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how are all you users?
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tell it like it is.
what is your physical and mental health like?
what kind of future do you see for yourselves?
are you in a reasonable environment?
do you consider yourself to be a lucky or unlucky person?
are you having any drug or drink related problems?
are you a drain on medical services of any kind?
are you a bum?
the reson i ask ...and no i'm not expecting many people to answer every question but ...i am asking that you be honest.
people come here stoned ...people who know nothing of chemical dependancy or recreational use.
i explained to someone recently that i still haven't developed a twitch!
we laugh amongst ourselves while others are generaly concerned and worried.
so how are you drug using people feel on the whole?
what is your physical and mental health like?
what kind of future do you see for yourselves?
are you in a reasonable environment?
do you consider yourself to be a lucky or unlucky person?
are you having any drug or drink related problems?
are you a drain on medical services of any kind?
are you a bum?
the reson i ask ...and no i'm not expecting many people to answer every question but ...i am asking that you be honest.
people come here stoned ...people who know nothing of chemical dependancy or recreational use.
i explained to someone recently that i still haven't developed a twitch!
we laugh amongst ourselves while others are generaly concerned and worried.
so how are you drug using people feel on the whole?
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Physical health is great, sure I couldn't run a long distance race like I used to a few years back (mostly out of choice, I'm sure I could if I pushed myself) but I'm fit and healthy. Mental health - can't remember the last time I was depressed.
I see a good future ahead of me, I'm performing top of my class in all my subjects, hitting all my targets or above - will definitely be going to University if I carry on like I am.
Living at home with my mum, but things have never been better between us, we get on like a house on fire. She's supportive of me and let's me do my own thing. Obviously doesn't like me doing class A's but when it comes to smoking pot she's realised it's part of this generation and she has no problem with me smoking whatsoever, which I think is the best way.
Couldn't say if I'm a lucky or unlucky person, can't remember any examples of me being unlucky, or likewise me being lucky (or is that cannabis playing with my memory? )
I have no drug problems whatsoever, I can go weeks/months with no hard (in comparison to cannabis - speed, pills, etc) drugs. Like a good drink and smoke now and again, who doesn't. In no way shape or form dependant.
And I'm on no medication whatsoever, don't need any kind of medication, haven't been to the doctors in well over a year.
And no, I'm not a bum. I'm at full time college with a small job on the side (enough money for all my personal needs). What more could I ask for?
People need not stereotype.Not all drug users all pale faced out and out no hopers. Majority are just honest, decent people out for a good time. And a good time is what they have!
i do believe your being a reasonably honest man.
come on ...honesty apreciated.
My main health problem has nothing to do with my drug use, which is my insomnia which I have had for ages and which I believe I inherited from my dad as my brother also has the same problem. Apart from my recent bout of glandular fever I havent been ill in a very long time and never get colds etc unlike my mrs who is a little sickly.
I'm in a good place, I own not rent my flat, although obviously I dont own it outright. Both of us have full time jobs and are earning a decent wage, obviously we both pay taxes etc.
My future prospects? Erm. I would like to move into the area of drugs education and treatment, maybe on the policy side and for this perhaps I'll do a masters.
Do I think I'm lucky? I dont think I really believe in luck as such, although I do tend to land on my feet most of the time.
I think my past drug use have had a possitive impact upon my life with minimal side effects. I dont do anything in a major way, but I dont think I will cut it out completely for a long while yet.
Mental heath, unstable i guess & i was diagnosed with problems at a young age BEFORE starting class a drugs, and although i do not think there is a relation my mental health has got a lot better since starting class A. Id say my mental health is pretty good right now. Had a heap of problems depression, paranoia and so forth...So i dont think drugs have had a negative (or positive either) effect on my mental health.
Ive gone back to study, am 19 and restarted my AS course, plan to go to university get my joint degree in Sociology and Criminology then work in the police force. And get as high in the ladder as i can... yes ill be quitting drugs!! Other than that ill study at university then go on to become a rape victim therapist.
Im in a good environment compared to many at my college. It might not be brilliant but i live in a comfortable house, fair enough in a not too brilliant area but i spend a great deal of my time in Kent and im not affected by crime, poverty or anything like that. I have a big support network if i ever needed it, and im happy with my life.
I consider myself to be lucky, my mum says i have a guardian angel looking over me. I seem to get my self in a lot of negative or dangerous situations and have suffered a lot of heartbreak and upset but always come out stronger. So yup, im lucky.
I went through a stage of feeling very dependent on cocaine, ive turned myself around completly now, i still use it but maybe only once a month at our chinese and cocaine sessions!
I may be a drain on the medical services, always seem to be at the clinic or doctors, but for reasons completly un related to drug use. More related to sex issues than anything else.
I used to be a bum. Lost a lot of motivation to go out and do anything, but i blame that entirely on the state of my mental health. Now though, i have loads of aspirations, goals and im working hard to achive them, i study, im active, practice my yoga and mediation. Im going to start working soon looking for a job to work nights so i can still have time to study... not a bum at all!
Mental health seems to be fine, the Norman Bates side of me left a while ago
I see a good future for me, starting college next year and then off to university following that.
Home life literally coldn't get any better. My parents are supportive of me, and understand that smoking cannabis isn't as harmful or as degenerative as it's made out to be, so they let me smoke, and i thank them for that. I have a great sister who is also supportive of me, and my parents are second to none.
I would say i'm a lucky person,because i'm lucky that i don't have any drug addictions whatsoever, and because of the loving and safe environment i'm in at home.
denial?
after many many years involved with drugs i have seen death and disease related to drug use but very very little compared to the ammount of people using stuff. an estimated 7/10 billion quid are year are spent on illegals in the U.K alone!
i think the point you bring up is interesting but i think most none users would likely give a similar answer ...unless of course they are into sport and the gym etc.
burgers and fizzy drinks and crisps and alcohol on the other hand seem to be cuasing serious problems in our society.
I also remember when I was impressed with my computer because it had all of 1/2 a megabyte of hard drive!
i remeber gas lights and trolley busses ...does busses have that many s's in or did they just all turn up at once?
at night i used to take it under the blankets and with my little one ear piece ear socket ...tune into radio luxenburg or american forces in europe ...and radio caroline ...a pirate off shore station. thats where i met bob dylan and make love not war ...sounded to good to be true but wander down that road ever since ...
I'm more of a Radio Four man myself.
and a collection of minature pipes.
maybe its denial, for some people, for me my medical conditions begun years before i begun taking drugs, and have got a lot better to near enough perfect since taking drugs. But of course, i dont assume drugs are the reason for that.
fruit salads are THE sweets.. oh the don-ness!!!
(minxy did acid on saturday, dont know why - bored of pills i guess, thought it wasnt much to rave about, wont be doing it again kinda boring!!!)
acid is far from boring ...do shrooms ...then do acid which should be like a 100 more times powerful.
not too bothered about persuing it, id rather reduce my drug use than expand it anyway
2-ct-7 for example, my mrs loved the stuff and 25mg blew her away, I did 50mg and got nothing.
But then again, id had an 8th of speed a day for a few days in a binge session which resulted in trips and with pill i guess id have had 7 or something which may be above average but i dont know...
im just a bit baffled by it all tbh
how ...why ...not a friggin clue. mushrooms do nothing to him either ...