Saturday, September 12, 2009

That Heroin Smell

My daughter and I were in the kitchen making cheese quesadillas. I mentioned that we should take a vitamin and she opened the pantry door and noticed a bottle of B1 vitamins. She said, "who takes these?" I told her the B1 vitamins were her dad's. She opened the top and stuck her nose in the jar and at that very moment all hell broke loose.

She screamed, her face turned red, her eyes started watering and then she started running down the hallway. I didn't know what had happened. I asked her what was wrong. Then she came running back down the hallway into the bathroom. She looked completely sick and I thought she was going to throw up. She was holding a tissue over her mouth saying it smells just like dope....and the smell was going to make her throw up. She just kept saying, "the smell is making me sick." Then she said the smell was stuck in her nose....I didn't really know what to say so I told her to have a soft drink and try to think of something else.

I started spraying air freshener...to get rid of the smell which was really nasty. She said it was such a shock to her system to smell it that it immediately made her sick. The B1 vitamins were capsules from Walgreens....and yea, they did stink. I guess I know what heroin smells like....it kinda makes me want to throw up too!

Needless to say I threw the B1's and the very burned cheese quesadillas in the trash. We made turkey sandwiches instead and we didn't mention vitamins again....

17 comments:

Abc said...

Wow! I've never heard that. I think vitamin C smells like oranges. I'm glad things are going well.

My Daughter's Addiction said...

Thank AR...I smelled it and it was definitely very stinky!

Gledwood said...

Vitamin B1? I thought American heroin smelled of vinegar? I don't know...

ours* smells of opium, incense, sweet-&-sour... and a hint of fish. Lovely!

*I'm in Europe and our drugs come from Afghanistan... I heard yours come from South America and without banging on for ages it's a different sort of heroin

Gledwood said...

PS I hope all is right your end...

My Daughter's Addiction said...

Hi Gleds,
You're right...I think the US heroin comes from South America and Mexico. Laced with sugar, starch, acetaminophen, or whatever else the dealers have on hand or in their pantry.

Hint of fish? Lovely....ewwh....I don't really like the smell of fish....Gled's your so funny!

Bar L. said...

So sad. My son was telling me a list of his triggers yesterday, some things are unavoidable or just catch you off guard.

Anonymous said...

that may be because some heroin is cut with vitamin b, which definetely has a distinctive smell

Anonymous said...

yes i have the same problem. I smell them and it just brings me back. I told my mom about it, but she thinks im talking shit. It is true. Heroin also does smell like vinegar. Depends on the potency and how its cooked.

Mike said...

The reason that the heroin sometimes smells like vitamin B, is because it is often cut with it! I'm a recovering addict and have 15 years experience of that smell! yuck!
Pressing The Issue

BenQ said...

Completely 100% pure heroin is odorless. Although in quantities of 1kg or more of even the purest (i.e. 90-98%) illegal heroin will tend to smell like vinegar. It is impossible to make 100% heroin practically on a large scale. The smell of vinegar comes from still-evaporating acetates, usually acetic anhydride which form acetic acid(vinegar) with moisture in the air. As for the Vitamin B1 smell I haven't smelled that brand, but I have some Omega3 gels that have a strong dope like smell to them. I believe that if a person were to cut dope with B1 that it could easily be discovered by trying to evaporate some on tinfoil. If the pile turns black, stinky and grows it most likely has been cut with B vitamins.
Qualifications(like it's a job interview :-): EX-long-time-dealer and EX-short-time-addict
Now on Suboxone.

Anonymous said...

That story is such a sad mess.

Anonymous said...

very sad..all of it just one of Satans tools to distroy our world! God help all of those who are addicted.

Anonymous said...

Can it smell sweet?

Anonymous said...

What I find shocking is that the daughter knew what "dope" (heroin) smells like and the mother didn't seem to flinch. Parent of the year!

Unknown said...

I dont know what to do....I just found out my nieghbor is doing herion...i live in a very secure neighborhood...middle to upper class...white picket fence people, that go to church..I knocked on the door and gagged it was that strong...when he came out- He said he was burning one...well we all know what pot smells like...and this was just chemical ass and vinigar...I knew it wasn't pot...I don't know what to do? My other nieghbor is a state highway patrol officer...I am torn between keep my neighborhood clean and safe...sympathy for the guy that i use to know?

Anonymous said...

I've never had a trigger like that before. Wow it sounds like a big moment for her in her recovery place and yes I smells kinda like fish, sickening sweet smell.

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