Use vs Abuse

Former Member

Just thought I'd ask ... what in people's opinion, is the difference between USING drugs and ABUSING drugs (and no jokes about beating your drugs up or flushing them down the loo!)

Do you think drug abuse is when you are addicted and physically feel like you can't stop taking them (if so, that makes nicotine smokers drug abusers)?

Or maybe it's when you are doing damage / upsetting those around you?

Former Member

Drug use is moderate use of any certain drug.

Drug abuse is abuse of any certain drug, like you think you can't live without the drug, that all you think about is getting your next hit,whatever you want to call it.

Former Member

I guess strictly, abuse is maybe what Shogun defines it as, but my definition is when the drug starts to cause u severe and noticable problems, starts having adverse effects that make the high not worth it. Doing too much at once.

Former Member

starts having adverse effects that make the high not worth it.

true.

Former Member

So, in that case, do you think that someone who is throwing up after a tinsy-winsy bit too much alcohol is drug abusing at that time? Is he/she a drug abuser? Or does it have to be more long term than, say, once/twice a month?

Former Member

Yeah id say more than once or twice a month, id say a regualar basis, but strictly if a person is using alcohol to the point where they are sick, they have abused it that night.

in my opinion.

Former Member

I'd say it was very subjective, but in the main it is when the negatives outweigh the positives. I mean some people just accept that nasty comedowns are worth it, but I cant handle them that often.