Recreational drug usage ?

[ZX21]

Had a massive trip last month on mushrooms that had almost therapeutic qualities. After the 6 hours of psychedelic madness, I lay down in bed listening to music and had some DEEP DEEP introspective thoughts, analyzing what exactly is wrong with me and the steps I needed to take in order to cure myself. I had NEVER thought this way before, it was like I had turned into a self-psychiatrist. It also gave me intense motivation and more self-confidence. I have felt extremely content ever since. I can only describe it as a mystical and life changing experience. This led to joining these forums, it could even lead to more. Drugs are percieved as "bad for you" and usually I'd agree, but I beg to differ with this particular experience.

I drink socially, comes in handy when you want to act like a retard and talk to every person you see like they were your best mate. Usually makes me feel worse if I'm in any sort of bad mood.

I had been smoking weed almost daily for a few months, and I can say it is a really sh*t drug when taken that often. Kills all motivation. If you have a lecture 3 hours after you smoke a cone, you WILL NOT GO, lol. It's great maybe every second weekend or on a special occasion, but doing it every day really gets you down when you become sober in between sessions. Would you believe, mushrooms made me quit smoking daily almost immediately. Would recommend them, although they're certainly not for everyone. You need a strong mind and in-depth research to properly handle them.

Not really interested in taking anything else, maybe acid. Everything else is dodgy and dangerous, especially E's.

[whathappened]

My experiences with LSD, Mushrooms, E were all good. I actually felt truly happy when thinking about my life on those drugs, just relaxing to music watching things in a different perspective, clouds forming up into images lol

Dealing with withdrawal now from heroin. Agonizing....

As for pot, don't get the same high anymore, maybe it's because I'm depressed idk.

[Aurora]

I did go through the 'experimental' stage, from about 16 - 21 years of age. It never developed into an addiction though. Just something I wanted to try and 'contacts' have always been at hand to me for some reason? I didnt really like anything except MDMA (ecstasy). It was the only thing that didnt give me a bad time.
I dont really have anything against the occasional experiment, its addiction or excessive use that ****s people up.
Nowdays, I dont even touch alcohol.. and I only gave up nicotine 7 weeks ago due to finding out I was pregnant. So I guess if I wasnt pregnant right now. Id only be smoking nicotine.
I might have a glass of something alcoholic on new years. But thats it. Doesnt interest me anymore.

[Aurora]

Originally Posted by ZX21

Not really interested in taking anything else, maybe acid. Everything else is dodgy and dangerous, especially E's.

I think it depends on the person taking the drugs. Many people react differently to different drugs.
I would think hallucinogens are much more dangerous than euphoriants.
I dont see how Es are dangerous and acid is not?

[zookeeper]

Originally Posted by Aurora

I think it depends on the person taking the drugs. Many people react differently to different drugs.
I would think hallucinogens are much more dangerous than euphoriants.
I dont see how Es are dangerous and acid is not?

It's not so much the E that's dangerous, more what it's cut with (or if it's even MDMA). It's at the point now where a lot of the scenes have testing kits on hand to make sure what you're about to take is actually MDMA.

[Aurora]

Originally Posted by zookeeper

It's not so much the E that's dangerous, more what it's cut with (or if it's even MDMA). It's at the point now where a lot of the scenes have testing kits on hand to make sure what you're about to take is actually MDMA.

That is true. Good point. I missed it.
Still think other drugs are much more harmful to the brain than MDMA. (If that is what you are infact taking).

[layitontheline]

I've never done anything because I don't have any connections or way of getting it. I want to try things though, sounds really nice to be able to escape and get away from life sometimes.

[brokensaint]

I usually smoke weed at the end of every week; it's kind of like a descent or sorts.

[IllusionalFate]

Originally Posted by Aurora

That is true. Good point. I missed it.
Still think other drugs are much more harmful to the brain than MDMA. (If that is what you are infact taking).

MDMA is actually quite neurotoxic, much more so than other commonly used recreational drugs. It's a substituted methamphetamine that causes much more neurotoxicity than meth itself, due to being a very potent serotonin releasing agent.

On the other hand, hallucinogens like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline act primarily as 5-HT2A agonists and don't deplete monoaminergic neurons of their stored neurotransmitters.

[bowlingpins]

Originally Posted by jayb90

I don't consider this a "Disorder"

Pursuit to happiness is part of our constitution in US. Thus we have use of recreational drugs.

[UltraShy]

Originally Posted by bowlingpins

Pursuit to happiness is part of our constitution in US. Thus we have use of recreational drugs.

No national drug laws even existed prior to 1914. At that time Congress felt a need to ban cocaine because according to racist myths of the time it was causing black men to rape white women. I find some irony that a black President and many black members of congress support drug laws that have origins that are as racist as could be.

People act like the earth would fall off its axis without drug laws, yet we've only had national drug control for the last 95 years.

