Questions for heroin-users..

[Roachsucker]

just wandering how much you all do, what your method of consumption is, how frequently you do it and how long you've done it for... and especially wether you manage to 'keep it together'... i.e. lead a normal life with job, family, friends, etc... ideally, you can take my information below as a template for your response...
basically, i want to know everything concerning your habit and btw, this isnt just out of blatant nosiness, but just so i can compare how my consumption ranks with other people... so the data i'm especially interested in questions 3-7.
and no, this is most definetely NOT a dick-sizing competition, but because in real life i know few scag-heads, and a most of them (though not all) are the kind of person no-one wants to end up as...
BTW - I want data related to YOU and TOU ALONE... dont count sharing a gram between 2-3 people as you doing a gram by yourself... sorry if that sounded obvious, but i wanted to specify it anyways
ok, heres my story:
1/ Total duration: approx. 15 months
2/ Total consumption: about 30 grams, of which 25 in the last 8months alone
3/ Peak & Average consumption: 5 grams in 2 weeks peak; average is roughly 3grams a month for the last 8months
4/ Average duration of a gram: 2-3 Days
5/ Average & Longest break between grams: 5-7 days average ; 20 Days longest
6/ Method of consumption: snorting *only*
7/ Keeping it together? Yes, for now....

 

[gottihbk]

1/ Total duration: about 8 months
2/ Total consumption: not exactley sure, started out as a party thing for the first few weeks then became daily. for the last 6 months i do about 10 bags a day sometimes 15. thast a bundle or bundle and a half a day. i dont know if bundles are only sold where i live most people just talk about grams and shit.
3/ Peak & Average consumption: average listed in question 2.
4/ Average duration of a gram: about a day and a half.
5/ Average & Longest break between grams: havnent had more then a couple hour break in the last 6 months.
6/ Method of consumption: snorting and bangin
7/ Keeping it together? yep still in college doin good enough for now...

 

[TrashJunkie]

How long have I been doing dope?
about a year or so.
How much dope do I do a day?
prolly only 1/4 to 1 gram a day depends on how much cash I got.
Method I do dope?
I slam it and will never do it any other way.

 

[Roachsucker]

holy crap gottihbk, resepct for still sticking it out after all that...
...anyways, sorry to bump this, but i really was hoping in more of a response, since i know theres more scag-heads out there...

 

[placid space]

1/ about 14 months and some
2/ total .. hmm i suppose around 20 g maybe more
3/ peak 1,5g in 1 day and a few hours i think cause it was pretty shitty , average go figure
4/ average on 1g .. totally depends on the quality .. im from europe and 1g might last me a week or less than a day if i push it.. before the attack on afghanistan the dope traveling through
here was fantastic..or i was just lucky the first couple of times
5/ average break between grams ( it depends how much i have.)..if i have 1g or more than 1g theres no pause i alwalys use what i have and then pause (between getting it, not using it,), a week, two weeks .. longest month and a half..
6/ a couple of times IVed but i dunno , i went back to snorting.. i dont think i would handle it that way
7/ well college is a bitch but its fine for now,
had some money problems, usually just when some good dope is around im broke...
[ 15 September 2002: Message edited by: placid space ]

 

[DnkHrb5]

1/ Total duration: a little over a year and a half
2/ Total consumption: total??? I have no idea
3/ Peak & Average consumption: average-about 2 bags a day
peak-b/w 3-4 bags in one day
4/ Average duration of a gram: I don't usually buy in grams...so, lets just say a jab (12 bags) lasts me 3-4 days
5/ Average & Longest break between grams: um, again I don't buy in grams--the longest break I took from heroin since I started using was probably 3-4 months
6/ Method of consumption: IV
7/ Keeping it together? I've never had "it" together
[ 15 September 2002: Message edited by: DnkHrb5 ]

 

[gottihbk]

thanx for the props roach

 

[Dr.groveller]

