Wow... It sounds like you and OP are roughly the same age, and the same age as my youngest brother, who also kicked heroin addiction (he kicked it a couple of y

Wow... It sounds like you and OP are roughly the same age, and the same age as my youngest brother, who also kicked heroin addiction (he kicked it a couple of years ago). What I'm wondering is if there is something generational here. My father also kicked heroin before I was born in the late 70s, and since his recovery was such an important part of our life as a family, when we learned my brother was using, it shocked us, because it seemed so obvious not to do it. What I've been wondering is why the current crisis is affecting your generation more heavily than the ones between (or maybe I'm selectively seeing it in your generation). Was it the easy access of oxycontin in the late 90s that finally trickled it's way through the culture and started a resurgence? Was it some other factor (the fashion cycle that goes in and out every 20-30 years)? I do know my brother was exposed to it from a friend around his age, and of course during a painful part of his life, but I'm curious as to the origin because I see how culture and influence work it's way though our lives, but I'd love to have some hints as to why heroin itself made such a comeback.