Question for heroin users

[gnomethrone]

I've seen my father cry three times:
1. His grandma's funeral
2. Bill Pullman's speech from the movie independence day
3. Listening to heroin by velvet underground

[lost in music]

Never done it, but I always imagined that song ^^^ as a good indicator of the experience.

Pretty sure that's just romanticizing it though. All of my friends who've done it kept a trash can nearby to puke in. Funz.

I have a friend who is an ex-user and she told me she used to just puke into the piles of laundry around her house.

[popvulture]

Oh god. "Why is this shirt crunchy?"

[xrleroyx]

She's like heroin
Slipping through a little glass
I'm looking for some help
I need someone to save my ass.

[Olin]

Haven't done heroin but that seems to be the theme among most others here. I like to believe if anyone knew how to explain it, it would be Lou Reed, and I really, really like to believe this is what heroin feels like.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IUgz-rZuRc[/youtube]

[kaeth]

I haven't done heroin specifically, but I've had some experiences with morphine, hydromorphone, codeine, oxycodone... Aside from potency, I couldn't tell the difference, so I imagine heroin being the same. I've been told the difference is merely the intensity of rapid onset from smoking or spiking it, but that's a little too risky for me.

If heroin is your jam, remember that naloxone kits save lives. I'd have a couple more dead friends if it wasn't for naloxone.

[Aquietcabin1978]

Yes, Nalaxone/Suboxone is a life saver.

I always explained it to people like this: The sound that is in Star wars when Obi Wan shuts down the power/sheilds on the death star, that is what heroin feels like. Or pick your ecumenical deity of choice. It is like that deity floated down and gave you a big hug telling you everything is going to be alright. Nasty stuff though, the absence of it feels like the exact opposite.