by artc on August 1, 2010
Heroin overdose
I have seen a lot of interest in heroin overdose lately. I get a lot of search traffic for keywords like famous people who have died of an overdose from heroin and many similar terms.
One thing I know for sure it is not pretty seeing someone out cold and possibly dead. I have seen people who have overdosed on heroin get their pockets picked clean and any jewelry they were wearing was taken to. Let me tell you a story about a friend of mine who had a heroin overdose when I was like 17 years old. He died on the couch and the next morning when everyone woke up they found him lying there dead. Well anyway another person I hung out with went through his pockets and wallet and found his stash in the wallet and snatched it up. The ironic thing here is he shot the same heroin that killed my friend with a heroin overdose the night before.
I know that in the big cities that when addicts here about someone overdosing from heroin they try to find who is selling the same heroin. This makes no sense to me now that I am clean but I certainly understand this type of addict behavior.
If you think you may have a problem with heroin addiction or any other drug addiction for that matter I would suggest that you get some help as soon as you can because after all many people are dying from heroin overdose every day.
If you stop heroin now you can avoid becoming just another statistic. One way you can quit heroin is to go to heroin addiction rehab. If you do go you will go through a medical heroin detox. This detox will be performed by a trained medical staff who will administer prescription medications to help ease any discomfort from heroine withdrawal. This procedure normally takes around 5 days.
I would also suggest when finished that you continue your recovery in residential treatment. There you will learn how not to return to active addiction by attending group, lectures, 12 step meetings, and individual drug addiction therapy.
Good luck
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When it comes to getting heroin addiction help heroin addicts are hard headed and as far as that goes most addicts I know are that way. As a rule drug addicts like to do things alone and that’s ok to a point but when it comes to heroin addiction recovery we must learn to ask for help.
We need to retrain ourselves in this area because we have to reach out to others if we wish to stop using and stay clean. Without heroin addiction help we are doomed from the get go. I know I tried to do it alone and I could stay clean for a short time and then I would use or relapse. I tried this countless times. I would attend a few meetings and think I had it all together and no longer needed meetings and quit going altogether. Big mistake I was using again within a couple of days tops.
Heroin addiction help
Now it does not have to be this way because we can start off knowing that we need some heroine addiction help and when we attend meetings reach out to others. Get phone numbers from other addicts and use them. Sometimes my phone seemed like it weighed a thousands pounds in the beginning when I was just learn to call other addicts whether I was doing good or bad. This became a habit and it is many years later and I still call my sponsor who is not only there to save my life but he is also a great friend. It does not always work out this way but if it does its icing on the cake.
How to overcome heroin addiction
It is my recommendation that from my experience that those who attend meetings regularly stay clean and those who don’t we do not have to worry about. I would suggest that if you are just getting clean that you attend meetings every day. Do this for 90 days and if you do not like it we will gladly refund you your misery. When I first got clean I did back to back 90 in 90’s. I know people who have went to meetings daily for a couple years or more.
The thing about this is that it requires action and commitment to not use no matter what!! I can say that I know without a doubt that any addict can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live clean.
Good luck
We welcome any recovery related comments or ways you got clean.
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