Heroin Is there any way to control use?

[Mr.Scagnattie]

I suppose you could have a friend hide your stash in your house/apt if they dont want to hold it, and only tell you where a bag or two is once a week, but if you're anything like me, you'll tear that fucker apart looking for it if you are fiending bad enough, or blow up his phone until he gives in and tells you where it is so you'll leave him alone.

Exactly. That's why that method doesn't really work. Hah. Eventually you're going to just pester him enough or LIE to him enough, that he'll give it to you.

 

[macd610]

Absolutely not true. My girlfriend, for instance, has received IV shots of heroin from myself on many occasions and never showed even the slightest sign of becoming addicted, ever. Not a single sign. I've probably shot her up with heroin about 10 times, and now that i quit she'll probably never even see it again. Which is fine, she never thinks about it all.

It's actually a psychological imbalance that happens shortly after birth. Tim Leary calls it the biosurvival circuit. People who have very positive psychological imprinting at this stage of development will likely never be in danger of becoming addicted to opiates or escapist drugs. Heroin turns on that area of the mind that is associated with a mothers nurture, or the security of being in the womb, and there are plenty of people who don't need a drug to feel secure.

Crashing~What interesting info regarding the biosurvival circuit ! Thanks for sharing that, I have never heard of that.
I'm definitely going to look it up to find out more about it. I wonder if this could partially account for addiction to other opiates/opioids.
I have always had a very addictive personality... the first time I drank alcohol at the age of twelve (Milwaukee's Best -BLAH!) it was like pure magic for me.... sounds a little dramatic, but that really is the only way I can explain how it made me feel. Every single negative feeling disappeared. All of a sudden my loneliness vanished, along with all of my pain, fears and self esteem issues. Unfortunately, from that point on my purpose in life was to drink as much as possible. Needless to say, I have put myself through absolute hell.
I quickly moved on to develop a daily crack and cocaine habit ( pretty much skipped marijuana- I tried it a few times but it never did anything for me). We all know what happens when addicted to crack . Thank God (or whomever is up there)- I have not touched any illegal substances for 15 years.
Since then ( and years later- I'm guessing it all started 3 or 4 years ago) I have developed a chronic pain condition. While I do take my medications as prescribed for the most part, I know that I am physically dependent on all of them.
Sorry to get off topic here. I have always heard that there is some sort of genetic component involved when it comes to addiction... I'm just always really excited to hear about new theories. I find the subject very interesting.
Thanks for reading, and thanks again for the info, Crashing. I will definitely be checking to see if this applies to different types of addictions/drug dependencies other than heroin
Cat

 

[Lsdemon]

Short answer is yes you can but it is veeeeeery fucking difficult.