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There are currently nearly one million heroin addicts in the U.S. and nearly another 100,000 were introduced to heroin in 2006. You may be one of them, or may know someone who is. If that’s the case, I hope you’re reading this to find a way to get that person, or yourself, into heroin detox so they can end their heroin addiction before it’s too late.

I used to be a heroin addict. Of all the drugs I’ve taken, it was the most debilitating. I was barely functional and didn’t work during the entire time I was using. Heroin detox or rehab never occurred to me. In fact, if others hadn’t prepared food I probably wouldn’t have eaten. I’ve gone to the hospital ER for things that were normal bodily functions, but I’d forgotten about them. I’ve overdosed with absolutely no awareness whatever of anything being wrong. Fortunately I was with several others who saved my life.

The same people were with me when the heroin I shot was cut with strychnine. Here are just a few of the symptoms of strychnine poisoning: painful muscle spasms that can cause a fever and kidney and liver injury, uncontrollable arching of the neck and back, rigid arms and legs, jaw tightness and difficulty breathing. Large doses bring about respiratory failure that can be fatal, and brain death.

I barely noticed those symptoms coming on. Fortunately someone else did, and I’m still alive. That gives you an idea of how dangerous heroin addiction can be.

If you, or someone you care about is using heroin, get them into heroin detox fast. Believe me, you never know what will happen next.

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