soberhacker

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   by soberhacker 11y ago

   This is my experience as well. The "runners" (as the delivery persons were called) were always friendly, and usually didn't speak English. They would tell me, "Tengas cuidado," (be careful).
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   by soberhacker 11y ago

   The runners delivering it usually didn't speak much English. I spoke with them in my broken Spanish, which humored them. They were indistinguishable from your average, friendly migrant day laborer. Phone calls with the operator (el jef
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   by soberhacker 11y ago

   Opioid addiction is an insidious series of compromises. At 16 years old, I would have laughed off any notion of trying heroin as absurd. "No, I would never do that!" But having recently tried marijuana, and open to exploring dru
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   by soberhacker 11y ago

   While I agree that the dangers of heroin are severely compounded by its illegality, it is intellectually dishonest to describe it as "gentle and relatively harmless." Speaking as an ex-user, opioids are a horrendous class of drug.
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   by soberhacker 11y ago

   I'm 4 years sober from heroin now, so I can speak from my experience using in Los Angeles from ~2008-2011. Balloons are typically sold in .1 gram quantities, with lower quality heroin. I do recall buying balloons wet with saliva, but o