heroin and alcohol

Heroin and Alcohol

Your reality includes some scary things. Just last week, you shot up like usual and the heroin seemed stronger than normal, so you felt pretty high. On your way to bed that evening, you brushed your teeth and headed toward the bedroom like…
Opioids Tolerance Recovery at ReVIDA Recovery facility

Opioid Tolerance

You’ve heard about the dangers of fentanyl, but you thought it would be safe to try it just a few times, in small doses. But after a couple of uses, it stopped working and you felt nothing. Now it’s 2 a.m. again and you can’t relax…
frankenstein opioid

Frankenstein Opioid

Your life has taken a different direction than you ever thought it would. It all started when your mom died of cancer just a few years ago. In your grief, you just wanted the pain to end. When you cleaned out her medicine cabinet, you found…
What Is Fentanyl Death Pose

What Is Fentanyl Death Pose

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You walk into the quiet room to find your 52-year-old husband looking like a frozen statue. He is seated with his elbows flexed and fists clenched while his neck is held stiff in a bent position. He doesn’t move or speak, even when you call…
street names for Fentanyl

Street Names For Fentanyl

You've recently started to hear your partner talk about "Muder 8" and you're not sure what it is. Normally it's something you either overhear when they're talking on the phone, or you hear it in passing. They’d already been acting weird…
Heroin Vomiting

Heroin Vomiting

After consuming heroin, you begin to feel nauseated. You rush to the toilet and vomit into the bowl. It makes you feel horrible, but you think it must be worth it compared to your high. Since you started taking heroin, you have been vomiting…
Heroin Addiction Relapse

Heroin Addiction Relapse

You have been doing great. Your treatment went perfectly, and you were heading in the right direction. You had gotten a job, had reconnected with loved ones, and had been without heroin for almost a year. And then familiar stresses started…
Heroin Abscess

Heroin Abscess

Over time you have noticed that your arm, where you frequently inject heroin, has formed a firm, red bump. The area is warm and painful with yellow liquid just under the surface. You decide just to pop it and get it over with. What harm…