Going to music festivals while addicted to drugs

[BoxOfRain32]

I've recently been searching the web but can't find any discussions pertaining to this.

I was curious if anyone ever went to a music festival while being addicted to any kind of drugs. Did you make it through the few days okay (rationing or having to buy more there etc)? Did it ruin your experience at all?

Three years ago was the first time I went to a 3 day music festival while being an addict...it was fairly early in my addiction to pain pills so I convinced myself I'd be fine only bringing a few with me. Well by the second day I was out of them and had to force myself to walk and kind of dance..I took a bunch of Molly and it didn't make me feel as good as it should've (duh) .

I was able to eventually get a little methadone and after that I thoroughly enjoyed my time..but the majority of it was spent in a funk and with lower back pain.

Last year I went and I was on suboxone. I was able to still have a great time but I would get tired earlier than I would've normally so I still didn't get 100% out of the festival.

I've been doing heroin the past few months and have a music festival coming up in August so I'd love to hear any input/experiences from people.
Aside from wondering what the hell I'm going to do..I think it'll be an interesting discussion in general.

 

[PotatoMan]

Homeless -----> DC

 

[szuko000]

Ive done it but only once did i bring dope with me otherwise i always brought my suboxone. I would think if you brought methadone or subs you would be fine. Also I always figured if i didnt or i ran out if i walked around asking someone would give me 2mg of suboxone because they understand what its like. After finding out what it was like to bring dope and stuff with me, i would never do it again it just complicated everything in a sense.

 

[Soulgasm]

I've done it plenty of times. Just bring enough to last you (plus more ). If all else fails, I've always been able to find some primo opium to keep things stable. I usually get these epiphanies while tripping at festivals and decide to quit all the addictive drugs anyways.

 

[Bi-Guy]

I would go ahead and either get all the H you need to last you for the festival, or like other posters said get some methadone or suboxone. Really any kind of long lasting opioid will do. If you're stuck in withdrawl the whole time then just like the ski instructor in South Park said, "You're gonna have a bad time."

 

[broManDudeGuy]

We got some really cool small festivals in my side of michigan. Real family feel. There were a couple OD heroin deaths at one of the grounds i was never able to see. Shut down for good the landowner is too old to deal with all the crap that comes along with people dying. For all everybody knows they brought it with them nobody is allowed to work h at them places

 

[BoxOfRain32]

I wound up bringing just enough dope to get by and a few pills but I was so fucked up I somehow had the bag they were in but lost the actual drugs. Waking up to that was hell, wasn't able to find any opiates (rarely have I seen people selling that..maybe opium which is usually fake) but I was able to get like 10mg of methadone. So I pushed through.

Honestly, like another poster said it does just make everything else more difficult. Ha. And I would get tired easier than if I was just rolling etc.

Maybe next year I'll be clean and won't have to worry about this crap again...
Ha. .ya never know

 

[namnoc16]

I went to Woodstock 94 while addicted to h but realzing if I couldn't get dope there my trip and show would suck so I brought methadone with me. If I were you I'd bring a long acting narcotic so you aren't trying to score all day and miss the show. Withdrawal sucks bad enough at home but is 10x as bad when you are stuck in the heat and super loud music going on.