Hi All,
My brother Kris died from a H overdose in August. It's been weird dealing with his death as he was an active user of the drug and did some pretty awful things to maintain his habit, I won't bang on about what he did, but from what I seem to have found out since his death was, he and many others users would do the same thing and that it was all part and parcel of being a drug addict,(crime etc.) but what I can't seem to find out is what H actually did to him to make him want to do it so much. I understand the addiction side of it as I am addicted to smoking and can't and don't want to give it up only purely because I don't want to put myself through the agro and stress lol. Anyway what I am trying to get at is, what did he get from H that he could he not get from say smoking cannabis.
If you can help I would appreciate it.
Im just trying to understand why! maybe a little late but it is helping me deal with his death.
Many thanks
Sarah
H(Heroin):
Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. Street names for heroin include "smack," "H," "skag," and "junk." Other names may refer to types of heroin produced in a specific geographical area, such as "Mexican black tar."
Tolerance, Addiction, and Withdrawal:
With regular heroin use, tolerance develops. This means the abuser must use more heroin to achieve the same intensity of effect. As higher doses are used over time, physical dependence and addiction develop. With physical dependence, the body has adapted to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms may occur if use is reduced or stopped.
Withdrawal, which in regular abusers may occur as early as a few hours after the last administration, produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), kicking movements ("kicking the habit"), and other symptoms. Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and subside after about a week. Sudden withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally fatal, although heroin withdrawal is considered less dangerous than alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal.
Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. Street names for heroin include "smack," "H," "skag," and "junk." Other names may refer to types of heroin produced in a specific geographical area, such as "Mexican black tar."
Tolerance, Addiction, and Withdrawal:
With regular heroin use, tolerance develops. This means the abuser must use more heroin to achieve the same intensity of effect. As higher doses are used over time, physical dependence and addiction develop. With physical dependence, the body has adapted to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms may occur if use is reduced or stopped.
Withdrawal, which in regular abusers may occur as early as a few hours after the last administration, produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), kicking movements ("kicking the habit"), and other symptoms. Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and subside after about a week. Sudden withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally fatal, although heroin withdrawal is considered less dangerous than alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal.
Sorry for your loss, i really am...
Heroin for me was it made me feel .... i can't even put it into words, it completed me(at the start) hate to say it, but, well that feeling is so , do you know what? i don't even know the word for it. I hate the stuff now, it's the devil in disguise. Take care of yourself, Kev
Heroin for me was it made me feel .... i can't even put it into words, it completed me(at the start) hate to say it, but, well that feeling is so , do you know what? i don't even know the word for it. I hate the stuff now, it's the devil in disguise. Take care of yourself, Kev
I'm so sorry about your brother Sarah. So very sorry.
I think a common thing I know describes me and what I've heard from junkies and pill heads alike is that it seems to fill a perceived hole in us. I too felt complete my first time with H. Like all was right with the world. Warm and at ease and benevolent. Life was good.
You'll get that for a few weeks. But soon you're just chasing that feeling. You try and try, doing more all the time. One of the reasons people od. Before long you feel withdrawal when you can't score. Then obviously things are forever changed.
But that's what kept me coming back until I was enslaved. Again, please accept my sympathies on your brother.
Beck
I think a common thing I know describes me and what I've heard from junkies and pill heads alike is that it seems to fill a perceived hole in us. I too felt complete my first time with H. Like all was right with the world. Warm and at ease and benevolent. Life was good.
You'll get that for a few weeks. But soon you're just chasing that feeling. You try and try, doing more all the time. One of the reasons people od. Before long you feel withdrawal when you can't score. Then obviously things are forever changed.
But that's what kept me coming back until I was enslaved. Again, please accept my sympathies on your brother.
Beck
My apologies...... I forgot to say to you you have my deepest sympathy for your loss!
Sarah..sorry for your loss...i know how empty you feel as i lost my own bro to drugs in 98.To me heroin was a feeling of being bulletproof once that needle was in the vein and i saw my blood in the barrel and pushing it home the feeling of bliss,euphoria and general loss of anything but that moment...was what heroin felt like...not a worry in the world...even f*** the world and all the badness heroin gave me evapourated once that moment hit me....but it was only fleeting...afterwards your only thought is were can i get more cash for my next turn on .....lies,theft,cheating i was capable of most anything to get my next score so heroin brought me to my knees.....thats what heroin only brought me in the end,regret,sadness and depression.
Again Sarah my thoughts go out to you.......take care......Davey
Again Sarah my thoughts go out to you.......take care......Davey
