Just checking in and saying hello before making any posts (as that is I believe to be the courteous thing to do ). I am a 37 y/o married male living in beautiful sunny Southern California. I retire from active military service in about 9 months after having served 20 years and am FULLY looking forward to my next career as a civilian My passion/obsessions (in no particular order): Cars (preferably fast as a mofo with superior handling abilities) Guitar (am a product of the 1980's metal generation that included bands like Slayer, Megadeth, Metal Church, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Exodus, Testament, etc... my guitar style reflects my music interests I would say. However, being a musician I also appreciate classical music with Mozart being perhaps my most favorite composer as his "Symphony No. 40 in D Minor" is probably my favorite classical symphonies of all. Sex with my hottie wife of course And thats probably it. I found this site while conducting research in search of some answers regarding Opiates as I am a chronic pain patient and have been one since being injured in Afghanistan in 2001 while attached to U.S. Navy special operations. I noticed while reading some of the threads in the Opiates forum that there seems to be a good bunch of respectful people on here, and found that with my own "fortunate/unfortunate" (opiate users will know exactly what I mean there) experience with Opiates over the past 7 years, that I might be able to hopefully contribute in some way, whether it be harm reduction, or to just offer some useful advice that my own experience has taught me over the years...that someone might be able to benefit some from it Anyways...thats me. Thanks. Newbomb