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Final hit, fatal high...

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This is an anti-heroin piece, but it didn't start out that way. I wanted to do a practice sketch with the theme of needles as an outlet for my current thoughts. No, I'm not talking about drugs or anything like that. I had needles in mind because I'm about to start long-term Human Growth Hormone therapy. I have Panhypopituitarism. Because of this, my body is extremely deficient when it comes to HGH. If I don't give myself the shots every day, my health could really suffer. Eventually, it could cause congenital heart failure if I don't do the treatment. I used to take the shots when I was a kid, but the pain became too much and I asked my parents to let me stop. They did, though my endocrinologists implored me to get back on the regimen. For over a decade, I've refused. Lately, I've been feeling weak and sick way too often. It's been bothering me a lot, so today I decided I would get back on the HGH regimen. I'm going to see my endocrinologist on the 22nd. He'll be very relieved to hear that I'm going to take the shots. I'm nervous about it, but excited at the same time. I know this will make me feel so much better overall, and it will even help me lose the weight I have been struggling with. I'm not telling you about this for pity. DO NOT RESPOND WITH PITY, PLEASE. I was diagnosed with Panhypopituitarism a LOOOONG time ago, and I've come to terms with my condition. I'm not upset or depressed, honestly! I just felt like typing this out to ease the nervousness and excitement that's buzzing around in my head right now. This is really a happy thing! A lot of people have worse health issues than me with no hope of a helpful treatment. I'm not going to act like I've got the best luck in the world either xD But I am glad that there's treatment that can help. 

Anyway, back to the topic of heroin. I live in a very drug addled city. Heroin is the big fad right now, and in my city there have been over 30 OD deaths in just the past couple of months. When I was detailing the needle and her facial expression, I decided to turn this vent piece about needles into a political piece about the destructive, controlling nature of this drug. Normal, everyday people in my city have started using this drug as a substitute for pain medications. It's a poor area, and many people, unfortunately, can't afford prescription pain killers. Heroin is actually cheaper, so they reach out to their local drug dealers, risking their lives with this poison because they simply can not afford legal prescription medicine. 

It's a problem I hope we can find a solution to. 

Many thanks to this lovely lady for providing this stock I used as a reference:

Crack. by NikxStock

Materials:
- Copy paper
- Mechanical pencil 
- Ball point pen
- Sharpie
- ArtStudio (art app on my iPad) to very lightly adjust contrast, exposure, and saturation.
Image size
3083x2989px 3.55 MB
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SleepingForDreams's avatar
My thoughts and prayers to you! Powerful!