There’s a Dayz 'N daze song (little blue pills, pt. 2) that says “there’s an abscess, goddamn we missed the vein”. So I guess sometimes you miss.
Never tried myself (and won’t, until I’m on my deathbed) but I don’t know how I would do it myself.
I was on it for a few years. Started with snorting. Wound up injecting regularly, eventually. Kind of.
I preferred other intoxicants. Alcohol, specifically. Doing it drunk, of course is even harder I imagine. I don’t even want to think about that.
I’m terrified of needles. The first time I tried injecting, I fucked it up. Once the needle was stuck in, I passed out, threw up, fell out of my chair and wasted $40 out of $80. Probably in that order. It was just like my first tattoo actually, come to think of it, except the tattoo was $60 and I didn’t wake up with a painful lump on my arm from a sub-cutaneous disaster or dried vomit and heroin all over my pants.
I never tried shooting it myself again. I just closed my eyes and paid someone else do it via parting with some of my supply or providing the needles, since I wasn’t afraid of ordering bulk B&D’s online.
Sober from it since mid-2015.
Not a bot account, I dunno why I am marked as one.
I fixed it in my settings 😅
Thanks for letting me know, I didn’t know.
I’ve never seen someone labeled as a bot. Probably because I’m using an app?
To paraphrase the Beatles “they get high with a little help from their friends”
No personal experience here at all, but to anyone who finds this fascinating/crazy, I absolutely recommend a read of “Sing Backwards & Weep” by Mark Lanegan. It’s a personal account of his struggles as an addict while being the lead singer of “Screaming Trees” during the late 80s - 90s “grunge” era. He doesn’t hold back at all. Couldn’t put it down.
Just downloaded it to add it to my ever growing list of books. Also, I think t will help entertain me for a while. Thanks for the sugesstion!
Just finished it. What a great read! So gritty and riveting. The guy had a flare for storytelling.
Most people smoke heroin their first time or are already addicted to other opiates but don’t have enough money for them. They probably do miss and blow veins occasionally or they have a friend with more experience who sticks it for them