Heroin Addict: Methadone & Heroin Facts

heroin addict - Important information about methadone and heroin. Methadone is used to treat addiction to heroin and other drugs.

I am a recovering heroin addict i have been clean for almost 3 months and i want to use again..?
I feel extremely bored with myself and life and feel like mixing it up and getting high..i have been through this for 3 years on and off and it always starts out like this..i feel like going to get high for a night and jump back on the wagon even though i know i will regret it.. is this normal to feel this way..i have money and i really feel like fucking up..

Is a heroin addict doomed to a certain fate of death or jail?
What's the likeliness that they can still live a decent life if they try to stop?

	Methadone is a synthetic opioid used medically as a painkiller, but also to treat patients on opioids such as heroin.

I can't take opioid medication but my sister is a heroin addict. Why is that?
I cannot take opioid pain medication because it makes me vomit. My sister is a heroin addict, so obviously she doesn't react to it the same way I do. How come two sisters from the same parents physically handle medications so differently?

Who can I talk to with help being frinds with a recovering heroin addict?
I have a close friend who I have had alot of love, feelings, emotions for over about a 12 year span...who only recently came back into my life becuase she has always dealt with drug addiciton and now has been a year long recovery period clean from Heroin. Right now we are just friends but always with the potential for more. I was wondering where someone like me who has never done a drug, not even marijuana in their life can go to get help on being there for her, understand what she is going through, and how to deal with having " more than friends" feelings for her when she is dealing with recovery. Is there some kind of hotline or something?

If I had unprotected sex with a heroin addict, do I have AIDS?
Soooooo...the other day I got really drunk and had sex with a heroin addict and he didn't tell me until after and I neglected to ask him if he ever shared needles or anything, and then I proceeded to do it again the next night. I know I am an idiot for doing this, no one has to tell me that, but can someone please just give me advice on what to do in this situation? Do I have AIDS?I found a weird bump on my vagina, and it kinda stings burns when I pee, I don't know if those are like symptoms but I am really nervous. Please help.and also...when i have been peeing lately like today its been burning so bad and when i wipe there is blood on the toilet paper, i left out that I had unprotected sex with 2 other guys in my lifetime and they are both not the cleanest people in the world...i don't know if i have AIDS now or just every single STD in the world, i don't know what to do and I am scared of the results I might get...don't judge.

Is sterilisation of heroin addicts a good idea or a bad one?
I read an interesting article about an american charity which pays heroin addicts cash to be sterilized, the woman started it after hearing bad cases of babies born addicted or with problems. Does anyone know of any addicts who reformed and had healthy kids?One opponent in the newspaper criticized the giving of cash, saying the addict would sell their right to have kids at a vulnerable time in their life, and regret it in years to come

How to heroin addicts act?
I'm doing a paper on heroin addicts.So how do they act when they're high and in general?How often do they use?What do they look like?What do they eat?What does it take for a heroin addict to get clean?I need any detail I can get.

Where can i find information on a heroin addict named the claw?


How to deal with a heroin addict?
sorry, not very detailed. he is 16 and is my bf and i am 14. no. dumping him is not an option. i am his only crutch.

How to help a heroin addict.?
my friend is a heroin addict. he's been to rehab 3 times & finished each program but he's also relapsed 4 times & has not gone back to rehab. this has been going on for 3 4 years. what is there that i can do to help him? we're very good friends & the other day i told him i wouldn't be his friend unless he got clean again. is avoiding him the right thing to do? how can i help him?

Why was I pushed away by a recovering heroin addict?
I started dating this guy in March, and for two months we just casually saw each other. We weren't " dating" yet, because he said he needed to sort some things out in his life first. After he went to rehab for a week, he opened up to me and told me about his past with drugs. I was very supportive and accepting, and he was very happy that I was here for him. We began dating, and we were both really happy together. But, it was clear that he was using again. When I was with him, he would constantly nod off and be distant. But, he insisted that he loved me and that I meant the world to him. We dated for 3 more months, then he went back into treatment. After going to rehab a second time, he broke up with me and decided he wanted to start over. I love him so much, and I'm glad he's turning his life around, but why did he need to push me away? He knew I never judged him and that I just wanted to get through this with him. Now, he never talks to me and blows me off when I try to talk to him. I feel like I lost my best friend. What did I do wrong?

Do you believe heroin addicts can change?
If they really want to ? Or is it just a case of a leopard never changes it's spots ? I'm curious to know please share your stories or your views , Serious answers pleaseI'm not the addict it's a family member he has been in jail for over 2 years and is due out soon , so we are just curious to hear peoples storys views

Heroin Addict *wants* to quit?
I know this kid who is 20, been using for about 5 years, but it's extremely off & on. He can go long periods of time without using at all but then he gets back into it and is stealing fighting, ect. I think he keeps using larger doses because his brother found him in his room & literally had to pull the needle out of his arm, I'm sorry its just so sad.. But last month he couldnt even get in rehab because he had been clean for over 14 days. I'm confused but I've been talking to him and he can admit that he's addicted, he admits that he blames his family, he says he wants to quit. He's checked himself into rehab now but he's been there before and I just wanna know if he can quit because he WANTS to. cuz my cousin said that she has never seen someone be addicted to shooting heroin and quit.. but I know who she is talking about and they have never had any desire to... So does he have a chance because he really does want to.

Heroin addicted babies?
i was wondering what they effects of heroin are on babies my mother was injecting all through her pregnancy and iv been reading all about it and i feel normal and always have done i was a little slower than everyone else at school and had problems behaving but people make out i should be retarded and say you can develop metal retardation later in life i was just wondering will i be ok ?thanks feel alot better now being really worried about it xx