Comments on: Let’s Talk About Drugs http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/ babblings! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Roxy http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-3020 Roxy Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:24:28 +0000 /?p=20#comment-3020 Hello, I Stumbled Across This Site When I Was Trying To Find Info About Dawns Book And Have Been On And Off For two Days. And i Just Wanted To Say You Are All Right About How Prescription Painkillers Can Be Just As Addicting As Any Other Drug, And A Lot OF Doctors Dont Think Of That When They Give Them to Someone For An Accident,Or Even A Toothache. Dentists Give Vicodon After Oral Surgery! People Often Do Get Addicted And Then Are Cut Off Or Whatever And It Is Very Difficult To Deal With, Especially When You Know That You Can Get The Same Or Something Else To ease Your Pain, But I Do Believe Like The Rest of You Are Saying That Is Better To Live Clean. Its Hard Coming Down But Once Your Clean And Its Behind You It Is Better. I Just Wanted To Comment On That Because A Lot Of People Talk About HArd Drugs And Worry About Thier Children Getting Addicted But Prescription Drugs Are Just As BAd I Think And Im Glad That Some Of You mentioned That. Hello, I Stumbled Across This Site When I Was Trying To Find Info About Dawns Book And Have Been On And Off For two Days. And i Just Wanted To Say You Are All Right About How Prescription Painkillers Can Be Just As Addicting As Any Other Drug, And A Lot OF Doctors Dont Think Of That When They Give Them to Someone For An Accident,Or Even A Toothache. Dentists Give Vicodon After Oral Surgery! People Often Do Get Addicted And Then Are Cut Off Or Whatever And It Is Very Difficult To Deal With, Especially When You Know That You Can Get The Same Or Something Else To ease Your Pain, But I Do Believe Like The Rest of You Are Saying That Is Better To Live Clean. Its Hard Coming Down But Once Your Clean And Its Behind You It Is Better. I Just Wanted To Comment On That Because A Lot Of People Talk About HArd Drugs And Worry About Thier Children Getting Addicted But Prescription Drugs Are Just As BAd I Think And Im Glad That Some Of You mentioned That.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-2945 Rachel Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:10:30 +0000 /?p=20#comment-2945 Dawn, I'm not even sure if you still read and respond to this section. I just stumbled upon the movie Wonderland(it's in my roommates collection). After watching it I decided to indulge the darker side of my curiosity by researching John Holmes, and I ended up discovering this site. You being a woman and once involved in drugs(as I am a woman but currently involved in drugs), I decided to do some research on you. I want to say that I do admire you and the incredible changes you made in your life. I feel like in order to get out of that kind of lifestyle, you have to at some point be able to look at yourself OUTSIDE yourself and see something better. Is that how you were able to get out? I'm not a huge user of cocaine. Once, maybe two times every two weeks(that's my time frame). I can't go beyond two weeks. So I don't use everyday or even every other day. It's not the usage that scares me at this point, but my DESIRE. My question to you is this: What happened or what did you say to yourself, or what were you able to see/feel/wonder that allowed you to get the help you needed? Where were you mentally? Thanks for listening... Rachel Dawn,

I’m not even sure if you still read and respond to this section. I just stumbled upon the movie Wonderland(it’s in my roommates collection). After watching it I decided to indulge the darker side of my curiosity by researching John Holmes, and I ended up discovering this site. You being a woman and once involved in drugs(as I am a woman but currently involved in drugs), I decided to do some research on you. I want to say that I do admire you and the incredible changes you made in your life. I feel like in order to get out of that kind of lifestyle, you have to at some point be able to look at yourself OUTSIDE yourself and see something better. Is that how you were able to get out? I’m not a huge user of cocaine. Once, maybe two times every two weeks(that’s my time frame). I can’t go beyond two weeks. So I don’t use everyday or even every other day. It’s not the usage that scares me at this point, but my DESIRE. My question to you is this: What happened or what did you say to yourself, or what were you able to see/feel/wonder that allowed you to get the help you needed? Where were you mentally?

Thanks for listening…

Rachel

]]> By: donna http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-1283 donna Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:54:18 +0000 /?p=20#comment-1283 Dawn I recently found your website and read about your experiences. I am in amazement that you lived thru such things and are alive to help other. Have you ever wonder or thought , that even thou things where terribly bad, why you stayed alive thru all of it and not contracted aids? I believe that God kept you and helped you get to the place that you needed to be to get the help you needed. I am so very happy for you. God bless and continue to keep you Dawn
I recently found your website and read about your experiences. I am in amazement that you lived thru such things and are alive to help other. Have you ever wonder or thought , that even thou things where terribly bad, why you stayed alive thru all of it and not contracted aids? I believe that God kept you and helped you get to the place that you needed to be to get the help you needed. I am so very happy for you. God bless and continue to keep you

]]> By: Marie Trevino http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-954 Marie Trevino Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:44:36 +0000 /?p=20#comment-954 I am very PROUD of all of you!!! Keep up the good work!!! I have been there and done it myself and I know it is a log hard road but so, so worth it. Hang in there and stay strong. Marie I am very PROUD of all of you Keep up the good work I have been there and done it myself and I know it is a log hard road but so, so worth it. Hang in there and stay strong.

