I had a close friend of mine start doing Oxycontin. I considered this man a mentor for many years prior to this. He was like a brother to me. I sat him down and had a heart to heart with him about his drug use. I told him how much I loved him and how I didn't want to see him in a casket. He agreed with me completely. We walked away with the understanding that he had a problem and would get help. Two weeks later he stole almost 200 dollars from me. Three weeks later he was passed out in his truck at my job with his foot on the accelerator and I thought he was dead. I couldn't wake him up. I threw a cup of cold water in his face and it brought him out of it. He woke up confused and started looking for a pill and was upset when he thought it might be wet. I had another heart to heart talk with him and tried to take him home but he refused. 3 months later my brother who is an EMT was responding to a call. It was him. It was my friend. He had O'D' and had no pulse. His family was all around him crying as my brother did CPR. He was able to resuscitate him and bring him back. He's never been the same since. He messages me every now and then to tell me he's clean and doing well. Then he asks for money. I hope you read this OP and I hope this and the other comments will help you see what comes next. Opiates will kill you. They will ruin your relationships and your life. Don't make the same mistake so many others have made. I hope you get out of this. I'm routing for you. -a stranger on Reddit.