The profit margin on cocaine is 17,000%. That's why there is no way to win the Drug War. Capitalism is one of the most powerful forces known to man. People think big oil companies make a killing with $4 gas. That's spare change compared to what drug cartels can make.

[epril]

Being a parent I feel protectively compelled to resist such frivolosites. Darn I miss it though. Mmm...

[Brightpaperwarewolf]

Originally Posted by UltraShy

No national drug laws even existed prior to 1914. At that time Congress felt a need to ban cocaine because according to racist myths of the time it was causing black men to rape white women. I find some irony that a black President and many black members of congress support drug laws that have origins that are as racist as could be.

People act like the earth would fall off its axis without drug laws, yet we've only had national drug control for the last 95 years.

The profit margin on cocaine is 17,000%. That's why there is no way to win the Drug War. Capitalism is one of the most powerful forces known to man. People think big oil companies make a killing with $4 gas. That's spare change compared to what drug cartels can make.

The Harrison tax act was more about opium and how the Chinese had white women lived with them than cocaine representing the fact it caused black men to "rape" white women. and even then, cocaine was still legal for companies and certain individuals. But prior to that, various state laws had opium/cocaine/marijuana illegal for minorities and kept it legal for white people. Some people claim racism, but I think it was only used as propaganda for people to get behind it. In reality, pharmaceuticals companies had a lot to gain with increased profit and it laid waste to the hemp industry.

What scares people is what they don't know and what they don't understand. That's the main reason why drugs are still illegal today.

[Aza]

I'm on a comedown from half a gram of amphetamines last night. Haven't slept since.

Anyway my drug history is:

-Marijuana
-Ecstasty
-Gas (street amphetamine)
-Ice (Methamphetamine)
-LSD
-Ketamine
-Dextromethorphan
-Valium
-Oxycotin
-Quetiapine (Seroquel)
-Buprenorphine
-Methadone (Had a friend already on it)

I only drink alcohol when I've got a few pills in my stomach to make the effects stronger. Upon writing that list, I didn't realize how many different drugs I have taken. There's probably a few more that I have forgotten.

I think I do have an addictive personality because I am usually on at least one or a few of those substances listed. And the reason I do it is because I can't cut up, so I'd rather self harm by putting dangerous chemicals in my system and seeing how they react. I realize how stupid this is when I feel crook the next day, but as soon as I feel better, I'm getting stuck into the **** again.

[crayzyMed]

Taking MDMA has changed my life forever... I turned from an extremely shy person to a party animal...

I was 18 when i started taking XTC, MDMA really made me feel normal and gave me the best times of my life, over the weeks that passed (i took MDMA twce a week) I started feeling better and better, my confidence went way up. After a few months i started selling XTC in the discotheques i used to party, i solled like 150 pills in an hour time. But they caught me, i confessed and they let me free again.
However I started selling XTC again and went to jail for 3 months, let me tell ya that its extremely unpleasant to be locked up with ppl if your having social anxiety... When i was out i started partying again (i went to discotheques 3 times a week sometimes) after a year they put me in prison again for selling drugs, 6 months this time.
I was locked up with 6 ppl in a room for 7 months, and my anxiety didnt improve a thing.

This all did have a good effect on my confidence, however the neurological part of my anxiety is still there, i feel confident but the walls of social anxiety inhibit me from using my confidence. It is a major difference however from how it used to be..

As for drugs i do use GHB allmost daily, it doesnt work for my anxiety tough.

[Brightpaperwarewolf]

Damn they locked you up for selling at a club? Usually those guys would kick you out because you weren't the "house seller." They never locked you up, jesus christ.

[tyke]

I find taking half a lortab is the answer for my sa,It makes me feel normal

[QuakerOats167]

ive been trying to figure out if there's an easy-fix pill i can just take before i go out or something that wont completely **** me up but will at least mask my SA for the night... dramamines never really worked, just the first time i took them. do lortabs **** you up? and r they dangerous to keep using?

[tyke]

well I just take half a pill once in a while it helps to get through social situations,doesn't really mess me up just makes me feel normal,just don't get addicted or they won't work anymore and you will have to take more to get the same effect.I won't get caught in that trap.

[crayzyMed]

Originally Posted by Brightpaperwarewolf

Damn they locked you up for selling at a club? Usually those guys would kick you out because you weren't the "house seller." They never locked you up, jesus christ.

They didnt catch me in the club, but some ppl tolled everything to the police... But thats all past now i dont sell anything anymore
Also didnt find MDMA for a year, i like using MDMA as it give me a day free of anxiety the day after a party, so i basicly had an evening and the day after to make friends, and to go out with those friends, in the week i usually stayed home. I liked it that way, even tough you kinda dont feel as well the next week because of the MDMA i had a normal sunday every week, wich was damn worth it for me.

I've also tried opiates, they didnt work for my anxiety, i have a hard to tread kind... I do take 2 doses of GHB a day, works great, i take 2 days off every week so i dont get addicted. Doesnt work for my anxiety tough.
I try to avoid weed, and i suggest everyone to do the same!