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Raffi Ella

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36. I've never done heroin but I have smoked crack.
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 02:12 PM
Feb 2014

I smoked a lot of weed, done ecstasy, dropped acid, I loved the feeling of all those highs. Put them together with some great music and it was pure bliss.

But one night at a party a guy was smoking crack. I had never done it before and was intrigued. He told me he'd just blow some of the smoke from his inhale into my mouth and see if I liked that instead of taking a a real hit?

So he blew it into my mouth and the next thing I knew this beautiful soft gorgeous rain of warm euphoria slowly trickled down from my head down my body. I leaned back on the couch and let it pour over me. it was transcendent, amazing, heaven. It only lasted a few minutes.

Honest to god, I swore to myself right then and there I would never ever again in my life touch the stuff; I knew in that moment I would never be able to get enough.

It scared the ever loving hell out of me. I can only imagine that heroin is sort of like that.

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
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