/r/Addictedtotheneedle
This sub is harm reduction sub for ALL IV drug users. If you're injecting opiates, amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, research chemicals, etc. then this is the sub for you. Feel free to ask questions related to IV use, post needle porn, and just chat. Also, check out the side bar for harm reduction links on safer IV use.
Just a safe place, if you wanna have fun, get clean. Just be respectful. That's really the main rule here. The others are reddit's.
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/r/Addictedtotheneedle
I got these from recommendation on here saying they could help clean my dope a little to reduce chance of infection. Tell me if what I’m doing is doing anything:
Put 300mg of powder onto sterile cooker
Get a clean 3ml syringe, draw up 3ml of distilled water and add it to the powder
Mix it together. Mixes super easy
Put the sterifilt thing on the 3ml syringe and draw up everything through it then dispense what I assume to be a now sterilized solution into 4 clean insulin needles.
But yea I’m sick of of being a slave to the needle and doing it despite the ER trips for cellulitis. The track marks I didn’t realize were so bad a woman at a meeting asked if she could hug me and it felt like an hour. The constant trips to the bathroom to do a shot then having to look at yourself when you try to hide from the world but you see how much of a slave if you can just stop the instant gratification and think about the sobriety later that is enough.
Anyone in H-Town wanna chill this afternoon!?
I have dmt, I really want to quit. I'm old. growing my own food. Exercise. Sleep etc. vitamin infusions maybe. I have a place for you to live. So like a rehab. Free for anyone who can help with the gardening. Pets ok. Serious inquiries only. #dontdie
Hope this is okay to post, didn’t see anything in the rules about it..I’m not an addict. I’m the daughter/sister of addicts. They did it all, meth, heroin, crack, fentanyl, all the pills..not at the same time (usually). Plenty of rehabs, overdoses, struggle, prison, and all of the drama that comes with it. I loved them through it all, and still do. I miss them all, so much. Feels so lonely in my world without them. I forgave them every time they lied to me, stole from me, and never shut the door completely. Always had hope things would change. Don’t know how I was spared being an addict, bc by all statistics, I should have been. I definitely dabbled in softer drugs here and there growing up, but nothing ever “stuck”. I just heard this song called Broken Window Serenade and it just takes me right back to those days. Makes me remember them healthy, and strong and here with me. Broke my fucking heart. I’m an ER nurse now, and addicts always tug at my heart, they’re my soft spot. I look at them and think once upon a time they had hopes and dreams and were rowdy little boys climbing trees and pretty little girls playing dress up, with big hearts and innocent souls. Just wanted to say, I see you♥️ I wish drugs never existed. Wonder what could have been..
I missed a shot of H in my arm and i’m not too concerned about it but could the missed shot absorb into my bloodstream along with the shot i didn’t miss and make me more high or possibly OD?
i slam ice (only in my arms) but can’t imagine that this abscess developed from anything else but who knows. are they gonna ask how i think i got it?? i dont need to say anything right?
Ugh that feeling when you make your last shot for the night and do it….and then all I wanna do is MORE! I gotta get outta the grasp coke has on me currently
IV meth is the biggest blessing and curse on Earth it’s better than anything in the world when I do it (it also leads to my self destruction if I use daily) but it also has ruined everything else for me if I go without it including my ability to feel joy. I don’t see how this will ever change so I’ve accepted these are my options and for now I cannot bear to go without it for very long I feel empty inside. If only I could explain to myself when I decided to start shooting up crystal that it would be more amazing/powerful beyond my imagination but the cost would be greater than I would have ever realized or understand and that once I start shooting up I’ll never be able to undo it and forever be a slave to the needle mentally whether I use or try to stop
There’s nothing to be done rly other than I decided to allow myself to do the one thing that makes me feel alive and not miserable for now but try my hardest to not let me get carried away w it and maintain as much of my sanity and health as I can in the meantime.
It’s scary to think back how the needle has had complete and total power over me ever since that very first rush, i was not prepared for how I’d fall in love with the rush like I completely had underestimated how good it actually is. I remember thinking how I never wanted that feeling to end and I would do whatever I can in order to feel that feeling as much as I possibly can forever. it has hijacked my brain irreversibly bc nothing can ever replace it or compare and it’s now the only thing that allows me to experience joy or feel alive now. I tried replacing it with constantly snorting lines of coke but I didn’t even begin to scratch the itch…
So I just got back into IV use after 8 years of not doing it. Before I quit I what you would consider a professional. I would hit almost any vein in my forearm and then Big Bertha in the crease of your elbow while driving. In those eight years of sobriety I had developed some shaking not sure if it's neuropathy related or what but I know when I'm trying to do it baby myself I shake the rig right out of the vein.
My partner has been the one that's been having to hit me and he has a hard time with it because he doesn't know too much about doing it to other people and half the time he's missing with his because his veins are so small. So pretty much I'm asking if there's anybody in the seven two that could show us how to access the veins we need to.
Either you come to us and we go to you. Doesnt matter and I'm more than happy to kick you something for help. I may get some negative reactions to this post Hell I don't even know if it's all right to post something about this. But we're trying to have the least amount of harm done to us in the safest way possible. We aren't grungy meth heads we both have an amazing careers. So I dont want y'all thinking we're crazy ass tweak .
