You can say that again! My partner who I got into all the hard drug use with was my high school sweetheart.. got with her when I was 17, and remained together for like 15 years. Those 15 years were fueled by hard drug use, and a crazy lifestyle along with it. When we first got together, we both only smoked weed and drank. Little did I know, she already had experimented with hard drugs.. so it didn't take long before we were both using hard drugs. My mom used to always warn me, "you and that girls relationship is just sex and drugs" but being young, and dumb I didn't listen. Had multiple rehab, detox and prison stints during that time I was with her. She was super loyal(in a sense), as she always waited for me to get out.. but which was also a downfall, because as soon as I got out, I would jump right back where I left off at. It was one roller-coaster of a relationship and a lifestyle. While I regret some parts of it, I wouldn't change it if I could. I got to experience life in ways I never expected I would, and it has made me who I am today.
Once she was out the picture, lonerville it became. I was drug fueled, and had no desire to be around other people, nor to share my drugs. I would at times buy with other people out on the street(if we were all looking to score), but as soon as I got mine.. I was out! Lol. People would expect me to go with them wherever they were going to get high, since we all looked and found the drugs together.. but nope, I wasnt trying to hear it. Straight to a public bathroom to go get high. Or if I had enough money, I would get a motel room for a few days, and get high by myself in there.. while never feeling lonely, or having any desire to have company with me.
I like to geek by myself. I didn't want anyone else around me if I was all geeked up. That part you said about making a fool out of yourself, I know about that all too well. I don't know if you've ever IV'd coke.. but it's one hell of an experience, that I got super hooked on. When you shoot coke, you get a huge rush that feels amazing, but after the rush.. you get super paranoid, and usually start geeking. The more, or longer you continue to shoot bags.. the worse the paranoia and geeking would kick in. Me being a public bathroom king at the time, I would always go to any public bathroom I could find to shoot up.. while I preferred the one toilet bathrooms, they weren't always available, and would just hit up the last stall in whatever fast food place that was close(local hospital was also a favorite place of mine for a nice clean bathroom). I would tell myself everytime before I shot up.. just shoot the bags, and get out the bathroom before you get too geeked up and have to walk out the bathroom looking like a fool in front of a bunch of people. Unfortunately, it never worked out that way.. I would shoot 3 bags, and rather then leave the bathroom.. I would sit on the toilet geeked out my mind, preparing 3 more bags.. and would repeat this cycle until I been in the bathroom for well over an hour! By the time I walked out the bathroom, I would be geeked out my mind, sweating buckets(shooting coke makes you sweat profusely) and the paranoia would be on 100. So you can only imagine how many times I walked out a public bathroom looking completely wrecked, trying not to look at anyone, feeling like everyone was looking at me. Many times the workers of the fast food restaurants would have to repeatedly bang on the bathroom door, telling me to leave before they call the cops due to me being in the bathroom so long.. which would just make me more paranoid about leaving! When I say embarrassing.. it's an understatement. I did this same thing hundreds of times, in all types of public bathrooms. I went to the local college one time, because they have a nice private bathroom that no one really uses. I stayed in there for like 3 hours just shooting bags repeatedly.. when I was walking out the building, someone that I graduated from high school with was walking in the building.. omfg, embarrassing? I tried to not even look at them, and could hear them say repeatedly "you OK man?"... "why you look like that".. while I'm trying to power walk out the building super fast. I say all that to say this, I embarrassed myself in public countless times.. like seriously made a fool out myself. Many times sweat was dripping from my face like a mad man, my shirt would be soaking wet with sweat.. and none of this was enough to make me quit. I continued shooting coke for like 3 or 4 years. And I can't lie, I would love to shoot a bag right now just thinking about it, but I know better at this point in my life. I've done too much damage, but always nice to reminisce once in a while.
Sorry for the long rant!