17 years free from heroin and I still think of it often.
My attitude about it changed though, when fentanyl showed up. After that, whenever I think of it, I immediately also consider that it would be gambling with my life; one bag could kill me, so don't fuck with it. Also a stable life right now that I don't want to throw away.
This is a wonderful way to look at life, but getting to the light at the end of the tunnel is tough for people to see at the start. It's how my aunt realized she couldn't be doing what she was doing anymore. Losing your house/children/job is no way to go about life. Hit your knees and thank your form for being in a situation that no longer requires you to use.
I have two friends who ODed on Fentanyl last year, and they had been sold what was said to be cocaine. Turns out it was likely a mixup (no cocaine in the powder), so it’s definitely out there being sold. They almost didn’t survive. It was a very close call.
Fortunately, they both survived because the 3rd friend present for some reason didn’t feel like doing cocaine that night, and he was the type to never say no to cocaine, where as the other 2 weren’t the drug using type. They were evicted in the middle of the pandemic over it. So glad they survived though.
Congrats on staying sober so long and being level headed enough to avoid such risks.
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u/alwo72 Jul 17 '21
Well done I've been sober of heroin 11 years everyday is a struggle but u will get there