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SWIM2100

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Hey Bluelighters! Longtime lurker (12 years) here. Just got into MMT and figured I would join and provide what I am able to provide to others on a similar journey to me. Below is a little about me and answers to recommended new member questions.


1. How long was it from first browsing Bluelight to joining up as a member? Weeks, months, years?

I began browsing on Bluelight at some point in 2009. I no longer remember a more specific date

2. Do you remember how you came to find Bluelight? Was it from a web search, from a referral from another website, from word of mouth, from social media, or some other way?

I found Bluelight while searching for a way to extract Tylenol from norco pills. It came up in a google search.

3. Thinking back to when you first began using Bluelight, what drugs had you used prior to that - including psychoactive prescription drugs, alcohol, cannabis? Had you already tried powdered drugs like cocaine, meth, heroin, ketamine, MDMA powder, etc? or not yet?

I smoked weed a few times as a teenager and drank occasionally from about age 20 until maybe a year or two ago. The only drugs I ever cared for or did with any consistency were hydrocodone and oxycodone. I became addicted finally once I developed a chronic pain condition.

4. Thinking back to when you first began using Bluelight, what routes of administration had you tried prior to that? E.g. snorting, injecting, other ROAs?

I have only ever chewed and swallowed!

I am 38 and married with 2 wonderful kids. I have been a programmer since I was a kid and solo independent video game developer for many years now. I recently got on MMT and made the decision to join up here to see if I can get help making some sense of all that has gone on in me with my addiction and maybe along that road I will be able to help others do the same in some small way.

Thank you so much Bluekighters, for all the valuable information and kind uplifting words you have written on this site over the years. You have helped me more than you will probably ever know. Without this place I probably would have died and left a wife and children behind several times over! Scary to say that to myself now... But, in no small part thanks to you all, that destructive chapter has closed and now one of healing - and vigilance - is open in my life. I look forward to finally getting to know the folks that inhabit this space!
 
Welcome to BlueWorld @SWIM2100

Sounds like you have been a very dark road but still manage to get out of it, congrats and as for the rest I'm sure you will find all the help and info to continue your journey further in the right direction that you want in life and want to be.

So feel free to ask for any help with anything as long as we stay in the guidelines. Happy to have you here

Regards
CoffeeShroom
 
Hey Bluelighters! Longtime lurker (12 years) here. Just got into MMT and figured I would join and provide what I am able to provide to others on a similar journey to me. Below is a little about me and answers to recommended new member questions.


1. How long was it from first browsing Bluelight to joining up as a member? Weeks, months, years?

I began browsing on Bluelight at some point in 2009. I no longer remember a more specific date

2. Do you remember how you came to find Bluelight? Was it from a web search, from a referral from another website, from word of mouth, from social media, or some other way?

I found Bluelight while searching for a way to extract Tylenol from norco pills. It came up in a google search.

3. Thinking back to when you first began using Bluelight, what drugs had you used prior to that - including psychoactive prescription drugs, alcohol, cannabis? Had you already tried powdered drugs like cocaine, meth, heroin, ketamine, MDMA powder, etc? or not yet?

I smoked weed a few times as a teenager and drank occasionally from about age 20 until maybe a year or two ago. The only drugs I ever cared for or did with any consistency were hydrocodone and oxycodone. I became addicted finally once I developed a chronic pain condition.

4. Thinking back to when you first began using Bluelight, what routes of administration had you tried prior to that? E.g. snorting, injecting, other ROAs?

I have only ever chewed and swallowed!

I am 38 and married with 2 wonderful kids. I have been a programmer since I was a kid and solo independent video game developer for many years now. I recently got on MMT and made the decision to join up here to see if I can get help making some sense of all that has gone on in me with my addiction and maybe along that road I will be able to help others do the same in some small way.

Thank you so much Bluekighters, for all the valuable information and kind uplifting words you have written on this site over the years. You have helped me more than you will probably ever know. Without this place I probably would have died and left a wife and children behind several times over! Scary to say that to myself now... But, in no small part thanks to you all, that destructive chapter has closed and now one of healing - and vigilance - is open in my life. I look forward to finally getting to know the folks that inhabit this space!

