was a raging alcoholic.. tried heroin now no taste for booze whatsoever

[heroin_queen]

Hello. So for years, since my teens, I had been an alcoholic. It got worse as I got older, although not noticeable until the year I turned 20. My boyfriend of 7 years (at the time, now we have 10 under our belts) landed himself in jail on a 2.5 year sentence, up for parole in 13 months. We were everything to each other, he was my best and only friend. And his sudden absence destroyed me. I tried for about 6 months to do the right thing, work, go home, be safe so he didn't need to worry. After a while I started drinking. Very heavily. It turned into a very serious problem that lasted about 3 years. 2 years even after he had been released, due to the fact that I was suppressing ordeals I'd gone through while he was away. Id even been to rehab/committed 3 times. I struggled with this until a year ago when I tried IV heroin for the first time. Since then I have no desire for alcohol. Not at all. Just the thought makes me imagine wasting money. Now I'm very addicted to heroin. Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[somnilicious]

I have heard of this happening a lot. I was a poly drug user until I found heroin which became my only drug from that day forward. William S. Burroughs even mentions something about alcoholics giving up the sauce completely once they tried heroin in his book Junky or maybe it was Naked Lunch. Anyways I don't think it would be uncommon for this to happen because heroin will serve all the same roles alcohol played for you but in a far superior way.

 

[phatass]

I think that drugs like IV heroin crack or meth will pretty much overtake any other addiction allthough i did meet a girl in rehab who was an alcoholic and IV heroin user, so i guess it depends....

 

[heroin_queen]

I have heard of this happening a lot. I was a poly drug user until I found heroin which became my only drug from that day forward. William S. Burroughs even mentions something about alcoholics giving up the sauce completely once they tried heroin in his book Junky or maybe it was Naked Lunch. Anyways I don't think it would be uncommon for this to happen because heroin will serve all the same roles alcohol played for you but in a far superior way.

That makes sense. It does serve all purposes that alcohol had been, and definitely in a superior manner. I just thought it was so strange that something that had once made my heart race and blood boil just driving or walking by a liquor store, now has no effect on me at all. In fact I've convinced a number of people that I'm above addiction now because of my ability to abstain from alcohol so successfully. I'll have to read this book. Junky its called? Can I find it on amazon?

 

[The Doc.]

That's what happened to me I was addicted to alcohol and cocaine then I started heroin to Falk asleep and then it was all heroin and opiates from then on

 

[xstayfadedx]

Yeah, it happens… I honestly am not interested in a lot of drugs anymore besides heroin. I even tried smoking weed recently and felt like I couldn't even enjoy it. Wtf?! I love weed, but now I don't even care about it? Fuck, heroin sure has ruined everything for me.

 

[Toz]

I used to be addicted to speed for a couple of years, then I tried heroin. Was addicted for almost a decade, then I quit using benzos. Got addicted to benzos instead. Quit using benzos, relapsed to opiates, used ketamine to quit opiates, was addicted to that for almost a year and went to see a doctor about it. Got a prescription for gabapentin and now I am addicted to that instead but at least I don't use drugs much anymore. Fucking rollercoaster of doom.

I could never stand alcohol though, I prefer being sober if that's the only alternative.

 

[Folley]

Lucky you, knowing myself I'd probably end up using both.

 

[TheLostBoys]

Alcohol is so nasty.......drank in college & several years later & just abruptly quit. Nothing replaced it tho. Started on pain meds several years later for back pain which is a ton better then nasty alcohol for getting high, etc.......

I've read that LSD was given to alcoholics back in the 60's to help quit drinking & supposedly it helped quite a few people......don't know why they don't go back to trying that out......oh wait, anything that can possibly help a human being out is a no no to most of these doctors.

 

[crack_city_burns1]

RE: heroin queen

Hello. So for years, since my teens, I had been an alcoholic. It got worse as I got older, although not noticeable until the year I turned 20. My boyfriend of 7 years (at the time, now we have 10 under our belts) landed himself in jail on a 2.5 year sentence, up for parole in 13 months. We were everything to each other, he was my best and only friend. And his sudden absence destroyed me. I tried for about 6 months to do the right thing, work, go home, be safe so he didn't need to worry. After a while I started drinking. Very heavily. It turned into a very serious problem that lasted about 3 years. 2 years even after he had been released, due to the fact that I was suppressing ordeals I'd gone through while he was away. Id even been to rehab/committed 3 times. I struggled with this until a year ago when I tried IV heroin for the first time. Since then I have no desire for alcohol. Not at all. Just the thought makes me imagine wasting money. Now I'm very addicted to heroin. Has this happened to anyone else?

