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Heroin What's the time frame of being fully addicted to heroin?

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phillycheese

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Hey everyone,

It would be awesome if I could get some help on this. ;)

So I just thought I would ask this question, and maybe get some input from you guys, whether I may be addicted or slightly addicted.

With an opiate tolerance, I used for 2 days, then 2 days off, and another 4 or 5 days on. I don't think I have felt any physical symptoms yet, if any at this point.

I'm just wondering whether I would have withdrawal symptoms if I stopped now? And what would happen if I went another day?

I use this for self-medication of anxiety. When I max out on my anxiety medication (1mg) and still experience anxiety, I would seek a bag of H.

So basically I alternate between heroin and chlonazepam to relief my anxiety, depending upon how bad it is.

When I don't have any anxiety, I don't have the urge to use any substances, I would like to be drug free once I overcome my anxiety.

Thanks for your guys' help =D


I just have one more question, is it possible to get addicted to heroin if you only use every other day?

Thanks =]
 
Wow, you are covering one problem with a bigger problem.

Look Pal, NOBODY EVER intends to be a heroin junky, no one ever intends to be a meth head.

Don't want to preach, but you are on a path to ruining your life and you will get to the point where you wished anxiety was your only problem.

And no, sorry I didn't answer your question, I just read about somebody doing something stupid and I had to speak up, sorry about that.
 
I won't repeat the last post even though I agree for the most part. I don't think there's a specific length of time that it takes to get addicted. As for doing it every other day, I would guess that a good sign of when you are beginning to become dependent on heroin would be when every other day becomes every day. When you can't wait 2 days for the next hit, then you're in trouble. It isn't an overnight thing. You gradually become more and more tolerant and dependent over time. You might already be addicted to some degree, but the withdrawls may be very mild compared to how it will be a week or a month from now. I'm not an expert or anything, just trying to be helpful.
 
Well, I would agree, that while benzodiazepines are no joke (especially if you become physically depedant), I would agree with the above poster in that turning to heroin is definitely a step in the wrong direction. I mean, I apologize, and I used to use the same excuse, but looking back, social anxiety does not make using heroin 'okay'. It's like saying, 'when I run out of my Vyvanse prescription I smoke meth!" (Which I'm sure many people do do, but my point is, that its a rationalization). Anxiety disorders just don't warrant the use of heroin, though many people turn to it because of such issues, and do end up addicted, be it physically or psychologically (but almost always both). If you quit now, you'll probably be okay, but I would try as hard as possible to stay away from dope.
 
I have an anxiety disorder and I self medicated with opiates for years because my dose of benzos was never high enough in my opinion. Speaking from experience, this is a horrible thing to do and will leave your anxiety at nearly unbearable levels that will take years to learn how to cope with.

Please think about this before going ahead. You need to go to a counselor about your anxiety because it is something that you have to control. You will reach a point where no drug eliminates your anxiety and you will constantly be searching for something to feel better.
 
3 days. Then you'll cringe for it. Stop now while you still can. There is no going back with heroin. I went from once a month to 3 times a day within in my teenage years. Never thought it would happen, just does...
 
Like alot of these other people have told you heroin is not a good method for coping with any mental issues you might be experiencing. I always used substances, with heroin being the one which drug me deep into a specific addiction and after getting out of rehab my social and personal anxieties were worsened and even harder to cope with. It's best to just develop the appropriate coping skills without the use of drugs, because drugs are a short term fix to a long term problem.
 
Opiates are awesome for anxiety/stress/depression but the fact remains like everyone else mentioned above, in the long run, your situation will get worse because you will need more & more of the drug to deal with your anxiety.

I learned to deal with anxiety w/o using opiates years ago so I dont use opiates for stress/anxiety, I use hydrocodone for back pain. I know some people suffer from major anxiety & I recommend talking to someone about it (counseling/psychiatrist), then again, if its too bad of a situation, you dont want to talk to anyone about it.
 
hey mate, I just want to say that you are at the point where everyone would KILL to go back too. find another way to deal with your anxiety. covering it with a blanket of hell wont work in the long run. good luck :)
 
Every other day doesn't allow enough time to not become addicted. I think the rule is more like, take it once every 3 days, but still... if you take heroin on any sort of basis, you'll get addicted to it. How quickly you catch yourself and quit is up to you, though. Basically what XThexXTank said
 
You are treating a symptom not the problem, your anxiety will be cured when you use but then once you sober up it will be right back again. Then if you were physically dependent on the opiates that's just adding another symptom that needs curing. About the time, some people get addicted the first time but you probably won't be feeling physically addicted until maybe 2 weeks of non stop use but there isn't any magic number, basically if you use enough you will become physically addicted and you are already mentally addicted because you feel like it is curing you.

