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The Opiate Addiction Book

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I've decided to start writing a book for an apparently forgotten market. There are so many addicts out there who have struggled with opiate addiction, and however that addiction may have begun, I think it's an important read for the epidemic-ridden public of North America (which is exactly why I chose this forum).

The book centers around a woman in her late twenties addicted to opiates and opioids. You know the type, she'll get her fix in whatever fashion she must. Despite having been in this fictional woman's shoes, I have questions. I need advice. I want to know what the Bluelight "public" believes that the general public needs to hear.

What specific internal issues might she face? Has she been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons, and was it due to her drug use, or prior?

The climax of the novel is intended to be a pharmacy heist, thought up by her desperate, newly acquainted drug dealer. Do you know of anyone that has pulled this off? Do you work in a pharmacy? What is kept in the controlled substances area that has street value? What effort must be made to get into those substances?

Considering I have a personal history in this sort of story, I want to try and get away from myself. I am a woman in her late twenties, but I don't want to turn this into my story. I need that internal conflict. I don't want to include children like in my own story, but I do need something that will grab the attention of the reader and hopefully make a significant influence to get clean by the end.

I am recruiting the help of a local comedian, because a story like this truly needs some comic relief. It would just be too hard to read if there weren't a few laughs in there.

Whatever you can add, from imagination or personal experience, would be greatly appreciated. I want this book to reach addicts, and I want them to be able to relate. I want them to laugh, I want them to cry, and I want them to push themselves. So many of us know the pain of opiate withdrawal, and the pain that the addiction itself causes our friends and families.

Give me all you got. It's for a good cause.
 
chinky said:
I dont know how muchcomedy can be found in such tragedy
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I know what you mean. But I also know that I've had some damned good times while high... Maybe the protagonist can get a kick out of ripping someone off that had previously wronged her, or something like that. It would certainly be dark comedy if I can manage it at all. But I really want to try.
 
no I get it im just fuckin with you

the best times have come about around getting high but its all still tragic
 
Bump. Still very much looking for input on the climax of the story. I've been studying dramatica theory to help me put the story and characters together, but
I just don't know much about robbing a pharmacy. Does anyone have any good local articles and/or personal "anonymous" input they can hook me up with? Maybe I can write around the details of breaking into the controlled substances, but I'd like to have some idea what a later character would overdose on apart from the opiates that are the main part of the story. (L-rd knows before I cleaned up my act I was all about experimenting, and I can't imagine what kind of goodies they keep in there).
 
And thanks in advance. I'm so excited about this, I never thought I'd actually get around to writing a novel, but I'm nearly through the outline and just on the research aspect! Then it's on to making it whole :)
 
i think you should really get into and dive head first into opiates for a real first person perspective


and you wanna knopw about robbing a pharmacy..watch drugstore cowboys..classic
 
I am a pharmacist. Most robberies tend to be of opiates/opioids and specifically oxycodone containing products. Most pharmacies will keep all their C-IIs locked in a safe but it is not a requirement everywhere. What else do you want to know?

One interesting story on a pharmacy robbery was told to me years ago. The place that was robbed had their narcs locked in a safe that was against an exterior wall. The thieves somehow were able to knock this wall down (with a truck or something) and get the contents without entering the store. Perhaps pharmacy legend but youre writing a book so....
 
That's an amazing story, true or not. I just might use some version of it. The only other thing I can think of in that department would be what kind of drugs are stored in there? There's going to be a character that overdoses on something from the heist, in order to make a point to the main character. I was thinking speedball, or some other dangerous mix. Is amphetamine still on the market, or something like it? Or maybe a strong benzodiazepine. I don't know yet, I don't really know what the options are.
 
Most places will keep all their C-IIs locked in the safe. This includes your narcotic pain killers (Vicodin,Percocet, Oxycodone etc.) and your stimulants suchas Adderall, Dextroamphetamine, and Ritalin so a pharmaceutical speedball could be a possibility.

Some suggestions:

Your character swallows a ton of Vicodin and Percocet washed down with booze and dies from liver failure due to acetaminophen toxicity.

Your character is reaching on the shelf for what he thinks is an abusable drug, but grabs something else entirely (maybe a cancer drug or something, would have to think about it more) takes it and dies

The strong benzo plus opiates is a good one. Id suggest Methadone and Xanax, but any in high enough doses could do the trick.

Hope this helps and let me know if you have further questions.
 
My friend robbed a Walgreens on foot with a knife. He got all the oxycontin and benzos. He than ran across the street to a grocery store and overdosed on all the pills. I guess they took pity on him because only two years later I saw him in a drug program(This guy had already done 3yrs for assualt battery and attempted manslaughter or something like that.)
 
Kitty, you are an unparalleled and priceless help to this endeavor. If you'd like to email me some info, I'd love to list you as an information source in the back of the book. I'm sure I'll have questions as I go along if you're up for it (the writing could go on for a year, and I may need a few questions answered a month, tops). I'd love to list you as a source already.

And somni, that's a hell of a story. I can't believe he pulled it off, simple as that. Whatever crimes he may have committed, I hope the guy is rehabilitating well.
 
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