and for how long have you occasionally taken opiates?
give them time, they're sure to take your mind over in due time..
What I find so baffling is that some people just casually take opiates like they haven't killed hundreds of thousands by this point. Yeah I was just bored and took some heroin cuz I was bored and what else is there to do? like wtf....
There should be a lot of thought involved if you want to take something as powerful as opiates. Not "I'm bored, let's take heroin" - you're risking your life by that, and just the thought "I'm immune to addiction" is not going to save you from it
Also, opiates make you feel like you're in control all the time, until you realize you are not in control. By then it's much too late
See how long I've been a member here? Yeah about that long mate. In fact some of my first recreational drug use was opiates(tramadol, codeine, morphine).
I don't believe I'm immune to addiction, I don't think anyone is if they are a human. But I believe people have varying levels of 'addictability' and that mine is pretty low. It doesn't mean I do whatever I want whenever I want - but it means I can(and do) occasionally use heroin and meth without them becoming a habit encompassing my life.
I've had a stash of morphine in my drawer for over a year since an operation. I never think about it. They are there if I want to get fucked up on opiates(rarely), or if I require serious pain relief(basically never). I've taken 30mg twice in the last year - thats the entirety of my opiate usage for 12 months.
I was addicted to oxy for about 3 months(over 100mg a day by end, sometimes 300mg) 8 years ago. And by 'addicted' I mean, I used them every day. However when I decided enough was enough, I stopped. And I haven't done oxy since.
My heroin usage - I havnt smoked any for about 2 years. When I did, sometimes I'd smoke it 5 times in a week, sometimes I wouldn't smoke it for 5 months.
My meth usage - I bought a quarter gram earlier this year, smoked it over 2 days. Did same thing 6 months prior to that and hadn't used in about a year before those two occasions. I did go through a couple weeks about 4 years ago where I smoked multiple times each week. Thats about as extreme as I ever got(and did not enjoy the physical damage/feeling fucked up for days after).
So yeah mate, think I got a pretty good hold on things. Thanks for the concern.
Edit: Thought it was worth mentioning - seeing two very good friends of mine become total dope fiends, living for heroin, really reinforced my core beliefs around moderation. Seeing my neighbour, who I went to highschool with in my early 20's(so, hadnt seen him for at most 5 years) and his entire mouth was rotten/gone. No teeth. Came over when visiting his family to ask me for zip ties to tie the bumper of his car on. Couldn't believe what he had become. I'll never use regularly just because of these 3 people, let alone all the other shit I know.