skooterblue2 wrote: » corner of hells wrote: » I know from working with addicts that............. Buddy I volunteered with SIMON community about for 6 months 15 years ago. It would break your heart dealing with the homeless and more so with Addicts. You Sir are a living saint and I have no idea what motivates you, because I was worn out after 6 months
corner of hells wrote: » I know from working with addicts that.............
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » corner of hells wrote: » I know from working with addicts that there are barbers and hairdressers in Dublin who give their services for free to homeless service users. Oh, that's extremely decent of them. Some homeless person told me recently that there's a fast food outlet (he didn't know which one), which goes around putting down hot foot beside homeless people after they close. Just because. I hope for the sake of those people that there is a heaven.
corner of hells wrote: » I know from working with addicts that there are barbers and hairdressers in Dublin who give their services for free to homeless service users.
GarIT wrote: » I assumed methadone would be injected too, you drink it?
skooterblue2 wrote: » My missus is in a shop selling "Yahoo" (sugary premixed milkshake), same thing as Yop! before I got my street smart education from her. I bought a bottle of it to see what it was like. The shop assistant was looking at me "WTF do you want THAT for?". I often question why my missus stocks it in her shop if all it does is bring in trouble?
L1011 wrote: » GarIT wrote: » I assumed methadone would be injected too, you drink it? Methadone is (as far as I know, from working on the medical side in the past) only provided orally in Ireland. Definitely never injected. Street users would normally be required to take it supervised; generally only long-term stable users are allowed take it home. skooterblue2 wrote: » My missus is in a shop selling "Yahoo" (sugary premixed milkshake), same thing as Yop! before I got my street smart education from her. I bought a bottle of it to see what it was like. The shop assistant was looking at me "WTF do you want THAT for?". I often question why my missus stocks it in her shop if all it does is bring in trouble? Yazoo. Its made by a Belgian dairy co-op and its a perfectly legitimate product. Though the chocolate and vanilla versions are disgusting. I buy it from time to time; and my chemical dependencies are all entirely legal and self funded.
L1011 wrote: » Yazoo. Its made by a Belgian dairy co-op and its a perfectly legitimate product.
Autecher wrote: » It is that and has been said heroin messes the stomach up so this is kind of like relief to them too. My brother must drink at least 2 litres of milk a day.
banie01 wrote: » It's quite hard to get opiod constipation if ya aren't eating solid food And believe me, the constipation from opiods can be fúcking awful! Speaking of which, must get some yops in!
s8n wrote: » when we are on the subject, why is there always a junkie with a crutch ??
Autecher wrote: » Yeah it’s a medicine that from my experience of being around dozens of junkies doesn’t really do anything. Even my brother who is the biggest junkie scumbag piece of shít i’ve ever known sells his weekly dose of doctor prescribed methadone that he has been getting for years and uses the money to buy more heroin. And the people he sells it to either sell it on to someone else or take it in between heroin fixes because they are all hopeless junkies too.
Sardonicat wrote: » Autecher wrote: » Yeah it’s a medicine that from my experience of being around dozens of junkies doesn’t really do anything. Even my brother who is the biggest junkie scumbag piece of shít i’ve ever known sells his weekly dose of doctor prescribed methadone that he has been getting for years and uses the money to buy more heroin. And the people he sells it to either sell it on to someone else or take it in between heroin fixes because they are all hopeless junkies too. Why does he not have to drink it in the chemist's where it's dispensed into a little medicine cup and given to them to drink on the premises? I see them at my chemist's from time to time. They bring them into the little consulting room. I thought that's how it had to be done?
Atlantic Dawn wrote: » Self imposed death, like people choosing to continue to smoke after 1980 when detailed warnings appeared on the packs and then complaining they got lung cancer.
skooterblue2 wrote: » You really want to know? When junkies miss a hit then the digestive system starts up, its like the old adage of wearing bicycle clips when you got the trots....Keeps it all in the one place. :eek::eek::eek::eek: Seriously I dont know. I am guessing it is the style in the Tracksuit Brigade, so they can spot their own kinds as opposed to the guy in the canterbury tracksuit from D4.
Sardonicat wrote: » Why does he not have to drink it in the chemist's where it's dispensed into a little medicine cup and given to them to drink on the premises? I see them at my chemist's from time to time. They bring them into the little consulting room. I thought that's how it had to be done?
corner of hells wrote: » As an addict stabilises he may be trusted more and more by his prescribing GP who is agreeable to his methadone being given as " takeaways ". Some addicts do start, start to function in society and to look towards treatment.
PieOhMy wrote: » skooterblue2 wrote: » You really want to know? When junkies miss a hit then the digestive system starts up, its like the old adage of wearing bicycle clips when you got the trots....Keeps it all in the one place. :eek::eek::eek::eek: Seriously I dont know. I am guessing it is the style in the Tracksuit Brigade, so they can spot their own kinds as opposed to the guy in the canterbury tracksuit from D4. Not sure if it's the same for Junkies but I remember some lads as school wud tuck the tracksuit into their socks so that when robbing a shop (sweets etc) they cud just quickly put whatever into the waistband and let it fall down to ankle height and then just walk out the door.
Sardonicat wrote: » corner of hells wrote: » As an addict stabilises he may be trusted more and more by his prescribing GP who is agreeable to his methadone being given as " takeaways ". Some addicts do start, start to function in society and to look towards treatment. Ah, I see. Is that a recent thing? I ask because I had to attend training for work where this was covered and was told they had to take it on premises. If it's known that people are selling it on surely it's a bad idea to let them take it home?
Autecher wrote: » He has somehow convinced his doctor that he is heroin free. He used to have to do as you said and do a piss test once a week for his doctor. When he did it for long enough (according to the doctor) he moved onto this system he is on now. He goes to the chemist 1 day a week (usually Sundays) to get a week's supply and doesn't have to do piss tests anymore. It is a ludicrous situation because he has been on this latest system for 6 or 7 years now. How someone is allowed to have a prescription for a medicine that is supposed to help ease you off an addictive drug for so long I'll never know, especially when he is clearly back on the gear. Either you kicked the habit so don't need the medicine anymore or you didn't so shouldn't be taking the medicine anymore.
Sleeper12 wrote: » None of the above sounds right at all. Doctor is supposed to get regular samples off him. Doctor is supposed to give script for 7 daily doses that the pharmacist gives out each day. I've never ever heard of someone getting seven days supply unless going on holidays. Doctor & pharmacist should be reported as they aren't following the guidelines.
Autecher wrote: » I get this info from my parents, I don't speak to my brother at all even though I see him when I visit my family 2-3 times a week. I neither know nor care about the rest of it, or him obviously.
skooterblue2 wrote: » I dont blame you they are impossible people to work with and I wouldnt trust a word out of their mouths. Honestly save yourself because you cant save your parents from him.
Autecher wrote: » Ah look, he is 38 and been a cúnt since he was about 12. He was a cúnt before he was a junkie and he is still one now with no change in-between. My parents just won't kick him out no matter what he does to them and the rest of the family, I have given up trying to get through to them. I just listen to them rant about him but it's up to them to do something about it. You can't help people who won't help themselves.
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