I’m a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone’s life.

In this one-liner, Hedberg uses a phonetic pun—“heroine” (female hero) echoing “heroin” (the drug)—to build a classic misdirection joke. The first sentence sets up a confession that sounds like substance addiction; the second sentence abruptly reframes it as a sexual compulsion for women who perform life-saving acts. The humor comes from the sudden semantic switch, the absurd specificity of the “need,” and the mock-serious tone that parodies the language of dependency. It also exemplifies Hedberg’s style: compact, surreal premises delivered as if they were straightforward observations.