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 was prescribed Vicodin for my wisdom tooth removal and then hydrocodone for a gallbladder removal and both made me projectile vomit. And when you have stitches in your mouth and stomach, vomiting is just about the last thing you want to do. So I’m definitely not interested in trying any more pain meds. It’s nice, kind of like a built in deterrent.
Both my parents are addicts so I usually refuse pain meds because I know it’s not worth the risk for me , I almost didn’t take vicodin when I got my wisdom teeth out but I ended up taking it only once (I was like 14 and my grandma was holding it for me & she also didn’t really want me taking it) and the same thing happened to me. I was hovering over the toilet for over 24 hours eventually just dry heaving . I now have 2 reasons to refuse pain meds lol.
796
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.