Ask Layzie about Heroin Addiction/Doing Time In Prison

[Layzie]

"Very good thread. Couple questions:

"I assume you were with your girlfriend while you were using. What did she think of it?"

For about the first year she really didn't even know. This isn't a testament to her intelligence, but rather to how deceptive addicts can be. I always had it, so I didn't experience dope sickness, and I didn't have an marks on my arms, because it really takes quite alot of use for a mark to form, unless you're re-using needles. So I basically just used without really anyone knowing, except for my other friends who were using. I finally did tell her I had a problem out of guilt. She supported me and stayed by my side through the toughest time of my life.


"When you were at the height of your addiction, could you identify how much damage it was doing? At that point, if you could've just flipped a switch and stopped using, would you have?"

The height of my addiction was in 2003 and it was just uncontrollable. I had to use every day, sometimes twice a day just to not be sick. My mom knew about it so it was really tearing her apart. I tried to kick it several times but the sickness got so bad that I would use again. I didn't like myself and was constantly afraid I was going to die.

I would have flipped that switch in a second.