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how did you become an addict? not first time taking a drug, but how did it start!?

Jabberwocky

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not talking about first time talking a drug because I started at 15 or so.

the addiction to not become "addiction" till about the age of 18-21 before going to jail for roughly 3 years total; total time after release and all took about 7 years and I HAD TO BE CLEAN THROUGHOUT. they made me wear a PATCH on my shoulder which had to be changed weekly, so it was a 24/7 drug test. I choose this because I could NOT piss in a cup and anytime I did not piss in a cup they counted it as a failed test, so I went to the judge and they gave me this.

anyway, the day finally came and I only had a few months left on parole; they knocked me over to another office and gave me the lowest called color since I NEVER FAILED once test all throughout. I was an "addict" but far from the junkie I later become.

at this point I was about 27 and was friends with a local dude (lived near me) who I met at a sober house I was released to (the house was not near neither of our houses but we stuck together and both went in for the same thing). once both our colors dropped, it came to mind right away, that we should get fucked up. so we went out that night and bought a 12 pack and said fuck it, lets drink. we drank, but it wasnt our thing.

this was in 2007, so around that time 30's were big; he could get some but I was scared still; I just went through hell and back w/ the court system but my color was called so few and far between that there were days I didnt call and never had a worry; eventually, they took me off completely because I did so well; this was 6 months prior to wrapping up. well, I figured I'd grab an 80 (which were still around) and did 1/4. well, I did that 20MG and LIT UP! so swallowed another 20! at this point in life I actually have been doing well, have been out about 1.5, have a career in hand, no worries no problems. money has been being saved, the company I was working for had no clue about my past and never ran a background check. I even made up a company I worked for based on time I was "missing". everything worked out in my favor and things were on my side.

as time slowly passed and I would do 1-2 80's a week, the kid who WAS my friend started DEALING; then all of a sudden they were all over me all day, every day. well, the money started to go over to drugs, drugs and more drugs. the mind started to leave the GF and just go toward the drug. I somehow still had enough savings and made enough where I was able to make a move with the GF and move into a new apartment complex/building and got a new job w/ a HIGHER SALARY and better commissions in the recruiting field; hey, this sounds great, doenst it? well, it was great because it took me away from those 80's for a bit, but they ended up getting X'd out completely and 30's have come around. well, I didnt want no 30MG perc, I was THE MAN and needed an 80 or nothing. but, one of the dudes who reported to me at this new place happen to sell 30's and the convo once came up at lunch how we were both past addicts; well, we were both lying because we both were current addicts just talking about past life. before that lunch ended I bought 3 30's just to get me through the day. those were gone within 15 minutes. the next day - same thing. next day!? same thing. next day!? same thing. this went on for 6 months and I could not stop. some days I would only do 3 to get by and other days I would squeeze in 10 if it was closer to my "check day" because I only got paid every other week. things started to get bad and I knew it but I still had a job in a corporate office and and I knew it would all be OK.

so, one night I am driving home and I am "drunk" but not too bad. well, I was taking a right onto a street I lived on and I had a seizure behind the wheel; however, I had a few drinks, so the cops took it as a DUI - which, yes, it easily could have been but its not the reason why it happened; I later come to find out I have a brain tumor. this was back in 09. also, the person I once worked with I no longer did because I could no longer get there; I had to go back to my old guy but my old guy only sold something new - DOPE! he said 30's were NOTHING and price were rising and this new stuff is so much cheaper and better. w/o and thinking twice, like most SHOULD, I said YES, come by. I spent weekend in jail and had withdrawals like a madman and was fiending. I got that dope and barely knew how to use it. I split my gram up into 8 lines and sniffed 2 out of the 8 lines. as time wen tout I sniffed 4 out of 8, 6 out of 8, and before you knew it I'd sniff a whole G. so now what? well, I need 2 G's. that only lasted so long because I was collecting unemployment and had no other sources, so what do I do!? SHOOT IT, right? because people say it hits you that much stronger and lasts that much longer. so I ended up doing that because people said it was the "right" thing to do for someone like me; I dont blame them at all because I was doing it regardless of what anyone said; its why I hate when parents/friends blame "dealers" for OD's; an addict is going to use regardless of who supplies them that day; could be the same dude as always or it could be the guy down the "spot" because he had no on else.

since 09, I have OD'd (hospital wise) at least 4x's. I have OD'd (home wise) a million times where I'd wake up on the floor 5-10hrs later w/o a clue as to what happened). also, since then, the longest I stayed "clean" for is 3 weeks w/o a drug in my body besides Suboxone. sad to say, but I CANNOT believe anyone could stay fully sober at this point; I am just to used to drugs that I would feel "off" not being on those drugs. make sense?

