Will tapering down on heroin lessen withdrawals?

[wolfyman]

Will tapering down off dope lessen withdrawals?

I'm new to the community looking for some suggestions. I've got a snorting habit that is getting worse. I recently woke up in an ambulance shaking and shivering after getting shot with Narcan. The overdose was due to my impatience. I started drinking too much at a bar I don't usually meet up with my guy to cop, but I was sick and thought whiskey would set me straight. It led to when I finally scored I drunkenly thought, 'Just a couple bumps to taste it.' BAM! Shaking and shortly after puking in an ambulance and at the hospital. What did I do after I left? I got sort've high that night and copped a bag a couple days later and got another before that one ran out. I work the bar industry so that's why I can only afford what I can get when I have the cash.

Anyway, I'm really looking to kick my habit again for good. I'm only at about a 20/30 dollar a day habit right now, but I know it's only going to get worse. I've noticed my sick happens a LOT quicker than before and it's worse. Is it possible to taper off of dope? I apologize if this has been brought up before. I'd like to avoid methadone and subs because I'm uninsured and I hear the wd's are much worse.

I'm thinking 4 bumps through the day to 3 then to 2 then finally to small tiny bumps. Something along those lines (poor use of this word I know). I might sound ignorant, but truth is I am because this habit is still new to me. Any advice would be totally rad.

Thanks dudes and dudets!

 

[Cdkman]

Tapering is your best bet..u will need to find healthier "addictions" like hiking,lifting weights,or any hobby u have to replace the time u sit and get high..picking up a sub or 2 would def help tho..just a little bit to take the first few days u stop the dope..subs really curve my cravings and I can focus on being a normal person instead of a irritable dope fiend..have u heard of Kratom?..U could take that for a week and slowly taper that as well..it is an opiateso it has its own withdrawal..good luck I'm right there with u trying to quit oxy..been taking subs with the occasional oxy binge but I've cut down a lot..best of luck

 

[thelung]

i don't think you'll have a very hard time tapering off the H. I'd just go cold turkey , it'll be over before you know it and you won't be hooked on something you took for the w/d. just my 2 cents... good luck and keep us posted

 

[adder]

I don't think heroin is a drug that you can easily taper off, especially if you use "bumps" as your measurement units. I suppose you could do that before your tolerance becomes high, on the other hand if your tolerance wasn't high enough already, you could just quit it cold turkey and manage to go through a week of some discomfort. I could never imagine tapering heroin down myself, I always needed to switch to methadone to taper off, though I always got back to heroin again and in the end I spent over 2 years on methadone taking it every day and eventually had to get on Suboxone.

If you can taper down with buprenorphine, I guess that's your best bet. I definitely don't recommend methadone unless it's really only for short-term taper off, it's better than nothing if you can't access buprenorphine.

 

[LAVAROAD]

does anyone know where i can get h in northern jersey or ny, besides paterson

 

[wolfyman]

I usually do small lines about 3-4 match head sized bumps worth every hour or so switching nostrils until I'm good. So by a bump I mean about 2 match heads of that grey.

As for methadone, I'm trying to avoid it based on being told the wd's are a lot more hellish. I would go cold turkey and have before, but the sick is getting a lot worse and coming on way quicker than before. This is why I'm curious about tapering down daily.

I really dig the support you guys and will try to keep y'all updated!