You gotta register . Here ' s my advice . As someone who has had a lot of people hit me I ' ve grown to only let one person ever hit me these days . He sees the vein and says I can hit that and boom goes in . Point being . Other people hesitate or try to go kinda slow . See the vein or feel the vein . And not so forcefully but not so fucking slowly push it into the skinvein . You gotta register to make sure you ' re in . Always do this . If you aren ' t in you ' re gonna be in pain and also you ' re shot won ' t feel half as nice . So take your time . Use alcohol swab beforehand . To get nasty whatever off your skin . Also you can use baking soda to help make the tar less acidic . It apparently precipates out cut . Sometimes If I ' m working w cottons or particularly dirty seeming dope . I ' ll drop 1 drop of alcohol in and then cook up . The alcohol will kill bacteria etc . Use a clean cotton or a micron or a wheel filter to draw up . Then maybe make sure there is no black dripping from the point bc It will sting . Then . Either tie off or don ' t . I ' d suggest it for making your veins more engorged while you ' re figuring out this whole thing . And boom . Try to always use a new rig bc they go in so much smoother . You ' ll find blunt ones will create scar tissue and also sometimes more difficult to pierce the vein . They can also become barbed and reallllllly hurt going in and coming out . But yeah Like I said in the vbeginning see the vein and go for it . Then pull back and see if the blood comes into the rig . That ' s how you know you ' re in . Also . If you tie off you gotta untie before you push . Also , the needle should be facing the direction the blood flows . All veins flow towards the heart . I ' ve heard people say this doesn ' t matter . It matters to me though . Mmmmm . That about covers it . Also . Be fucking careful . With black I ' ve seen a girl with a 40 cent per shot habit basically OD off . 1 of some good . These days I gauge potency by . 2 and how that feels t me . However I ' m not dumb . I ' ve detoxed about four times this year and each time coming back I do really little shots . Tolerance comes back quick . Whew . Happy thanksgiving .