What are the real signs that someone is high on heroin? I've read all the government info but I'd like to hear from real people about their experiences. My husband says he quit but I've just not buying it but because I don't know that I've ever seen him high on heroin, I don't know if I'm missing it. Some insight? Thanks!
Nodding out, scratching, animated one second....drifting the next, smoking HEAVY, pinned eyes, eating and drinking EVERYTHING with sugar...... there are many signs....different strokes for different folks. Hope that helps.
Needing,
GYAC gave ya bout all I can think of..........feel free to come and post with us as it sounds like you are worried.
Other thing to look for if he IS using is the way he gets if he's waiting on it.....leaving early or going on unexplained errands........pacing.......jumpy.
Sneazing again and again...........gets the flu often........disappears and suddenly he's all better.........excessive yawning like the sneezing it just keeps repeating...............with watery eyes...........running nose.....that's pretty much into you're looking at withdrawl coming.
Wasn't trying to worry you.............just stuff I could think of..........hope you are O.K.
GYAC gave ya bout all I can think of..........feel free to come and post with us as it sounds like you are worried.
Other thing to look for if he IS using is the way he gets if he's waiting on it.....leaving early or going on unexplained errands........pacing.......jumpy.
Sneazing again and again...........gets the flu often........disappears and suddenly he's all better.........excessive yawning like the sneezing it just keeps repeating...............with watery eyes...........running nose.....that's pretty much into you're looking at withdrawl coming.
Wasn't trying to worry you.............just stuff I could think of..........hope you are O.K.
Darin and Bryn about said it all. Some signs can be manipulated or hidden, but the dead giveaway is the pinned pupils. If pupils remain very small in dark light then opiates are in his system.
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I've seen people whom have smoked marijuana and got pinned eyes, but pretty much as everyone said that's a dead give away, coupled with scratching. And when he's sick, the pupils will be totally dialated as if he were on methanphetamines, I don't know why this happens, with the flu and allergy symptoms, severe depression and crampy legs.
Why does it matter if he is high or notThink about it
He is an addict he will use or not use and that will be by his own hand. No one will cause him to use, no blame he can place for using will be real just lies he tells himself , and he will get this done or not in his time
Is there something that is contingent of if he uses or notI sure hope not as he is living how he chooses in this moment, and that is his right and he has the capacity to change his life at anytime.no matter how it all looks to you. You get the same right to live life how you choose.
It has to come down to you, always to you. All the answers you need you will find within you, not looking at him wondering is he high, not high, is he lying not lying.
I wish you the best. Take good care of yourself
Love,
Tina
He is an addict he will use or not use and that will be by his own hand. No one will cause him to use, no blame he can place for using will be real just lies he tells himself , and he will get this done or not in his time
Is there something that is contingent of if he uses or notI sure hope not as he is living how he chooses in this moment, and that is his right and he has the capacity to change his life at anytime.no matter how it all looks to you. You get the same right to live life how you choose.
It has to come down to you, always to you. All the answers you need you will find within you, not looking at him wondering is he high, not high, is he lying not lying.
I wish you the best. Take good care of yourself
Love,
Tina
Hi
I think I had nods 2x in my 10 yr habit.
Watch for higher and longer energy levels-zipping around doing 100 tasks at once.Can't sleep.
Heroin for myself and the users I knew-was like speed.
I think I had nods 2x in my 10 yr habit.
Watch for higher and longer energy levels-zipping around doing 100 tasks at once.Can't sleep.
Heroin for myself and the users I knew-was like speed.
It effects people differently, For me it gave me energy, I felt like I could accomplish anything. But in reality I would usaully obsess about one thing or another, jumping around from task to task, often forgetting what I originally set out to do. If I stopped for a brief moment I would begin to nod. Most addicts strongly deny that they where nodding, like this would somehow indicate that they couldn't handle it. They will say they where just resting there eyes or that they are tired. Some people (like my brother) talk constantly, I would leave the room and he would still be talking weather anyone was listening or not. Most people got tired of not being able to add to his conversations. He would start by remarking on something and in just a few minutes he was talking about something completely unrelated to his first remarks.
The next day when he wasn't high, but still not dope sick yet, he just lies around quitly rarely uttering a peep.
If your Husbands using, he may be able to hide it for a little while, but sooner or later his use will escalate and you'll no longer have any doubts.
I wish you luck, only he can stop using though. I hope he comes to realize, life's much better with out it.
The next day when he wasn't high, but still not dope sick yet, he just lies around quitly rarely uttering a peep.
If your Husbands using, he may be able to hide it for a little while, but sooner or later his use will escalate and you'll no longer have any doubts.
I wish you luck, only he can stop using though. I hope he comes to realize, life's much better with out it.
As to Mistyeyes post, to a small degree shes right (I'm assuming "she"), but no man is an island, everything we do effects the ones we love and those that love us. If chose to live with someone and raise a family, the other people have every right to someone that acts responsibly and unselfishly.
