I have quoted Matts post despite having no response worth sharing for a couple of reasons - as desperate as I am to share my thoughts in good faith it is of course self serving as fuck by providing a linked legitimacy to a discussion I have not participated in for some time. Just because I am lucky enough to have a real safe space to discuss my use does not excuse the fact that sharing my experiences with this drug is, at this point, both selfish and counter productive as while my use is as infrequent as it has been since my relapse and entry into treatment my methadone Rx gives me no excuse to use the drug any more. That I still do is down to nothing more than my wish to get high and relieve the anxiety and depression I experience from my almost total social isolation, neurotic mental health problems that while a genuine issue for many are in my case self induced.
Regardless, I am genuinely impressed with Matt's progress and I also wanted to express how cool it is to see FTT back - while I have little tolerance for most habitual criminals I have met in my personal life (please do not take this as any sort of reference to jhijhsdi as I am no position to judge individuals, especially those I do not know) I do not consider drug dealing a crime provided no violence or exploitation was involved and when done to support a habit it shows how fucked the whole thing is. Legal and illegal are of course not always akin to right and wrong and drug use and supply are of course the ultimate examples of laws of Malum Prohibitum outside of those committed by sex workers. I have had 2 close friends spend approx. 3 years each for Class A supply and neither of them were of any harm to anyone, both being examples of staggering injustice. I am really sorry for what happened to you FTT - it fucking sucks and while you may still be having issues I am glad that you have your freedom back and hope that, to whatever degree, things get better.
So, after staying away from the bits and pieces for over a month I have scored twice in the last couple of days. I am low on benzos for the moment and my weed man is on the continent so, excuses plus my weak ass have equalled 2 really nice days. As I finish my latest stream of consciousness I need to get to the reason why I decided to log on and actively seek this thread to make a note of what needs to be a self teachable moment - as I have stated before, due to my methadone induced tolerance, I usually shoot the first bag (after setting up a plate, giving me the ability to quickly test what I have). I could not get a register so instead of taking the time to swap the rig after a couple of pokes I decided to use my foot. Thankfully I managed to get a really nice crank but having used this method a few times before the vein has taken about as much as it can without seriously hurting myself so I need to really check myself and commit to not ever siting another hit there, something that should be possible as I have thrown away doses before without being desperate enough to try a high risk site.I know I should not be poking myself for any reason and the relative rarity of my heroin use at the moment has provided me with the delusion that my veins can actually benefit from a break as opposed to the reality that the only benefit they will ever really get is for them to never be disturbed for anything other than medical reasons.
I got a couple of whites as well hence the traditional TL;DR stylee post.
Fin, and welcome back fightingthetoot!