I am from Boston where the fent is ALL OVER THE PLACE: the dope I buy is pure white; so its mostly fent; plus, I get tested for it always and it comes up.. ALWAYS! but I love it and the brown stuff just doesnt do what it once did; also, like I said, the brown I could shoot in 2-3 shots for a full G; the white will take me 8-10 shots for a G - sounds like a no brainier, right? but I see in the paper and everyday in the news to watch out for the fent being passed around, blah blah. not only that, but I swallow Gabapentin, Xanax and Seroquel w/ the dope before bed; I see people die from that daily but to me its just how I live; I've been doing it for so long I feel it just cannot kill me. DUMB TO SAY; ill probably die tonight. but I feel many people on here are younger type addicts who have no been battling as long or have done as much but I get scared listening to others but here I am doing it BY MYSELF ALWAYS! I only had 1 GF do it with me and I hated it; I had to watch over here; not everyone can take the fent w/ ease; they seem to nod quick, esp. if they are not used to it. she was one of them girls and it drove me crazy. but for me, its just like breakfast, man. I can shoot .2 and go out and run a marathon, or go out and work my 9-5 and put up the best day possible (thats w/ 2-3 more shots while at work). usually w/ a G it will only last me 5 hours if I am trying to finish it quick, which I am mostly because I cannot hold on to dope, but sometimes at work I need to chill, ya know!?

I am coming off 6 months of somewhat clean (few slip ups, as I said, but best I've been in years". but I got bad news health wise and I have used for 5 or 6 days straight of G of fent stuff each day; just blasting old times. I feel like shit/great doing it but I just cant believe I put myself back to where I was; I wanted to be DEAD at this time last year and here I am putting myself right back where I DONT BELONG!

just miserable, man.

sorry for rant at end about my life.. BUT, how did your DRUG ADDICTION START! day 1 of your 365 days straight. how did you know? could you feel it coming? when did you accept it? are you still going strong? do you take break? see, for LEGIT 3 years I NEVER took a break; I didnt have suboxone nor would I buy any; I had the money and I bought a gram a day and would shoot it every fucking day. nothing but dope mattered; I didnt have money to do anything else or care for anyone else but I just paid rent and shot dope; somehow NEVER pissed a rent of phone bill but yet shot a gram a day for 3 years. its sad because I am broke nowadays and I can easily see why but its just sickening as I sit here and read this story of my life. I just shot fent 15 mins ago and made me SICK rather than happy.

I dont know, but tell me your story.
 
crazy story brother
i dont have a drug addiction but i do got a alcohol addiction i cant shake....funny i was able to kick plenty of other addictions no problem
i started drinking socially then it progressed into everyday
for the past yr i wake up hungover full of headaches and a shit ton of anxiety that again i cant shake it but i cant stop drinking
i knew i had a problem when i started having booze with my lunch
i somewhat got better but again and i gotta empathize i cant shake it
for the past yr i never took a break let alone imagine what it would be like not not getting drunk its like a part of life now

do i wanna quit ? yeah..... do i really wanna quit? no not really
i can see why people advise against self medicating when dealing with anxiety im living shitting proof that you shouldnt
maybe ill catch a break and quit..... maybe i wont
 
dude, maybe check into a rehab and give it a shot if you have the time. you've only been going HARD for a year it seems, right? how old are you if you dont mind me asking?

