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Originally Posted by Norma J
I can see taking sleeping pills to, obviously, sleep, but taking more than is required if they have no effect at first, not thinking of the leathal reprecussions (spelling?).
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When one is severely depressed and on a downward spiral, they tend not to ascribe the same care to dosages of drugs that most people would out of simple self-preservation.
One builds up a quick tolerance to opiate-based pain pills and and ends up taking more and more of them during any given time period. In the case of the heroin shooter, the likelihood of accidental overdose arises from this characteristic of that narcotic. In a lot of cases (and aside from overdoses by newcomers), those that overdose get so high that to feel the next hit, they inject a lethal dose.
Although common sense will inform one to steer clear, I'm not poo-pooing opiates totally. In the end, one has to make that judgement for themselves anyway. Just about all the opiates I've ever done have been administered orally after scraping and crushing pills or the eating the powder from a capsule in the case of Mepregan. If you take to much you end up tired anyway. A little bit here and there gives remarkable energy and awareness. And it's better to get lots of, albeit smaller, hits. And no, I'm not on it now and haven't been for awhile. (oh boy, revealing too much dirt...none in my possession usually haha) It sucks that I'm down to my last beer.