Reg overdoses on a Flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia
Editors note: Reggie was flying to Montreal to buy drugs regularly. Although he was selling drugs, he was clearly at a point where this had become necessary to support his very expensive habit. This was the first of a few overdoses that reggie experienced over the years ... ]
I took about 3 grams (of heroin) out of the bag for (immediate) personal use and packed up the rest and mailed it back home. I had driven to the airport in Halifax so I had to fly back there to get the truck. As soon as I got on the plane I went to the bathroom and snorted a big line. I thought it would feel good to be high when we took/lifted off. I was flying in First also.
After I sat down, I don’t remember anything until I woke up with an oxygen mask on my face and all the crew standing around me. They told me that I had turned blue and they thought I was dying.
We were just about to land in Halifax and they called for an ambulance to meet us. I panicked and ran to the washroom. In there, I shoved the bag of heroin up my arse, forgetting that heroin makes you constipated and worrying that I was going to get busted. After I came out of the bathroom, I told them that I had taken some Gravol for my stomach and had drank a few beer at the airport. This could possibly explain me blacking out. They bought my story and cancelled the ambulance. What a relief. But I decided that I wasn’t in a very good condition to drive so I took a cab into Halifax and got a hotel. Of course the heroin had made me constipated and I couldn’t get the bag out. I paced back and forth for three days worrying that it was going to burst open and kill me. But I was too scared of getting busted to get some help. When I finally worked it out (the bag), I stayed for another 3 days until it was all gone. But when I did get home, my package was waiting for me. And my wife was in a bad mood. I didn’t even try and explain where I was. I just said, “don’t ask me”, and she didn’t. That why I liked her so much. I also had something to do with why she left me, no doubt. But I didn’t care about anything. I had the package.