as you can see, I've been running for a while, since around 21 w/ addiction and jailtime ate up a lot of that time along w/ pretrialparole and probation: imagine!? only the law kept me clean, luckily. I know some people who still fuck up even when it comes to going back. I almost wish my DUI's kept DRUG TESTING ME but instead they changed to just breathalyzer letting me know i can shoot away; so that is why the last 3-4 years have been the worst. I had no car payment, no life, no gas, no LIFE, no LIFE, no LIFE, no NOTHING! all had to do w/ take a walk to CVS on weekend and buy a 10 pack of pins; at least I never shared a pin, right? I dnot have hep c, right? see how I try and look at the positive things on this; its just fucking sad.

nowadays I see kids picking up the needle at such a young age; it actually scares me. ME.. it scares ME. I am someone I consider a super junkie w/ the amount and way I went about using for many years; just putting EVERYTHING INTO ONE NEEDLE AND PRESSING DOWN! seroquel, benzos, coke, dope - one pin - one shot - ONE OD! all a waste of drugs but I was so fucking dumb I thought it was a "good" idea at the time; meanwhile 2 out of the 4 drugs are NOT meant to be shot and are useless when it comes to shooting, so why did I shoot them? because I was a 30yr old moron who thought he was unstoppable at the time. then again, sometimes I think back and wonder if I truly just couldnt take it anymore and was miserable to the point where life didnt matter. this is what got me into the psych ward.

I woke up in the ER and my mother was in the room, I look over at her and she starts going crazy, and I say: "OMG MA, enough, you make me wish I was dead". truly NOT MEANING IT WHATSOEVER but try telling a Dr. from the ER that. even my mother tried sticking up for me that night in the ER and wanted to see me go right into a program but once she found out they would put me in the Psych Ward program to help me w/ my drug problem and others, she was all for me going into the psych ward, lol.

ill be honest, it was KINDA fun. people think I truly am nuts when I say it but I had fun. some of the nurses in that unit thought I was the most whacky out of all; I am a very outspoken, loud mouth, somewhat rude/sarcastic type dude, but I always mean best by it, just depends if you know me and what your humor is like. so I remember after 5 days I run up to a nurse and tell me I want to say goodbye and that today is my last day; the woman looked at me w/ this stare as if I truly was GONZO. she went over to the rest of her crew and checked the computers to see if this was the right thing - SHE WAS SHOCKED, lol.

that psych ward kinda saved me in a way although it was 3 days back in 2012 I left there on 24MG suboxone and stayed semi sober for 6 months; once I wrapped up those 6 months and slipped I went on the HARDEST RUN I've EVER BEEN ON! that was me taking my first break since like 08/09. then from 13-15 I ran super hard again. but since August I've been doing OK but I brought this back up only to realize that I am going back to something I dont want to do - DRUGS, DRUG and more DRUGS! it makes me a hermit; I never want to leave the house, go out to eat, see friends, get a haircut, do ANYTHING besides wait for the dope man or try to come up w/ cash. its sad. '

yes, I used tonight and I am still up; shot a gram between 8PM and 1230AM and ate about 2MG xanny; how I am sitting here coming out of a nod and just ate another 1MG xannny to knock me out for the night; was thinking of putting in a seroquel to KNOCK ME OUT but that makes me to groggy in the AM, so I am all set and will take my Suboxone. because I've been taking Suboxone so long I never have to wait that whole 18-24hr period, I can shoot at midnight and take a Suboxone the minute I wake up at 7AM w/o any problems ever! you'd think that would stop me from using MORE the next night but NOPE.. it doesnt, esp. cuz its all FENT around here and gets through so easy.

damn, please help me. the family has helped me so much over the past year and they think I am doing well so last thing I want is for them to find out that I was laying (because they would think its ALL A LIE, not just a week) and throw it all away.
 
I would probably describe myself generally-speaking as a "drug addict", but not to any one substance (besides weed, which I smoke more-or-less every day) or even class of substances. I'm p. much the ultimate polydrug addict. Over the last 5 years or so I struggle to think of a period of time when I wasn't actively using one drug or another but, at the same time, it's difficult to look back in that history and actually find a single drug that I was consistently addicted to, you know?

but, generally described, the arc has been: weed -> Adderall/Dexedrine/cocaine -> methamphetamine -> heroin. I came to heroin through meth, weirdly enough...heroin was one of the first opiate drugs I ever used. I never went through the prescription painkiller stage that so many dope users seem to go through