1/ Total duration: approx.
first hit about 2 1/2 years ago. Off and on for a few months. Steady daily habit with one 2 week break and one 4 day break over the past .... 15 months or so. Pathetic really
2/ Total consumption: No idea. My tolerance and usage have see-sawed. Sometimes a lot, other times, just enough. A lot of grams... For a few months a gram a day... Pathetic. I, and my wife, have really good jobs for once in our lives. We make a lot of money for the first time- and yet, or credit cards are still where they were when we were poor, and there's no money in the bank. It's has all gone in our arms.
I said we'd never get where we are. Pathetic really
3/ Peak & Average consumption: Trying to taper (both of us). I really do enjoy H and won't to be able to do it on occasion- that may never happen, but one way or another- I can't do the daily anymore. Peak- over a gram a day for both of us. WE once went through a quarter in less than two days. Pathetic really
Averaging 5 bags per day- hoping to be off in a week or so... we'll see. I've said this before, but this time I think I actually want to.
4/ Average duration of a gram: Hard to say- see above
5/ Average & Longest break between grams: Longest since really having a habit- 2 weeks. Otherwise, every hour to two hours besides when we sleep
6/ Method of consumption: smoked for a long time- now shoot.
7/ Keeping it together? MOre or less, but noticing some definite effects- hence trying to get off. Not robbing anyone, but definitely feeling an impact. Functioning, but riding the edge too closely.
doc

 

[dopesickman]

1/ Total duration: approx. 30 years
2/ Total consumption: way fucken too much! enough to kill a small country
3/ Peak & Average consumption: 3 grams per day
4/ Average duration of a gram: 1 hour
5/ Average & Longest break between grams: 2 years
6/ Method of consumption: now I snort, but I started out by smoking it, then I IV'd it. I snort all the time and only IV if I have a small amount.
7/ Keeping it together? Yes, I am a fairly sucessful in the art bussiness, have a wife of 15 years, two kids and a nice home.
I only use 2-5 times a week, usually 3.

 

[Jimmy the Gun]

Sorry, but could someone clarify how much is in a bag?, and how many fat shots can one get out of an "average" gram? Thanks

 

[Roachsucker]

thx for all your replies people... i knew there was more of yous out there!
Jimmy, over here in the old country (Italy) bags can be anywhere from 0.1 to 0.25 of a gram, so a 'bag' means all and nothing really...
...especially since bags tend to contain the worst stuff... with about 80% talcum powder/asprin/paper scraping and 20% gear... if your lucky...
...as to how many shots/g. no idea, sorry...
Dr. Groveller, I read in another post you've got a PhD... i think if you manage to kick the habit and clear your head, you're in for a Nobel prize man... good luck on you & your wives tapering!!

 

[DnkHrb5]

hello, this is staind rose... i haven't posted in a while as i have been quite busy doing the dope thing but this post caught my attention.
1. one year. off and on.
2. hmm. no clue. too much effort to figure out.
3. average changes as tolerance increases. this question i find odd since i seem to steadily use more as i wish to continue getting high. i'd say one bag a day is my average, though lately it's been around 4 bags a day or so and climbing.
4. i don't buy in grams. in fact most people i know don't either.
5. when im using i don't take breaks (unless i am having trouble getting a ride to the west side, ohh that's a bitch).
6. i started out by snorting which i now have a great distaste for as banging is the only way to go.
7. sure. i guess. i'm still alive ain't i? i actually keep it together by not using for periods of time. let my body rest and my tolerance drop. although i find my tolerance isn't decreasing very much with good size breaks anymore. and i'm not even a junky yet.. hmm...

 

[quale]

First shot almost exactly a year ago. Since then pretty rarely until last couple months. Last 3 weeks I have shot way too much (more than once a week).
Time to start cutting back before that habbit develops...I certainly don't have the money.
The lack of shooting buddies really helps...boredome really hurts.

 

[synthic]

1/ Total duration: 13 Months
2/ Total consumption: About 30 grams
3/ Peak & Average consumption: One gram in four days, average is approx. 0.1 grams a week.
4/ Average duration of a gram: Depends.. If I've got it at home I can't stop using, it'd only last 5-7 days. Usually I buy small bags (0.1g) and I use one bag a week, meaning I get wasted once a week.
5/ Average & Longest break between grams: A week average.. Longest break was two months.
6/ Method of consumption: Mostly smoking, but also snorting now and then.
7/ Keeping it together? Actually better than when not doing any drugs.