Marie

]]> By: printess http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-953 printess Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:44:34 +0000 /?p=20#comment-953 you are definitely right about methadone being worse than the oxycontin, i actually started to cut myself down from the methadone before i went cold turkey. i would actually take from 20 to 30 milligrams every other day then i got to where i would go 3 or 4 days without even taking a dose and it really never bothered me until about the 5th day and i started getting chills, my insides were shaking, my back, head, basically every part of my body hurt. i guess where i started weening myself off about 6 or 7 months ago i thought i could quit and it would not bother me but i was wrong. i am over the worse part now and i never want to see that stuff again. i hope nobody else ever has to go through what i went through. my family is very proud of me and that means more to me than anything in the world. i would not suggest that anyone tries to come off methadone cold turkey. thank you very much and i will leave you my email address in case you or anyone else have any questions (fleabegone@yahoo.com) i know it is a funny email address. you are definitely right about methadone being worse than the oxycontin, i actually started to cut myself down from the methadone before i went cold turkey. i would actually take from 20 to 30 milligrams every other day then i got to where i would go 3 or 4 days without even taking a dose and it really never bothered me until about the 5th day and i started getting chills, my insides were shaking, my back, head, basically every part of my body hurt. i guess where i started weening myself off about 6 or 7 months ago i thought i could quit and it would not bother me but i was wrong. i am over the worse part now and i never want to see that stuff again. i hope nobody else ever has to go through what i went through. my family is very proud of me and that means more to me than anything in the world. i would not suggest that anyone tries to come off methadone cold turkey. thank you very much and i will leave you my email address in case you or anyone else have any questions (fleabegone@yahoo.com) i know it is a funny email address.

]]> By: Christi Letourneau http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-952 Christi Letourneau Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:08:43 +0000 /?p=20#comment-952 Regarding Oxy-contin, 2 yrs ago I had an accident, and was put on Oxy-contin, i was not awsre of the side effects, not alone, the power of this drug, I also was very upset at the Dr. who prescribed it, as I was not fully informed, and that happens often to many, many Dr.'s do not take a look at the longrun of people on this drug.. to get off it , I was also put on Methadone.. I still am on Methadone, though it is a very low dose, I have managed to come down by 10 cc's/ or Mgs'..I am struggling with being on 7..I really can't believe how hard is to come off this stuff, I am being monitered, and doing it gradually, and it's still so difficult, it is harder than the Oxy-contin..I had broke 4 vertabreas..fractured, and the pain was unbearable, in hindsight, I think I would have just dealt with the pain, mind you, I had trouble walking it hurt so bad..that drug should be banned, they have other meds for pain, this one holds onto you like nothing else, the pain got worse, actually, and they said, it was an effect of the drug, called an opiate induced pain, I had never heard of that, but I was seeing a pain specialist, so that is another aspect of the drug which to me is just a catch 22..I am not a doctor, but I do not suggest you or anyone try & go off it by yourself, cold turkey, you can very sick, and the possibilities of having convulsions are quite possible....in todays world , for medical puposes, I don't believe that anyone has to go cold turkey, there are other ways to help coming off most drugs... of course it's anyone's choice, but it is just wretched to do it by oneself., and a little dangerous. I would like to leave my email addy if anyone should like to write... 4crl@videotron.ca Regarding Oxy-contin, 2 yrs ago I had an accident, and was put on Oxy-contin, i was not awsre of the side effects, not alone, the power of this drug, I also was very upset at the Dr. who prescribed it, as I was not fully informed, and that happens often to many, many Dr.’s do not take a look at the longrun of people on this drug.. to get off it , I was also put on Methadone.. I still am on Methadone, though it is a very low dose, I have managed to come down by 10 cc’s/ or Mgs’..I am struggling with being on 7..I really can’t believe how hard is to come off this stuff, I am being monitered, and doing it gradually, and it’s still so difficult, it is harder than the Oxy-contin..I had broke 4 vertabreas..fractured, and the pain was unbearable, in hindsight, I think I would have just dealt with the pain, mind you, I had trouble walking it hurt so bad..that drug should be banned, they have other meds for pain, this one holds onto you like nothing else, the pain got worse, actually, and they said, it was an effect of the drug, called an opiate induced pain, I had never heard of that, but I was seeing a pain specialist, so that is another aspect of the drug which to me is just a catch 22..I am not a doctor, but I do not suggest you or anyone try & go off it by yourself, cold turkey, you can very sick, and the possibilities of having convulsions are quite possible….in todays world , for medical puposes, I don’t believe that anyone has to go cold turkey, there are other ways to help coming off most drugs… of course it’s anyone’s choice, but it is just wretched to do it by oneself., and a little dangerous. I would like to leave my email addy if anyone should like to write… 4crl@videotron.ca

]]> By: printess http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-950 printess Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:58:34 +0000 /?p=20#comment-950 just so everybody knows i never used a needle in my life i am really scared of a needle. just so everybody knows i never used a needle in my life i am really scared of a needle.