I tend to go through patterns of use in order to prevent one drug in particular from taking hold completely. Lately it's been meth and heroin...if I feel like I've been using heroin too much I'll start using meth and stop the dope, and if I feel too strained by meth I'll go back to heroin. Sometimes (esp. after taking psychedelic hallucinogens) I'll simply stop the cycle completely...but that usually only lasts 2-3 weeks. I feel like I have it pretty good...I have a house, a car, a minimal criminal record & an occupation I'm passionate about. More than a lot of drug addicts can say. But at the same time I've an IV drug user who's DOCs are street narcotics (crystal meth & heroin), with a controlled substance-related criminal history and most of my "friends" are addicts/criminals, sooooo...that's obviously not good.
 
The mindset of "nothing but dope matters", though...I can honestly say that I've never had that mindset...so maybe I've never had the mindset of a true addict...? I don't know. Drugs have always been something consistently on my mind (and something I've placed value on) but I've always recognized & valued other shit too.

My substance use habits ultimately developed out of a rather simple mix of boredom, self-hatred & a terrible environment. Think it's as simple as that...
 
I've succumbed to addictions in periods when life had been tough, i've felt trapped and generally unhappy.
When i've had lousy jobs or been in unhealthy relationships, mainly.

When things improve a bit and i get stronger and more determined, i try to shake those habits and try to keep my use - if i'm taking anything at all - to sustainable levels.
 
Well, I don't have sufficient patience to read your OP in its totality. However, I'd say I'm principally addicted (in order of extremity) to:
Alcohol
Barbiturates (please, never try these!)
Alcohol subsitutes
Benzodiazepines
Volatile anesthetics
Weed
MDMA & many other methylphenethylamines
Amphetamines
Dissociative anesthetics (PCP, ketamine, etc.)
 
^ but how did those addictions take hold of you?

Hmm. Well, ok.

1.) Alcohol—Because it was the first drug I ever felt had helped me, rather than merely distracted me, of my life's problems.
2.) Barbiturates — b/c they are more like alcohol than alcohol itself.
3.) Benzodiazepines — bc they feel like alcohol at high doses.
4.) Everything else was just bc I liked it. =)
 
This is long, I know. If you don't want to read the whole thing I COMPLETELY understand. Just read the last line.

I'm not sure what I would describe myself as. A drug addict maybe? I don't know, I tend to think I'm more of a "feel-something-other-than-normal" addict. I hate normal. I have extreme anxiety and panic disorder, so ever since the very beginning of high school (I'm 20 now), I've been using something to escape my head. My thoughts and uncontrollable panic haunt me every minute of every day and always remind me how shitty I've been in the past, so why not use something? I consider myself a poly-drug addict, basically using anything I can get my hands on, for any purpose: from feeling good because I'm just bored, to forgetting whatever has happened to me most recently regarding personal relationships or families.

The first thing I ever tried was inhalants, like dusters or even something as gross as Axe spray. Yes, I know how stupid it was now, but it was what I had available in my house as a high school freshman. I had a friend who introduced the idea of drugs to me. We lost our "drug virginity" together with inhalants and weed. Hell, we even sniffed sharpies.

After that wasn't enough, I moved onto DXM. Ohhhhh DXM... What an interesting mistress... She still haunts me today, if I'm being completely honest. I started with Delsym, then moved onto cheap generic Coriciden I got in packs of 20 from the dollar store, then when I found out on here as a sophomore in high school how incredibly dangerous that was, I moved to cough gels from Wal-Greens or CVS. And that's what still haunts me today. I can never go more than a month without binging on DXM from cough gels for a week. I would move to Ketamine, but I have no hook ups with that, and DXM is literally everywhere.

After that, as a junior in high school, one of my friends in my drama class got a prescription to Adderall. Oh my. That opened up my mind to a whole new realm of drugs I hadn't even thought of before. I would buy 50 bucks worth of Adderall at a time (I don't remember the dosage, all I remember was it would only take me 2-3 little red pills at a time to be focused and fucking euphoric as hell). That went on, alongside my continual use of DXM all junior year. I would go sometimes all the way up to a whole week without sleep or food just completely tweaked out on Adderall. I never thought much of it, thinking, eh, I'm young and this is normal. Whatever I'll grow out of it eventually.

