I am not here to personally judge you for whatever reason you use. I just see that you are embarking on something that may grow into a monster. I said no needles for 3 years, I was disgusted by it. Very vocally so. But, it happened. I am pleased that you said "you can do without it" but there will come a time, if this plan does not go as hoped where you become taken over. Sickness is a very, very strong motivator to continue. I would do anything for my hit, I won't go into details but let us say it is as though I look back at that decade and wonder who the fuck I was. It became me and I it, there was no distinguishing. I was a junkie, the junkie. It was written all over my arms and eventually anywhere I could find a vein. I know you may be reading this thinking it will never be me, but in the world of h, I was introduced to people who became very persuasive, dealers, hustlers, scum...I became that. The line blurred, I was no longer the cheerleader from an upper class family, I was a street urchin. You repeat over and over that it "sounds crazy", I think it is because you intrinsically know that it is crazy. And I do believe you are scared. Like I said, if I could hit rewind back to the three month mark, I would hit stop. Yeah, I'd feel shitty, I would crave but it would be nothing like 10 years. Not a hit a day, several hits a day..and after that last one, where was the next one coming from? My advice, if I may, all three of you - Detox. Rehab. Not tapering at home, I tried that a hundred times. With the absolute best of intentions. It never works when left in your own hands. Others will disagree I am sure. I just see this going into a downward spiral, and fast. BigMurph, the day I went to detox was honestly the worst and best day of my life. Never have I been so, so tormented in all my life. Physically, mentally, spiritually. I literally LOST EVERYTHING. Please jump ship, now. I am clean now but I lost my family and it took years to get them back. Only now do they see me as a person, not a shell. I am just trying to give you the view from my perspective. That's all I can do. I wish you all the luck in the world, all of you.