"Weâve been on it for two years." âDid you do drugs before that?â âA line of coke at a party, every once in awhile weâd pop a couple Vicodin and watch TV. But we had normal lives. She was an office administrator, I was a cook. Then I got hurt and got a prescription for some Oxycontins. And I gave a few to her. And before long we were crushing them up and snorting them. Then we started doing heroin cause it was cheaper. Itâs the same thing, really, as the Oxycontins. Just cheaper.â âWhatâs it feel like when you stop doing heroin?â âItâs like dying. And being reborn again. Your eyes keep crying and your nose keeps running and youâve got cold sweats. And for like 4 days youâre flopping around and canât get comfortable, so you canât sleep for days so you start thinking crazy and seeing things. And if you can make it through those four days without getting a bag of dope, then you come out the other side so exhausted you canât move. If youâre lucky you can get some methadone from a clinic, but thatâs even more addictive than the heroin.â âWould you say heroin has ruined your life?â âAbsolutely.â âDo you mind if I share that?â âThatâs fine. Just say one thing. Be sure to say that we really do love each other and weâre trying to fix our lives.â










