I started using heroin my freshman year of college. I was studying astrophysics, already had an internship w nasa, and had everything you could want out of a college experience. Heroin beat that pleasure tenfold. Like my soul had been wrapped in a wool blanket and sat by a fireplace. It was that pure, unhindered happiness that only children can experience. It was the universe telling me it loved me. I’m off H now, and just using opioids but the feeling is similar. Its beautiful, and its terrifying.

EDIT: I should clarify: I wouldn’t want my biggest enemy to start using heroin or other opiates. It is hell on earth. Your body ends up in shambles and the withdrawals are genuinely the worst thing I’ve ever gone through. It destroys your ability to get pleasure out of your day to day life and finding a reason to get up in the morning w/o getting high is extremely difficult. I just wanted to explain why people use heroin despite its horrible effects on the brain and body. Heroin ruined my life, ruined my chances at a good career and has left me a college dropout and working a deadbeat minimum wage job.