heroin queen its funyy u said this beacuse everyone i have known was just a user and for awhile i quit doing pills when i was young and then developed a heavy binge drinking problem im with you on this 100% all throughout my teens until i was 19 i started using again and immediately i stopped drinking except for the occasional tall boy after getting hi but its not just money wise like i cant afford it both i can but my drinking habit jus up & went it shocks the hell outta my old man wen i get a soda wen he goes to bar after work because

 

[Burnt Offerings]

Alcohol is so nasty.......drank in college & several years later & just abruptly quit. Nothing replaced it tho. Started on pain meds several years later for back pain which is a ton better then nasty alcohol for getting high, etc.......

I've read that LSD was given to alcoholics back in the 60's to help quit drinking & supposedly it helped quite a few people......don't know why they don't go back to trying that out......oh wait, anything that can possibly help a human being out is a no no to most of these doctors.

Yeah I heard about that study too...I think something like 500 people were involved in one? Supposedly one dose of LSD every six months was very effective for many alcoholics, basically eliminating cravings for booze, if I remember correctly.

The medicinal value of certain psychedelic drugs is interesting, like psilocybin or ketamine to fight treatment-resistant depression.

 

[MemphisX3]

Hello. So for years, since my teens, I had been an alcoholic. It got worse as I got older, although not noticeable until the year I turned 20. My boyfriend of 7 years (at the time, now we have 10 under our belts) landed himself in jail on a 2.5 year sentence, up for parole in 13 months. We were everything to each other, he was my best and only friend. And his sudden absence destroyed me. I tried for about 6 months to do the right thing, work, go home, be safe so he didn't need to worry. After a while I started drinking. Very heavily. It turned into a very serious problem that lasted about 3 years. 2 years even after he had been released, due to the fact that I was suppressing ordeals I'd gone through while he was away. Id even been to rehab/committed 3 times. I struggled with this until a year ago when I tried IV heroin for the first time. Since then I have no desire for alcohol. Not at all. Just the thought makes me imagine wasting money. Now I'm very addicted to heroin. Has this happened to anyone else?

ummmm i think what really happened is that you soon found yourself spending so much money on heroin that you couldnt buy alcohol for extended periods of time and developed a distaste for it, thats what happened to me atleast. i never thought i would quit drinking....like ever. after i became a full blown addict i never had money for alcohol, only heroin. once i quit heroin i got a few 40s and couldnt even finish the first one they tasted so nasty. then i thought about it...it had been a good 8 months since i had taken a sip of alcohol so i just threw the opened one away and put the other in one in the fridge where it sat for months. thats was 4 years ago and to this day i drink MAYBE twice a month and we are talking a few 40s (i dont buy six packs or 12 packs or anything just not my style and no im not a white trash ass hole or some low life black guy) i never get drunk. i tried to drink to get drunk like 2 months ago but i got so bloated from like 4 beers that i quit, i just cant do it and to be quite honest i dont miss it at all. i might have a strong drink at the bar for social lubricant but beyond that no thank you


also you are talking to someone who started drinking at 16 and was drinking an 18 pack a night by 20. i drank everyday for YEARS. drinking on a daily basis will kill you quicker than any other drug on a daily basis with the exception of crystal. im 29 now and i havent been addicted to alcohol since i was 25.

 

[TheLostBoys]

Yeah I heard about that study too...I think something like 500 people were involved in one? Supposedly one dose of LSD every six months was very effective for many alcoholics, basically eliminating cravings for booze, if I remember correctly.

The medicinal value of certain psychedelic drugs is interesting, like psilocybin or ketamine to fight treatment-resistant depression.

Yes, I think they should more testing in today's society with certain psychedelics on alcoholics, heroin addicts, etc......

I see people on here & even friends saying they took like 10 hits of LSD in one sitting or drop every weekend......makes no sense to me. IMO, you get more out of a dose of LSD once every 6 months to a year than abusing it every weekend.

 

[xstayfadedx]

The funny thing is I stopped using heroin a few days ago (it's been hell). I started drinking everyday again, but not full blown alcoholic shit like I was before (right now I'm even drinking wine and pbr). Fuck, this is not what I want. Me and alcohol are a no no… because that leads to me buying half gallons of vodka and then to even worse shit. I feel as if alcohol comes into play when I'm "clean" from other drugs. Well, obviously it does because I swap one thing for another and alcohol is just so easy for me to pick up.

It's funny how I hate alcohol, but can be one of the biggest alcoholics ever… Ive been able to out drink people since the age of 15 and that's fucked o_o