Heroin
Heroin is an opiate
processed directly from the extracts of the opium poppy. It was originally
created to help cure people of addiction to morphine. Upon crossing the
blood-brain barrier, which occurs soon after introduction of the drug into the
bloodstream, heroin is converted into morphine, which mimics the action of
endorphins, creating a sense of well-being; the characteristic euphoria has
been described as an “orgasm” centered in the gut. One of the most common
methods of heroin use is via intravenous injection.
For the last 4 months, my
partner and I have been recreationally using heroin. Heroin became
our weekend ritual. Lighting candles, playing music, brie and wine and grapes,
reading tarot and finally fucking… for hours on end, the most intense beautiful
technicolor sex. Each time we did it we got closer to each other. And each time
we did it, we wanted to do it again, and again. We tried saying we’d only do it
once every two weeks, but that lasted 6 days. We have rules about how much we
do in one night, how late we stay up and so on. So far the rules have kept us
safe from addiction. Unless you consider the nagging
i-don’t-wanna-go-a-weekend-or-have-sex-without-it feelings. We’ve never run
out, although, once we were down to our last little bit and I left the vial
open on the night stand. I was reaching for the lube when I heard the most
sickening sound, the vial falling over. Turns out, I was mistaken, I had
remembered to put the cap back on. But in those few seconds of uncertainty, my
girl and I shot each other a look we had never seen before.. Fear.
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