How did you first start opiates?

[nukka]

Got addicted when I started to get connects for opiates. I had been using opiates for 3-4 years in moderation before but never had very steady hookups. Then I found some steady hookups, and more and more, and one binge after another after another suddenly I found myself not taking breaks between binges and bam I'm addicted. Good night nurse.

 

[enoughorangejuice?]

found bottle of 5/325 malli perc's in my parents medicine cabinet. script was for my dads back pain and was a 15 count bottle, he had use 1 and half. i took 3 the first night, and loved it. the next night i took the last 10 (left him with half of one, or actually i probably took it and the bottle just so he wouldnt find an empty bottle of painkillers) and used them all that night, got incredibly high and instantly fell in love with painkillers.

the next day (after the 50mg dose) i asked my mom to get my wisdom teeth pulled because (i told her) they were really starting to hurt me (lie). so about 4-5 days later i was at the dentist getting all 4 wisdom teeth pulled and walked out with a script for 7.5/325 perc's #30. and from then on was in love with them. got vic's from friends/siblings. got dilaudid from friends, got morphine from PPT, got codeine, heroin, demerol, fentanyl, opium, oxycontin, roxicodone, vicodin, etc....everything except oxymorphone..

 

[ATF]

I had abused opiates many times before I actually enjoyed them. My ex was super addicted, and was trying to get me 'on his level'. I always ended up taking near the amount he took ( 4 or 5 norcos to his 12, or 4 methadones to his 7 or so) which made me sick and cranky. The only thing I liked was the closed-eye visuals and the feeling of super relaxation when he finally left me alone to lie down.
Fast forward a couple years, and im working a job which is hard on my already messed up back, Ive quit drinking after years of using that as my social anxiety relief, and was offered some percocets by a co-worker.
Ever since then, the pain relief and mild euphoria have been what I crave, but the withdrawals remind me of my mistake several times a month, and the increasing amounts of money spent on other peoples Rx's is causing me lots of problems.

I know I would move on to H like so many others have on here if it were available, because of price and efficacy, but then I see myself type that I want to try heroin, and wonder how the hell I ever convinced myself that was ok.

 

[CafeContin]

I learned to love opiates doing CWEs on codeine tablets in high school. The addiction I would trace back to when I learned how to inject drugs. It really didn't take too long after that.

 

[SKL]

inject drugs

Did injecting for the first time, to anyone else, just not really seem like a big deal? I mean, up until that point, I had all these images of "junkies," etc, banging dope as a line never to cross, and so on, but as soon as the plunger was down, it felt like the most natural thing in the world!

 

[vicoprophen]

from chronic pain and fibermyaliga along with 4 herniated disc in my neck and 6 in my back along with arthritis of the spine . ya i should be on something stronger than norcos and flexeril but the doctors in this small town in northeastern michigan r just downright scared to give out strong meds, so i suffer everyday with the notion to just eat 10 pills at a time then dip into my friends supply

 

[Jabberwocky]

got them prescribed for chronic back pain

 

[gramantha]

How did I start using? By looking up drugs on Erowid and finding out that the Percocets I had could be easily abused. How did I get addicted? I really can't say, but I would guess when I started stealing very large quantities of methadone from a family member and taking them.

Yeah man Erowid got me into drugs. Just reading the experiences and the effects and such. Made me make of list of what i wanted to do. But, what really got my mind ever thinking of getting rid of that stupid "Say no to drugs" mentality was when I was in like 4th or 5th grade and I watched an Episode of "Dragnet" and I saw this episode where a guy took a bunch of LSD. Just looked fun. That changed my mentality about drugs in general so when I was able to get ahold of something I was wiling to use it.

But what got me hooked on PKs was when I got my wisdom teeth pulled (I was about 15) and told my dentist that ACAP messes with my stomach and he gave me Oxycodone/Ibuprofen (think for some reason they were called Vicoprofens or something like that). He gave me like 30 and I took 3 because I didn't think it was Oxycodone because of the name but I was trashed and loved it. next day found out it was oxycodone. Then I totaled my 350z by losing control going 150mph and really trashed my back (the wall on the oncoming traffic didn't like me to much) and now the pain management does me.

 

[stonedandrolling89]

Let's see...The first time I ever did opiates, I was fourteen and took two lorcet 7.5s that I bought from some girl in class. I didn't really care much for it then, but a year and a half later, my dad started buying large quantities of lorcet 10s, in which i started eating quite a few and realized that I loved that feeling. After I found morphine and OC, I never went without opiates. I recently quit using opiates about two months ago, but have relapsed twice, both being week long binges. Anywho, opiates are wonderful, just not day in and day out.

 

[not_broken_420]

I was looking for benzos when I was 16, and my friend didn't have any but asked me if I liked painkillers. I had taken tons of pills, but at that point I'd only taken Vicodin or something a few times. I ended up taking 10 mg of methadone and felt absolutely amazing.

I then proceeded to add morphine, dilaudid, fentanyl, OC, suboxone, heroin, and many others to the list, along with IV'ing anything I could get my hands on. I've stopped the needle thing, thankfully.