To say that he has the right to live the way he wants to, is just reckless and irresponsible. If he was on his own sure, but if you take a vow to love and protect, then she has every right to expect someone thats there!
To say that he has the right to live the way he wants to, is just reckless and irresponsible. If he was on his own sure, but if you take a vow to love and protect, then she has every right to expect someone thats there!
Nothing like getting slapped in the head out of a nod.........and Z you are right......people telling ya to knock it off and you swear ya just were resting your eyes.........horrible.
Hope the OP is doing O.K.
Hope the OP is doing O.K.
Hi Zeke,
Irresponsible and reckless no, not looking at it the way I do
I watch and while I know how hard it is to love someone who is an addict I have no right to ever, ever say they cant live as they choose. And this is with a husband who loved his heroin and with a son who loved his crack
I have the same choice to live in insanityor to live in this healthy working on me and not them.or to leave if that is what I need to for me but to expect him ( my husband ) to be anything then what he is in this moment doesnt work in my head
I love that it is all up to me and I will be the one who reaps the benefits of my actions, either in life living and taking care of me or just getting sicker stuck in the madness of what those I love are doing, not doing, clean, using.and on and on like numbers running in succession forever on and into life as well outside addictionthe benefits are endless
It is just how I see it and I see questions like this asked as insanity cause most dont need these answer, they know, always have known.yet the run questions, scenarios in their heads, thousands of what ifs and then lie to themselves..into seeking to find the dope, omg hide the dope and there is no thought of themselves and the ramifications that can get bad real quick
Expectations are resentments just waiting to happen
Have a good night,
Love,
Tina
Irresponsible and reckless no, not looking at it the way I do
I watch and while I know how hard it is to love someone who is an addict I have no right to ever, ever say they cant live as they choose. And this is with a husband who loved his heroin and with a son who loved his crack
I have the same choice to live in insanityor to live in this healthy working on me and not them.or to leave if that is what I need to for me but to expect him ( my husband ) to be anything then what he is in this moment doesnt work in my head
I love that it is all up to me and I will be the one who reaps the benefits of my actions, either in life living and taking care of me or just getting sicker stuck in the madness of what those I love are doing, not doing, clean, using.and on and on like numbers running in succession forever on and into life as well outside addictionthe benefits are endless
It is just how I see it and I see questions like this asked as insanity cause most dont need these answer, they know, always have known.yet the run questions, scenarios in their heads, thousands of what ifs and then lie to themselves..into seeking to find the dope, omg hide the dope and there is no thought of themselves and the ramifications that can get bad real quick
Expectations are resentments just waiting to happen
Have a good night,
Love,
Tina
Astrella,
It was the same for me as well.....although I did nodded from time to time sometimes with one good "blast" I would clean the house from top to bottom!
It was the same for me as well.....although I did nodded from time to time sometimes with one good "blast" I would clean the house from top to bottom!
I can see where your coming from Tina, and ifs hard to tell from just a few lines what their history is (did she marry him expecting that he would change), but we sure don't ever what to give up on anyone. When I was using, I was full of conceit and didn't give a damn what anyone thought. I think back now and get on my knees and give thanks that there was somebody left, that had not given up on me. Even so, at the worst of times if I gave my word it was good, because for most of my life that's all I had. If he told her he's not using, she has the right to know, even if she's probably better off not knowing, and he should be honest. There problems will still be there but at least they will trust each other to be honest. Thats a beginning.
love & good tidings
Zekk
love & good tidings
Zekk
Have a question,
Is it remotely possible that an ex heroin addict (claiming a couple of years clean mind you) can be conversing while chomping on a hamburger...suddenly start to nod midstream...swearing it is only due to excessive fatigue....politely excusing himself to hit the sack for a couple of hours?
I myself am not an ex heroin addict but there have been times when i have been dog tired but can't recall ever nodding off or slipping into sleep while eating and talking with someone at the same time...
MARY:)
Is it remotely possible that an ex heroin addict (claiming a couple of years clean mind you) can be conversing while chomping on a hamburger...suddenly start to nod midstream...swearing it is only due to excessive fatigue....politely excusing himself to hit the sack for a couple of hours?
I myself am not an ex heroin addict but there have been times when i have been dog tired but can't recall ever nodding off or slipping into sleep while eating and talking with someone at the same time...
MARY:)
Hello Mary,
That sure sounds like something I did often while using H. I also did that while abusing methadone too. I don't know how tired a person has to be to fall asleep while in the middle of eating a hamburger but I haven't nodded like that sincethen. Good Luck Mary and remember to take care of YOU.
Dawn
That sure sounds like something I did often while using H. I also did that while abusing methadone too. I don't know how tired a person has to be to fall asleep while in the middle of eating a hamburger but I haven't nodded like that sincethen. Good Luck Mary and remember to take care of YOU.
Dawn