TLDR: treat the problem not the symptom.
 
I think you are not understanding the difference between addiction and physiological dependence (the latter being when you get withdrawal symptoms if you cease use). You can be mentally addicted even if you don't get withdrawals when you stop. That is how most people become physically dependent on heroin. They start off getting addicted and using more and more frequently. Anyway, there is no set time frame for becoming dependent, it happens gradually and depends on your individual brain/body, how much you use, how often you use, your past use of opioids, and so on. And dependence gets worse over time. So while someone who uses for a couple weeks may get withdrawal symptoms, someone who uses for a couple years will have far worse withdrawal symptoms and longer-lasting post-acute withdrawal symptoms. That's why you should stop now before it gets worse!

People ask this question on Bluelight all the time, as though dependence is an on or off thing and they are hoping someone will say something like "if you use 4 days in a row you will get withdrawals but use less than 4 days in a row you won't", and it simply doesn't work that way. Also, to echo what others have said, self-medicating for anxiety with heroin is a terrible idea.

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What if the problem cant be treated? There are people out here that have problems that are un-treatable, of course, we may never no them & the person may not wish to ever disclose the problem.
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What kind of problems are you referring to? Nearly everything can be improved through means other than simply masking the symptoms through drugs, aside from certain terminal illnesses that are past the point of no return or congenital disabilities, and even they can be improved by changing the way you think about them and changing your lifestyle, diet, environment, etc. There is certainly no untreatable anxiety disorder, things like anxiety and depression are just very difficult and time-consuming to work on, so people would rather believe there is nothing they can do aside from using drugs (a belief I certainly empathize with, but a belief that is not useful).

When someone uses opioids or benzos to cope with anxiety, they are only going to be left with worse anxiety if they stop using them, which I think is the point people were trying to make, that these drugs do not reduce anxiety long-term but merely temporarily mask it (plus eventually they will not even do that).
 
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You said that you want to be drug free once you overcome the anxiety. It doesn't work like that. If you keep using drugs you'll never find a positve way to cope with the anxiety. Stop self-medicating and especially with heroin.
 
2 weeks of once a day SMALL useage is what it takes. You can have withdrawal from just a few days of being high as fuck 24/7 Also I haven't done heroin in 6months and I've had 100% pure heroin/oxy/morphine solution during that whole time, with a clean rig. It's all willpower. I used to get high as fuck 24/7 for 2years straight every day injecting as much as I wanted. Spent $40,000 in only 8months using it.


Also heroin saved my life I would have suicide'd long ago from ptsd flashbacks daily. It was the ONLY thing that would stop the flashbacks until it wore off.
 
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I have the same problems with painkillers,while I'm in and off steroid use.I have considered heroin as an alternative it's defiantly cheaper,and would have less long term side effects.But like like you I would be afraid of the addiction costs.
 
ziggo said:
2 weeks of once a day SMALL useage is what it takes. You can have withdrawal from just a few days of being high as fuck 24/7 Also I haven't done heroin in 6months and I've had 100% pure heroin/oxy/morphine solution during that whole time, with a clean rig. It's all willpower. I used to get high as fuck 24/7 for 2years straight every day injecting as much as I wanted. Spent $40,000 in only 8months using it.


Also heroin saved my life I would have suicide'd long ago from ptsd flashbacks daily. It was the ONLY thing that would stop the flashbacks until it wore off.
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I can relate to this, at times i felt that i had the decision to either kill myself or use heroin, but i can't really think of any other situation where i wouldn't have been lying to myself.
 
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I can relate to this, at times i felt that i had the decision to either kill myself or use heroin, but i can't really think of any other situation where i wouldn't have been lying to myself.
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If it comes down to either killing yourself because youre so depressed or doing heroin, always choose the drug because suicide makes no sense, once youre dead, thats it, youre dead.............

Im not condoning heroin use, only the fact that if times are so bad, killing yourself isnt the answer & neither is heroin but if heroin takes you out of the slump, if just for a while, then do it to it.
 
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