Addictions to smoking heroin

[heretoinfirmary]

Swim has been using for a long time but only in small intervals in the past, and only smokes h off of tin foil. Swim has been smoking heroin steadily for about the past week and a half and is wondering how easy it is to become addicted to it without shooting it up. Swim is wondering what others have experienced with addiction when only smoking, or what she should expect in the next couple days of being clean. Also, swim is not too experienced with any of this, so if this is a stupid question swim will understand.

[Sib]

You'll feel maybe a little discomfort but continue doing it and you will face 7 days of hell and months of recovery. SWIM smoked for 2 years then quit for 7 months, SWIM relapsed 3 months ago and SWIMS planning on using some tramadol to detox next week, they work real good on the WD's.

[MEKONE]

Originally Posted by heretoinfirmary

Swim has been smoking heroin steadily for about the past week and a half and is wondering how easy it is to become addicted to it without shooting it up. Swim is wondering what others have experienced with addiction when only smoking, or what she should expect in the next couple days of being clean.

SWIM's prefered method was smoking as well,one can become VERY addicted to just smoking alone.Over the next few days (depending on SWIY's tolerance)SWIY might experience W/D's ranging from mild to very severe.It all depends on the individual,their tolerance and what SWIY conciders to be "bad" W/D's.
On a side note,as mentioned above Tramadol's can help with W/D's.Good Luck!!

[Junkhead23]

Why do people have this theory that heroin is less addictive when smoked or snorted?

It is exactly the same and the withdrawals may be not as bad as if injected but it is still not pretty if SWIY have been doing it a long time.

SWIY WILL suffer withdrawals if SWIY have done it every day.

[chillinwill]

Originally Posted by heretoinfirmary

Swim has been using for a long time but only in small intervals in the past, and only smokes h off of tin foil. Swim has been smoking heroin steadily for about the past week and a half and is wondering how easy it is to become addicted to it without shooting it up. Swim is wondering what others have experienced with addiction when only smoking, or what she should expect in the next couple days of being clean. Also, swim is not too experienced with any of this, so if this is a stupid question swim will understand.

How much H has SWIY been using daily?

[heretoinfirmary]

Originally Posted by chillinwill

How much H has SWIY been using daily?

swim doesnt know what the bags weighed, but each time swim bought a bag for 20 dollars it lasted about 3 days

[AvidFan]

If SWIheretoinfirmary has been using steadily for a week and a half then they are already on the the way to addiction, if not physically then surely psychologically at this point the seeds of addiction are being sown. People do it, and keep doing it, because it feels good, right - even if they are "only smoking off tinfoil" Patient X was only chewing up Oxies, but went through hell, Rokman Nash was only smoking too but went through hell. Admittedly they had longer standing habits, but they probably started off thinking it wouldn't do any harm and it wouldn't happen to them...

Only advice I can give is to stop now as you seem to be doing - if SWIY must use, and have the willpower to only use occasionally, then do that, but using daily is heading for big trouble. As it is, SWIY may get away with very minor WD's or even none at all, it depends - certainly there may be a craving there, "OH, just one more day won't hurt" - plenty have been down that route and ended up saying "Just one more day won't hurt" every day for years...

Best of luck

[rokman nash]

From my friend Daves experience The monkey is climbing on your shoulder as we speak. The longer you go the worse it gets(obviously).Anywhere from mild to extreme discomfort depending on prior usage of ANY opiates. Make a decision on what you want for yourself.The only advice my friend can give is be prepared for the worst,unless you want to get off the horse now.From his personal experience stop now.Thats all he can add.

[cockney]

Originally Posted by AvidFan

Only advice I can give is to stop now as you seem to be doing - if SWIY must use, and have the willpower to only use occasionally, then do that, but using daily is heading for big trouble. As it is, SWIY may get away with very minor WD's or even none at all, it depends - certainly there may be a craving there, "OH, just one more day won't hurt" - plenty have been down that route and ended up saying "Just one more day won't hurt" every day for years...

Best of luck

That one more day trip is a bitch and needs stamping on, SWIM been riding that for three months now and knows when tomorrow comes it will be like well today is Sunday, work on Monday, one more day wont hurt, yeah, quit Monday, jump off now bro.

[msmogadon]

When SWIM started using she was using for 2 weeks then stopping for 2 weeks. It was always a Thursday morning when she last smoked. From waking on Fri through to Monday morning her body was weak and battered feeling, she sweated in bed or when doing manual labour type stuff and she felt utter dispair. SWIM was using G-G.5 a day (but not to say this wasn't then it was about 1.5-2 years later) when smoking at the worst of it and feels she had a bad rattle cause the effects of the smoke was so instant and it was always going into SWIMs lungs rather than injection which is a once off and not done again for a hopefully good while.
For SWIMs habit to fully develop after using in this pattern (2 0.3 bags a day) was about 4-5 months

Hope this helps x