How did you first become exposed to Oxycodone?
What finally enabled you to get clean 9 months ago?
Do you feel there is a solution to prevent others from becoming addicted to opiates?
What finally enabled you to get clean 9 months ago?
Do you feel there is a solution to prevent others from becoming addicted to opiates?
I'd like to note, though, that I take full responsibility for my choices. Doesn't matter how bad things were: I still consciously chose this path.
I decided to get clean, because I had had enough. I simply didn't enjoy drugs (any of them) any more, and I believe that a heroin addiction isn't conducive to running your own business, which is my plan for the medium-term future.
No, there isn't a solution, I'm afraid. People will take drugs, and the people that want to most are at the greatest risk of addiction.
What saved me from blood-borne infections, and other various hazards was Harm Minimisation. We have an excellent needle exchange with a huge range of information and amazing people running it here in Brisbane (Biala, on Roma St, next to the QLD Police Headquarters ironically enough).
This enabled me to do things "right". I never shared a needle, I never re-used a needle, and I always tested my gear before "going nuts". That's why I'm still here.
Interestingly, Biala is also where I decided to get clean. They are amazing, and my case-worker is brilliant. I plan on staying this way for the rest of my life (sans the Suboxone hopefully).
Minimise harm, and let people take responsibility for their choices. That's what did it for me, at least.