Well this topic popped up for today and I just saw an article
about the death of Prince and how the State of Minnesota is looking to reform
the prescribing of Opiates by doctors in their state.
Now my drug use is limited to smoking some weed back in
college and maybe 2 times since then (1991).
I have never tried, or intend to try harder drugs like cocaine or meth
or whatnot. I have never had the thought
or desire to. Now I have seen them in
use on many occasions at parties and clubs.
It is no big deal to me because I would never participate. I don’t need to. I have never been pressured to try
either. Usually someone doing a harder
drug doesn’t share like someone who brings a case of beer.
Of all the people I have met, there have been all types of
users. Most are recreational. They will do drugs at a New Year’s Eve party
or some other major event. Most people
my age, and the ones I hang out with are in corporate America and there is drug
testing so they stay away. Of course,
people have secret lives so who really knows.
If you were to ask me back before October 27th about pain
killers and their addictive ability, I would tell you that people need to get
over all that. Why would anyone be
addicted to pain pills? That’s
stupid. Well on October 27th I had major
stomach surgery and I lost 90% of my stomach.
It was the single most painful thing I have ever been through in my
life. I could not move and God forbid I
had to cough. When I did, I thought I was
going to die. The pain was that severe. I got prescribed a monster dose of liquid
Codeine. It was strong. I have been on pain medication before and
they never had any reaction to me. I
could never feel the difference. This
time I did. I was given a large bottle
and had 1 refill that came with it. If
you ever have to get pain meds from a Pharmacy, you have to present ID and sign
a waiver and do a consultation with the Pharmacist. It is a big deal.
I was in such bad pain the first 3 weeks so I would take my
pain meds so I could at least sleep with some level of comfort. I took
the required dose and within 1 minute I was such an amazing state of euphoria. I felt peace and love and all that shit that
goes with it. That moment I immediately understood why people get addicted to
pain meds. I never took more that
allowed but the feeling was amazing and peaceful. And that is never a good thing.
It’s easy to say “don’t do drugs” or “drugs are bad, M’kay”
but have you ever been addicted to anything? Do you know what it is like to be
needing something and the craving never stops until you get what you need? This goes beyond drugs. It is alcohol, sex, food, so many things. The feelings I got were really scary. I had thoughts about how I could get more
once I ran out. Thankfully I just
stopped one the script ran out and I was done.
For many, there is no “done”.
That is horrible because the cycle doesn’t easily end. I was always scared that I would get addicted
if I ever did a hard drug, so I never did them.
Weed was not good because it burned my lungs so bad.
According to reports Prince possibly died due to an overdose
of pain meds. It is still unclear since
toxicology reports are not back yet but there are several reports stating that
he died due to that. This is so sad because
he was not getting the meds on his own.
He had help. It is so sad when
people enable. Many die daily due to
this and it seems to only be something that comes to light if a celebrity
dies. Either way, someone, or many,
helped him get prescription drugs. People probably helping him because he said so
and now he is dead. The money train is permanently
stopped now isn’t it?
I don’t have answers to drug use. I know that it is no joy to be addicted to
anything… There is nothing good about
being addicted to drugs because people die everyday. It is never good to enable either. No matter the status of the user. Death is permanent.
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