]]> By: printess http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-949 printess Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:56:01 +0000 /?p=20#comment-949 oxycontin is a very addictive drug i should know i was addicted and it is not an easy drug to come off of. i still have my struggles but i just take it one day at a time. i started going to a methodone clinic to come off oxycontin and now i have been off the methodone for almost three weeks now and this is the hardest thing in the world to get out of your system i think the methodone is harder than the oxycontin especially when you decide to quit cold turkey like me. that is a very dangerous thing to do, i just don't want to have to depend on any chemical to get out of the bed anymore. oxycontin is a very addictive drug i should know i was addicted and it is not an easy drug to come off of. i still have my struggles but i just take it one day at a time. i started going to a methodone clinic to come off oxycontin and now i have been off the methodone for almost three weeks now and this is the hardest thing in the world to get out of your system i think the methodone is harder than the oxycontin especially when you decide to quit cold turkey like me. that is a very dangerous thing to do, i just don’t want to have to depend on any chemical to get out of the bed anymore.

]]> By: Movie Fan http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-946 Movie Fan Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:36:18 +0000 /?p=20#comment-946 Joel, David Lind died in 1995 from a heroin overdose. I'd say that's a case of F-him up pretty bad. The graveyards are full of people who OD'd on heroin, and now oxycontin too. Stay clean, PLEASE....... Movie Fan Joel,

David Lind died in 1995 from a heroin overdose. I’d say that’s a case of F-him up pretty bad. The graveyards are full of people who OD’d on heroin, and now oxycontin too. Stay clean, PLEASE…....

Movie Fan

]]> By: Joel http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2004/10/17/lets-talk-about-drugs/#comment-945 Joel Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:52:28 +0000 /?p=20#comment-945 Hey Dawn. First of all, ive seen this movie more than ten times. reasons being It took me a bunch of times to completly get everything with the whole jumping back and forward in time. Then today I watched it again with my girlfriend.... and then it really hit me that this ACTUALLY happened... its not just a movie... I mean i always knew it was a true story.. but it never really clicked in until now. I still don't really know how the murders really went down... i wasent there.. nobody was expect nash's buddies and most likly john. Being a junkie myself.. I don't touch coke, or speed or any kind of upper. they make me feel like dying. I think that kind of shit can really turn a person into a fucking low-life really quick. I just have a bias against coke heads... I'm more into shooting H,morphine,oxycondone..well any opiate i can get my hands on I guess. I guess im alot like david lind. he seemed to be against coke. i dont know if that guy was really a scumbag or not. Ive always known heroin addicts to be more mellow (unless they can't get it. Ive never realy seem to see my use mesing up my life... sure im only 19 and ive been shooting since 15, but i still am the same person mostly.. I just sometimes can waste alot of time thinking about how to get another score. I dont know what im asking really.. ive been up for almost 3 days withdrawling from morphine and oxy.. its A FUCKING bitch.. but ill be done in a few days. but id like to know more about david lind.. is he alive? did his heroin use ever fuck him up THAT bad? thats if you even know anything about him at all these days.. sorry for ranting... i just love the movie and it seems to help ease withdrawls when i see other drug addicts going through it... i dunno why. I think your story is amazing and im glad you got out realivily unharmed.. Joel Hey Dawn. First of all, ive seen this movie more than ten times. reasons being It took me a bunch of times to completly get everything with the whole jumping back and forward in time. Then today I watched it again with my girlfriend…. and then it really hit me that this ACTUALLY happened… its not just a movie… I mean i always knew it was a true story.. but it never really clicked in until now. I still don’t really know how the murders really went down… i wasent there.. nobody was expect nash’s buddies and most likly john. Being a junkie myself.. I don’t touch coke, or speed or any kind of upper. they make me feel like dying. I think that kind of shit can really turn a person into a fucking low-life really quick. I just have a bias against coke heads… I’m more into shooting H,morphine,oxycondone..well any opiate i can get my hands on I guess. I guess im alot like david lind. he seemed to be against coke. i dont know if that guy was really a scumbag or not. Ive always known heroin addicts to be more mellow (unless they can’t get it. Ive never realy seem to see my use mesing up my life… sure im only 19 and ive been shooting since 15, but i still am the same person mostly.. I just sometimes can waste alot of time thinking about how to get another score. I dont know what im asking really.. ive been up for almost 3 days withdrawling from morphine and oxy.. its A FUCKING bitch.. but ill be done in a few days. but id like to know more about david lind.. is he alive? did his heroin use ever fuck him up THAT bad? thats if you even know anything about him at all these days.. sorry for ranting… i just love the movie and it seems to help ease withdrawls when i see other drug addicts going through it… i dunno why. I think your story is amazing and im glad you got out realivily unharmed..

Joel

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