opiate use. This is quite possibly the weirdest.... Everytime this dude shoots up, if the dope is even just A LITTLE good, and off small amounts, he will hit the floor in the hardest nod, which you cannot wake him out of. Just yesterday, my friend sent me a picture message of him laying on the floor with his head by the toilet, and arm over the seat GONE off a small, small pinch of a dose of heroin, maybe fentanyl-based dope. Who know. Just the other night I found him under his bed in the same condition. If we are getting high with him we have to basicly BABYSIT the guy to make sure he don't hurt himself. When he finally comes to after a shot, he always is taking heavy deep breaths, is very incoherent, and is just hard to communicate with, and just basicly acts like an idiot.
Now I have known alcoholics, insomniacs, and have seen people get really lit of dope, including myself, had close call ODs, and very hard nods, but never off small amounts like that and not EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's like this dude permanently has 0 tolerance built up to it. Me and my friend are just puzzled and baffled by this.
I am really very interested in any feedback and insight on this, so I can figure out how to help, suggest help, or get help for this guy. He REALLY needs it. He is a good guy in general around this stuff, but I just don't get it. Especially how he just goes on with the complete lack of sleep. Makes no sense. Thanks people.
Anyways, I am concerned about a friends behaviors, as I have never seen anyone ever act this way ALL the time. Maybe one of you people know, or have an idea of what the hell is wrong with this guy? I wouldn't even know where to begin to start a Google Search on it.
Here is how I met this guy, and got to know him. His roommate is one of my long time best of friends, and every week I would come here and crash for several days for the past 9 months or so. For the past 2 months I have been living here though, so I have gotten to know this guy and watch him a lot.
First off, this guy is an alcoholic I am sure of it, and also has depression, because I have noticed empty Prozac pill bottles around. The man cannot function without alcohol either. He drinks nothing but Natty Daddies all day, all night. HE DOESNT SLEEP AT ALL. The only sleep I EVER have seen this man get is from nod offs when he does heroin, or MAYBE a couple hours cat nap. This past week he has had NONE. how is this possible?? As much of that malt liquor this guy drinks staying up this long drinking would have many people comatose. I know he is definitely alcohol dependent, because after he has to go an amount of hours without it, he gets the DT shakes pretty violently. Can't fish a cigarette out of his pack even. On occasion when he didn't have the funds to get booze, he would beg me and my friend in the middle of the night, waking us up even to ask for money for it, and if it was too late and stores won't sell it, he would steal it.
I am sure he is an insomniac, he has to be, but doesn't the brain require rest no matter what? Is he just getting the brain rest from the 20 half hour naps he takes per day? Me and my buddy hear him up all hours of the night talking to himself, and making weird noises like grunts and moans, all the time. There has been times where he's been delirious, thinking there was people there that weren't, not knowing what time or day it is. Is this schizophrenia?
Moving on to the opiate use. This is quite possibly the weirdest.... Everytime this dude shoots up, if the dope is even just A LITTLE good, and off small amounts, he will hit the floor in the hardest nod, which you cannot wake him out of. Just yesterday, my friend sent me a picture message of him laying on the floor with his head by the toilet, and arm over the seat GONE off a small, small pinch of a dose of heroin, maybe fentanyl-based dope. Who know. Just the other night I found him under his bed in the same condition. If we are getting high with him we have to basicly BABYSIT the guy to make sure he don't hurt himself. When he finally comes to after a shot, he always is taking heavy deep breaths, is very incoherent, and is just hard to communicate with, and just basicly acts like an idiot.
Now I have known alcoholics, insomniacs, and have seen people get really lit of dope, including myself, had close call ODs, and very hard nods, but never off small amounts like that and not EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's like this dude permanently has 0 tolerance built up to it. Me and my friend are just puzzled and baffled by this.
I am really very interested in any feedback and insight on this, so I can figure out how to help, suggest help, or get help for this guy. He REALLY needs it. He is a good guy in general around this stuff, but I just don't get it. Especially how he just goes on with the complete lack of sleep. Makes no sense. Thanks people.