My opiate use began two years ago with a pair of 5 mg percocets. I was rocked, and I loved it. However, at the time, I was an ecstasy freak and couldn't bother with seeking opiates (my how the tables have turned). I would say that I took percs 2-3 times a week, and only 10 mg at a time. The first time I took three, I was at a whole new level. I had a reverse tolerance issue with codeine where my first few experiences with 3-4 T3's didnt do anything to me. One day I ate three when I was at school and was surprised. It felt like a couple percs.
During the Summer of 2000, I stopped using opiates and didn't start again until November when a kid in my frat sold me his entire perc script. I took them every other day till they were gone (about two weeks). By the end, I was taking four (20 mg oxycodone)at a time. I tried oxycontin for the first time on new years eve. It felt similar to two percs, but I liked the quick onset. From that point until March of last year, I used opiates an average of once a week. It was usually percs or T3's. 15-20 mgs of the first or 150-180 mgs of the second.
Toward the end of March, I bought a script of thrity generic hydrocodone/apap 10/650's that were very nice to me. Every other day or so. When the script was done, I was eating 3-4 at a time. The next week I found some 20 mg oxy's and bought five or six. One night I took 60 mg. It was the most fucked up I had ever been from opiates. I was puking throughout the following day.
Noticing that my tolerance was growing, I decided to take some time off. About five weeks later, I took two percs, and was fucked up just like the first time.
It wasn't until last summer that my use rose steadily. In early June, I found a connection for 160 mg oxy's. I would trade an eighth of kind bud that I bought for forty bucks for 160 mgs of oxy. I thought it was the greatest thing ever. I probably bought five in early June. I took them everyday, starting at 20-30 mgs a day. By the time my supply was done, I was using 40 mgs at a time. For the remainder of the summer, I had a hard time finding much, but still managed to get some oxy for most of the weekends. Sometime in July, Purdue pulled OC 160's from the market. Oh well.
I ordered 120 60 mg dihydrocodeine pills from an online pharmacy (don't ask) in August. They were gone in two weeks. On the morning of September 11, I took three percs and two dihydros before walking out of room to learn that the world was falling apart. It was very weird to watch the trade center towers fall while I was all doped up.
During the fall semester, I spent 1000 dollars on opiates, mostly oxycontin, from a consistent connection at home that I still use to this day. Initially I paid $50 dollars for an eighty. Now I buy in bulk and pay $25.
I used opiates an average of twice a week from September to January of this year. In February, 18 of 28 days were dope days thanks to my oxy connection and a friend that found some opium tincture (Laudanum, 10 mg/ml) and sold a couple bottles to me. By mid-march I was doing oxy at least four days a week, about 120 mgs a day.
Over the last five weeks or so, I have taken oxy about 2 out of every three days, on average, but its never two days on, one day off. It's ten days on, five days off based on when my supply runs out. I've been off for four days now. Last week, I was taking 60-80 mgs of OC at a time and up to 200 mgs a day. Tolerance is a bitch.
I have a question for those who are experienced. At my level of use, what kind of time frame am I looking at for my tolerance to return to baseline, i.e., how long do I have to abstain until two percs rocks me all over again? Probably forever.
