Why we're collecting stories
The published research on SR-17018 is almost entirely animal data. The body of human experience lives in scattered Reddit posts. Bringing those experiences into a structured, moderated, citable format — without the identifying detail that makes forum posts risky to share — is a public-health contribution.
We are not collecting stories to recommend, glamorize, or sell anything. We're collecting them so that the next person searching can read something more useful than scattered anecdotes — an organized record of what people in their position have actually experienced.
Privacy & anonymity
- No account required. No login. No tracking cookies for this page.
- We do not retain IP addresses on form submissions.
- Stories are reviewed and may be lightly edited for length, clarity, or to remove inadvertently identifying detail.
- You can withdraw a published story at any time by contacting us — we will remove it within 7 days.
- We will never share your submission with vendors, law enforcement, employers, family, or any third party except as required by law.
- Submissions implying imminent risk of self-harm are responded to with crisis resources, not published.
What to include (and not)
Helpful to include:
- Your situation going in — what you were dependent on, for how long, what you'd tried.
- How you used SR-17018 — substitute, taper, recreational, accidental.
- What it was like in the first hours, first day, first week.
- What helped. What didn't. What surprised you.
- Side effects — the boring ones as well as the dramatic ones.
- What happened next — including outcomes that aren't a clean success.
- What you'd want someone in your shoes to know.
Please don't include:
- Vendor names, marketplace links, or sourcing instructions.
- Specific street addresses or workplaces.
- Names of family members, friends, or treatment providers.
- Photos of yourself or others.
- Recommendations to anyone else about whether to try this.
We may decline to publish stories that look promotional, that name vendors, that include identifying detail we can't redact, or that read as a sales pitch for any substance, supplement, or treatment program.