Has anybody given up the needle?

[Sandbag]

On a thread that is supposed to gather all the people who gave up the needle, there are almost only people that tell you they will never give in.

If you ask to these people, they will tell you that before shooting for the first time, they were sure they would never become needle addicts.

So learn from this, you who have never shot anything, and who is thinking about trying it once....

^I think this thread should be stickied or archived so we can link it every time someone on BL asks for help with first time IV use. We should at least try to get them to read this thread and specifically your post above before we start teaching them how to run with scissors. Seems like the closest thing we can get to 'harm-prevention'. And when it comes to IVing drugs I like the idea of harm-prevention better than harm-reduction...

 

[Sandbag]

^You are dead on about knowing the dangers and choosing otherwise. I knew it would be a decision that would cause much hardship...but no one can grasp how much trouble it can cause until they're in the middle of the shit. Ergo I think it would just be a good idea to have a thread to reference that does an excellent job of illustrating that no matter how much you learn; you can't understand how difficult it is to stop IV use until you're one of the many people in this thread who can't stop or are going through hell trying to stop.

At least ask IV virgins read this before we give them the full instruction manual for potentially fucking up your life.

 

[Sandbag]

^rofl...yeah...I used to be a huge needle-phobe and never thought I would IV anything. Life threw me a couple curve-balls I didn't see coming though and now I regularly shoot water just to get my needle fix if I don't have any drugs to bang/staying away from slam-able drugs. Kinda funny how things turn out.

PS. Sorry for slightly derailing the thread.

 

[HYDRO_CHRONIC]

i actually knew inside i would start shooting up,only time i snort is when i HAVE no syrnge ,and it givin to me (usually OC) and its not worth shooting anyway

i like to shoot as well,and to the person who said yers veins will fail no matter what ,i say wrong ,i was shooting every day into one vein for months at a time,only reason i still have my veins ,all of them ,is from lifting weights on a regular basis ,its that simple ,why do you think bodybuilders have insane veins ...the more you strain the more oxygen that is forced into you eins and what happens they bulge out ....and stay fluffy...i try and tell everyone this that uses IV

it really pisses me off when people talk about getting shot up in a hospital ,and jabbed alot too...then they DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING IT THERE SELF...cause they arent addicts pisses me off

 

[OxyCon10]

i used to be obsessed with needles. i would get in the bath tub and being in the really warm water... i would load it up and i would get fixated on jacking the needle. it took me 2 years to lose the obsession with needles. i can finally say that, even my friends little brother is a diabetic, it doesnt bother me at all like it used to.

if you can, switching from IV to snorting would be a step in the right direction, IMO. track marks arent fun to look at years down the road.......

according to heroin detox, i'm not clean because i am on suboxone (even though my drug of choice is FULL agonist opiates, and even tho I dont get high on suboxone...). so i figured that i could comment on here. lol.