Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "How Addicts Survived COVID" video.

  1. Overdosing is scary. You don't really even know it's happening to you as it's happening. Basically what happens is you either take too much OR maybe you took it on an empty stomach or something (or both, even worse still) and the thing is most addicts just expect they'll wake from it at some point because usually they do. When they DON'T, though, that's when an overdose is fatal. An overdose is basically just you taking so much of a powerful sedative in the form of the heroin or oxy or whatever it is, and you're in such a depressed (physically, not emotionally) state that your lungs and other essential organs "go to sleep" too. When the lungs stop working, you stop breathing obviously, and if you don't have intervention ASAP chances are very good you're going to die. The one time I overdosed I had only just started shooting up and I was deep in the throes of my addiction, so much so that I skipped out on food if it meant that I'd have more money for drugs. So I ended up taking this shot on an empty stomach. Fortunately I wasn't alone. I don't remember anything beyond just sitting on the couch and falling into a deep sleep. Next thing you know I feel cold water on my face but it wasn't enough so THEN I got slapped in the face and that's when I truly woke up.
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