Welcome to bluelight! How'd you fast forward to methadone (out of curiosity)? Not sure if you intend on getting off but i tell this to all people on methadone: i was once maintained on 380mg/day and was able to get off it (took me 18 months). I never really stayed clean for too long but i have avoided serious problems mostly. In fact i technically have a slight kratom dependency right now but its only been 3 weeks and ill quit in a week or two. But ill be back here eventually.

Then again anything compared to 380mg of methadone is minor. Thats like 4 grams of morphine a day. Plus an intravenous 17mg/day fentanyl habit on top of it all.
 
That’s really cool. I just got a PS4 during COVID. I really like it. What types of games have you made and would I know any of them. I’m just getting back into playing games as a 42 year old wizard.

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Hey there Wizard! Thanks so much for the kind words and response to my intro! I have not been on MMT very long (only since the 30th of last month really). So far I feel it is the best decision I have ever made for myself. It's just been such a relief to be out of the up/down rollercoaster cycle of dosed/sick you know? I hope you are enjoying the PS4! I don't have one myself as I get my gaming fix via PC and Switch. I am from Alabama and as far as knowing any games I've been involved with developing - the ones you would know are large titles I worked on early in my professional career as part of large teams and didn't have much contribution to at release. Once I found my niche in a couple areas of engine development I left and now mostly consult independently (though I am now producing my first end to end title as a solo endeavor! Pretty excited I am finally in a state of mind to be able to even think of pursuing that.). I'm sorry if my answers here kind of jump around but I was scrolling up and down reading and then typing lol. Again, thanks for the nice welcome!

Welcome to BlueWorld @SWIM2100

Sounds like you have been a very dark road but still manage to get out of it, congrats and as for the rest I'm sure you will find all the help and info to continue your journey further in the right direction that you want in life and want to be.

So feel free to ask for any help with anything as long as we stay in the guidelines. Happy to have you here

Regards
CoffeeShroom

Thanks for the welcome CoffeeShroom! It has definitely been a dark road - though many on here have been dealt a way more difficult hand to deal with than myself. I am thankful I took action before I tumbled any further down the rabbit hole.
I appreciate you stopping by to say hi!

Welcome to bluelight! How'd you fast forward to methadone (out of curiosity)? Not sure if you intend on getting off but i tell this to all people on methadone: i was once maintained on 380mg/day and was able to get off it (took me 18 months). I never really stayed clean for too long but i have avoided serious problems mostly. In fact i technically have a slight kratom dependency right now but its only been 3 weeks and ill quit in a week or two. But ill be back here eventually.

Then again anything compared to 380mg of methadone is minor. Thats like 4 grams of morphine a day. Plus an intravenous 17mg/day fentanyl habit on top of it all.
Hey negrogesic, thanks for responding and welcoming me onto BL! I plan on posting my story in detail on the addiction stories thread in the Other Drugs sub-forum but here's a bit of a tl;dr as to how I ended up on MMT. I had my first experience with opioids on 10/10/97 (I was 14) and it was an intense sensation not unlike falling in love. I went back to pain killers over the years - though very infrequently - and never bothered to learn much about them, just kind of took them if I had the chance. At 18 I developed gout which deteriorated into chronic gout (I wasn't actually diagnosed until 25) and I was put on a script for norco 10/325 (sometimes perc 10/325) that I had access to all the way until I broke down and told my wife a few weeks ago that I was addicted. I didn't know what to do so basically googled opioid addiction treatment near me and found a methadone treatment center. I set up an appointment, saw the psych doc who owns the place and was put in the program with an induction dose of 20mg (I am at 25mg right now and though it hasn't been long...this seems comfortable). After having such a terribly long relationship/experience with opioids dosing around 60mg at a time (could go up to just shy of 300mg a day...I would run out of the doc's script and had family members who would give me some to hold me until my next appointment), and basically having my brain in my youth form under those conditions, I don't know that I will ever really be able to get out of MMT. For a long time now they have consumed my mind when not able to take them (no matter how long of a break). Maybe one day I will be ready to let go, but being so fresh to this I am not really at a point to consider that yet. And holy crap man! 380mg! I can't imagine how tough your mind has to be to get down and off that amount! That's amazing! Anyhow, Thanks again for the warm welcome!

Welcome friend !
Thanks so much Snafu!
 
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