So I just got back into IV use after 8 years of not doing it. Before I quit I what you would consider a professional. I would hit almost any vein in my forearm and then Big Bertha in the crease of your elbow while driving. In those eight years of sobriety I had developed some shaking not sure if it's neuropathy related or what but I know when I'm trying to do it baby myself I shake the rig right out of the vein.
My partner has been the one that's been having to hit me and he has a hard time with it because he doesn't know too much about doing it to other people and half the time he's missing with his because his veins are so small. So pretty much I'm asking if there's anybody in the seven two that could show us how to access the veins we need to.
Either you come to us and we go to you. Doesnt matter and I'm more than happy to kick you something for help. I may get some negative reactions to this post Hell I don't even know if it's all right to post something about this. But we're trying to have the least amount of harm done to us in the safest way possible. We aren't grungy meth heads we both have an amazing careers. So I dont want y'all thinking we're crazy ass tweak .
My liver = 1 Deadly disease = 0 Thank you, science breakthrough! Bless Medicaid coverage! But fuck you Pharmabro for making the treatment $100,000USD
Question: me and my bf are both daily long term iv ice users for past 5+ years. We have both been noticing that recently the syringes we order are not getting a normal return or they clot off super easy. We’ve tried several different brands and ordered from Amazon along with 2 different diabetic supplies site. Anyone else notice the difference in syringes lately vs a year or so ago?
i slam ice 2-3x a day (not in that location obviously) but was wondering if this looks like an IV related infection and if i should seek medical attention
Round trip. I’m out of state rn and I used my half oz I took in less than 2 days. I found some but it wasn’t super good so I just decided to go home and get it then drive back. Don’t end up like me. I’m pathetic.
The last time i was on it - i really took it for granted and was shooting up meth every day, left right and center. Lost my friends lost my job almost lost my family. Been clean for around 6 months now - slowly getting back to life.
My question to the experienced older users is -
Is it literally possible to only do it on weekends, to follow harm reduction without it affecting your personal life.
How do you practice self control - what's the secret sauce ?
PS - I'm an exec so i'm around C suites , my job involves a lot of meetings and facilitation
i’ll be honest, i slam multiple times a day but my veins are invisible and im pretty terrible, so i end up with what i feel are partially missed shots. i’ll definitely feel something right away, but it goes away really quickly and i feel like im going to throw up. could this be from injecting into an artery? also, im pretty sure ive accidentally injected into an artery before.. is it supposed to hurt? it doesn’t for me but i dont really feel the effects of the drug much either
i only slam ice and i started in october so im relatively new but have been doing it multiple times a day so you’d think i’d have figured this shit out by now. 99% of the time i use easy touch 30g 5/16. i’ve tried 29g 1/2 but they hurt so bad and make me bleed a ton. my veins are really small and almost invisible even when i try everything possible. anyways, ive tried adding different amounts of water, pushing the liquid all the way to the top, leaving a tiny bit of room at the top, etc. it’s so frustrating that every single time the syringe does that annoying vacuum thing where it starts to suck the needle in and basically get stuck in my skin. am inserting the needle too slow? i have super shaky hands and it’s honestly difficult to poke through the first layer of skin even though i use new points every time and alcohol prep pads.
I'm happy with the progress I've made. Three weeks off the needle my doc was fentAnyl. I've been so glad seeing my hideous gross track marks fade. I usually struggle to even refer to the scars as track marks in conversation, even with those who have experience with addiction. It's just embarrassing. There's hardly any talk about IV drug use in a way that makes us former junkies feel better. I already feel like relapsing as I feel like I can never be anything but a pathetic junkie. It's taken over who I used.to be. Theres few memes on Instagram that can help lighten the mood about our situation. Seeing these old posts about ppl freaking out over their blood donation scars is.all I have to lift my mood.. If anyone knows any memes, I don't have tiktoks but I'm willing to download it. Jjst.for the sake of finding ppl who can make me laugh a bit about mt.situation. Seeing the damage done, dirty needles and such, don't judge its hard to take care.of yourself when you don't love yourself anymore. But anyways. I feel like such a loser for.complaining all the fims.But I can't help.how I feel. I'm too embarrassed.to even talk about this with my therapist who also has experience with IV drug use 💉💉💉~~needy needles
I have megadosed meth shots before without issue (.5 and upward) but not even a .1 coke shot (good quality not cut) has me sitting there clutching at my chest sucking in deep breaths feeling like im about to stroke up lol. Dont think this ROI is worth it for me is anyone the same?
Im trying to understand my friend better. He wont tell me hes on drugs even when hes high but recently i saw him and his bottom lip had a yellow residue he was able to wipe off and his tongue was hella yellow as well. Does anybody have a clue what might it could be?
Just curious as to how much you guys are missing when I see these posts with swollen injection sites. Is that happening with an entire shot being missed or just some of it? Mainly asking about ice because I don’t understand how you can continue with the shot once you feel that burn.
Here's a good example
If your a female and are more on the bigger side question is.
Where is the go to place
Reloaded on both, substances and supplies today
I want to fucking kms