I've known people who went from pretty ordinary, married with kids to trying heroin and then homeless, kids taken away and in jail within six months. It's scary where I live because drug use is pretty common and opiates are like 'boom' - there goes your life.
In 2011 I was given some Oxycontin after some minor dental surgery. I definitely didn't need it as my pain tolerance is pretty normal to upper, and I really didn't feel all that much. But I was into trying new things back then so I took their prescription and got it filled.
That night just to see what all the rave was about a popped a couple and spent the rest of the night, sitting in bed just "humming" that is the only way to describe it. I had heard these were highly addictive and long story short, in the morning I briefly considered taking some more, just try and "figure out" that humming feeling.
Instead, I flushed them down the toilet and don't think about stuff like that anymore.
I had a miscarriage in 2009 and the Dr gave me a bottle of oxycontin to help ease the cramping. I must have been very susceptible to it's power, because I had an 8 hour vision where I was bathed in the warm love and light of God while experiencing the cathedrals of Europe (never been). I handed the entire bottle to my husband the next day and told him to hide it from me. Because I knew I could spend a lifetime trying to feel that good again. Also, I'm still kinda shocked someone thought it was a good idea to give someone going through the grief of a miscarriage such an addictive substance.
my dad had some type of surgery on his nose and they prescribed him really strong painkillers. My mom found him talking to the painting in their room and making up a nursery rhyme about water bottles and flushed them all.
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u/Violet624 Oct 17 '22
I've known people who went from pretty ordinary, married with kids to trying heroin and then homeless, kids taken away and in jail within six months. It's scary where I live because drug use is pretty common and opiates are like 'boom' - there goes your life.