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32. For some people it blocks the mental pain of life.

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 02:09 PM

Feb 2014

As we used to say at the Crisis Center I used to work at in the 70s "Heroin is the most effective pain reliever you can buy without a prescription"

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Please explain Heroin's allure to me. [View all] MicaelS Feb 2014 OP

I don't get it either theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #1

Do you do anything dangerous as a hobby, motorcycling or hang gliding for instance? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #2

I had a dangerous job when I was younger. MicaelS Feb 2014 #23

It's an addiction, and you're not an addict. And, Lil Missy Feb 2014 #3

Nothing wrong with asking though. Lighten up! nt Logical Feb 2014 #6

Opiates are euphoric. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #4

The Opiate feeling does not appeal to me. I have had a prescription for Percocet since 1999 stevenleser Feb 2014 #11

Thank you. n/t MicaelS Feb 2014 #16

I haven't done heroin... SMC22307 Feb 2014 #44

absolutely arely staircase Feb 2014 #57

Oblivion, as far as I can tell LiberalEsto Feb 2014 #5

Off the top of my head, I would say that since you seem to be enough Feb 2014 #7

It's hard for me to understand why a person cannot get enough Skidmore Feb 2014 #22

Maybe people are getting ~too much~ mental stimulation Fumesucker Feb 2014 #29

That's the thing with addiction Bobbie Jo Feb 2014 #45

Smoked it once. zappaman Feb 2014 #8

+1 And the thing about it is, the first time is SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #51

Yes. zappaman Feb 2014 #54

that is how I did it the one and only time I did arely staircase Feb 2014 #59

Addictions are destructive coping mechanisms. stevenleser Feb 2014 #9

Well, I've spent my time around it, lost more than a few friends Bennyboy Feb 2014 #10

Thank you for that. MicaelS Feb 2014 #13

Like returning to the womb... Tikki Feb 2014 #17

There is an extra-strong variety going around these days, according to a news story I heard. MH1 Feb 2014 #19

I wondered about that, too. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #47

Heroin is the best feeling in the world. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #12

For people without addictive personalities, the allure of heroin doesn't make sense justiceischeap Feb 2014 #14

That is an interesting metaphor - I've always wondered hedgehog Feb 2014 #18

A lot of people that get mixed up in heroin use justiceischeap Feb 2014 #20

to an addictive person any drug would be a gateway that's why it irritates me when people say leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #31

Seems a fair analogy...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #33

If it made sense they wouldn't call it "addiction" KurtNYC Feb 2014 #15

I think the one I have a real hard time getting is Gambling.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #34

In his song "Heroin," Lou Reed said it made him feel "just like Jesus's son" deutsey Feb 2014 #21

to my mind, tobacco makes far less sense, yet see how common that is. unblock Feb 2014 #24

It eases the pain. Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2014 #25

Thank you. n/t MicaelS Feb 2014 #26

well said. (nt) Blue_Roses Feb 2014 #50

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #27

Your brain has an opiate receptor. CrispyQ Feb 2014 #28

Thank you. n/t MicaelS Feb 2014 #38

I have no clue. bravenak Feb 2014 #30

For some people it blocks the mental pain of life. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #32

A lot of drug use is self-medicating when your mental health has made a downturn. Neoma Feb 2014 #35

I've never done heroin but I have smoked crack. Raffi Ella Feb 2014 #36

Artie Lange said:" I'm in trouble " jakeXT Feb 2014 #49

Do some and you'll see. Iggo Feb 2014 #37

Escapism? loyalsister Feb 2014 #39

My sis was a heroin addict PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #40

I'm addicted to opiates. Ligyron Feb 2014 #41

If you're 'addicted', how can you say it has no negative impact on you? randome Feb 2014 #58

Good questions! Ligyron Feb 2014 #66

Some theories on creativity and addiction: marions ghost Feb 2014 #42

It's alot like guns SecularMotion Feb 2014 #43

Not everyone is like you. GeorgeGist Feb 2014 #46

I haven't done it, however, I had Demerol after a surgery and Holly_Hobby Feb 2014 #48

I had surgery to remove - Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2014 #53

Surgical pain meds work well, don't they? :) n/t Holly_Hobby Feb 2014 #62

better than sex that lasts for hours cbdo2007 Feb 2014 #52

To understand the Purple Dragon, you must first start chasing it. Rex Feb 2014 #55

ever taken any kind of opiod? arely staircase Feb 2014 #56

Because it feels fucking awesome. PeteSelman Feb 2014 #60

My SO was a functioning Heroin junkie for thirty yrs... countryjake Feb 2014 #61

I don't know. I have been on some pretty heavy duty Schedule II pain meds to catbyte Feb 2014 #63

I tried it in the 60s, thought it was a whole lot of nothing Warpy Feb 2014 #64

I can easily understand why people *continue* to use heroin. arcane1 Feb 2014 #65