[Layzie]

"I think my questions got lost in the shuffle, so I just wanted to give them a bump. If you don't want to answer them for whatever reason, that's cool of course; I don't want to press."

Wow, I thought I answered every post... I didn't intentionally skip your questions.


"Did you ever try to detox yourself (that is, gradually step down your dosage ntil you were no longer dependent), or did you just go cold turkey? If not, why?"

No. I don't think it's really possible to lean off of heroin like that. Also, I would imagine it would be more painful. If you were to start using, say, every other day instead of every day, then those days inbetween would all be horrible, and there would be more of them rather than doing it cold turkey. It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't experienced dope sickness, but this is just not very doable. It just doesn't work. You have to just completely stop. Trying to lean off, or use methadone or something is the worst way to go.

"Have you ever been to an inpatient detox/rehab? If so, where, and what was the experience like?"

No, I kicked it at home.

"Are you a member of any support groups, such as NA? If so, how helpful do find them?"

I have been to NA meetings, but i'm not a regular member. I honestly don't find them all that helpful, but it's probably because I didn't actively participate, I just listened.