Hello in the UK and to all others as well!

[MajjBenzo42]

I've had an account on here for quite a while but I've never used it to interact.
Recently had a few issues that means I may have some questions to ask and I've got quite a lot of experience about a good few of the topics here.
Hope everyone is keeping safe and staying well, peace to all!!!

 

[Jabberwocky]

Hi @MajjBenzo42 - welcome to Bluelight!

Hopefully you find what you're looking for. If you have any questions just ask.

Curious what your DOC is but no pressure.

Peace

 

[MajjBenzo42]

Hi @MajjBenzo42 - welcome to Bluelight!

Hopefully you find what you're looking for. If you have any questions just ask.

Curious what your DOC is but no pressure.

Peace

My DOC is any and all benzo's but as I'm on a decent amount of codeine for pain anyway, I do enjoy opiates but can take them in moderation (over and above personal script).
I can and do have maybe a 0.2 gram of H on the foil every few months or have a few hundred Mg of Tramadol.
With opiates it's a case of just having a mood for a bigger high than what I get from my script codeine but with benzos I'll buy any that become available within my circle.
Funny enough I can't stand and haven't taken any 'uppers', psychedelics, or weed in over twenty years.
I was a big drinker as well but cirrhosis and diabetes put a stop to that (tee-total for over five years) so yeah, just benzos when I can, decent strength opiates when I feel like them, and my daily pain meds 240Mg of codeine phosphate I take in one go in the morning.
Oh, and you can buy codeine linctus in 15Mg/5ml bottles of 200Ml a time and I'll buy one or two of those a week if I take extra tabs of my codeine.
Sorry for the big life story but that about covers it lol.

 

[Jabberwocky]

No uppers or weed for you eh?

No benzos and opiates for me

Im glad that your self medication hasn't seemed to spiral out of control. Moderation is the key, yup. Trying to practice that myself.

Do you mix your codeine with anything, like those cool rappers who glorify drugs?

 

[MajjBenzo42]

No uppers or weed for you eh?

No benzos and opiates for me

Im glad that your self medication hasn't seemed to spiral out of control. Moderation is the key, yup. Trying to practice that myself.

Do you mix your codeine with anything, like those cool rappers who glorify drugs?

No I don't mix with anything, not even the linctus which is just pure codeine syrup.
The only thing I do with them is take them all at once instead of 2 every 4 hours like the script says and sometimes have another dose on the night (which leads to running out but as I said, you can just buy bottles of linctus from the shop and use that so no heeby jeebies lol)
My Dr made the mistake of kind of telling me they can't refuse to prescribe codeine on its own if I'm in pain as my liver consultant at the clinic has told them cirrhosis and varices means I can't have paracetamol or ibuprofen.
I'm not big on glorifying drugs though. It's my opinion that an adult can, and should be able to, make their own choices if they are informed and aware of consequences. So as far as I'm concerned drugs should not be anything to brag about or feel ashamed of. They just are and some have made the choice to use them for whatever reasons.

 

[MajjBenzo42]

Welcome @MajjBenzo42 just wanted to say hello, and that I will try to help with any concerns or questions you may have regarding benzodiazepines.

Thank mate! I appreciate it.
I'm pretty well versed in script benzos and the common UK benzos but I have no experience with RC benzos and alps. I was a big time 'moggy' user back in my teens and early twenties when they still prescribed 10mg and 5mg Nitrazepam in this country like sweets.
Of course I always would get hold of and bulk buy the (IMO) king of the benzos, the delicious and sorely missed Temazepam and before they were banned in this country I adored Upjohn 17s, the old original Triazolam.

I just have no idea of the 'high' you get from RC benzos or benzos like alps that aren't available on the NHS over here.

 

[MajjBenzo42]

Right on! Similar experience with opiate addiction. I was super addicted, and got so pissed off with opioids/opiates that I stopped a 150 mg methadone maintenance a day. That shit gets into your bones. I have been addicted to some crazy shit. Glad you’re here for help and support.

—Wizard

That's an insane amount of Methadone my friend!! I used to find that some of my friends and drug associates would start off with a script of 50Ml of Methadone for a tenner bag a day habit. That's a street gram cut into ten bags and sold for a tenner as well.
Even then they'd complain to the Drs for them to up their script and I used to think they were making massive problems for themselves later on just for a slightly bigger Methadone high.
I've heard some stories about how long a cold turkey Methadone rattle lasts and you must have had some will power to overcome that mate, kudos for doing it.

 

[MajjBenzo42]

Gabapentinoids got me through methadone w/d. Look those up on your voyage here and elsewhere. They saved my ass, and the whole experience taught me about addiction/dependency.

I've never really needed anything to come off heroin even when I had over a gram a day habit.
I've scoffed a handful of DHC and codeine phosphate in the past with some limited relief but the few times I've done a full withdrawal it's been mostly just CT.
Around night four when the bones are trying to rip out your skin and you want to be stretched on one of those old rack torture devices I'd down around four or five 500Ml Tennent's supers (9% ABV lager, UK metric so strong af) and get a few hours drunk sleep in.
Works on exhaustion but makes you feel worse when you wake up. Anyway, I've always felt pretty much out of the woods by day 6 or 7.
I think nowadays though I probably couldn't be as dismissive with a withdrawal as I could back then but I reckon I could use higher amounts of codeine for relief and rattle it out.
For me it's staying away mentally if I'm not ready to give up the buzz. That's when I can relapse pretty quick if I'm not careful and why I like to talk with other people who've been there or are there. It's a good way to get perspective I think and keep a desire in moderation.
Alcohol though, I'd take a week heroin withdrawal over two night Dts.