Well it’s almost a new year, and I wonder how many people out there are going to make a new years resolution to stop using drugs. I think this is a great idea, if you are willing to surrender to the fact that drugs have won out. This is what has to happen if one truly wants to get clean and stay clean. I know that it takes what it takes and that an addict can put themselves through a great amount of pain. I know that I had to go through it and it took me a long time to come to the point to admit that I was beaten. Sure I was beaten down many times, but after a short rest I was back in the game. What I really needed was a heroin detox.
If you have had enough of this kind of life, why not get yourself some help. Asking for help is a big step towards recovery. Let’s say for instance that you are addicted to heroin. If this sounds like you why not go to another site after you leave this one and start looking for a place you can go in to for a heroin detox. More than likely you can find one near to where you live. If not then I would seriously consider going anyway. That is if you are truly serious about getting clean. This may in fact be the decision that actually saves your life. Many heroin addicts are dying every day from heroin overdose. Do not become just another statistic; look into your heroin detox options now.
If you do decide to go you can expect to be medically detoxed from heroin by professional people who will administer drugs that will help you to make it through heroin withdrawal with very little discomfort. This process does not take long at all. Were it me I would continue my recovery in residential treatment. There you will be exposed to other addicts trying to get clean just like yourself. While there they will be preparing you to reenter society with some tools of how to remain drug free.
The term chasing the dragon actually originated in Hong Kong. It means to inhale the smoke from heated morphine, heroin or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil. The ‘chasing’ occurs as the user daintily keeps the liquid moving in order to keep it from gelling into a single ball. This has caught on rather fast in the United States and other countries too. One reason is that the purity of heroin is much higher than in days gone by. Another reason is that it just sounds to cool and interesting it sort of lures our youth into trying it.
There are even counselors who are advising their clients to stop shooting heroin and to start smoking heroin instead. There reasoning is that smoking is much safer than injecting it. I don’t know how much safer it really is because to me all heroin is dangerous. I agree it is very easy to overdose shooting heroin but can’t you overdose smoking it or snorting it as well?
Like I was saying it is dangerous in fact, short term effects of smoking heroin include but may not be limited to- nausea and vomiting, scratching or itchy, respiratory complications that can lead to death. Long term use carries the risk of infection, heart attack, liver and kidney damage and pneumonia all of which can lead to death. All of these heroin symptoms are things that someone should really think about before deciding that smoking the stuff is better than shooting it. I don’t know if smoking it really is the lesser of two evils, this is for you to decide but if you have had enough of using drugs keep reading because I will explain how to stop smoking heroin and find help.
If you are ready to be free of drugs I would suggest that you go to addiction treatment. If you go you will be medically detoxed from the drug. I will add that you will suffer very little from heroin withdrawal. This entire detox takes no more than 5 days. They normally will use medications like Suboxone to make you more comfortable. I do have to suggest that you continue your recovery in residential treatment after your heroin detox is done. There you will learn a lot of ways to keep from returning to active addiction.
Heroin users who are looking for a way out of their addiction can find help at a treatment center. You will find the counselors to be caring and understanding people who will be more than willing to work with you to not just succeed at quitting heroin, but to stay off of it for good as well. There are some people who would rather do a heroin detox at home, but this will be much more difficult and is not recommended.