Then senior year rolled around. My connection to Adderall had graduated and moved on. But now I discovered the whole new world of Molly and prescription opiates. This year was when my addiction kicked into high gear. I was in a couple shows through my Drama class that year and would show up rolling or completely fucked up almost all the time, surprisingly able to get away with it. My parents at this point had still not caught on to anything, nor have my friends. This carried on all year.

Now the real interesting shit...

I attended a private Christian college, very conservative, for two years before being kicked out. I abused DXM regularly, as well as discovering the wonders of poppy seed tea and even propylhexedrine from Benzedrex inhalers. I started dating this girl who I became very emotionally attached to (later discovering we both emotionally abused each other in one way or another). We dated for a full year. What tore us apart finally, even though we argued on a consistent basis, was the fact that I stole Xanax, Vicodin, Oxy, and Ambien from her parents' medicine cabinet while I was visiting her house over winter break my sophomore year in high school. They, of course, noticed all their drugs missing from their medicine cabinet and confronted me. I was fucked.

That was when I started counseling and found out I had buried anxiety and panic issues I always though was nothing and even normal. I had no idea other people functioned completely different from me. I was shocked to find out having a panic attack 5-7 times a week was very abnormal. I was even surprised to figure out having suicidal thoughts about 1-2 times weekly was really bad. I still to this day don't understand how anyone can function in any other way other than how I do. Not being pompous or rude, I just don't get it. I guess in the same way people without high anxiety and panic understand how people like me can function any other way than how they do.

After coming to this conclusion with my therapist, I started anxiety medication. I was on Lexapro for about 10 months, which actually helped significantly. I would still use secretly every now and then, but ultimately I was much more able to control my anxiety and depression while on it. Then my friends got busted with alcohol, which is a big no-no at a Christian conservative school. I was questioned since they knew I was close with them, and I was honest and told them no I was not drinking with them, but I do have a history with drugs in the past.

HUGE mistake.

After they knew that, without anything other than what I chose to tell them, thinking it might help me in the long run, backfired and fucked me hard. I was kicked out, allowed to continue my last semester, but asked to leave.

This spiraled me out of control. I accepted the fact I don't need school and I'm actually doing much better on my own now, but I still can't kick DXM, poppy seed tea, and the occasional adderall or molly. I just can't imagine life without some sort of substance aiding my through it.

So, long story short, I'm doing much better now. I was a film major in school, and am currently working on a personal feature film that has to do with my own experiences that is shooting this summer, plus I'm working for Discovery making educational music videos for K-5th grade. Fuck school. Fuck Biola. (Which was the school I went to. I hate them and their legalistic "christian" morals) Sidenote about Biola, did you know they kick people out for having eating disorders?? Fucked up I know.

Anyways, long story, I know, and whether you read through all the way or not that's okay. It feels really good to write all this out. I'm at a place now where I still use some drugs recreationally, but am doing really well, so is it really that bad? I don't think so. Be safe <3
 
Tell your family, start by being honest, you need their support. They'll appricate your honest and respect you more.

My parent have found out that I'm using again after the last 5mth of relapse. The stock standard down pour is coming and I know this, but I just can't stop.
 
I had an up and down childhood moved a lot. Parents were never happy eventually divorced. I never really felt I fit in anywhere even at home. I drifted to the dark side and started getting in trouble. Ended up a poly-drug user at 14 where the ONLY thing I cared about was doing drugs. Shit got me expelled and on probation. 90 days sober. Made things worse but I never got caught with drugs again and I learned a lot.

Flash forward a few years and youll see me develop bad habits and mental problems. I end up loosing a job, eventually wrecking my car, getting a BAD dui in a month. So I move state and try to start over. Out of rehab and I got a future court date hanging over my head. So I just drink real heavy cause its legal. This is where I become a bad alcoholic.

Flash forward a few years and I never really got better from all of this. I was just thinking the other day how I was so much better off at 21 and I thought I had nothing. I'm appreciating what I have now and even though this rock bottom is lower than any previous one...well I know how to crawl outta that deep dark hole now finally so the only thing left is to move forward.

Good luck to anyone addicted out there shit sucks.
 
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